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Plaid Cymru would increase spending on the arts and sport every year if the party wins next year’s Senedd election, its culture spokeswoman has said. A Senedd report, earlier this year, found Wales had the second lowest spending per person on cultural services in Europe and the third lowest on …

After folding and unfolding the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 200,000 times by hand, Korean YouTube channel Tech-it found that the folding phone‘s redesigned hinge and thinner design couldn’t withstand repeated handling.  The stunt, which was livestreamed over the course of a few days, found that the phone would reboot every 6,000 …

Zach Cregger’s first major film Barbarian was tense and frightening, but it was also infused with a healthy dose of absurdity. The movie’s twisted sense of humor made it easier to stomach its grotesque violence and a bit more difficult to anticipate how its unhinged story would unfold. But Barbarian …

Aaron Law Childhood sweethearts Aaron Law and Alex Britton were due to marry six months after the fatal crash A man whose fiancé died in a road crash caused by a lorry driver using his mobile has urged other motorists to “put their phones down”. Alex Britton, 28, from Hampshire, …

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said he would be prepared to force the sale of land needed for a major redevelopment of the Old Trafford stadium. Burnham, who has been supportive of Manchester United’s plans to demolish its 74,310-capacity stadium in favour of a £2bn 100,000-seat replacement. But United …

Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Getty Images Major brands like Perrier are under the spotlight after the scandal broke in France France’s multi-billion euro mineral water companies are under the spotlight because of climate change and growing concerns about the industry’s environmental impact. At issue is whether some world-famous brands, notably …

Sarah-May Buccieri BBC News BBC Trading standards office Dan Brown says shoppers should “walk away” from fake goods It has been a busy summer for trading standards officers who have been clamping down on counterfeit goods on our streets. Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of fakes have been seized …

Olivia McAteer BBC News NI BBC James Hutchinson says “having to pursue my dreams by going to a different country isn’t easy” Young performers have said they feel they have “no other option but to leave home” in order to pursue a career in acting due to the lack of …

James Delaney BBC Scotland News Getty Images Oasis play three nights in Edinburgh in August as part of their reunion tour The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. When the clocks stopped on Oasis’s original run in 2009, fans could not have imagined …

Alys Harte BBC File on 4 Investigates Getty Images The body running courts in England and Wales has been accused of a cover-up, after a leaked report found it took several years to react to an IT bug that caused evidence to go missing, be overwritten or appear lost. Sources …

Reuters A life-size humanoid replica of Albert Einstein at the store A new robot shop has opened in Beijing selling everything from mechanical butlers to human-like replicas of Albert Einstein. More than 100 types of products will be on sale at Robot Mall, which launched in the Chinese capital on …

Sarah Turnnidge BBC News, West of England Gloucestershire Police Andrew McQueen, 30, was jailed for five years in June A woman who was raped by her brother as a child has urged other victims of sexual assault to come forward. Charlotte McQueen, 28, has waived her right to anonymity after …

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The day before the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprised employees with a message in the company’s Slack. “As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we have been looking at comp for our technical teams given the movement in the market,” wrote Altman, according to a copy of …

David Gregory-Kumar Correspondent for science, environment & rural affairs Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands BBC Jo Lawrence became one of the UK’s youngest ever farmers after the death of her father “I was working on my placement year, a normal day. And then I got a phone call [to …

A disqualified driver whose “reckless” driving led to a 13-year-old passenger fracturing his skull has been jailed. Liam Collins, 36, from Pontypool, was sentenced to three years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving. The court heard how Collins …

In an open letter about his plans for Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (the merged companies’ new name), Ellison announced that, going forward, the business will be split into three distinct units: studios, direct-to-consumer, and TV media. Ellison explained that the restructuring is meant to boost efficiency as the new company …

Shares of American footwear firm Crocs have plunged nearly 30% after it warned of a drop in sales as US shoppers rein in their spending. The rubber clog maker says it expects revenue for the three months to the end of August to fall by about 10% compared with last …

Actress Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after she was fired from Star Wars franchise spin-off The Mandalorian. She was dropped from the cast in 2021 following comments she made comparing being a Republican in the US to being a Jew during the Holocaust. Ms Carano, …

Hsin-Yi Lo BBC News, South East Kent Wildlife Trust Earlier this spring, a nest was discovered at Dover Castle which produced the chick that successfully fledged last month A young red-billed chough has successfully taken flight from a nest in the wild in Kent for the first time in more …