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What we carry says a lot about what’s important to us, who we are, and who we aspire to be. This fall, it’s worth examining what you bring with you every day and thinking about how you could refine it. Perhaps you carry too much, and a utility pouch that’s …

Toothfairy, a digital dentistry service, is putting its money where its mouth is by securing £10m (£7.3m) from a syndicate of international investors. Sky News understands that Toothfairy will announce later this week that it has raised the funds in a round led by LBO France, with firms including CRB …

Wacom has introduced a new 14-inch creative display tablet to its entry-level product line for students and hobbyists. The Wacom One 14 is a smidge larger than the One 12 and One 13 touch pen display tablets that Wacom launched in 2023, providing a bigger digital canvas for users to …

“Significant” IT issues are affecting patient services across sites in the Southern Health Trust, including Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals. Ambulances are being diverted while work continues to resolve the problems, with priority being given to emergency and critically ill patients, the trust has said. Patients are being warned not …

Inverness’ Red Hot Highland Fling has been scrapped, says Highland Council. The celebration was billed as Scotland’s biggest free Hogmanay concert and drew crowds of up to 10,000 people, before ticketing was later introduced and numbers restricted to about 5,000. The city has hosted a public Hogmanay event since 2008. …

A chip shop manager said he has programmed an AI answering service to take orders in a bid to cut costs. Brad Lee, from The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, said because of the rise in fish prices, the cost of living, and wage and National Insurance increases, he decided …

Two people have been charged with the murder of Barry Furfey in Lisburn. A 37-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman are due to appear before Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Mr Furfey, who was 42, was found with serious injuries at an apartment building in in Wardsborough Road on Monday …

Romanian far-right former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has been charged with attempting to stage a coup after the first round of the presidential election was annulled last December. Horatiu Potra, a former French legionnaire and militia chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 20 other people were also charged. …

Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for an “ecological catastrophe” caused by the collapse of a dam that stored waste from copper mining. Million of litres of highly acidic material spilled into waterways in February, leading to “mass fatalities” among fish, …

A woman in her 70s has died after a head-on collision in County Tyrone. Joyce Crooks, 78, from Cookstown, died in hospital following the crash in Dungannon on Monday, police said. The two-car collision happened on the Cookstown Road at about 19:00 BST. Ms Crooks was among five people taken …

Hollywood icon Robert Redford has died at the age of 89, his publicist has said. The actor was known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and went on to win an Oscar for Ordinary People when he turned his hand to directing. …

Hollywood actor and Oscar-winning director Robert Redford, known for films including Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, All The President’s Men and The Sting, has died at the age of 89. Redford, who was also one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in …

Emma SaundersCulture reporter Getty Images US acting legend Redford, known for roles in The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, has died at the age of 89. The Oscar-winning star of Out of Africa was also known for founding the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. He won an …

A murder investigation has entered its second day following the death of a man in Lisburn. The 42-year-old victim was found with serious injuries at an apartment building in Wardsborough Road in the city centre on Monday morning. He was given medical treatment at the scene and taken to hospital …

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A man who promoted himself as a waste carrier in Wolverhampton has been fined after a pile of rubbish was found strewn across graves in a churchyard. Damian Maiden, of Jonesfield Crescent, Eastfield, who offered his services on social media, charged a resident on Bushbury Hill to collect a haul …

Google Police received reports of a “disturbance” on Monton Street at about 16:30 BST A 15-year-old boy has died after he was stabbed in Manchester. It happened at 16:30 BST following reports of a disturbance on Monton Street, Moss Side, involving “a number of people”, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. …

Police Scotland Raymond Cosgrove was pronounced dead at the scene in Wemyss Bay A man whose death at a holiday park in Inverclyde is being investigated by police has been named. Raymond Cosgrove, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene after officers were called to an incident in Rothesay Gardens …

Google Emergency services were called to Slochd, south of Inverness, at about 07:10 Two people have died following a crash between a car and a van on the A9 near Slochd, south of Inverness. The 45-year-old woman and 43-year-old man were in a white Ford Fiesta car involved in the …

So, I don’t want to speak about the specifics of the lawsuit, but I can speak to our philosophy here, which is, look, we want a healthy ecosystem. The 10 blue links serve the ecosystem very well, and it was a simple value proposition. We provided links that directed users …