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Tech Secretary calls for ‘change’ in conversation around AI impact o...

Michelle Donelan said there was huge potential for AI to help workers rather than replace them.

Ministers not told of any Irish citizens leaving by Rafah crossing,...

There are approximately 35 Irish passport holders in Gaza.

Drug dealer threatened Ashley Dale’s partner month before her death,...

The council worker, 28, was shot with a Skorpion machine gun in her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year.

‘Crisis of antisemitism’ in the UK and world, says husband of Kamala...

Douglas Emhoff was attending a discussion on antisemitism in London.

Police appeal for help identifying man whose body was found on a bea...

The man is described as white, aged between 20 and 30, around 6ft tall and bald.

‘Hundreds of officials and potentially ministers’ broke Covid rules...

Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara told the Covid inquiry she profoundly regretted her ‘misjudgment’ in the partygate scandal.

Big tech poses ‘existential threat’ to UK journalism, survey of edit...

A News Media Association poll found 90% of editors believe Google and Meta pose a threat to the news industry.

King warns of urgent need to ‘combat significant risks of powerful A...

Charles recorded a video message for the opening session of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.

‘Giant dinosaur carcasses might have been important food for Jurassi...

To test the theory, researchers created a simplified virtual simulation of a dinosaur ecosystem.

Elon Musk says AI one of the ‘biggest threats’ to humanity

The Tesla, SpaceX and X owner is attending the UK’s AI Safety Summit and is set to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Johnson let country down by not tackling Cummings’ misogyny, says ex...

Helen MacNamara, who was one of the top female civil servants, said the messages were ‘violent and misogynistic’.

Pupils absent from class during exam years ‘more likely to receive w...

More than a third of pupils in England were persistently or severely absent in either Year 10 or Year 11 in 2020/21 and 2021/22, analysis found.

Strike by support staff closes Scottish schools as further walkouts...

Tens of thousands of pupils are out of the classroom on Wednesday in Glasgow, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire.

Sword pistol linked to 1689 Siege of Derry sells for £40,000 at auct...

It was part of a gun collection valued at more than £1 million that went under the hammer in Belfast.

King to attend Cop28 after missing last year’s climate change confer...

Charles will deliver the opening address at the World Climate Action Summit at Cop28 in Dubai on December 1.

Elon Musk: AI could pose existential risk if it becomes ‘anti-human’

The tech billionaire made the comments ahead of flying to the UK for the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.

Yousaf welcomes opening of Rafah crossing but in-laws still trapped...

Foreign nationals have been seen passing through the border into Egypt.

Ulez cameras vandalised and stolen with 987 crimes recorded in seven...

The Metropolitan Police said it is taking crimes linked to the devices seriously.

Storm Ciaran on way to UK with ‘danger to life’ amber weather warnin...

Amber warnings are in place for parts of the south coast of England on Thursday as Storm Ciaran is due to hit.

Covid-19 football view displayed lack of ‘real life’ experience in g...

Helen MacNamara said the belief that football matches were low risk did not reflect the real experience of most fans.