DJ Hannah Laing makes 'heartbreaking' decision to cancel 2027 Doof in the Park
Laing said "valuable planning time" had been lost due to "behind the scenes" issues that needed to be resolved. She said, as a result, her team did not have enough time left to "deliver the festival to the standard that…
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Scotland’s first drug-checking service begins operations
The facility will open as part of the same hub which houses Scotland’s first safer drugs consumption rooms (Paul Faith/PA) PA Archive News Briefings Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories…
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Russell Brand prays and tells wife ‘it’ll be okay’ as sentencing hearing begins
Read our privacy notice . Russell Brand started to pray and told his wife “it’ll be okay” as he entered the dock to be sentenced for raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three other women. The former comedian…
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Lulu pays tribute to ex-husband John Frieda after his death aged 75
The former couple were married from 1977 to 1991 (Peter Jordan/PA) PA Archive The Weekender Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals I would like to be emailed…
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Clients 'cautious' on use of AI, says software firm boss
The company recently won a £111m "digital borders" contract with the Home Office to be delivered over the next four years. Mooney said there were "parallel conversations" on AI with "buzz and excitement" about its…
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Find out who's in the running for this year's Booker Prize
Jamaican writer James is nominated this year for his latest novel The Disappearers; while Scottish author Stuart is shortlisted for John of John. This year's other contenders are award-winning US novelist Elizabeth…
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Uranium mining firm hires former deputy PM Dominic Raab for boardroom role
Read our privacy notice . Former deputy prime minister Dominic Raab is set to join a uranium exploration company in a boardroom role. British firm Reveille Resources announced the appointment of Mr Raab as a…
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Entire ‘ghost estate’ has been empty for seven years because no one ever moved in
The 33-home development in Calstock was meant to provide much-needed housing, including 15 affordable properties. Instead, the site has become a boarded-up ghost estate, with just 10 homes built either fully or partially…
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Trump says ‘young, handsome’ pilots have told him ‘very strange’ things about UFOs
In a new interview with the CBS News show 60 Minutes , the US president was asked if he had seen anything in the reams of documents released by his administration that has struck him as too strange to explain. But…
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Blundering bigamist who flew to Thailand to marry younger bride was caught after sending out wedding invitations on Facebook
Contracts manager David Curtis, 56, sent a text message to wife Kirsty, 51, telling her he needed 'space' before boarding a plane to the Far East. She later discovered he had sent invitations for his wedding to Kwanta…
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