Day: January 13, 2025

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

News

More than 100 AI trials to boost small-business productivity launched

Some 120 projects trialling how AI could help small businesses be more productive have been launched by the Government in its first wave of initiatives to use the technology to boost the economy. The projects include an AI tool that can predict potholes before they appear, another which can anticipate where mould is likely to grow in buildings and another being trialled at a bakery aimed at cutting food waste. […]

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UK will be ‘AI superpower’, says Starmer as he unveils plans to boost growth

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UK will be ‘AI superpower’, says Starmer as he unveils plans to boost growth

The UK will be an AI “superpower”, Sir Keir Starmer said as he unveiled plans to expand use of the technology in a bid to boost growth. The Prime Minister conceded there would be “teething problems” involved in the process but insisted changes would help revolutionise creaking public services and turn around Britain’s economy. The Government has said it will “take forward” all 50 recommendations made by tech entrepreneur Matt […]

todayJanuary 13, 2025 3

Just Stop Oil supporters spray-paint ‘1.5 is dead’ on Charles Darwin’s grave

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Just Stop Oil supporters spray-paint ‘1.5 is dead’ on Charles Darwin’s grave

Just Stop Oil (JSO) supporters have spray-painted “1.5 is dead” on Charles Darwin’s grave following confirmation that last year was the first to breach the key global warming threshold. Two people used chalk paint on the 19th-century biologist’s grave in Westminster Abbey, London, at about 9.30am on Monday, the climate protest group said. Alyson Lee, 66, a retired teaching assistant from Derby, and Di Bligh, a 77-year-old former chief executive […]

todayJanuary 13, 2025 2

Nicola Sturgeon and former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell have “decided to end” their marriage

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Nicola Sturgeon and former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell have “decided to end” their marriage

The former First Minister of Scotland confirmed the news on Instagram. Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will end her marriage to former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell. In a post on Instagram, the former first minister of Scotland said: “With a heavy heart I am confirming that Peter and I have decided to end our marriage. “To all intents and purposes we have been separated for some time […]

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1984 author George Orwell celebrated on new Royal Mint £2 coin

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1984 author George Orwell celebrated on new Royal Mint £2 coin

George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, will be celebrated on a new £2 coin design. Released to mark 75 years since the author’s death, the reverse or tails design of the Royal Mint coin pays tribute to 1984, a dystopian novel centered around the character of Winston Smith, who lives in a society restricted by totalitarian rule and mass surveillance. Coin artist Henry Gray created what appears to […]

todayJanuary 13, 2025 2

More disruption threatened in fresh rail dispute

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More disruption threatened in fresh rail dispute

A fresh dispute is flaring on the railways, threatening disruption to more services in the coming weeks. The first of a series of weekend strikes by train managers on busy rail routes started on Sunday, causing timetables to be reduced. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast will stage a number of Sunday walkouts in a dispute over rest day working. Avanti urged its […]

todayJanuary 13, 2025 2

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Sport

Man Utd drawn against Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester in FA Cup fourth round

Holders Manchester United have been drawn to play Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the FA Cup. United, who defeated Manchester City in last season’s final, have been rewarded with a home tie after their 10 men won at Arsenal on penalties in the third round earlier on Sunday evening. Van Nistelrooy, who won this competition as a player in 2004 and was United interim […]

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