Michael Baron obituary: lawyer and autism campaigner

New pictures allegedly showing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor having dinner with a model on a taxpayer-funded trip that were reportedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein have been uncovered from the latest document drop.

In the tiny outback town of Underbool, the community pool is a ‘vital’ part of life – and they almost lost it

Sky Ireland has been found by the High Court to be in breach of EU obligations to provide its customers with end of contract notifications. ComReg said it will take “all necessary enforcement action in respect of any such non-compliance”. jrnl.ie/6958580

Xu woke up one day this fall and decided to accomplish a feat no one had asked for: driving to every single Plaid Pantry convenience store in Portland. The plan would take them across the entire city — 54 stops in eight hours, with no medal at the end.

Africa has 11 percent of the world’s population and 24 percent of the global disease burden, yet only 3 percent of the world’s health workers and less than 1 percent of global health expenditure.

Exclusive: NPR’s David Greene says he was “completely freaked out” when he heard an AI voice that sounded just like his own. Now, he’s suing Google over it.

Larry the cat, 19, was adopted 15 years ago and has overseen six Prime Ministers, welcomed the world's most famous leaders and fought pigeons and other Westminster felines

A routine student training dig near Cambridge uncovered something far darker than anyone expected. Saxon-Viking violence, buried in plain sight.

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Goldman: “You & your untrained, unqualified, unvetted, unidentified agents are intentionally terrorizing our cities & communities all over this country to avoid accountability for their excessive force & their lawless actions — that is why you're wearing masks. So no one can hold you accountable”

Three arrested over illegal dump near Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Items dumped include household and commercial waste and recycling that appears to have been collected more than 100 miles (160km) away by Central Bedfordshire Council Via BBC News

In case you missed it: Prehistoric fungi feed the world's plants and resist climate change, but face an uncertain future. ⬇️

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has resigned after taking responsibility for the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US. But who is McSweeney? In December, Stuart McGurk profiled the PM’s right-hand man.

#Watch | Two men were allegedly assaulted by bouncers at a Noida bar after a minor argument escalated. The incident took place at the Impulse bar inside Garden Galleria Mall on the intervening night of February 6-7 and has raised concerns about the behaviour of the bar staff

Jeffrey Epstein's prison cellmate revealed a shocking claim and said he believed that the Trump administration wanted the late financier and convicted child sex offender dead.

Lead story @pressgazette.co.uk "To the journalists of the Washington Post I say, there is another way.... What if you could try to do journalism in a different way? And persuade a community of readers to build a new kind of journalism?" THANK YOU to our community for making the Nerve a success 🔗👇

“We don’t listen to young voices enough who have urgent and unifying messages in concern for their future to tell us,”

Phew what a roller coaster……gov and monarchy…..corrupt as anything. Deception and Conspiracy ……….serious charges. Starmer showed no mercy to others. He’s a blagger 🚩🚩🚩.

Well it’s very busy on xtwitter …..hopefully resign soon

Unreal. A mad rapist wrecking the nation…… Carry on regardless …..sports…..glam trash……none of it essential. Sort yourselves out America. You spent years invading other countries causing havoc and misery. Take a look at yourselves Now.

AI transparency talks zero in on ‘deceitful intent’

The GOP donor has not shied away from criticizing Trump’s policies in the past, but this is the first time he’s called out the administration’s alleged self-dealing and conflict of interest issues.

JUST IN: Colorado lawmakers call for further investigation into ICE ‘death cards’ left in arrested immigrants’ cars trib.al/VGkSXf9

From November 2025: Documents released by the House Oversight Committee shed light on Epstein’s day-to-day, largely via email — including his preoccupation with his Google presence. Read more from @miasato.bsky.social:

French authorities have searched the local offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a criminal investigation into its Grok AI chatbot, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office said.

Unreal. A mad rapist wrecking the nation…… Carry on regardless …..sports…..glam trash……none of it essential. Sort yourselves out America. You spent years invading other countries causing havoc and misery. Take a look at yourselves Now.

The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take workers’ tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income

Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained by federal agents while wearing a Spider-Man backpack and a blue bunny hat, is back home in Minnesota, a statement from his school district said on Sunday. A federal judge had demanded that the boy and his father be set free a day earlier.

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

A fast food delivery driver has been jailed for flashing members of the public as he delivered take away meals to their houses.

The cost of renting means Gen Z are struggling to get a home of their own and it's hurting people like Generation Rent's Bismah Naqui.

A precious artifact donated to a doctor who saved thousands of lives during the Great Famine has been returned to Ireland after 165 years.

The material was released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the disgraced financier.

JUST IN: Justice Department concludes Epstein files review with release of 3.5 million records

Amid reports that ICE has used facial recognition technology in Minneapolis, a reminder that there is no safe use for this tech on streets or at borders. Governments should stop using it in public spaces and in immigration and asylum contexts.

From non-existent hot springs to fabricated sacred sites, travellers using AI to plan trips have found themselves searching for nothing.

NEW — Two Black journalists — Don Lemon and Georgia Fort — were arrested by federal agents days after both filmed an anti-ICE protest inside of the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director serves as a pastor. thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...

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Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns

A US intel insider predicts that over 4 000 South Africans, predominantly Afrikaners, could be granted refugee status each month.

COVID-19 left a lasting increase in mortality that has yet to fully unwind in most rich nations, according to an analysis of data from 34 countries.

"Trump’s masked police have executed people in the street, the last nuclear treaty between Russia and the US is about to die, and tech oligarchies are constructing massive resource-sucking datacenters to power an unwanted nuisance technology they say is a path towards a godlike super intelligence."