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Financial Times
Andy Burnham says land in the UK is ‘undertaxed’
Potential Labour leadership contender points to ‘big case’ for reforming property levies
Financial Times
Reform UK by-election candidate accused of offensive social media posts
Party backs Robert Kenyon despite claims he made highly sexualised comments and spread Covid conspiracy theories on X
Financial Times
Jonathan Andic, the Mango heir turned homicide suspect
The son of the fashion brand’s founder is being investigated for foul play in connection with his father’s death
Financial Times
If you think you understand bonds, you don’t
They’re too complex for me too — but here are five common traps to avoid
BBC News
Attorney general to review teen boys' rape sentences
The three teenagers were not given custodial sentences for their roles in the rape of two girls.
BBC News
UK sees hottest day of year as bank holiday travellers face queues
Temperatures hit 28.4C in parts of England on Friday, while delays have been reported at the Port of Dover and Birmingham...
BBC News
Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments
President Donald Trump says he wants to send more troops to Poland, a week after his officials cancelled a similar deployment.
BBC News
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months
The rare species of Ebola involved - known as Bundibugyo - kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.
BBC News
Red Arrows to fly with fewer jets to preserve ageing fleet
The famous display team will fly with seven rather than nine aircraft for most of its displays.
The Economist
Home-schooling is taking off
The Economist
Elon Musk is going all-in on an unproven technology
NYT Europe
Europeans Remain Wary After Trump Promises to Send Troops to Poland
President Trump said he would send 5,000 troops to Poland, part of a back-and-forth that has left European leaders reeling.
NYT Europe
Police Investigation of Former Prince Andrew Examines Reports of Sexual Misconduct
A British police force said it was assessing a report that a woman had been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual...
The Telegraph
UK scientists developing vaccine for new Ebola outbreak
New jab being developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group uses same technology behind the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
The Telegraph
Ebola doctors battle conspiracies and misinformation amid outbreak
Halting the virus can only be done by gaining trust in a country where suspicion and mistrust can be commonplace
Wales
BBC Wales
Teen boys' racist murder sentences to be referred to Court of Appeal
Kamran Aman was killed by Marcus Staniforth and another boy outside his mother's home.
BBC Wales
Council CEO's £280k payout likened to a 'lottery win'
Christina Harrhy was originally set to receive £209,000 but Caerphilly Council's accounts show this has increased.
BBC Wales
Rugby star held his own heart in his hands after life-saving surgery
Former Wales international Rhys Thomas recently had a heart transplant in his hometown of Cape Town.
BBC Wales
Muck spreading ban to protect rivers doesn't work, new minister says
The regulations were championed by river campaigners but angered many farmers across Wales.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
'Unselfish' over 'ego' - what do leaks say about Tuchel's England?
BBC Sport explores why the whole world knew the England World Cup squad before it was announced, and what Thomas Tuchel's...
BBC Sport · Formula
Russell edges Antonelli to take pole for Canada sprint
George Russell edges out Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli to take pole position for the sprint race at the Canadian Grand Prix.
BBC Sport · Football
Guardiola says Man City 'need new energy' as exit confirmed
Manchester City confirm Pep Guardiola will leave at the end of the season after a decade of unparalleled success.
BBC Sport · Football
'Tuchel's gambles and iron conviction position him as the anti-Southgate'
Thomas Tuchel proves he is the "anti-Southgate" in making tough calls for England's World Cup 2026 squad.
The Race
Russell beats Antonelli to Canada sprint pole
George Russell took pole position for Formula 1’s Montreal sprint race, beating his championship-leading Mercedes team-mate...
The Race · F1
Canada F1 sprint qualifying results 2026
George Russell fended off Formula 1 title rival and Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli to take pole for the sprint race at the...
The Race · F1
Groundhog clash damage rules Albon out of F1 sprint qualifying
Alex Albon crashed out of Formula 1's only practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix after hitting a groundhog, causing the...
The Race
Three red flags and Mercedes 1-2 in messy Canadian GP practice
Kimi Antonelli led a Mercedes 1-2 amid three red flags in the sole practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Official
F2: Van Hoepen earns maiden pole position in Montreal
Laurens van Hoepen continued his fine start to the 2026 FIA Formula 2 season, earning his maiden pole position in the...
Formula 1 Official
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ESPN Cricinfo
Roy, Curran lead Surrey surge as Lancashire fall flat
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ESPN Cricinfo
Jansen, de Lange make mincemeat of Warwickshire
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Science
New Scientist
How I used psychology to come back from the worst year of my life
Work, illness, divorce: life is riddled with stressors out of your control. But research is revealing new ways to cope with...
New Scientist
Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the...
New Scientist
Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of Ebola virus, including...
New Scientist
Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which mathematicians have hailed...
Nature
Vanishing tongues and life on Mars: Books in brief
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Nature
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01660-z Nature staff discuss ongoing efforts to curb the...
Nature
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Nature
AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished
Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01651-0 The late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős thought he...
Technology
The Verge
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term...
The Verge
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 has hit one of its best prices ahead of summer travel
With Memorial day weekend kicking off the travel season, we’re seeing a lot of deals pop up on travel gadgets, from portable...
The Verge
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta's new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go...
The Verge
Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen
There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using...
Techcrunch
Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega-rocket after April mishap
Jeff Bezos' rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered...
Techcrunch
Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’
You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel homescreen, says Google.
Techcrunch
How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. And their investors are fully aware.
Techcrunch
Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked
According to users on X, the website was hijacked by hackers in an attempt to trick visitors into installing malware.
Wired
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Wired
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Temporal Contrastive Transformer for Financial Crime Detection: Self-Supervised Sequence Embeddings via Predictive Contrastive Coding
Computer science
Teaching Language Models to Forecast Research Success Through Comparative Idea Evaluation
Computer science
The Attribution Impossibility: No Feature Ranking Is Faithful, Stable, and Complete Under Collinearity
Economics
Isomorphic Dynamic Programs
Congenital Heart Block