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A British-Canadian computer scientist who warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose an existential threat to humanity has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Professor Geoffrey Hinton, often touted as the “godfather of AI”, shares the honour with US academic John Hopfield for their pioneering work on machine learning, which powers AI. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at a press conference in […]

Northern Ireland’s Education Minister Paul Givan has said he wants assurances over the safety of children travelling to school using public transport in the region. Mr Givan described an incident where a double-decker bus carrying 43 pupils overturned as “every parent’s worst nightmare”. Clare Foster, principal of the school affected, Strangford Integrated College in Co Down, said it had been a “very distressing incident” for pupils. The bus was carrying […]

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A yellow weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office which advises that flooding and damage could be caused by storms. An area stretching from Dorset to Kent and as far north as Worcester stretching to East Anglia is covered by the warning which runs until 10pm on Tuesday. A second yellow warning of heavy rain has also been issued for parts of County […]

Sir Keir Starmer will meet with the UK’s allies in Berlin, where they will discuss support for Ukraine’s war efforts against Russia, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister will fly to the German capital at the weekend, No 10 said, to attend a meeting of the so-called “Quad” of nations: the UK, US, France and Germany. The leaders are also expected to discuss the conflict in the Middle East. […]

Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly has picked up further support as MPs voted in the latest stage of the race to replace Rishi Sunak. The shadow home secretary was backed by Paul Holmes, who quit as a Tory whip in order to publicly support Mr Cleverly. The result of the latest round of voting on Tuesday will see one of the remaining four candidates – Mr Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi […]

England captain Harry Kane did not train with the rest of the squad on Tuesday morning as he continues his recovery from an injury. Kane limped out of Bayern Munich’s 3-3 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday but travelled straight to St George’s Park, where he was passed fit by England’s medical staff on Monday evening. However, the 31-yer-old striker trained indoors on an individualised programme as he enters a […]

Grocery price inflation edged up again in September as households turned back to promoted items as they sought to manage finances, figures show. Supermarket prices are now 2% more expensive than a year ago, up from August’s 1.7%, according to data from analysts Kantar. Households responded by sending sales of promoted items up by 7.4% over the month while full price sales rose by just 0.3%. Overall take-home sales across […]

Channel 4 has reported a record deficit of £52 million for 2023 but has ruled out turning to the Government for assistance. The broadcaster’s annual report published on Tuesday said it had ambitious plans at the beginning of the year, but challenges due to inflation and high interest rates impacted business confidence and investment in TV advertising. Its expenditure over the year included a £663 million investment in content, with […]