Caleb Ferguson must serve a minimum of 16 years for killing a 20-year-old man in Perth.

Engineers were shocked to find the message deep inside the wall of a lighthouse in the south of Scotland.

Among the policies announced by the chancellor, some will have a direct impact on younger people.

The secret meetings were revealed by Rev Harold Good in a new book, In Good Time.

JJ Magee is suspended from the party after an allegation that inappropriate online messages were exchanged between him and a minor.

The boss of Britain's biggest pubs group urges the chancellor to extend business rates relief.

The new Labour government is expected to announce spending cuts and tax rises in Wednesday's Budget.

Runnymede and Weybridge MP, Dr Ben Spencer talks traffic, tax, innovation and technology.

Chairman Kelvin Thomas says the project is running to schedule and should finish early next year.

A council wants to develop children's homes and office spaces for service staff.

The A27 has re-opened in both directions after the road was shut on Tuesday morning.

Tony Howard amassed almost 3,000 copies of the music magazine, which went under the hammer in Louth.

Gallant grey Al Dancer lands the Badger Cheer Chase at Wincanton, while trainer Paul Nicholls has five winners.

73-year-old Rob Cocker from Penkhull has now had a drink in 12,000 pubs nationwide.

John, whose wife Wendy is being cared for at the hospice, said it deserved more government funding.

Hunters claim it is a "way of life", but their opponents say they are breaking the law.

Gloucestershire spin-bowler Tom Smith signs a one-year T20-only contract extension with the club through the 2025 season.

Residents can stay, but some fear for their future, Duncan Cook reports.

Michael Hall shares his journey since son's death, Georgia Stone reports.

Cotswold District Council says the new roles were to make sure residents were aware of the "vital services" it provided.

A tiny bear taken to war and handed down to his granddaughter attends every parade - in her pocket.

The developer is submitting a more detailed application after outline plans were approved in 2023.

The speed restriction zone is backed by most residents taking part in a consultation, says council.

Michael Hesketh is jailed for six months for breaking into an animal park and snatching a gecko.

A mum says she felt like a nuisance because she had to repeatedly try to find out what was wrong.

Preston is one of 23 councils facing legal action from a council in Essex over botched investments.

Cash-strapped Slough Borough Council says it is facing an "unprecedented magnitude" of cuts.

Headliners Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn will be joined on the bill by Weezer and McFly.

The junction is expected to remain shut during rush hour but southbound is still open, police say.

Sandwell Council says there are currently 220 households living in temporary accommodation.

Jet2 says it will initially bring more than 125 jobs to the council-owned airport.

“As a group of young people, we've kind of grown up and learned to ring together.”

The increase compares with a decrease during the the same period in 2023.

The average home cost £581,000 at the end of September - down from £651,000 a year earlier.

Organisers of the Great Dorset Steam Fair say it costs about £5m to run the event each year.

Nicky Taylor has won the GB Clio Cup and wants to step up to the British Touring Cars Championship.

The iPhone could finally show you how long it’ll take to finish charging. Code spotted in the second iOS 18.2 beta by 9to5Mac shows a new “BatteryIntelligence” feature that will let you […]

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The way smart energy meters work in northern England and Scotland is causing issues for customers, BBC Panorama has been told. The body that represents energy companies, Energy UK, has […]

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CG Cinematography Archives – Chris Brejon A remarkable book – and resource – from Chris Brejon. All on lighting for CG animation, but as usual with this sort of reference, so much to say about cinematic lighting fullstop. (tags: animation 3d compositing lighting book reference cinematography ) R Luke Dubois on Joel Chadabe A deeply […]

GitHub OCTO | Flat Data Github experimenting with a formalised approach for using Actions/repositories as datastores. Interesting to see their end-to-end approach, including, in particular, custom VS Code plugins for generating configurations; it's a neat and accessible way to build end-user UI. (tags: data git github tools storage patterns )

Primož Roglič – Path to 2021 Tour de France Glory Wonderful writing from Kate Wagner, on Primož Roglič, and cycling, and the arcs of careers, and change. (tags: cycling primozroglic sport katewagner writing ) playing the believing game – by Sara Hendren – undefended / undefeated "… believing, Elbow says, is a separate muscle entirely, […]

Today our comment and review media lurch from Hot Takes to History without pausing for a moment to get a sense of what actually happened. The concept of the One Year Later Review was that we might be able to get a better understanding of what mattered and what effects it had with a little […]

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Bristol City midfielder George Earthy called up to the England Under-21 squad for the first time after a series of withdrawals due to either injury or transitions into the senior squad.

The Bristol Downs League has been going for almost 120 years but how can they solidify its future?

Well, the Oscars happened last night, and for the first time in 21 years I didn’t bother to watch. Pretty ironic given how many of these movies I ended up seeing and loving, but that’s neither here nor there. I did watch the video of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper musically fucking on stage while […]

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Beverly Hills 90210 was one of my favorite shows growing up. I mean, I was definitely a bit too young to be watching it, but my mom didn’t really seem to mind. I wanted to be Brenda Walsh or Kelly Taylor, and Brendan Walsh and Dylan McKay were like my sexual fucking awakening. All these […]

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