Andy Burnham ‘personally intervenes’ as UK reviews early release of grooming gang offenders

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ordered an urgent review to identify grooming gang offenders who could still be eligible for early release under the government’s prison overcrowding plan, after concerns emerged over a potential legal loophole involving historical child sex abuse cases.According to the BBC, the move comes after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch raised…

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TheMightyBA’s Streamer University 2026 controversy explained as Ludwig shares honest opinion on his future

Ludwig believes TheMightyBA isn’t finished despite major criticism at Streamer University 2026. (Image via: TheMightyBA/Twitch) Streamer University 2026 gave a lot of creators their moment, but for TheMightyBA, things went in a completely different direction. The young Twitch streamer has been at the center of online discussions after multiple controversial moments during Kai Cenat’s creator…

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In 1988, an English farmer stopped cultivating his entire 377-acre wheat farm; 35 years later, it became one of central England’s biggest refuges for scrub, woodland and rare wildlife

Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign An English farmer who stopped intensive wheat farming in 1988 has unintentionally helped create one of central England’s largest young woodland nature reserves, reports the Guardian. Strawberry Hill, a 377-acre site near Knotting in Bedfordshire, has now been permanently protected after the…

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Oil price today: Crude tops $85 a barrel as US restores Strait of Hormuz blockade

Oil prices surged beyond the $85-a-barrel mark on Wednesday as the Middle East once again got embroiled in conflict. Energy supply concerns intensified after the United States reinstated a naval blockade on Iran and fighting between Washington and Tehran escalated, raising fears over crude supplies moving through the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude and US West…

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‘Cherry-picking numbers’: Trump admin slams report claiming Pentagon withheld data on troop injuries in Iran war

NYT report says injuries under reported in US-Iran War, Pentagon denies allegation The Pentagon has allegedly withheld information about dozens of American service members injured in Iranian strikes on US bases in Jordan, The New York Times reported.In the week before Friday’s attack that killed two US soldiers and left another missing, Iran carried out…

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The US plans to auction up to 33 million acres of deep ocean around American Samoa for mineral exploration despite major environmental data gaps

The US plans to auction up to 33 million acres of deep ocean around American Samoa for mineral exploration despite major environmental data gaps The United States has moved a step closer to deep-sea mining after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposed auctioning two massive seabed lease areas near American Samoa for mineral…

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For centuries, China’s hanging coffins had no known builders. Ancient DNA now points to the Bo people | World News

The Hanging Coffins at Sagada, PC: Palu Malerba Scattered across remote cliff faces in southern China, wooden coffins have hung suspended for centuries, wedged into rock crevices or resting on driven wooden stakes hundreds of feet above the ground. Who built them, and why they chose height over a conventional grave, remained an open question…

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‘It felt like prison’: Why this IIT graduate says he ran as far away from engineering as he could

An IIT (BHU) alumnus’s candid reflection on feeling “trapped” during engineering college has ignited a wider conversation on passion, privilege and career choices. His admission that he pursued interests beyond academics and eventually left engineering behind has divided social media, raising questions about whether a degree should shape an individual’s entire professional life. Remember, when…

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