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CCTV video shows the moment the Banksy artwork is stolen from a London galleryTwo men have been charged after a Banksy artwork was stolen from a central London art gallery, the Met Police has said.An investigation was launched after a burglary at Grove Gallery on New Cavendish Street at about 23:00 BST on Sunday.The work, Girl with Balloon, was the only item stolen and has since been recovered and returned.Larry Fraser, 47, of Evelyn Denington Road, Beckton, and James Love, 53, of Elvin Drive, North Stifford, appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, a Met spokesperson said.Nick JohnsonThe Girl with…

Zoe CorbynHow does beanless coffee taste? Zoe Corbyn has been finding outI am in a high-end coffee shop in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco, staring suspiciously into a cup of espresso. This is no conventional coffee: it is made without using a single coffee bean.It comes from Atomo, one of a band of alt-coffee start-ups hoping to revolutionise the world of brewed coffee.“We take great offence when someone says that we’re a coffee substitute,” says Andy Kleitsch, the chief executive of Seattle based start-up Atomo, from whose pure, beanless ground product my espresso has been made.Traditional coffee substitutes have…

Getty ImagesThe first “citizens’ jury” on assisted dying in England has backed a change in the law to allow people who are terminally ill to end their life.A jury of 28 people concluded it should be an option for those judged to have capacity to make their own decisions.While it has no legal powers, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which set up the jury, said it represented a crucial new piece of evidence in the debate as it allowed the public to consider the issues more deeply than they could in surveys.However, campaigners questioned the validity of the exercise, as…

Vodafone and Three have rejected claims by the UK’s competition watchdog that their proposed merger would lead to higher prices for millions of mobile users.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has “provisionally concluded” the deal would weaken competition between mobile networks.It has particular concerns that customers who are least able to afford mobile services would be most affected.The findings are the latest from the CMA’s ongoing probe into the merger, which it launched in January.The regulator will now consult on its findings and potential solutions to its worries over competition.These solutions could include legally binding investment commitments, and measures to…

Cheers as Isaacman steps out of the hatchA billionaire and an engineer have become the first non-professional crew to perform one of the riskiest manoeuvres in space – a spacewalk.Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart, starting at 11:52BST, wearing specially-designed suits.”Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here Earth sure looks like a perfect world,” Mr Isaacman said as he exited.It was commercially funded by Mr Isaacman. Before, only astronauts with government-funded space agencies had done a spacewalk.Images broadcast live showed the two crew…

Jon Bon Jovi praised for talking woman off bridgeRock legend Jon Bon Jovi has been praised by police for helping a woman in distress who was on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night.The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared a video of the Bon Jovi frontman and his team who were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was standing precariously over the Cumberland River.Bon Jovi, 62, and others talked to the woman and helped her come back on to the bridge, police said.”It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,”…

Data centres in the UK are to be classified as critical national infrastructure, joining the emergency services, finance and healthcare systems, and energy and water supplies.It means they would get extra government support during a major incident, such as a cyber attack, an IT outage or extreme weather, in order to minimise disruption.Data centres are huge warehouses full of vast banks of computers that remotely power services such as artificial intelligence (AI) applications, data processing and streaming.Their development has faced criticism over their energy and water use.But the new Labour government says it backs the sector – with technology secretary…

Getty Images”Ballooning” NHS England waiting times and delays getting emergency treatment are costing lives, according to a critical government-commissioned report on the service.People have “every right to be angry,” the prime minister will say on Thursday, adding the health service must “reform or die”.Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned the NHS could “go bust” if the government does not reform it to account for an ageing society, more sick people and rising costs.He pledged to spend a greater proportion of the NHS budget on GPs, social care and “community services” than on hospitals, which he said would help alleviate pressure…

AdnamsJonathon Adnams joined the company’s board in 1988 and said he was “immensely proud of its achievements”The chairman of historic brewery Adnams said he was resigning with immediate effect for health reasons. The company, based in Southwold, Suffolk, previously announced Jonathan Adnams would step down before an annual shareholder meeting in June 2025. He said he was “saddened” to be leaving earlier than planned but would “continue to champion the business from the sidelines”.It marks the end of the family’s representation on the 152-year-old company’s board, although it remains a major shareholder.Mr Adnams joined the company in 1975 and was…

Getty ImagesTaylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president moments after the end of Tuesday night’s presidential debate against Donald Trump.The pop star made her announcement in an Instagram post signed as “Childless Cat Lady” – a reference to comments by Trump’s running mate JD Vance.Her post, breaking her silence on the 2024 vote, explained: “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”Swift, who also backed Democratic President Joe Biden in 2020, went on to call Harris a “steady-handed, gifted leader”.She added: “I believe we can accomplish so much…