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Punters hoping to enjoy a swift pint may have been left with a bit of a headache – after an investigation found nearly 90% of beer served in UK pubs and bars is short-measured.Trading Standards officers ordered beer and wine at 77 pubs and bars and were served 96 short measures out of 137 orders. This means more than two-third of drinks (around 70%) were less than the prescribed quantity required by the Weights and Measures Order for pints and half pints and 175ml glasses of wine.Some 86% of the beer ordered was short-measured, as was 43% of the wine.Of…

Google’s new search feature that uses AI to answer some users’ questions is facing criticism over its inaccurate responses, including telling users to eat rocks and mix pizza cheese with glue.AI Overview rolled out across the US last week and became available to some users in the UK last month. It is designed to make searching for information simpler but since the rollout, examples of erratic behaviour by the feature have flooded social media.In one example, the artificial intelligence (AI) appeared to tell users to mix glue with cheese to make it stick to pizza. It even gave specifics: “You…

Kelly Rowland says she was treated differently to other women on the Cannes red carpet, and an apparent dispute with a female security guard came about after she “stood her ground”.A viral video shows the former Destiny’s Child star entering into what looked like a heated debate with a member of security staff while walking up the stairs to the theatre at the premiere of the film Marcello Mio. Image: Rowland on the red carpet ahead of the altercation. Pic: Reuters Rowland went on to speak about the incident at the amfAR gala in Cannes, which saw Hollywood A-listers Demi…

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has admitted to amending the legal document Royal Mail issued to would-be investors before it became publicly owned to remove mention of the flawed Horizon IT system. Data from the accounting software created by Fujitsu was used to prosecute more than 700 sub-postmasters for theft and false accounting. Many more victims lost their homes, livelihoods and good reputation to repay non-existent shortfalls.’Last minute changes’ to Royal Mail prospectus removing Horizon referenceNow the inquiry set up to establish a clear account of the introduction and failure of Horizon has heard during Ms Vennells’s third and…

Documentary maker Morgan Spurlock, who famously ate only at McDonald’s for a month in Super Size Me, has died.Spurlock died from complications of cancer at the age of 53 in New York, his family confirmed in a statement. Craig Spurlock, the filmmaker’s brother, said: “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas, and generosity.”The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.” Image: Morgan Spurlock. Pic: Pia Torelli/Sipa/Shutterstock Born on 7 November 1970, Spurlock started off his career as a playwright before creating I Bet You Will…

An American property group is close to finalising a £650m deal to refinance debt secured against dozens of British hospitals.Sky News understands that Medical Properties Trust, which is listed in New York, is close to announcing an agreement with a group of financial institutions. City sources said on Thursday that the deal would encompass 27 hospitals across the UK, all of which are operated by Circle Health on long-term leases.The $800m refinancing will be among the largest such deals in the UK healthcare sector in recent months.Money latest: Fashion brand to charge £8.99 for returns Insiders said it was being…

A former Chinese takeaway worker found guilty of money laundering after police seized more than £3bn worth of Bitcoin has been jailed for more than six years.Jian Wen, 42, came to the attention of police when she tried to buy some of London’s most expensive properties, including a £23.5m seven-bedroom Hampstead mansion with a swimming pool and a nearby £12.5m home with a cinema and gym. The investigation led to the UK’s biggest-ever cryptocurrency seizure when more than 61,000 Bitcoin were discovered in digital wallets.The cryptocurrency was worth £1.4bn at the time but its value has now risen to more…

A former fashion student has accused rapper P Diddy of sexually assaulting her more than 20 years ago when she was a fashion student in New York City.April Lampros, who is now 51, filed a claim at the Supreme Court of New York County on Thursday, according to NBC, Sky News’s sister outlet in the United States. She claims the musician – whose real name is Sean Combs – sexually assaulted her on four occasions between 1995 and the early 2000s, including once when she was forced to take ecstasy and have sex with Combs’ former girlfriend Kim Porter.Porter died…

The reason for the fall in the household energy price cap is pretty straightforward – wholesale electricity and gas prices have fallen since the price cap was last set in February this year.Wholesale gas and electricity prices make up by far the biggest proportion of the energy bills – £720 of the current £1,690 – and Ofgem is assuming, for July, August and September, a wholesale electricity price of 22.36 pence per kilowatt hour (kWh), down from 24.50 pence per kWh during the current quarter. It is assuming also a wholesale gas price of 5.48 pence per kWh from July…

Paloma Faith, KT Tunstall and other songwriters at the Ivor Novello Awards have spoken out about the use of AI in music, saying meaningful songs cannot be written by “robots”.The awards ceremony, which honours the craft of songwriting, was held in London this afternoon, with artists including Raye, Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey and Skepta honoured. It comes at a time of instability for songwriters as artificial intelligence has grown in its capabilities. Dozens of artists have called for more protections against the use of their identities without consent, and the use of their music to train AI models. Image:…