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There’s been a surprise fall in inflation to 2.5% after two months of rises, official figures show.It means prices are still rising but at a slower pace than before, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for December. Economists had expected the figure to remain at 2.6%, the level recorded in November. Inflation is still above the 2% target of interest rate setters at the Bank of England but exactly as they had forecast in November.What does it mean for interest rates? It means there is more chance of an interest rate cut when the Bank’s rate-setting Monetary Policy…
Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Tony Slattery dies of heart attack aged 65 | Ents & Arts News
Comedian and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 following a heart attack, his partner has said.The actor was famous for appearing on the Channel 4 comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and other series such as Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You.He had recently been touring a comedy show and launched his podcast, Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club, just a few months ago, in October.A statement made on behalf of his partner, Mark Michael Hutchinson, said: “It is with great sadness we must announce actor and comedian Tony Slattery, aged 65, has passed away…
Snapchat ‘asleep at the wheel’ when it comes to suicide and self-harm content, says children’s charity | Science, Climate & Tech News
The social media site Snapchat is “fundamentally failing to act on suicide and self-harm content”, according to the Molly Rose Foundation.Just 2% of reported suicide and self-harm content on Snapchat was removed between January and July last year, according to Snapchat’s latest transparency report. There were 289 posts relating to suicide and self-harm that were proactively discovered and dealt with by the company.”For Snapchat to be identifying such a minuscule amount of content on their platform just illustrates they are absolutely asleep at the wheel when it comes to these risks,” Andy Burrows, chief executive of the suicide prevention charity,…
Jenny Eclair says she ‘can’t compete’ with ‘terrible’ AI Michael Parkinson podcast | Ents & Arts News
The first episode of a podcast hosted by AI replicating Sir Michael Parkinson has been released – and comedian and podcaster Jenny Eclair has branded it a “terrible, terrible idea”.The podcast Virtually Parkinson sees AI technology synthetically recreate the late presenter’s voice and style to interview real-life celebrities. Known for his interviews with the world’s biggest stars, Parkinson died in 2023 aged 88, following a brief illness.The first episode released on Monday saw the Parkinson AI speak to R&B singer Jason Derulo, who was answering questions about his upbringing, fatherhood and fracturing part of his neck.Eclair, who co-hosts the podcast…
The government will “mainline AI into the veins” of the UK, with plans being unveiled today by Sir Keir Starmer.The prime minister is set to promise investment, jobs and economic growth due to a boom in the sector. It comes as his government battles against allegations they are mismanaging the economy and stymied growth with the budget last autumn.The government’s announcement claims that, if AI is “fully embraced”, it could bring £47bn to the economy every year.And it says that £14bn is set to be invested by the private sector, bringing around 13,000 jobs. The majority of those would be…
The launch of a huge, partially reusable rocket, built by Jeff Bezos’s company, has been called off this morning after hours of delays.The 98-metre rocket, called New Glenn, is around as tall as Big Ben. It was set to carry up to 45 tonnes of tech to low Earth orbit. However, the team at Blue Origin, Amazon founder Mr Bezos’s space technology company, confirmed this morning that the launch was called off.The decision came following a series of delays due to unspecified issues.The team said they would work out a new date for lift-off, adding: “We can’t wait to get…
The Wanted star Max George recalls moment he wrote will from hospital bed before heart surgery | Ents & Arts News
The Wanted star Max George has told of the moment he wrote his will from a hospital bed, as he was convinced he “was going to die”.In December, George revealed he had to undergo urgent heart surgery after being diagnosed with a block. In an interview with The Sun, his first since he underwent the lifesaving surgery, the 36-year-old described the moment when he thought he would die.He said: “If I could go from being absolutely on top of the world to being told ‘the bottom part of your heart isn’t working’, I kept thinking in my head, ‘Well, what…
Grim economic news raises stakes for embattled chancellor Rachel Reeves’s controversial China trip | Politics News
Rachel Reeves’s trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 – was always going to be controversial. In recent years Conservative governments have been keeping Beijing at arm’s length – amid concern about espionage, the situation in Hong Kong, and the treatment of the Uyghurs. David Cameron’s so-called “Golden Era” of engagement in the pursuit of economic investment, notoriously capped by a visit to an Oxfordshire pub for a pint with President Xi Jinping – has been widely written off as a naive mistake.There are many – not least the incoming US President Donald Trump -…
Stellantis meets electric vehicle target despite criticising the goal and closing its Luton plant | Money News
The company that owns Britain’s Vauxhall car plants met the UK government’s electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate last year despite publicly criticising the target and announcing the closure of its Luton factory. Stellantis, which also owns the Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat brands, as well as a number of others, was the UK’s best-selling electric van manufacturer in 2024, it announced on Thursday. Despite this, the company said in November it would close its Luton van plant in April, putting more than 1,100 jobs at risk.Money blog: Major mobile company increasing bills next monthUnder the government’s zero-emission vehicle mandate (ZEV), car…
Sam Moore, who sang Soul Man and other 1960s hits in the legendary Sam & Dave duo, has died aged 89.Moore, who influenced musicians including Michael Jackson, Al Green and Bruce Springsteen, died on Friday in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery, his publicist Jeremy Westby said. No additional details were immediately available.Moore was inducted with Dave Prater, who had died in a 1988 car crash, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.The duo, at the Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records, transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show…