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Microsoft swoops in to hire fired Sam Altman to shore up its own AI investment just THREE hours after OpenAI confirmed bombshell news he would not return to work for them Sam Altman will reportedly now be replaced as OpenAI CEO by Emmett Shear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella seemed to confirm it as he announced […]

Christmas jumper rental service launched by Lidl in green push to end fast fashion and stop the tops ending on landfill by the new year Workers planning to take part in this year’s annual Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day appeal have been urged to rent their gansey rather than buying a new one.  German […]

Revealed: The 25 words we detest the most… But is YOUR most hated word on the list? One in three rate ‘amazeballs’ as the word most likely to leave them seeing red  Over a quarter of Britons hate the phrase ‘nom nom’ – used when eating   If you’re tempted to talk about your ‘amazeballs holibobs’ […]

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder hours after cops launched a manhunt last night. Police said officers were called to a Ravensthorpe property in West Northamptonshire just before 7pm where a "woman was found seriously injured". Paramedics desperately tried to save her, but the woman in her 20s was tragically pronounced dead. […]

Mother, 27, has to sleep in her bath after three years of bedbug hell which left her children bloodied and scarred Tegan Dare, 27, from Southampton said she is ready to burn the house down just to get rid of the thousands of critters that have infested her council home.  A mother of two has […]

From gurning and worm charming, to black pudding throwing, extreme ironing and stone skimming: As Britain triumphs in the litter picking world cup, the other weird and wacky alternative ‘sports’ the UK is actually good at Britain’s gold medal win yesterday at the Litter Picking World Cup – after collecting 83kg of rubbish from a […]

FORMER gangster Dave Courtney was found dead in bed by a pal after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, an inquest heard. The notorious hardman-turned-author, 64, was found dead at his home in Plumstead, South West London, on October 22. Courtney was battling prostate cancer and was left in "severe pain" from arthritis. An […]

CONTROVERSIAL politician Geert Wilders, dubbed "Captain Peroxide", has bagged a surprising and dramatic win in the Dutch general election. The far-right leader, once dubbed "Europe's Most Dangerous Man", has sparked fierce debate over his anti-EU, anti-Islam beliefs – even for a time being banned from the UK. Now Wilders, who founded the right-wing Party for […]

Reading fire: Dramatic moment man is winched to safety from huge fire at building site as town centre is engulfed by thick clouds of black smoke This is the dramatic moment a workman being lifted to safety by a crane, after becoming trapped on the roof of a building that has burst into flames in […]

Amazing maps show how Brits swarm in and out of cities and towns each day to get to work – as census data reveals how people moved across the country in the space of a year Amazing new maps show how Britons swarm in and out of cities and towns each day on their journeys […]