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London artworks celebrating Windrush generation restored after vandalism

Windrush Untold Stories exhibition received global support after portraits were slashed and daubed with paint

Portraits celebrating the Windrush generation in the heart of Brixton have been restored after a vandalism attack led to a global outpouring of support.

The Windrush Untold Stories exhibition, displayed in Windrush Square, features 20 portraits and recollections of people who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean in the postwar era.

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Could AI be accelerating slowdown in the UK job market?

Country’s economic woes remain main determinant to work opportunities but technological change is also creeping in

Ask ChatGPT whether artificial intelligence is contributing to Britain’s cooling jobs market and the chatbot acknowledges its own role – but adds a caveat: “Yes, AI is contributing to job losses in the UK, but its impact is nuanced and varies by industry, skill level, and job function.”

There are concerns that AI could be one culprit behind the slowdown, as the ascendant technology destroys workers’ jobs.

Rising employment costs and higher taxes.

Monetary tightening and high interest rates.

Broader economic slowdown.

Weaker hiring demand.

The labour market adjusting to a “new normal”.

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Dear Abby: I’m in love my coworker — I don’t know to break the news to my boyfriend

Dear Abby advises a woman who is developing feelings for her coworker.
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Queensland LNP government launches inquiry into CFMEU state branch and its Labor ‘enablers’

Deputy premier likens investigation to 1980s Fitzgerald inquiry, accusing Labor of orchestrating ‘protection racket’ for union

Queensland’s Liberal National party government has invoked the inquiry that brought down decades-long conservative rule in the state as it vowed to pursue a Labor opposition that it described as the “enabler” of violence within a union.

The premier, David Crisafulli, announced a “landmark inquiry” into the state branch of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) on Sunday, which he described as the “most powerful tool” at the government’s disposal.

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Violent brute allegedly shot parents, teen sister and family dog to death — and dragged their corpses to ravine to ‘bury them’

“I killed them and was going to bury them,” the alleged shooter old officers while in custody.
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Shohei Ohtani pitches three scoreless innings in Dodgers’ win as he ramps up pitch count

SAN FRANCISCO — Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings in the Dodgers’ 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday as the Los Angeles star continues to work his way back from elbow surgery. Working as an opener for the fifth time this season after not pitching in all of 2024, Ohtani threw 36…
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Allegations of human error ‘deeply insensitive’: Pilots’ body after Air India crash report

Air India flight 171 was headed for London’s Gatwick airport on June 12, when it crashed minutes after taking off from Ahemdabad’s airport.
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Allegations of human error ‘deeply insensitive’: Pilots’ body after Air India crash report

Air India flight 171 was headed for London’s Gatwick airport on June 12, when it crashed minutes after taking off from Ahemdabad’s airport.
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Reform wants to cut council diversity roles. The problem is there are already barely any

Exclusive: Party talks up sums that can be saved by cutting DEI jobs, but there are only a handful of such roles across the 10 councils it runs

Councils run by Reform UK have an average of fewer than 0.5 diversity and equality roles each, it has emerged, calling into question the party’s stated aim to save significant sums of money by cutting such jobs.

According to freedom of information requests, across the 10 Reform-run English councils there was a combined 4.56 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs connected to equality and diversity, not including roles required by law such as those for inclusion in education, including for pupils with disabilities.

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China’s Astonishing Maglev Train Is Faster Than Most Planes

The technology has seen speeds that outpace commercial jet flights, which usually travel at around 570 miles per hour.