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Kent County Council was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes lowStanley Murphy-Johns Press Association12:30, 22 Dec 2025Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visits County Hall in Maidstone(Image: Gareth Fuller/PA)Reform UK’s flagship local authority’s debt will increase by tens of millions of pounds, even if it puts up council tax by the maximum possible amount, according to a leaked forecast of next year’s finances.Kent County Council (KCC) was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.Soon after…

Inam Khan, of Troon Crescent, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, spent time in online chat rooms and on Snapchat, targeting young children while lying about his own age to build and manipulate trust. On September 19, 2022, the 37-year-old travelled to Suffolk from his home to meet with a 14-year-old girl who he had spent time grooming online and through Snapchat. Khan then took the victim to a nearby location, where he went on to rape her. A further attempted rape against the same victim was also reported to police. Officers began working to track Khan and he was arrested on October 1,…

Startup Name: LO:TECH Website:      Tell Us About LO:TECH   LO:TECH is a digital asset trading firm, bridging the institutional shift to onchain markets with transparent, reliable trading-related services. The company provides tick-level live and historic market data, liquidity services for protocols and exchanges, and agency execution, all built on proprietary trading infrastructure. The firm is building a key transition point in financial markets. Just as electronic trading replaced physical trading floors decades ago, LO:TECH believes blockchain-based markets represent the next evolution. The company works with both traditional institutions entering the digital asset space and blockchain-native projects building new financial…

Two weeks after a judge struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order that blocked offshore wind development, the White House is again pausing leases for five large projects, this time citing concerns over radar interference. “Today’s action addresses emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution of the relevant adversary technologies, and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects with proximity near our east coast population centers,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday in a statement. The affected projects include Revolution Wind in Connecticut and Rhode Island, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts, and Empire Wind and…

Location : The M48 westbound between the M4 and junction J1 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 23:45 and 00:00 on 23 December 2025. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

The new administration has repeatedly expressed its desire to cut costs and find savings in KCC’s activitiesStanley Murphy-Johns Press Association12:33, 22 Dec 2025Reform UK Kent County Council group (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA)The “flagship” Reform council is planning to “hugely cut” elements of adult social care which could affect thousands of people in the new year.Reform UK took control of Kent County Council (KCC) after local elections in May, overturning a 30-year Tory majority.The new administration has repeatedly expressed its desire to cut costs and find savings in KCC’s activities.Jim Dickson, Labour MP for Dartford, said “navigation and wellbeing services” providers have…

2025 was a blockbuster year for Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider crypto market as crypto-friendly legislators platformed growth-focused regulation and Wall Street finally accepted Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), and numerous altcoins as a valid asset class worthy of inclusion in an investment portfolio. The global bid on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana’s SOL (SOL) token was near immeasurable, with total net flows into the spot Bitcoin ETFs reaching $57 billion and the total net assets across the ETFs reaching $114.8 billion.  Spot Bitcoin ETF netflows in 2025. Source: SoSoValue.comGoing into 2026, the real question is, will the pace of institutional, corporate and government-level…

“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode of the program. In 2025, MIT researchers made headlines across print publications, podcasts, and video platforms for key scientific advances, from breakthroughs in quantum and artificial intelligence to new efforts aimed at improving pediatric health care and cancer diagnosis.MIT faculty, researchers, students, alumni and staff helped demystify new technologies, highlighted the practical hands-on learning the Institute is known for, and shared what inspires their research with viewers, readers and listeners around the world. Below is a sampling of news moments…

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MIT chemists have produced verticillin A in the lab for the first time. This fungal molecule was identified more than 50 years ago and has drawn attention for its potential as an anticancer agent. Verticillin A is notoriously hard to build because of its intricate chemical architecture. Even compared with closely related compounds, it proved far more challenging to synthesize, despite differing by only a couple of atoms. “We have a much better appreciation for how those subtle structural changes can significantly increase the synthetic challenge,” says Mohammad Movassaghi, an MIT professor of chemistry. “Now we have the technology where…