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Thursday 26 February 2026 4:03 pm Meanwhile, the region’s manufacturing sector is struggling Birmingham has been at the front of a “service sector boom”, according to new research from Oxford Economics, helping to drive job creation across the wider region. The West Midlands combined authority (WMCA), which contains Britain’s second city, saw gross value added (GVA) in the services sector rise by an average of 4.2 per cent per year between 2020 and 2025, slightly ahead of the UK-wide average.GVA measures the value of outputs minus the spending required to produce them. It is an important measure of economic productivity. The sector…

The accolades, held for the 13th year, recognise and reward those within the wedding industry who work towards making the big day as perfect as possible. Winners were announced at an elegant ceremony on Tuesday, February 24, at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow and saw top specialists and establishments gathered to celebrate each other’s achievements. The winners were: Cake Designer of the Year: South-West – Rosewood Cakes (Glasgow) Photographer of the Year: South-West – Lena Sabala Wedding Photographer (Glasgow) Wedding Makeup Specialist of the Year – Colleen Davidson Artistry (Glasgow) Wedding Entertainment of the Year – Acoustic Aura (Glasgow) Ceremony Music…

The fans — complete with costumes — were out in force at the SSE Arena Source link

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he “cannot in good conscience accede to [the Pentagon’s] request” to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. “Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions,” Amodei wrote in a statement. “However, in a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values. Some uses are also simply outside the bounds of what today’s technology can safely and reliably do.” The two cases are: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons with no human in the loop. The Pentagon believes…

A U.S. Senator has launched a formal Senate Homeland Security Committee inquiry into Binance following reports that the exchange facilitated $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency transfers to Iranian entities linked to terrorism. Investigating the Hong Kong Connection U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has launched an inquiry into Binance following reports that the platform allegedly facilitated $1.7 […] Source link

PayPal may not be pursuing an acquisition, Semafor reported, citing people familiar with the matter.  Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Stripe expressed interest in buying some or all of PayPal Holdings, which includes the flagship product PayPal and its services, as well as other companies like Venmo. Stripe declined to comment on the news.  But unnamed sources tell Semafor that the company has been working with bankers in preparation for a possible activist investor campaign or a hostile takeover. The bankers were working with Alex Chriss, PayPal’s now-ousted CEO, the outlet reported. The company’s new CEO starts next week,…

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The A259 at Newhaven is blocked following a crash. Source link [Featured] [Just In]

Google announced earlier this week that it was building a new data center in Minnesota that would be powered by a mix of wind, solar, and a very unique battery built by startup Form Energy that’s capable of discharging for days on end. Now we know the price tag for that feat of electrochemical engineering: about $1 billion, according to The Information. Form Energy’s massive iron-air battery is capable of delivering a continuous 300 megawatts of electricity over 100 hours. It works by breathing, in a sense — oxygen pumped into the cells rusts iron, which releases electrons. The battery…

Location : The A46 northbound between the junctions with the A4 and the A420 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 20:45 and 21:00 on 26 February 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link