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The nurseries, registered for more than 140 children combined, have been acquired by existing operators Tots R Us Nurseries. They already run two other sites in West Dunbartonshire. Isabel Burns, director at Tots R Us Nurseries, said: “We are delighted to announce that Carousel Nurseries have officially joined the Tots R Us family. “This marks an exciting step for our family-run business, and we look forward to the journey ahead. “Our immediate focus will be on enhancing the learning environment across both settings, including the introduction of new resources and investment in outdoor spaces. “While maintaining the warm and nurturing…

More than 70% of people, including a majority of Leave voters, agree that Brexit has been more of a failure than a success in Northern Ireland, an opinion poll has suggested.The results of the research from Queen’s University Belfast also indicate two-thirds of people in the region believe Brexit has made the break-up of the UK more likely.The polling, carried out for Queen’s by LucidTalk, suggests that close to half of voters (48%) do not agree that the 2016 Brexit referendum was based on a “fair democratic process”, while 40% agree.The report is the 15th in the “Testing the Temperature”…

Nine California jurors are now deliberating over the future of OpenAI, the world-leading artificial intelligence lab. While the trial exploring Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI’s other cofounders and Microsoft has covered territory ranging from the breakup of the founders in 2018 to Altman’s firing and rehiring in 2023, the jurors will be considering a set of fairly narrow questions. Breach of charitable trust — essentially, did OpenAI and cofounders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman violate a specific agreement with Musk to use his donations to OpenAI for a specific, charitable purpose and not general use by the non-profit? Unjust enrichment — did…

CME Group just announced Nasdaq CME Crypto Index Futures on May 14, putting BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, and Lumens into a single regulated contract that tracks the broadest basket of digital assets Wall Street has ever offered. For anyone building a list of the top 3 cryptos to buy now, the question is no longer whether crypto belongs in a portfolio but which entries deliver the most from here. Pepeto https://pepetocoin.com/ has raised more than $9 million with the cofounder of the original PEPE coin, a former Binance expert, and a SolidProof audit behind it, and the approaching…

Elon Musk’s newly rebranded SpaceXAI is reportedly losing top talent, with more than 50 researchers and engineers departing since February, according to The Information. The exits include key leaders across coding, world models, and Grok voice.  Rivals like Meta and Thinking Machine Labs are reportedly scooping up former staff, with the company’s core pre-training team dwindling to just a handful of people. Since February, at least 11 xAI employees have defected to Meta, according to The Information’s report. At least seven have left to join Mira Murati’s Thinking Machine Labs. TechCrunch has previously reported on 11 of the xAI departures announced…

Onramp has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by Early Riders, valuing the bitcoin financial services firm at $135 million as it pushes to scale a custody model designed to meet institutional standards. The Austin-based company told Bitcoin Magazine it now holds more than $1 billion in assets under custody and has recorded zero security incidents since its founding in 2023. The new capital will support expansion of Onramp Finance, its recently launched platform that combines bitcoin custody, brokerage, and cash management, while funding new partnerships across banks, registered investment advisors, and fintech firms. At the center…

Alternative therapies that aid the body’s immune system to fight bacteria have shown promise in addressing the global threat of antibiotic resistance. University of Queensland researchers have found when under attack, the body’s immune cells activate a cellular process called mitochondrial fission to kill invading bacteria. Their study is published in the journal Science Immunology. Source link

On Thursday (May 21), Wealden District Council’s Majors Planning Committee is due to consider an application, which could see as many as 292 homes built on sites around the village. Local residents and the parish council have raised concerns around the scale of the potential development. In a statement submitted in response to the application, a parish council spokesman said: “East Hoathly with Halland Parish Council strongly objects to the proposed development and requests that planning permission be refused. “The parish council acknowledges the wider national planning policy context, including the [district] council’s inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land…

Location : The M40 northbound between junctions J11 and J12 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder, lanes 1 and 2 are closed. Reason : Accident involving a vehicle that has left the carriageway. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 01:30 and 01:45 on 15 May 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 01:30 and 01:45 on 15 May 2026. Lanes Closed : There are two of three lanes closed. Source link

MIT master’s student Sunshine Jiang ’25 and Rupert Li ’24 are recipients of this year’s Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. Now in its ninth year, the highly competitive scholarship provides up to three years of financial support for graduate studies at Stanford University. Sunshine Jiang  ’25Sunshine Jiang, from Hangzhou, China, graduated from MIT in 2025 with a bachelor’s degree as a double major in physics and electrical engineering and computer science, along with minors in mathematics and economics. She will receive her master of engineering degree this month and will start her PhD in computer science at Stanford School of Engineering this fall. Jiang researches…