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Belfast Crown Court judge issues warning to public gallery that "no faces to be covered" or sunglasses worn during trial Source link

Global tree-planting campaigns have reached fad-like proportions over the past decade, and it’s easy to understand their appeal. Healthy forests help in the fight against climate change by absorbing some of our excess carbon dioxide emissions, and they can provide wildlife habitat and quality-of-life benefits for local human communities too. So why not plant more trees? It seems like an easy win. But the problem is, there’s a huge difference between simply planting a tree and making sure that trees survive and grow over the long-term. And without the necessary ecological understanding or long-term planning and follow-up that goes into…

Brighton and Hove City Councillors voted for the return of glyphosate at a meeting at Hove Town Hall on Tuesday, January 23, almost five years after a decision was made to end its use. It was banned by the then Labour council in 2019 due to concerns it could cause cancer and damage the environment. The petition, launched on January 22 by Clara Usiskin, from Brighton, now has more than 5,000 signatures. It is addressed to Bella Sankey and reads: “We write to ask that you urgently cancel your plan to reintroduce toxic, carcinogenic weed killers in Brighton and Hove.   “You…

Location : The A46 southbound between the A606 and the junction with the A6006 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 09:00 and 09:15 on 30 January 2024. Delay : There are currently delays of 50 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Grocery prices were 6.8% more expensive than a year ago as the cost of living crisis continues to bite Source link

One kmfm listener is about to have the Best Year Ever after bagging £2,024 in a competition.Becky Croft won the radio station’s contest today after three weeks of intense gameplay.Logo for the kmfm contestBecky, from Manston, who is expecting a baby girl, says she will be putting the money towards her baby and her other children.The competition with Wards estate agents, which started on Monday, January 8, gave listeners four chances a day to come on the radio and play.They had to choose three boxes out of 99 containing random words, and find the boxes that said “Best”, “Year” and…

View gallery Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/BEI/Shutterstock Ashley Park, 32, is best known for her work in the Netflix series Emily in Paris. However, she’s recently become a fan-favorite in other projects. The star appeared in the Golden Globe-winning series, Beef, and also stars in the new Mean Girls film. Ashley has also appeared in Joy Ride, Only Murders in the Building, Girls5eva, and others. Most recently, in January 2024, Ashley made headlines for her health battles rather than for her work. She took to Instagram on January 19 to share a scary health update with her fans, and another update on January 28. Amid Ashley’s…

Ahead of the launch of Apple’s Vision Pro on Friday, Zoom revealed today its upcoming visionOS app, which is set to release on February 2. The new app brings capabilities such as “persona” support for users to use a digital avatar during calls, 3D object sharing, its chat feature “Team Chat” and more. Apple’s Persona feature takes a face scan of the user and lets them have a spatial representation of themselves in Vision Pro. Zoom’s dedicated app supports Persona, allowing meeting participants to see their facial and hand movements. Zoom on Vision Pro will also make use of the…

Carcinotech, based in Edinburgh, has successfully secured £4.2 million in its latest funding round, and intends to expand into the US later this year. The company utilises its Carcino3D technology to develop 3D bioprinted tumour models from cancer cell lines derived from patients. This technology offers a rapid, ethical, and precise platform for drug screening, pre-clinical, and personalised medicine testing, aiding cancer treatment. Ishani Malhotra, CEO and Founder of Carcinotech, said: “Our vision is to be at the forefront of cancer drug testing and provide personalised medicine testing to every individual suffering from cancer to improve their treatment and chance…

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s aerial prototype is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va, Dec. 15, 2023. The prototype, which was the first to prove it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was donated to the museum. Ingenuity’s history-making mission on Mars recently came to an end after one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing, rendering it incapable of flight. Originally designed as a technology demonstration to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, the first…