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Location : The M6 southbound entry slip at junction J15 . Reason : Police incident. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 21:15 and 21:30 on 1 June 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 21:15 and 21:30 on 1 June 2026. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed. Source link

The event will see 70 of the top pipe bands battle it out, each fighting for top spot in their grade.The UK Pipe Band Championships take place on June 13A major pipe band competition will make a welcome return to Belfast next month.The UK Pipe Band Championships will see 70 of the top pipe bands in the British Isles including 13 times World Champions Field Marshal Montgomery battle it out at the Grove Playing Fields in North Belfast on Saturday, June 13, each fighting for top spot in their grade.The event has been brought about through a partnership between the…

The mall is making a comeback. As younger people return to American shopping malls in greater numbers, a startup called “The Mall” is bringing the concept online with an app that lets users create a personalized virtual mall from their favorite brands and track sales in one place. The idea itself is simple, if not novel. But its arrival now feels more timely, as customers face an increasingly fragmented online shopping landscape that has become harder to keep up with their favorite brands. That challenge is what first inspired The Mall’s co-founder and COO Ellie Konsker, whose background includes working…

David James Clarke, of Main Road in Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, carried out the abuse at Newlands Preparatory School, where he was employed from 1978 until 1989. He was jailed for 26 years at Lewes Crown Court sitting at Brighton Magistrates’ Court today, June 1. The court heard Clarke, 82, was primarily a teacher of Religious Education and that much of the abuse took place in the school’s dark room, where he “isolated the boys”. The abuse, which was carried out against boys and teenagers, ranged from touching to buggery. Three of Clarke’s victims read out their victim impact statements in…

If you have ever turned a video up to 200% volume, opened a file that refused to work anywhere else or rescued an old DVD from your collection, chances are you have used VLC Media Player. The orange traffic cone has been on our devices for decades. It costs nothing, asks for no subscription, shows no adverts and, according to VideoLAN, does not track users. VideoLAN says VLC has recorded more than 286 million downloads of its current version alone. The project announced in January last year that it had passed 6 billion downloads in total. Modern software often comes…

Kitchen sponges are a staple in most homes, but they may also be an overlooked source of microplastic pollution. A new study led by researchers at the University of Bonn examined how many tiny plastic particles are released from sponges during everyday dishwashing and what impact those particles have on the environment. The results show that kitchen sponges do shed measurable amounts of microplastics over time. However, the researchers found that the biggest environmental burden associated with hand washing dishes is not the plastic particles themselves. Instead, water use accounts for the vast majority of the overall impact. Kitchen Sponges…

Gigascale, the venture firm led by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer, announced on Monday that it had raised a $250 million fund to back founders who are “rebuilding the physical economy.” The new fund will focus on energy, grid infrastructure, and critical minerals all through the lens of climate tech. By continuing with the overt climate focus, Gigascale is bucking conventional wisdom which has soured on the “climate tech” thesis. Gigascale’s second fund is shaping up to be a continuation of the sort of bets that Schrep, as he’s known, has made in the three years since he started Gigascale. The…

An early Ether (ETH) investor sold their ETH holdings over the past week as the price headed toward $2,000, sparking fears of further losses. However, onchain data tells a different story as traders speculate where ETH/USD might bottom.Key takeaways:An early Ethereum whale sold $136 million in ETH, adding pressure as Ether trades below the $2,000 level.Onchain data shows no evidence that older ETH investors are selling en masse.Analysts warn the ETH price could fall further toward the $1,500 support.Ethereum OG whale sells $136 million ETHAn old Ethereum whale, an early investor holding tokens since the network’s first years, sold 55,000…

A new AI weather forecasting tool released today by the startup Windborne Systems offers more frequent and accurate predictions on key variables than the world-leading system developed by European governments, thanks to advancements in how sensor readings are fed into deep learning models. Founded by a group of Stanford students in 2019, Windborne began by building a better weather balloon, with the idea of selling weather data. But the arrival of the weather-forecasting deep learning models in 2022, the team realized they could capture more value by building their own model as well. Today marks the release of the sixth…

The first thing that disappears in Yasuní is the noise. Not the obvious culprits — street traffic, cellphones, car alarms, or loud talking — but the persistent drone of first-world life implanted somewhere deep in you. In just a couple hours after leaving the Ecuadorian capital city behind, find yourself gliding by canoe through a blackwater tributary in Ecuador’s Amazon. The silence begins to feel pure, almost unnervingly so. Then the rainforest, seeming to respond to your questioning, answers back. Overhead, Macaws screech. Cicadas rattle like static noise. And something large, somewhere beyond the trees, moves unseen, eerily, through the…