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A prolific burglar targeted businesses and homes across the city during a two-month crime spree.Reece Faria’s series of criminal activity began on September 12, 2022 when he unlawfully entered a property in Brunswick Square, Hove, stealing electronics, jewellery and money.On October 7, 2022 the 28-year-old went on to steal a charity collection box from a coffee shop on St James’s Street.On October 21, 2022, police received reports of two burglaries at businesses in Bond Street, Brighton. A bank card stolen during one of the break-ins was then used by Faria at two other premises in the city.Nine days later on…

Location : The A2 westbound exit slip to the A2018 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 08:30 and 08:45 on 24 November 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Imagine you want to carry a large, heavy box up a flight of stairs. You might spread your fingers out and lift that box with both hands, then hold it on top of your forearms and balance it against your chest, using your whole body to manipulate the box.  Humans are generally good at whole-body manipulation, but robots struggle with such tasks. To the robot, each spot where the box could touch any point on the carrier’s fingers, arms, and torso represents a contact event that it must reason about. With billions of potential contact events, planning for this task…

In response to the feedback received on its proposed Digital Payment Token (DPT) regulations, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) laid down measures for DPT service providers to discourage speculation in cryptocurrency investments.The de facto central bank of Singapore, MAS announced five ways DPT service providers can help retail clients avoid price speculation. DPT service providers must determine their customer’s risk awareness before offering crypto services. In addition, DPT service providers were advised against providing any incentives to trade in cryptocurrencies. Thirdly, DPT service providers cannot offer financing, margin or leveraged transactions.Refusing locally issued credit card payments is another measure MAS…

Scientists from the Natural History Museum of Utah have taken a deep dive into the not-so-distant past thanks to a friendly tip from Utah’s caving community. In a paper published this week by the Journal of Mammalogy, five scientists from the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) and colleagues from Utah’s caving community have published the first research from their collaborative field work effort deep in Utah’s caves. The journal’s feature article reveals why caves make such compelling research archives; what was uncovered in Boomerang Cave in northern Utah; why skeletal remains provide new access to hard-to-get data from the…

Information from a Freedom of Information request to the South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) found that a 999 caller in Southwick waited over an hour and 20 minutes for an ambulance in April this year. Their call was designated as Category 1, the most serious kind which deals with time-critical injuries and illnesses, with a target response time of seven minutes. In the same month as the 80-minute wait, data revealed that patients had an average wait for a Category 1 call of almost 35 minutes – five times longer than the target response time.  The data, obtained by Tom…

Location : The M62 westbound between junctions J32 and J31 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder and lane 1 are closed. Reason : Vehicle tyre change. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 07:30 and 07:45 on 24 November 2023. Lanes Closed : There is one of three lanes closed. Source link

How fast time flies. Just a few weeks ago, on the heels of its announced acquisition by British group Admiral, French insurtech Luko advertised itself through billboards in the Paris metro and felt confident enough to joke about the fact that it once won a “Next Unicorn” award. Fast-forward to this week, and its parent company, Demain ES, will be put for sale via a legal notice in the newspaper after Admiral abandoned ship. What happened in the meantime is a bumpy journey from one offer to the next, until a tribunal pulled the brakes on the roller coaster ride…

With more than a third (36%) of SMEs using external finance in 2022, Cashflows Advance is redefining business funding to enable merchants to grow without the risk of repayments becoming overwhelming. The service, created in partnership with Recap, offers merchants a pre-approved cash advance based on historical sales data. This eliminates lengthy application processes and delivers funding to merchants when they need it most. A fixed percentage of a merchant’s daily sales is taken as repayment, meaning that during slower business periods, repayments are lower. In the current turbulent economic environment, Cashflows Advance provides much-needed financing to businesses in a…

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