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Friday 29 May 2026 5:20 pm John Size trails in the Trainers’ Championship by 10 wins 13-TIME champion trainer John Size could be the man to follow when racing gets underway with an 11-race programme, including a couple of Group Three contests at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday.Size seems to have dropped off the radar with regards winning the trainers’ title race and currently lies 10 winners behind leading duo Caspar Fownes and Danny Shum.The master trainer has always downplayed his chances of gaining another title, but there are still 13 race-meetings left in the season, and with…

Scott Brennan, production and design lead at The Good Coffee Cartel in Kinning Park, is preparing to take on his first Ironman 70.3 in Sweden as part of a deeply personal campaign. Brennan’s mother Kay, 67, was diagnosed with grade 2 breast cancer in November 2024 and has since undergone a full mastectomy, six rounds of chemotherapy, and 15 sessions of radiotherapy She continues to receive long-term immunotherapy treatment. Scott said: “Through every stage of this fight, my mum has shown unbelievable strength and positivity. “Even during the hardest moments, she’s been lifting everyone else around her. “Watching that made me…

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, and DuckDuckGo installs are climbing from users who want Google to stop forcing AI into search and just give them links.  Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what happens when the AI-pilled and the AI-skeptical are both right at the same time, plus three…

Here is your chamber round-up of the month from the Local Democracy Reporting ServiceStock image of Belfast City Hall(Image: Belfast Live)This month a long-standing antisocial behaviour issue in the city was addressed, as parties gave a rare display of unity in speaking out against the scrambler problem. Meanwhile a painful compromise was reached on another long–standing political hot potato, Sunday trading hours in the city.The Irish language continues to inspire, and divide, groups and individuals in the city of Belfast, and this is reflected nowhere more than at City Hall. In May a controversial decision was made on Irish and…

Gillingham are likely to come up against their former striker Elliott Nevitt next season.Nevitt, 29, was released by the Gills at the end of the season and has now signed a two-year deal with Oldham Athletic.Elliott Nevitt has signed for Oldham Athletic following his Gillingham exit Picture: @Julian_KPINevitt struggled to find his scoring form during his time at Gillingham, having previously helped Crewe Alexandra to a promotion challenge in League Two.The hard-working forward finished the season out on loan, and won promotion with Cambridge United, coming off the bench in 15 of his 16 appearances for the U’s without scoring,…

Groq is looking to raise $650 million in new funding from existing investors, sources tell Axios, as it leans into its inference neocloud business that relies on its homegrown AI chip and systems. In December, Groq struck one of those not-an-acquisition agreements with Nvidia for a reported $20 billion which involved the departure of some top-level senior Groq employees to the chip giant and the licensing of Groq’s hardware technology to Nvidia. That deal was good news for the startup’s investors who got paid out in cash with what would have been Nvidia’s largest purchase, if the deal was a…

London May 28 : The UK Parliament’s House of Lords has hosted the 5th International Conference on Paid Period Leave to mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day, bringing together policymakers, academics, campaigners and international delegates to discuss menstrual health, workplace inclusion and gender equality. The event, organised by the Global South Corridor in partnership with Vishv Umiya Foundation (VUF), ECOF Enterprises and MHM-KIT, attracted participants from countries including the UK, India, Ghana, Nigeria, China, France and Spain. Speakers at the conference called for greater recognition of menstrual health as a workplace and public policy issue, arguing that menstrual dignity should be…

The body was discovered on Rottingdean beach on the morning of Friday, May 29. Sussex Police said: “The man has been formally identified as a 50-year-old man from Hertfordshire. “His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.” (Image: Sussex News and Pictures) Officers have confirmed that the death is not being treated as suspicious. Sussex Police said: “There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances and the incident is being treated as unexplained at this time. “Officers are investigating the wider circumstances and a report will be prepared for HM…

Cognition CEO Scott Wu made headlines again this week when his two-year-old AI coding agent startup raised $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation. Cognition is the maker of Devin, one of the first and, arguably, most successful AI coding agents. Devin, the CEO says, “naturally owns tasks end to end.” In fact, in the blog post announcing that raise, Cognition laid out a vision where “we are shifting to a world of self-driving software development.” So, could Devin replace, say, a mid-level L4 programmer? Yes, and no, Wu told TechCrunch. “We’ve never thought about it as replacing humans. I…

UK fintech is splitting into two very distinct groups, and the numbers make the divide impossible to ignore. Revolut posted £1 billion in profit in 2024 and generated £1.1 billion in EBITDA. Monzo reported revenue above £1 billion and pre-tax profit of £53.5 million, up from £13.9 million the year before, according to Reuters. Between them, those two companies account for roughly 50% of UK fintech revenue – the sector looks healthy from a distance. Take a closer look, and you’ll see there’s a lot more going on. Curve, which once had ambitions of a $50 to $60 billion valuation…