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West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has welcomed nine wholetime firefighters following a 16-week programme covering breathing apparatus, responding to road traffic collisions and delivering community safety initiatives. Their training culminated in a pass out parade at Platinum House in Horsham on January 15, where recruits demonstrated their skills in a simulated road traffic collision and a rescue from the drill tower. Chief fire officer Gary Ball, who presented the certificates, said: “I am delighted to welcome our nine new wholetime firefighters into the service. “Their commitment and determination throughout this challenging training have been outstanding. “They have consistently demonstrated professionalism and…

Location : The M6 southbound between junctions J3 and J2 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 22:45 and 23:00 on 18 January 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Sunday 18 January 2026 4:53 pm  |  Updated:  Sunday 18 January 2026 4:54 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Wetherspoon is expected to unveil further sales growth Pub giant JD Wetherspoon is set to shed light on how its customers fared over the key Christmas period amid a backdrop of rising costs for the sector.The value pub chain, which runs around 800 venues across the UK, will become the latest firm to reveal its latest trading performance when it updates shareholders and analysts on Wednesday…

Utility companies who flout the rules while carrying out road works are in danger of being prosecutedSimon Finlay and Local Democracy Reporter22:35, 18 Jan 2026Utility companies who flout the rules while carrying out road works are in danger of being prosecuted(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service)Utility companies who flout the rules while carrying out road works are in danger of being prosecuted, it has emerged. Kent County Council (KCC) hopes that its get-tough policy will mean highways will be safer, flow more freely and force contractors to speed up the work.But the authority – which has seen a sharp rise in…

The English rapper and pop artist, real name Stephen Manderson, exuberantly shouted out Glasgow eatery Lovable Rogue in a recent social media video. “I had a banging, banging roast at the Lovable Rogue on a Sunday,” the Just Be Good to Green hitmaker said. “Proper, proper, wicked roast.” Reacting to the video, Lovable Rogue West End, which serves an array of Scottish classics, commented: “Big thanks to @professorgreen for showing some more love for our Sunday Roast.  “Good luck on your new venture around the corner. I’m sure we’ll see you again soon!” The Lovable Rogue, which operates locations in…

She praises a local charity for giving her support after the devastating lossGlow NIA mum from North Belfast has opened up on how her “life spiralled out of control” after her daughter’s death.Mandy Crawford, from the Lansdowne area, said she “couldn’t accept” her 22-year-old daughter’s death by suicide four years ago. She became dependent on alcohol, and struggled to leave the house.Just over a year ago, she reached out to charity Glow NI and said their help has given her a new lease of life after her heartbreaking loss. The community-based mental health and wellbeing organisation is dedicated to empowering…

Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. Yet here’s Sequoia, already invested in both OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, now throwing its weight behind Anthropic, too. The timing is particularly surprising given what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said under oath last year. As part of OpenAI’s defense against Musk’s lawsuit, Altman addressed…

Sometimes, in genetics, two wrongs do make a right. A research team has recently shown that two harmful genetic variants, when occurring together in a gene, can restore function—proving a decades-old hypothesis originally proposed by Nobel laureate Francis Crick. Source link

If you’re at all concerned about privacy, the rise of AI personal assistants can feel alarming. It’s difficult to use one without sharing personal information, which is retained by the model’s parent company. With OpenAI already testing advertising, it’s easy to imagine the same data collection that fuels Facebook and Google creeping into your chatbot conversations. A new project, launched in December by Signal co-founder Moxie Marlinspike, is showing what a privacy-conscious AI service might look like. Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but the backend is arranged to avoid data collection, with the open-source…

Overregulation of the crypto industry would negatively impact markets and gut decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Michaël van de Poppe.The failure of the CLARITY crypto market structure bill to advance in the United States Congress is positive for crypto markets and the industry, according to market analyst Michaël van de Poppe. Van De Poppe cited crypto exchange Coinbase withdrawing support for the bill on Wednesday and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s X post listing several concerns with the most recent version of the bill.The issues included a “de facto ban” on tokenized stocks, government access to user records on decentralized finance (DeFi)…