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Brighton Spiegeltent will not take place this year due to the “ongoing infrastructure works affecting its usual home at Old Steine Gardens”. The announcement comes just weeks after organisers said the festival would return, moving to a larger location in Victoria Gardens. Now bosses have announced they “don’t feel the Brighton Spiegeltent event would benefit from relocating to an unsuitable and challenging location”. In a post on social media, the festival organisers said that the Valley Gardens Phase 3 road scheme, an extensive project to redevelop the road systems in the area, will make the festival’s Old Steine Gardens site…

Marquis, a technology company used by hundreds of banks to analyze and visualize their customers’ data, says hundreds of thousands of people had their personal and sensitive financial information stolen in a ransomware attack last year. The Plano, Texas-based fintech company is notifying at least 672,075 people that hackers stole their information during the August 2025 cyberattack, according to a listing with Maine’s attorney general’s office. More than half of all those affected live in Texas, according to a separate data breach notice filed in the state. The disclosure is the fullest picture yet of the number of people affected…

The U.S. Department of Defense said on Tuesday evening that Anthropic poses an “unacceptable risk to national security,” marking the agency’s first rebuttal to the AI lab’s lawsuits challenging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision last month to label the company a supply chain risk. As part of its complaints, Anthropic had requested the court temporarily block the DOD from enforcing its label. The crux of the DOD’s argument, made in a 40-page filing in a California federal court, is the concern that Anthropic might “attempt to disable its technology or preemptively alter the behavior of its model” before or during…

Wednesday 18 March 2026 1:28 pm  |  Updated:  Wednesday 18 March 2026 1:29 pm Sheperd Neame has hedged many of its energy contracts Shepherd Neame has become the latest pub company to express concern over the spectre of rising energy costs after the war in Iran sent the price of oil soaring.The Kent-based brewer, pub and hotel group, which is listed on the Aquis stock exchange, said its energy was “heavily hedged” into the next financial year with around 50 per cent of contracts hedged – meaning that the group could see a sharp hike to cost pressures should energy prices…

The Scottish singer and broadcaster’s new documentary, Michelle McManus Sings for the Pope, which airs on Good Friday at 9pm and Easter Sunday at 10am on BBC One Scotland, follows her deeply personal journey from Glasgow to Rome. The documentary charts her recording of a new hymn in Scotland, her reconnection with her childhood Catholic faith, and her emotional performance in Italy. Written by Rev John L. Bell of the Iona Community, the hymn Because was created for the 60th anniversary of SCIAF. The new documentary reaches its climax with Michelle singing the hymn at the Palace of Castel Gandolfo…

On Wednesday, after playing the clip in which Mr Hughes calls Mr Adams a major player, Sir Max Hill KC, for the three bombing victims, said: “You were, weren’t you Mr Adams? And you deny it.”Gerry Adams arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London(Image: Ben Whitley/PA Wire)Gerry Adams was a “major, major player in the war”, according to one of his former friends who was an IRA volunteer, the High Court has heard.Brendan Hughes said the words during a recorded interview that was played in court to Mr Adams, who is giving evidence in defence of a…

Location : The M11 northbound between junctions J6 and J7 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 13:45 and 14:00 on 18 March 2026. Cause : Emergency resurfacing. Delay : There are currently delays of 15 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Over the past few years, there has been a steady influx of startups trying to treat issues like depression, period pain, PMS, anxiety and insomnia by using wearables that apply electrical, magnetic or ultrasonic signals to stimulate the brain. San Francisco-based Mave Health is the latest of that fleet, and claims its $495, neuromodulation headset can improve attention and mood, regulate stress, and even measure mental health. The startup is positioning the wearable as a non-medical device so it won’t need clearance from agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell in the U.S. Dhawal Jain, who…

A large prospective cohort study conducted by researchers from Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard examined data from 131,821 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS). The findings showed that moderate intake of caffeinated coffee (2-3 cups a day) or tea (1-2 cups a day) was associated with a reduced risk of dementia, slower cognitive decline, and better preservation of cognitive abilities. The study was published in JAMA. “When searching for possible dementia prevention tools, we thought something as prevalent as coffee…

Struggling to shed a pound or two, or even just maintain a healthy weight? It is tough, right? Genetics, hormones, and lifestyle factors all play their part. But what might be holding you back even more are the common nutrition myths floating around. You have probably heard things like, “Wait 30 minutes after eating before you go swimming,” or the classic, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”  But are these just old wives’ tales, or is there a kernel of truth to them? That is what we will be looking at today. So, grab a seat and join…