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Rail replacement buses will be running in a number of areasRainham is among the Kent railway stations that will be closed on Sunday, January 18.(Image: N Chadwick via Geograph)Multiple busy Kent train stations will close for part of the coming weekend as engineering works are completed around the Southeastern network. On Sunday (January 18), key lines will be subject to closures and alterations including between Sittingbourne and Medway, and between Tonbridge and Ashford/Maidstone.There will be no trains via Sittingbourne on Sunday due to planned works between Gillingham and Faversham closing all lines. Stations including Rainham, Sittingbourne, Teynham and Sheerness-on-Sea will…

The tech world’s deepfake pornography problem is now bigger than just X. In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit and TikTok, several U.S. senators are asking the companies to provide proof that they have “robust protections and policies” in place, and to explain how they plan to curb the rise of sexualized deepfakes on their platforms. The senators also demanded that the companies preserve all documents and information relating to the creation, detection, moderation, and monetization of sexualized, AI-generated images, as well as any related policies. The letter comes hours after X said it updated…

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Ms Clark died when the ambulance she was travelling in crashed into a cement lorryIzzie Addison Press Association14:06, 15 Jan 2026Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones (3rd right), with (left to right) Mary Weaving, Kristina Penny, Gill Clark, Graeme Clark, Diane Taylor and Janette Hall (Image: Yui Mok/PA)The parents of a newly-qualified paramedic who died in an ambulance crash aged 21 said it is an “amazing honour” for her service to be recognised with an Elizabeth Emblem. Gill and Graeme Clark, from Kent, will receive the award on behalf of their daughter Alice, who died on January 5,…

Green and Conservative councillors dismissed it as an expensive “vanity project” that wasted “precious public funds”. Green councillor Pete West asked about the cost and whether the scheme was value for money at a meeting before Christmas. He plans to follow up the answers with more questions for Labour councillor Trevor Muten, Brighton and Hove City Council’s cabinet member for transport. His questions focus on the council’s park and ride trial over seven days in August which was run from the Sussex University campus, in Falmer. It was used by more than 200 people a day and cost £52,000 to…

Location : The A1 southbound between the A694 and the junction with the A692 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 14:15 and 14:30 on 15 January 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump signed a proclamation placing a 25% tariff on selected advanced computing chips imported into the United States. The measure covers products such as Nvidia’s H200 AI processor and AMD’s MI325X chip. The announcement followed the release of a national security order on Wednesday, January 14, according to Reuters. The proclamation came after a 9 month investigation carried out under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The inquiry examined how imports of high performance semiconductors affect national security. The White House said the findings supported import duties on chips that…

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely splashed down early Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, concluding a more than five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov returned to Earth at 12:41 a.m. PST. Teams aboard SpaceX recovery vessels retrieved the spacecraft and its crew shortly after landing. “I couldn’t be prouder of our astronauts and the teams on the ground at NASA, SpaceX, and across our international partnerships,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “Their professionalism…

His case was considered by a misconduct panel this weekDaniel Esson and Local Democracy Reporter11:47, 15 Jan 2026Louis Southon served in Folkestone. Pictured here at a previous awards ceremony(Image: Kent Police / Local Democracy Reporting Service)A “handsy” Kent police officer once praised for bravery has been barred from the force for life after groping two colleagues. Folkestone -based Louis Southon would have faced dismissal this week had he not already resigned after his lurid actions.The former officer did not attend a Kent Police misconduct hearing, citing a need to “protect his mental health” while denying all allegations. His case was…

WhatsApp is allowing AI providers to continue offering their chatbots to users with Brazilian phone numbers, days after the country’s competition regulator ordered the company to suspend its new policy that bars third-party, general-purpose chatbots from being offered on the app via its business API. Under the new policy, the company is providing a 90-day grace period starting January 15 to developers and AI providers, mandating them to cease responding to user queries on the chat app, and notify users that their chatbots won’t work on WhatsApp. Now, Meta told developers that they don’t have to notify users with Brazilian…