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For cycle-to-work commuters and those who start the day with a brisk walk, the benefits of banking some early exercise is well understood.

Now scientists believe activity is not just a good idea for improving the day ahead – physical activity could be associated with small increase in memory scores …

Virtual assistant units have become a staple in many UK households, telling people whether it is expected to rain, what the time is, and what the result in the football was.

Among the most common used is Alexa, whose parent company Amazon has released the top questions and requests given …

The 2032 Olympics have for a long time felt far away, but it took Gout Gout to show they are just around the corner. The Brisbane teenager’s barely believable 200m national record on Saturday has upped the urgency on organisers to get Games planning right, as Queenslanders dream of an …

Rachel Reeves has ordered Whitehall departments to submit their spending plans to “challenge panels” of private sector experts, including bankers, as part of her forthcoming spending review.

Formally kicking off the next phase of the spending review process, the chancellor said she was determined to wield an “iron fist against …

A monk was able to abuse children for four decades on an island off the Welsh coast despite operating in “plain sight” and his victims’ repeated complaints, an independent review has concluded.

Father Thaddeus Kotik groomed, raped and sexually assaulted boys and girls on Caldey Island, which is home to …

Collins dictionary went with “brat”. Oxford

chose “brain rot”

The announcement comes in an election year that put the concept on display, as Kamala Harris warned of …

Driver of the year

With a fourth consecutive world championship, Max Verstappen deserves to be recognised as one of the greats, a place he has earned not least with this year’s title, his most hard-fought yet. After opening in a dominant Red Bull, he executed clinically to take four of …

Not that the foreign secretary was trying to take any of the credit for the collapse of the Assad regime, but without the UK standing firm then the dictator would have been around a lot longer. Just saying. Only maybe things weren’t entirely that simple. Because David Lammy had given …

A husband and wife face enforced separation because the Home Office wants to put him on a deportation flight to Pakistan on Tuesday, leaving his wife in the UK.

Labour has pledged to increase deportations, and since taking office has removed more than 10,000 people – a mix of voluntary …

A former chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) inappropriately initiated sexual contact with an aspiring lawyer, a disciplinary tribunal has found.

A five-person panel found three charges of professional misconduct to be proven against Navjot “Jo” Sidhu, who was once a contender to be the director of public prosecutions.