1 hour ago About sharing The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reviewing period and fertility trackers over data security concerns. The apps work by plotting menstrual cycles, based on user information. They purport to help with a range of period-related health issues, including calculating the best time to attempt to conceive. But the ICO says…
1 hour ago Comments About sharing Two venues on Jimmy Carr’s current UK tour have been forced to shut By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Shrek the Musical in Carlisle and gigs by comic Jimmy Carr in Northampton and Kent are among the shows to have been called off after crumbling concrete was found…
Five former Met Police officers admit sending racist messages on WhatsApp, after BBC Newsnight investigation
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Police are to investigate deaths at a trust in Nottingham, already the subject of a major review.
Books & the Arts / September 7, 2023 The Tyranny of the Parking Lot Finding space for cars has remade the built world. A new history uncovers just how much our lives revolve around parking. Ben Furnas Ad Policy The challenge of parking is largely one of geometry. Cars are big, and when they’re the…
Feature / September 7, 2023 Can Brandon Presley Shake Up Mississippi Politics? The second cousin of Elvis Presley is running for governor in a state where Democrats hardly get elected. John Nichols This article appears in the September 18/25, 2023 issue, with the headline “Mississippi Politics: All Shook Up.” Does a 46-year-old self-described “FDR Democrat”…
Environment / September 7, 2023 A Year Later, the Water Crisis in Jackson Has Gone From Acute to Chronic And the officials in charge of fixing the situation seem more interested in privatization than accountability. Makani Themba Ad Policy Last September, Jackson, Miss., residents were afraid to drink the water, which came out dirty and…
Today 5:30 am The War Party Is Back The War Party Is Back And the officials in charge of fixing the situation seem more interested in privatization than accountability. Katrina vanden Heuvel September 7, 2023 A US Army M1A1 Abrams tank, as will be delivered to Ukraine, is photographed in Grafenwöhr, Bavaria, on July 14,…
Japan’s H-IIA rocket carrying the national space agency’s moon lander launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on 7 September