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Amy GladwellBBC South West InvestigationsLauren WoodheadBBC England Data UnitEady familyClaire Eady believes her mother’s fatal crash could have been avoided Claire Eady believes that if the rules for older drivers were different her mum would still be here today.Last summer, 79-year-old Geraldine Gibson died after pulling out into oncoming traffic near her home in Cornwall.”I never thought I would have to say the words ‘my mum’s been killed in a car crash’,” said Mrs Eady, who said regulations for drivers over the age of 70 were “unsafe and inadequate” and needed an overhaul.There is no upper age limit for driving…

Australians made snowmen and enjoyed snowball flights after parts of New South Wales were blanketed with heavy snow over the weekend. Officials said around 200 vehicles became stranded when areas of the state received the heaviest snowfall in 20 years. “I’ve never seen snow before in my entire life,” said Brendan Gough, who travelled from Queensland to catch a glimpse of the rare sight.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly survey of over 130 oil and gas producers based in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, conducted in June, suggests the industry’s outlook is pessimistic. Nearly half of the 38 firms that responded to this question saw their firms drilling fewer wells this year than they had earlier expected.Survey participants could also submit comments. One executive from an exploration and production (E&P) company said, “It’s hard to imagine how much worse policies and DC rhetoric could have been for US E&P companies.” Another executive said, “The Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed…

After CM Punk defeated Gunther to become the new WWE World Heavyweight champion at WWE SummerSlam Night 1 on Saturday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, rival Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and immediately pinned Punk to take his belt.Punk had won a gauntlet match last month on “Raw” to earn the right to challenge Gunther for the championship.Night 1 began with former members of The Bloodline, cousins Roman Reigns and Jey Uso, teaming up once again to defeat Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed in a tag team match. Charlotte Flair and Alexa…

A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinoceroses with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.Under the collaborative project involving the University of the Witwatersrand, nuclear energy officials and conservationists, five rhinos were injected in what the university hopes will be the start of a mass injection of the declining rhino population, which they are calling the Rhisotope Project.Last year, about 20 rhinos at a sanctuary were injected with isotopes in trials that paved the way for Thursday’s launch. The radioactive isotopes even…

Two brothers, two classic albums and a reunion fans have been waiting for since 2009 … sound familiar? But while Oasis took to the stage with their lens firmly fixed on the past, Clipse came back this year with a return-to-form record: fourth album Let God Sort Em Out met the wild anticipation, restating Pusha T and Malice’s lyrical skill, pushing starry guests to step up, and bringing the best out of producer Pharrell Williams.Next week, the Thornton brothers will sit for the Guardian Film & Music reader interview. You could ask them about how they fell apart and came…

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A game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway sold more than 85,000 tickets to break MLB’s regular-season record, but was suspended in the first inning due to rain Continue reading…

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that allowed the company to compare Claude’s performance to its own models in categories like coding, writing, and safety. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, Anthropic spokesperson said, “OpenAI’s own technical staff were also using our coding tools ahead of the launch of GPT-5,” which is apparently “a direct violation of our terms of service.” (Anthropic’s commercial terms forbid companies from using Claude to build competing services.) However, the company also…

377 The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) in Namibia has announced the release of 2,500 serviced plots across the country to support the National Informal Settlement Upgrading Project (ISUP), a government-backed initiative aimed at providing affordable and decent homes for low-income earners living in informal settlements. According to the Chief Executive Officer of NHE, Mr. Gisbertus Mukulu, the plots are in different phases of development and form part of the broader plan to deliver 2,000 new housing units by April 2026. Speaking to journalists in Windhoek, Mr. Mukulu explained that the plots were secured through ongoing partnerships with various local authorities,…