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Exclusive: firms run by five of the party’s councils have used legal loophole to serve section 21 noticesLabour-run councils have used a legal loophole to issue almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices since the party was elected on a promise to ban the practice, a Guardian investigation has found.Scrapping these orders, known as section 21 evictions, was one of Keir Starmer’s main pledges before last July’s general election but, more than a year later, they remain lawful. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/18/labours-housing-hypocrisy-councils-serve-almost-200-families-with-no-fault-eviction-notices Author : Geraldine McKelvie Senior correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-18 09:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physicsChen Ning Yang, one of the world’s most renowned physicists and a Nobel prize winner, died on Saturday in Beijing at the age of 103 after an illness, state media outlet Xinhua has reported.Born in eastern China’s Hefei in Anhui province in 1922, Yang was a Chinese-American physicist who worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/18/chen-ning-yang-chinese-american-physicist-and-nobel-laureate-dies-at-103 Author : Staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-10-18 06:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Jason Clare says artificial intelligence is ‘supercharging bullying’ to a ‘terrifying’ extentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA disturbing new trend of AI chatbots bullying children and even encouraging them to take their own lives has the Australian government very concerned.Speaking to media on Saturday, the federal education minister, Jason Clare, said artificial intelligence was “supercharging” bullying. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/ai-chatbots-are-hurting-children-australian-education-minister-warns-as-anti-bullying-plan-announced Author : Cait Kelly Publish date : 2025-10-18 03:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Unusually high temperatures in the low to mid 40s to hit parts of NSW, Queensland and SA, the Bureau of Meteorology predictsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMultiple October weather records could tumble over the weekend as temperatures are expected to rise up to 15C above average across parts of Australia.Parts of South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT are forecast to experience soaring heat, while parts of the east coast will be hit by severe thunderstorms on Saturday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/18/october-heat-weather-records-could-tumble-multiple-states-bureau-meteorology-forecast Author : Cait