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A cat walks across the studio mid-bulletin and the presenters cannot keep it together
At 10.01, straight after the headlines, the cat strolls past camera one. Nobody on the desk picks the thread back up.
PremiumThe quiet turn in rents: new tenancies are closing below the renewals
In the three biggest cities the gap between a renewal and a first signing is closing.
PremiumThe British-built model passes on short answers and comes apart on long documents
Solid on brief queries; on documents running to many pages the error rate climbs.
PremiumSold out in 48 hours: the album nobody was waiting for
Released without any announcement, it cleared the tour tickets in its first week.
PremiumDeadline-day deal collapses in the final hours and both clubs have gone quiet
The agreement looked done, then the meeting broke up two hours before midnight.
The season has stretched: September bookings are ahead of July
Hoteliers expect a tail running to mid-October. Finding staff is the harder part.
PremiumSchool admissions move online only — and the site fell over on day one
The deadline has been pushed back a week after the form stopped responding by mid-morning.
Parking changes on the high street have split the traders
Wider pavements, spaces moved to the side roads: who gains and who does not.
The local breakfast show is back: three people in the studio and a surprise in the ratings
Taken off air ten years ago, it has returned with the same presenter and a team of two.
PremiumThe self-employed tax calendar has shifted and nobody is sure what is due when
The change in payment dates lands hardest on anyone who has just finished their first year.
The line people miss on the bill: the standing charge rises whatever you use
Why cutting your consumption leaves the total almost exactly where it was.
Technology & AI
Devices, software, artificial intelligence and online security.
PremiumPasswords on the way out: banks are moving quietly to passkeys
At the customer end only the sign-in screen changes; behind it the password disappears entirely.
PremiumAI in the newsroom: the version that searches has stuck, the one that writes has not
Newsrooms are using it for checking rather than producing. The result is quieter than anyone predicted.
PremiumA hard watch: half the room stands to applaud, the other half leaves
Since press night every performance has produced the same scene at the same moment.
The painter whose turn finally came abroad: three shows back to back
Fifteen years in the same studio, and this year exhibitions in three countries.
Radio drama is back, with a full cast around the microphones
After the podcast wave, the old radio play is being recorded again — in front of an audience.
Home & Garden
Interiors, renovation, balcony growing and energy bills.
PremiumA set of numbers off the pitch: academy budgets compared for the first time
The clubs putting most into the academy are also the ones assembling the cheapest first teams.
Attendance record in the women’s league: the ground filled three hours early
Tickets went in two hours and the club asked for permission to add temporary seating.
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