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Heatwave reveals lost archaeological sites across Wales bbc.in/3RfCN0C

A woman’s 40s are now considered a dynamic and changeable era, as many of the so-called traditional milestones—homeownership, career, children—have been pushed later for personal, societal and economic reasons, Emma Rosenblum writes. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4pj5Z3i

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

TV licence fee is 'yesterday's model', new BBC director general says bbc.in/4f3cxy5

Bids have been opened for local news outlets to apply for a share of the Government's Local News Fund, which is providing £6m in 2026/27 and up to a further £6m the following year for projects and tools to help innovation in the industry gov.uk/government/new…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced an end to an employee's right to call in sick without a doctor's note, as part of a package of sweeping reforms to revive the economy.

I've decided to leave this platform and my Department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.

Jessica Winter has been raising her children to detest A.I. Then her daughter’s public middle school began receiving Google Chromebooks, which came pre-installed with an all-ages version of Gemini, a suite of A.I. tools. “When my daughter, who is in sixth grade, begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: ‘Help me write,’ ” Winter writes. “If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is ‘Help me visualize.’ She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: ‘Help me edit.’ ‘Beautify this slide.’ ” Proponents of generative A.I. in elementary and middle schools argue that such early exposure will foster digital-media literacy, and prepare them for a future in which most professions are steeped in A.I. But the technology also poses significant cognitive and social-emotional risks to young people. Read Winter’s report about A.I.’s infiltration into schools—and what it could mean for young minds: t.co/xaIqbeGRnl?utm…

A generation ago, Britain was a global power—today, its output is barely above that of America’s poorest state, @imkahloon reports. He traveled to the nation to explore what happened: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Supermarket fridges fail across UK in the heatwave thegrocer.co.uk/news/supermark…

'We're funding a renovation for Buckingham Palace, but we can't put air conditioning on the Bakerloo line?' Caller John and Matthew Wright try to come to terms with the UK's 'allocation of resources'.

"He's about a half Harry Styles, a quarter of a J.K. Rowling and a fifth of Duke of Westminster." Royal biographer Robert Hardman tells #Newsnight that the King’s latest tax bill just scrapes him into the UK’s top 100 taxpayers.

Not saying it's hot on the London Underground today, but I've just seen Virgil leading Dante down the steps at Baker Street tube station. They'll be taking the Circle Line.

Let’s not forget why the BBC has to cut back excellent programming. 94% of UK adults use BBC services each month, including tv, radio, iPlayer, and Online.  And only 80% pay the licence fee. Is this a kind of shoplifting? Airlifting?

An Italian nobleman is one of several people being investigated over the killing of civilians in “human safaris” in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. It is alleged that dozens of wealthy foreigners from Europe and Russia paid to be allowed to use sniper rifles to shoot civilians in streets and squares, from 1992 to 1995. The unnamed aristocrat from Milan, who has not been charged with any crimes, is under investigation by prosecutors and is to be questioned. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Taxpayers spend £18bn a year subsidising housing in the capital Find out how social housing tenants are benefiting from government schemes ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

BBC director-general Matt Brittin: ‘It’s worth fighting for’ ft.trib.al/MhSkZjQ

Michelle Obama warned that a culture of instant gratification was holding back the next generation from developing the resilience needed to become leaders 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/0…

A famous math problem that stumped humans for the better part of a century has finally been toppled—by AI. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4vmMTeo

Thousands of supporters contributed around $10 million to create the first season of “The Chosen,” a television show about Jesus Christ and his disciples. More than 100,000 people donated over $70 million to produce Season 6, which will be released this fall. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…