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Andy Burnham is hiding his real agenda – taxpayers should be terrified | Personal Finance | Finance

Andy Burnham is hiding his real agenda – taxpayers should be terrified | Personal Finance | Finance

Published by Sam Flores

After that, we haven’t got a clue what’s on his mind. Or what sort of prime minister he’d make. Or how he’d do things differently to the hopeless case currently in Number 10. And that’s exactly how Andy Burnham likes it. He seems determined to smuggle himself into Downing Street without anybody properly scrutinising him. Now who does that remind me of? The very man he’s trying to replace. Sir Keir Starmer. During the 2024 election, Starmer adopted the so-called “Ming vase strategy”, originally tested by Tony Blair. Tiptoe carefully into power without saying anything alarming or daft, that might cause him to drop the vase. That’s why Starmer never told voters he planned to hammer us with £75billion of taxes, open the spending floodgates, scrap the winter fuel payment and unleash Ed Miliband. It worked. He even gave us the impression that Rachel Reeves knew what she was doing. I imagine that was the toughest bit. If Starmer had levelled with voters, Labour’s electoral vase would have shattered into a thousand pieces. Burnham is …

Fraudster who used elderly woman’s card to splash out found hiding in cupboard

Fraudster who used elderly woman’s card to splash out found hiding in cupboard

Published by Sam Flores

A fraudster who used a stolen bank card to splash out on clothes, cigarettes and fast food was found hiding – in a kitchen cupboard.Siobhan Perry and mum Kathlene Perry were arrested after being caught on CCTV going on a splurge in Maidstone, Kent.Police say Kathlene, 61, took the card from a woman in her 90s while pretending to be her carer.She was charged with 14 offences of fraud, burglary and a breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order.Credit: Kent Police Source link

Labour ‘hiding facts’ on civil servants at Iranian embassy celebration | Politics | News

Labour ‘hiding facts’ on civil servants at Iranian embassy celebration | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

Labour is accused of covering up details about Government officials attending an Iranian embassy event to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution despite the regime slaughtering thousands of protesters. Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel is angered the Foreign Office has refused to disclose the rank and number of officials who attended the event. She has also demanded answers about whether the taxpayer-funded staff raised concerns about the “slaughter of civilians” at the embassy gathering on February 12. The Government’s own assessment of the killings in Iran states: “The estimated number of deaths, predominantly of protesters, numbered between approximately 12,000 and 20,000 by mid-January 2026.” Dame Priti told the Sunday Express: “It is outrageous that officials attended an event celebrating the Iranian revolution just weeks after the regime slaughtered tens of thousands of brave protesters. The least Labour could do is apologise and explain how this was allowed to happen. Instead, they have stonewalled our questions and tried to keep the facts hidden. As usual with Labour, they are running scared of scrutiny. The …

The world’s largest fungus is hiding in Oregon’s Blue Mountains — and its really big

The world’s largest fungus is hiding in Oregon’s Blue Mountains — and its really big

Published by Jenni Sidey

In Oregon’s Blue Mountains, patches of dying trees once looked like separate outbreaks, scattered across ridges and drainages as if disease had struck at random. Instead, scientists found something far stranger beneath the soil: many of those distant pockets belonged to the same fungus. That fungus, Armillaria ostoyae, covered about 9.65 square kilometers, making it the largest known individual fungus on Earth at the time of the study. It had likely been growing there for at least 1,900 years, and possibly as long as 8,650. For researchers, the discovery did more than set a record. It challenged a basic biological idea: what counts as an individual. “It’s one organism that began as a microscopic spore and then grew vegetatively, like a plant,” said Dr. Catherine Parks, a research plant pathologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and coordinator of the team. “From a broad scientific view, it challenges what we think of as an individual organism.” Scientists say their DNA tests prove that a single Armillaria organism covers nearly 3 1/2 square miles …

The unexpected science hiding in Dante’s ‘Inferno’

The unexpected science hiding in Dante’s ‘Inferno’

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy is one of the most famous Italian literary works, if not the most famous. The medieval narrative poem is divided into three sections—Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise)—and chronicles Dante’s  fictional travels through the three regions. However, Marshall University English professor Timothy Burbery, says that Dante is more than just an author and character. He’s also an accidental geophysicist. Simply put, Burbery argues that Dante’s Inferno demonstrates an intuitive understanding of certain aspects of geophysics and geology long before they were formally discovered by scientists. Burbery points to two examples that particularly emphasize this idea of anticipated science: a flight on a strange creature and Satan’s fall from grace. The devil fell from space In the poem, Dante is guided through Hell, which the Roman poet Virgil described as a series of nine concentric circles. At one point, the duo fly on the back of a hybrid creature called Geryon to get from …

Emotionally Happy People Do 3 Things To Let Go Of Shame Instead Of Hiding It

Emotionally Happy People Do 3 Things To Let Go Of Shame Instead Of Hiding It

Published by Jenni Sidey

Everyone has experienced shame at some point in their lives. But not everyone is aware that the emotion is there until it creeps up to the surface in the form of panic, anxiety, depression, or other negative feelings and behaviors. Shame can be the hidden flaw you don’t notice until it’s too late. In that moment, you ask yourself: How long has this thing been here? You wonder if anyone saw it — or, worse: did people judge you for it? You quickly retrace your steps, wondering where and how it happened, all the while wishing you knew how to deal with shame and could have prevented the problem in the first place. Like a shirt stain, shame can go unnoticed. And like a stain, how you respond to shame can make or break your chance to save the day. Do you beat yourself up over it, or shrug your shoulders, laugh, and love yourself the same? For some people, learning how to love yourself is complicated, and even the tiniest mistake can trigger feelings of low self-esteem. But what if …

Your Android TV has a one-click speed boost hiding in plain sight

Your Android TV has a one-click speed boost hiding in plain sight

Published by skeptic

Your Android TV probably felt lighting fast when you first got it. Apps opened instantly, navigation felt smooth, and switching menus barely took a second. But then, somewhere along the way, things changed. The home screen started lagging, apps started taking forever to launch, and even basic navigation became sluggish. It’s not that your Android TV has become old or less powerful over time. In most cases, it’s the old cache data on your TV that usually hinders performance. The good news is that clearing it and restoring your TV’s speed takes less than a minute. Related I found 5 Google TV features hiding in plain sight that completely changed how I use the platform The default experience leaves out some of its best features. Why your Android TV slows down over time It starts small, then adds up Image Credit: Pankil ShahCredit: Pankil Shah/MakeUseOf Every app you use on your Android TV stores temporary files known as cache data. Streaming apps are especially guilty here because they constantly save thumbnails, previews, and playback data in …

Your Android widgets are hiding buttons you’ve never tapped

Your Android widgets are hiding buttons you’ve never tapped

Published by skeptic

Widgets on Android are easily resizable (which you probably already knew), just as long as you tap and hold on a widget and drag the resize handles. But did you know that some widgets, especially from Google, add more functionality when you resize them and make them bigger? This is especially true of Google widgets, like in the case of the Gemini widget, which, once expanded, adds three additional buttons that conveniently let you screen share with Gemini, upload images or attach a file. I’ve made a list of three widgets (that are also very useful) that are hiding extra features that reveal themselves if you just expand the widgets to a bigger size, and you probably already have these apps and widgets installed on your phone. Related This 3-widget setup is the only Android home screen you need Simplify your home screen with just the basics for a clean, functional look. First things first Credit: Brandon Miniman / MakeUseOf You probably already know how to do this, but it’s worth going over anyhow. To add …

I found 5 Google TV features hiding in plain sight that completely changed how I use the platform

I found 5 Google TV features hiding in plain sight that completely changed how I use the platform

Published by skeptic

Google TV is one of the best smart TV platforms around, but the thing is, most people never go beyond the usual streaming options. And that’s a shame because Google TV includes some really clever features that can change the way you use your TV. These let you do everything from declutter the home screen and mirror your phone’s screen to even speed up your Google TV. Some of these are buried deep inside the settings menu, while others are available right in front of you but are easy to overlook. Related I Finally Found the Solution to My Android TV’s Slow Boot Times No more staring at the boot screen. Switch to apps-only mode Escape the recommendation overload Image Credit: Pankil ShahCredit: Pankil Shah/MakeUseOf Google TV loves to recommend stuff. The home screen comes filled with recommended movies, trending TV shows, autoplaying trailers, and sponsored content. Honestly, all of this makes your TV look more like an advertising board than your personal entertainment space. An easy way to get rid of this is to simply …

Scientists Scan Gigantic Structure Hiding Behind Our Galaxy

Scientists Scan Gigantic Structure Hiding Behind Our Galaxy

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In 2016, researchers discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies in the constellation of Vela that had been hiding in plain sight. The collection of at least 20 galaxy clusters, each of which is believed to contain hundreds of thousands of galaxies, is located roughly 800 million light-years from Earth within a region called the “Zone of Avoidance.” The region got its name because it’s obscured by our own Milky Way galaxy’s dense dust, gas, and stars — a “dead zone” occupying around 20 percent of the night sky that makes it almost impossible for astronomers to peer beyond it. Now, ten years after it was first discovered, an international team of researchers says it’s mapped this awe-inspiring Vela Supercluster. As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, researchers concluded that the structure is roughly 300 million light-years across, making it around 3,000 times wider than the Milky Way itself, as Live Science explains — far more massive than previously thought. …