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Radio 2 host tipped as favourite to replace Scott Mills on breakfast show

Radio 2 host tipped as favourite to replace Scott Mills on breakfast show

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Vernon Kay has emerged as the favourite to replace Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2 after the breakfast show host was sacked following allegations about his personal conduct. Mills was abruptly taken off the air last week, signing off his last show on March 24 with: “See you tomorrow.” The BBC confirmed on Monday that the 53-year-old is no longer contracted to work with the company. The sacking has left a vacancy at BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show just over a year after Mills took over from Zoe Ball as host. Vernon Kay, who hosts a mid-morning show on Radio 2, is currently the favourite with bookmaker William Hill to replace Mills. DJ Scott Mills was abruptly taken off the air last week (PA) Last month, the station’s head Helen Thomas said Vernon Kay continues to be “the most listened to …

Strictly Come Dancing: The 11 presenters who could replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

Strictly Come Dancing: The 11 presenters who could replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It’s been months since Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman shocked the country with news that they were leaving Strictly Come Dancing, and the rumour mill is still in overdrive speculating who will replace the presenting pair. Daly, 56, and Winkleman, 54, stepped down for the BBC Saturday night show in December, with both having been involved with the programme since 2004. Speaking for the first time about the reason they had left, Winkleman said that she and Daly had decided to leave as Strictly “deserves new” and they wanted to “leave when we were on an absolute high”. What that “new” might be, however, is clearly something BBC bosses are still undecided on. Daly and Winkleman were one of the rare female presenting duos on British television, and while some have called for this tradition to be continued, TV insider Richard …

Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque Will Replace Lea Michele in ‘Chess’ on Broadway

Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque Will Replace Lea Michele in ‘Chess’ on Broadway

Published by Daniella Wilson

Joanna “JoJo” Levesque will take over Lea Michele’s role in Chess on Broadway.  Levesque will play Florence Vassy starting June 23 through Sept. 13, opposite Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher. This marks Levesque’s return to Broadway after she starred in Moulin Rouge as Satine for several months in 2023 and again in 2024.  Levesque rose to fame with the hits “Leave (Get Out)” and “Too Little Too Late” and became the youngest solo artist to top the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. She won a 2020 Grammy for “Say So” with PJ Morton and has sold more than 8 million albums worldwide across her career. In addition to her previous Broadway runs, Levesque originated the role of Tess in Working Girl at La Jolla Playhouse. The musical sees Vassy caught between American chess prodigy Freddie Trumper, played by Tveit, whom she coaches and once loved, and Russian grandmaster, Anatoly Sergievsky, played by Christopher, who begins to catch her eye. The cast also features Hannah Cruz, Bryce Pinkham, Bradley Dean and Sean Allan Krill. The revival features …

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

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When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle—a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility that, Resnick estimates, won’t be fully set up until later in the year—potentially November. Still, the big (and for now, largely empty) building offers the promise of a fast-growing company intent on conquering its particular industry. The industry in question is public safety and the startup is Brinc, which sells drones to police and public agencies across the U.S. The company wants to be the “DJI of the West,” as Resnick has put it—a nod to the Chinese drone manufacturer and a signal that Resnick wants Brinc to become equally synonymous with the tech it sells. A former Thiel Fellow — a prestigious program that funds young entrepreneurs to skip or defer college — Resnick founded Brinc in 2017 and not long afterward garnered interest from then-OpenAI founder Sam Altman, who ultimately served as one of Brinc’s first seed investors. Since then, Brinc has enjoyed a number of funding rounds and, as of its last, …

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow ‘Organ Sacks’ to Replace Animal Testing

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow ‘Organ Sacks’ to Replace Animal Testing

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As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient “organ sacks.” Bay Area-based R3 Bio has been quietly pitching the idea to investors and in industry publications as a way to replace lab animals without the ethical issues that come with living organisms. That’s because these structures would contain all of the typical organs—except a brain, rendering them unable to think or feel pain. The company’s long-term goal, cofounder Alice Gilman says, is to make human versions that could be used as a source of tissues and organs for people who need them. For Immortal Dragons, a Singapore-based longevity fund that’s invested in R3, the idea of replacement is a core strategy for human longevity. “We think replacement is probably better than repair when it comes to treating diseases or regulating the aging process in the human body,” says CEO Boyang Wang. “If we can create a nonsentient, headless bodyoid for a human being, that …

AI Empathy: Can It Really Replace Human Compassion?

AI Empathy: Can It Really Replace Human Compassion?

Published by Jenni Sidey

At the end of a lecture, a student asked a question that lingered with me long after the event ended: Why would it matter whether the empathy you receive is real or synthetic?If it feels emotionally supportive, what is the difference between empathy coming from a human being or a chatbot? Isn’t the experience of empathy what matters? It is a sharp and timely question whose answer, on the surface, may seem obvious: If a response feels warm, attuned, and emotionally supportive, perhaps the source should not matter. And yet, it does matter because empathy is part of the puzzle, but not the whole story. I think this is a much-needed reflection because it touches on themes such as the hard problem of consciousness, levels of reality, and a more immediate one: the difference between empathy and compassion as a mammalian motivational system. Emotion researchers define empathy as the capacity to sense another person’s emotions and to imagine what they may be thinking or feeling. It is also considered a skill, and like any skill, …

Park the planks—a Pilates instructor says these five core exercises should replace your old routine in 2026

Park the planks—a Pilates instructor says these five core exercises should replace your old routine in 2026

Published by Jenni Sidey

Popular core exercises like planks can be a valuable part of your routine. But Brittani Johnson, a certified Pilates instructor with BetterMe, says they may not train your abs effectively for everyday activity. Her five-move core workout solves that problem. “Planks are solid for building endurance,” she notes. “These moves take it further. Instead of just holding still, your core has to stay stable while your body is moving.” Her workout utilizes everything from balls, bands and even the wall to bring some variety to your core training. “Adding just one piece of equipment can not only provide that extra challenge, but it can also point out some of our individual imbalances,” says Johnson. Article continues below You may like “With that awareness, you can put more focus on areas you may need to improve upon while actually working the core the way it needs to work in real life,” she adds. “That’s how you build a core that’s genuinely strong and protected, not just rigid from holding a position.” How to do the five …

Gibraltar lawmakers advance sweeping gambling reform bill to replace 2005 law

Gibraltar lawmakers advance sweeping gambling reform bill to replace 2005 law

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Gibraltar has taken the first formal step toward overhauling its gambling laws, with a new bill introduced in Parliament on Wednesday (March 18). The proposal begins the process of replacing the territory’s long-standing 2005 framework with a broader and more modern system. Lawmakers will now move the bill through its next stages, including a second reading, detailed committee review and a final vote. If it clears those hurdles, it will go forward for Crown assent before becoming law. Framework update for Gibraltar gambling bill The legislation redraws how gambling is licensed, monitored and enforced in Gibraltar. It is designed “to repeal the Gambling Act 2005 and to make new provision for the licensing, regulation and supervision of gambling.” The new structure puts a licensing Authority and a Gambling Commissioner at the center of oversight, backed by defined goals such as protecting consumers, maintaining market integrity and tackling financial crime. The scope of regulation is also set to widen as well. The rules would extend beyond operators to include marketing affiliates, software providers and certain ownership …

Bank of England to Replace J.M.W. Turner with UK Wildlife on Banknotes

Bank of England to Replace J.M.W. Turner with UK Wildlife on Banknotes

Published by José Betancourt

The Bank of England (BOE) announced last week that the next generation of banknotes it will issue will feature depictions of wildlife native to the UK, rather than historical figures, including painter J.M.W. Turner. The decision comes after the BOE held a consultation in July 2025 asking the public to vote on six categories that could appear on the forthcoming notes, according to various criteria, which include that it “symbolises the UK,” “resonates with the public,” “is not divisive,” and “is enduring.” Related Articles The BOE received more than 44,000 responses to the consultation, with people being able to select multiple options in their responses, as well as suggesting their own. In the vote, 60 percent of respondents selected “Nature” as one of their preferred themes for the new banknotes. “Architecture and Landmarks” received 56 percent, while “Notable Historical Figures” received 38 percent and “Arts, Culture and Sport” getting 30 percent. “I was delighted by the level of public engagement during our banknote theme consultation last year,” Victoria Cleland, the BOE’s chief cashier, said in a …

Trump Section 301 trade probes to replace IEEPA tariffs

Trump Section 301 trade probes to replace IEEPA tariffs

Published by Sam Flores

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new trade investigations of China, Mexico, the European Union and more than a dozen other economies, with the goal of replacing President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, which were recently ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. The probes, which will likely expand to more nations, will be conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters during a call. That law permits the U.S. to impose tariffs on imported goods from other nations found to have engaged in unfair trade practices. Section 301 tariffs could replace at least some of the reciprocal tariffs on most of the world’s nations that Trump imposed on them last year without congressional authorization.  “The president’s trade policy remains the same,” Greer said. “Protect American jobs and to make sure we …