Sellers in England and Wales made less than £100,000 profit on the sale of their home last year, or just over 40% – the lowest return in a decade – according to the estate agent Hamptons. It was the second annual fall in a row in terms of cash profit after the market hit a…
It’s a go-to shop for cheap knickers and designer dupes, but now Primark hopes to become the top destination for clothing designed for those with a range of disabilities. In a first for the budget high street shop, it is releasing a 49-piece line of womenswear and menswear, adapted from its bestselling items to suit…
Betty Boo wearing a black mirrored mini dress and heels at the Brit awards in 1991, and recreating the same image in 2024Betty Boo in 1991 and December 2024. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair and makeup: Nikki Palmer using hair by Sam McKnight and Jones Road makeup. Archive image: Shutterstock Born in…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Closing summary It is approaching 6pm in Kyiv and 7pm in Moscow. This blog will be closing shortly but you can find the Guardian’s latest Russia-Ukraine coverage here. Here is a summary of the key headlines from today: Ukrainian president Volodymyr…
When Yang “Sunny” Lu asked OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 to calculate 1-plus-1 a few years ago, the chatbot, not surprisingly, told her the answer was 2. But when Lu told the bot that her professor said 1-plus-1 equals 3, the bot quickly acquiesced, remarking: “I’m sorry for my mistake. Your professor is right,” recalls Lu, a computer…
Rob Gronkowski talks all things NFL Playoffs NFL legend Rob Gronkowski stops by to talk all things NFL and his new partnership with Avocados from Mexico. The New Orleans Saints are the last of seven NFL teams to fill a head-coaching vacancy this offseason. It appears the team’s lengthy wait will soon be over, with…