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Canberra's hairdresser to prime ministers (and their wives) has died

Franco Calabria first opened his hair salon in 1956, in Bailey's Corner.

The Canberra Times

Roman Holiday at 70: Audrey Hepburn’s star-making role remains luminous

The 1953 romantic comedy may lack heft but the Oscar-winner’s charming lead turn makes it an escape worth taking again

The Guardian - US

Nearly 20 years after a stroke, a paralyzed woman is able to speak again—simply by thinking—thanks to AI. Watch here

It marks the first time speech and facial expressions have been captured from brain signals and communicated by an avatar that speaks with the patient’s own voice, researchers say.

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Paralyzed Woman Speaks Again Thanks To Revolutionary New Technology

A computer read her brain signals and turned them into a talking avatar.

Zenger

Paralysed woman able to ‘speak’ through digital avatar in world first

Latest technology uses tiny electrodes on brain surface and is faster than synthesisers which rely on eye tracking

The Guardian - UK

Video game technology helps paralysed woman speak, researchers say

The development opens up a way to restore natural communication for those who cannot talk.

The Independent UK

Teen Who Lost Arm From Cancer Studied During Chemo, Gets Law School Grades

A teen who underwent chemotherapy received the grades required to pursue law at the university level.

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A pink chair and a love of colour: Bray locals say goodbye to Sinead O’Connor

One local said ‘there is a real palpable sense’ of having lost someone special.

The Independent UK

5 modern front yard ideas that prove the standard lawn and white picket fence look is out of style for 2024

From high-end lighting to sculptural plants, this is the way to give your front yard a contemporary refresh

Livingetc

Father died after catching stomach bug by drinking bottled water on family holiday

The 63-year-old became unwell after drinking bottled water whilst holidaying in Cyprus

The Independent UK

2023's Best Indie Reveals the Power of Video Game Storytelling

This interactive memoir about the realities of sex work, transition, and loneliness is a triumph of the medium.

Inverse

Shutting down the right-wing rabbit hole

Schools and parents are suing social media giants over their "addictive" algorithms. Can that force a reckoning?

Salon

Irish government asks UK for Omagh bomb inquiry terms of reference

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris announced in February that there would be an independent inquiry into the fatal explosion.

The Independent UK

10 things that changed my life with Ian Blackford

There’s the song, when I was five my daddy took me down to Easter Road and in my case that was that. When I was five years old in 1966 I was taken…

The National (Scotland)

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Wales Online

The latest death notices and funeral announcements from Swansea this week

Our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones

The Hindu

NCBS to launch entomologist Leslie Coleman’s collection

The Archives at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru on Wednesday announced the launch of a new collection of archival material, related to the entomologist and plant pathologist Leslie Charles Coleman, who worked in the princely state of Mysore in the early 20th century.

Daily Mirror

Inside once bustling seaside resort now a 'ghost town' after dozens of shops close

Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, is now full of charity shops, barber shops, nail and tattoo bars, according to residents, but it was once a popular tourist destination

Chronicle Live

Death notices and funeral announcements in The Chronicle Newcastle from May 26 to June 1

A selection of tributes to people from around the North East who have passed away in the past few weeks

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Nottingham Post

Sarah Beeny says 'she lived with fear' in emotional TV comeback

The Channel 4 TV star spoke with hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas on BBC The One Show

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann – latest news: Kate and Gerry forced to wait ‘weeks’ for reservoir search results

In major new development in Madeleine McCann investigation, police scoured remote reservoir in Portugal last week

The Independent UK

British couple ‘found Madeleine McCann shrine’ at Portugal reservoir searched by police

The retired couple claim to have found ‘memorial’ at Christmas in 2007 and say they alerted the authorities at the time

Irish Mirror

Madeleine McCann latest: Police search lake after couple find bizarre 'shrine' to Madeleine McCann in Portugal

The retired couple, who gave their names only as Ralf and Ann, came across the disturbing sight in December 2007 and took pictures of it which were then sent on to Portuguese detectives.

Daily Mirror

'Weird' Madeleine McCann shrine found at Portugal reservoir where police were searching

Ralf and Ann, a retired couple, took photographs of the shrine and sent them to Portuguese detectives, thinking they were of significance in the Madeleine McCann case

Wales Online

The latest death notices in Cardiff as families and friends remember loved ones

The Independent UK

Who is Bryan Kohberger? The criminology graduate charged with the Idaho college murders

Speculation and rumour have swirled in the months following Bryan Kohberger’s arrest, as conspiracists and armchair detectives paint all manner of pictures of the accused killer. But who really is the former PhD student? Sheila Flynn reports

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