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MPs will return to regular parliamentary business after a day of tributes to an independent MP who was attacked. Messages of support for the MP were shared across the political spectrum, as politicians set aside the usual divisions to pay tribute. The focus will now shift back to the routine work of Parliament following the day of tributes.

Richard Baines, the 60-year-old curator of Logan Botanic Garden, has been named as the man who died after being hit by a falling tree during Storm Boelo in Dumfries and Galloway. Mr Baines was pronounced dead at the scene after the accident near his home on Sunday, when gale-force winds battered the area. Logan Botanic Garden, in Port Logan, confirmed that its curator had died in what it described as a “tragic accident”. The garden operates as part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Living Collection. David Knott, the organisation’s director of horticulture, said Mr Baines had been responsible for…

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus has laid bare the scale of its computing ambitions, revealing commitments of between $542 billion and $567 billion to future compute and infrastructure as it competes for capacity with the world’s biggest technology companies. The company said access to specialised computing was essential to developing, training and deploying its frontier models. But it warned that the market was “intensely competitive”, with rivals including some of the most heavily capitalised technology groups in the world. Anthropic signed agreements worth $417 billion with various providers on 31 December 2025. Those arrangements begin between 2026 and 2027 and run for…

A resurfaced video has drawn attention to reports that Candice Swanepoel and Tom Brady are dating, after the model once chose to “kill” the former American football quarterback in a game of “f***, marry, kill”. Swanepoel took part in the red-carpet interview before being given Justin Bieber, Brad Pitt and Brady as her three options. She chose to kiss Bieber, marry Pitt and leave Brady as the person she would kill. The clip began circulating on social media after reports emerged that Swanepoel and Brady had been seeing each other. An insider told Us Weekly that the pair had been…

Fall-like conditions are expected to settle across California’s Bay Area for most of the week, with cooler temperatures and mostly sunny skies replacing warmer weather. San Francisco is forecast to reach about 18C on Monday, with temperatures dipping to around 12C overnight. Light to moderate winds are also expected, particularly near the coast and across exposed parts of the region. The National Weather Service said temperatures would remain slightly below normal through the rest of the week. Tuesday is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high of about 17C, while Wednesday could bring a brief rise to around 19C.…

Outdated technology and weak digital security practices are leaving Australian organisations increasingly exposed as artificial intelligence enables cyber attacks to be launched more quickly and precisely, the Australian Signals Directorate has warned. Its latest Cyber Threat Report records a 36 per cent rise in incidents over the past five years, with almost 1,500 reported to the Australian Cyber Security Centre during the last financial year. The public sector accounted for nearly half of those incidents. One was classified as an extensive incident, the second-highest level of severity. The centre also received 82,000 reports during the year, equivalent to one every…

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A daughter who cared for her mother with dementia in her own home has been awarded £127,500 by the High Court after a legal dispute with her brother over payment for the care. Bern Rogers looked after Sheila Wills for 850 days, while Mrs Wills became increasingly frail and forgetful. The mother-of-nine had insisted she would rather live with her eldest daughter than move into costly care. Mrs Rogers later sued her brother, Andrew Wills, who was the executor of their mother’s estate, seeking £135,000 for the support she had provided. The court ruled that she was owed £127,500. The…

Gabrielle Union has been pictured in a red bikini during a beach trip to Miami with her husband, former NBA star Dwyane Wade. The actress spent time at South Beach over the weekend, swimming in the sea and relaxing on the sand. She paired the bright two-piece with a bandana. The trip comes shortly before Union’s 54th birthday on Thursday, although it is unclear whether the Miami visit was intended as a birthday celebration. Wade played most of his NBA career in Miami, while he and Union are reportedly now living in Los Angeles. Union recently returned to the spotlight…

Newport Beach is bracing for potentially record-breaking king tides as a coastal flood warning remains in force across Orange County, with officials reinforcing defences after ocean water inundated parts of the Balboa Peninsula earlier this month. The National Weather Service warning covers the period from Monday, October 26, until Thursday afternoon, October 29. Low-lying streets, car parks, cycle paths, harbour walkways and waterfront properties are considered particularly vulnerable to flooding and beach erosion. Newport Beach City Council has declared a local emergency and activated its Emergency Operations Centre to co-ordinate preparations, monitor water levels and deploy crews and equipment if…