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I was told I was unworthy to be a mother, then they stole my baby - Published Marion McMillan was 17, pregnant and unmarried, when she made her first trip to England from her home in the south-west of Scotland. It was 1966 and she was sent by her family to a maternity home run by

Expanded refinery waivers could reduce demand for biofuels by increasing exemptions for small refineries, potentially harming biofuel markets and crops used for renewable fuels. Potentially affected stocks include ADM, Bunge, Green Plains, Gevo, Clean Energy Fuels, REX American R

An onerous mock trading course is becoming an effective tool for South Korea to cool investor fervor over risky products that have turned the country’s $4.3 trillion stock market extremely volatile. Leveraged exchange-traded funds targeting twice the daily returns of chipmakers S

Six ways parents could make the return to school a little easier - Published It's back-to-school time again - and families brace for the challenge of swapping summer lie-ins for school routines, easing first-day nerves and getting ready for the year ahead. While children in Scotl

Canada installs large Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US - Published Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump by installing a large sign on Canada's shoreline with the message: "Lake Ontario. Now and Always." The US president signed an executive order on Thursday

Rescue to continue overnight for 'in distress' vessel carrying five in the Channel - Published Rescue efforts for a vessel "in distress" in the English Channel with five people on board will continue overnight, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has said. A helicopter, plane and

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'Healey eyes banks and oil tax' and 'X Factor comeback'Published3 hours agoImage caption, As rescue efforts enter a fifth day on the Nepal-Tibet border following the devastating flash flood, Sunday's papers report on the climbing death toll. The Independent headlines on the angui

Itauma punches himself out against Hrgovic in world-title fight - Published Filip Hrgovic ripped up the script and shattered Moses Itauma's world-title dream as the Briton appeared to punch himself out in an extraordinary heavyweight contest in London. Itauma, 21, controlled most

Mount Fuji pics, life-changing ramen and a weak yen - why young Brits are going to Japan - Published As I open up Instagram, I see another person in their late-20s has been to Japan. It shouldn't come as a surprise any more. "I cannot scroll through TikTok or Instagram without se

They fell in love - then had to check they weren't brother and sister - Published For years, Arthur Kermalvezen, the child of a sperm donor, saw possible fathers everywhere he went. "I imagined it might be my teacher, the people I saw on the bus... and I was very angry because it

I've been to Gamescom six times - here's what excited me this year - Published Gamescom is the largest in-person gaming event in the world, and this year it lived up to expectations with big games on show from The Witcher 3's new expansion, to Alien: Isolation 2. Last year over 3

Cameron beats Mayer to become unified light-middleweight champion - Published Chantelle Cameron produced one of the finest displays of her career to beat Mikaela Mayer and add the WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles to her WBO belt. An engrossing encounter was narrowly won by t

Fery beaten by Buse in Winston-Salem final - Published Arthur Fery missed out on his first ATP Tour title with a straight-set defeat by Ignacio Buse in the final of the Winston-Salem Open. Fery, who was the talk of Wimbledon as he reached the semi-finals of his home major in July

£300m spent, bottom of the table... but Spurs boss De Zerbi 'not angry' - Published Tottenham manager Roberto de Zerbi said he was "not angry" and there was "no panic" after his side's second loss in two games left them bottom of the Premier League – but it was a depressingly fam

We all share a 15-acre Georgian mansion for the price of a two-bed house - Published Dreams of living in a Georgian manor house with 15 acres of grounds would usually be associated with a big lottery win. But for the residents of Dol-llys Hall on the outskirts of Llanidloes, Powy

Cisco this week announced that its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA is expanding to rack-scale infrastructure built around Supermicro liquid-cooled and air-cooled systems. NVIDIA Cloud Partner Reference Architecture compliance anchors the design, joined by Cisco Validated Infrastruc

When I interviewed Dolly Parton in 2015, the woman famous for her relentless optimism surprised me by talking candidly about a period when she had struggled with depression. "I was having some personal problems and beginning to feel a little guilty about my success," the trailbla

C. K. E. Those aren't initials or Greek life letters. They're some of the terms that economists, corporate leaders and politicians are using as they attempt to define the U.S. current economic moment. Since the recovery from the pandemic, economists have largely viewed the econom

Man City open talks with Liverpool over Gakpo - Published Manchester City have opened talks with Liverpool about signing attacker Cody Gakpo. The Netherlands forward's future is set to become one of the key storylines heading into the final three days of the transfer window. The

At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot - Published Thirty-seven people have died and almost 400 have been evacuated after a Russian drone strike hit a depot storing weapons for Ukraine's military near a residential area on the outskirts of Kyiv

Silicon Valley's technology leaders have long dreamed of making the world a better place. But now more than ever, Americans say they're living in a tech-induced nightmare. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence giants like OpenAI and Anthropic has exacerbated a deep malaise to

Silicon Valley's technology leaders have long dreamed of making the world a better place. But now more than ever, Americans say they're living in a tech-induced nightmare. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence giants like OpenAI and Anthropic has exacerbated a deep malaise to

Normandy veteran who lied about age to enlist dies - Published A World War Two veteran who fought in the Normandy campaign after lying about his age has died aged 101, a charity has said. Born in London in 1925, Donald Turrell was just 17 when he enlisted, having forged a letter

Decision to curtail play at Lord's 'a joke' - Hussain - Published The decision to abandon play an hour before scheduled at the end of the third day of England's second Test against Pakistan was called "a joke" by Nasser Hussain. On a Saturday badly affected by persistent showers

Norway's new king remembers 'my dear father' in first speech - Published King Haakon VIII of Norway has paid warm tribute to his late father, Harald V, in his first speech to the nation since taking the throne. "Thank you for being such a good dad," he said in an at-times emotion

OpenAI announced late Friday that it is ending developers' access to its models on Cursor, following the acquisition of the AI coding startup by Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this month. Cursor CEO Michael Truell said, in a post on the SpaceX-owned social network X Friday night: "Op

OpenAI announced late Friday that it is ending developers' access to its models on Cursor, following the acquisition of the AI coding startup by Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this month. Cursor CEO Michael Truell said, in a post on the SpaceX-owned social network X Friday night: "Op

'Supporters aren't always wrong' - Moyes on Everton fans' anger - Published "Supporters aren't always wrong" was David Moyes' reaction to Everton fans voicing their opposition to the potential sale of teenage midfielder Harrison Armstrong during the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth. BBC S

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and numerous other music publishers have sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging the AI lab conducted a “brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works.” The lawsuit, whic

Man dies after train hits van on crossing - Published A man has died after a train hit a van on a railway line. The incident happened on a crossing in Burscough, West Lancashire, just after 15:00 BST. British Transport Police (BTP) said a man who was in the van died at the scene,

The News Consumer sentiment among Republicans and independents is “starting to fade” ahead of the midterm elections, The Conference Board Chief Economist Dana Peterson told Semafor. The Conference Board said last week that its overall consumer confidence index had dropped to its