Scientists could soon be able to erase memories — but should they?
Brain stimulation experiments are opening a new frontier in neuroscience, reports Luciana Bellini
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West Midlands Police sergeant arranged half-hour prostitute session on work phone
Ex-officer Christopher Parry would have been sacked if he had not already resigned
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Trump promises $5,000 to every American adult at Republican convention
The offer was made in a speech at the party's first-ever convention in the middle of a US presidential term
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Fixed rate savings accounts are climbing — here are the best ones up to 5.02%
Fixed term bonds lock away your cash for a period — but guarantee you a return even if interest rates move
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Buffalo Bills to honor Canada with national anthem at new stadium amid Trump border feud
Amid the increasingly heated U.S.-Canadian trade war, the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League have weighed in
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Michael Sheen: I was snubbed by First Minister over chemical contamination claim
The actor said he invited Rhun ap Iorwerth, the First Minister of Wales, to view a documentary about the alleged contamination.
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I tried out a doggy backpack for my aging Emmy but it didn't go to plan - Julian Norton
It turned out that Emmy’s new backpack was not quite as successful as we had hoped.
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Decision due on Carlton Park Hotel’s scaled-back midnight licence bid
Councillors are set to decide on plans for alcohol sales and live music at a Rotherham hotel, despite objections from residents.
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BBC announces Dolly Parton tribute with Sheridan Smith for Last Night of the Proms 2026
The country singer sadly died at the age of 80 following a brief cancer battle
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Why the rise of the ‘financial matriarch’ is a real positive
More women are taking the lead on family wealth – but they need to look after their own security too, writes Anna Gratwick
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Can Manchester grow and keep its 'soul'?
Business leaders on whether 'Manchesterism' is real and how the city's growth can help all its boroughs
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Tennent's bring back 300-year-old drink to Scottish pubs - how to get a first taste
The new pint is a return to Tennent's roots.
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New Burns-themed mural to be erected on gable end of Mauchline cafe
The mural will face the Burns House Museum which contains the room where Robert Burns and Jean Armour began married life.
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Tragedy as man dies after being hit by ambulance as busy Sheffield junction closed for hours
Road was closed while police dealt with incident
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NHS waiting list reaches 6.21 million patients after ‘busiest summer in history’
Health Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that ‘extreme demand’ on the service is ‘no longer confined to winter’
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Fixed Isa rates jump in ‘positive’ step for savers looking for guaranteed return
Those who took out a fixed deal some time ago could find their current options are significantly more competitive, Moneyfacts said.
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The RNLI: achingly obvious irony will be lost on the angry phalanx of seaboard warriors
Because you are all good human beings, who go about your business with a sense of decency, respect and polite deference towards one another, it is quite possible that the demonisation of the Royal National Lifeboat Inst…
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Horsham secondary school cuts Friday hours under new timetable
Pupils at a Horsham secondary school are now finishing early on Fridays, after governors approved a change to the school week earlier this year.
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Belfast author aims to inspire under-represented youth in new fellowship role
Stephen Daly will succeed Shirley-Anne McMillan as Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland in the autumn
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Declan Rice hands Arsenal boost after ending fitness frustration with England at World Cup
Rice is seeking redemption in the Champions League after an agonising penalty shoot-out loss for Arsenal in last season’s final to PSG
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Lawrence races to 50 in a strong morning session
England batter Dan Lawrence races to a half-century during the morning session in day two of the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, as he chases his first Test hundred.
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We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely
What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsi…
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‘Our forefathers are coming back’: Naga people celebrate after Oxford museum agrees to return remains
Following six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east India Anthropologists and community leaders from Nagaland, a remote state in north-easte…
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Declan Rice shrugs off Arsenal concerns and says 60 games a season is sustainable
Arsenal are monitoring midfielder’s workload Rice received painkilling injections last season Declan Rice has insisted his body can sustain more than 60 appearances again this season, despite Arsenal’s concerns after he…
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