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NOTHING TO SEE HERE
How the BBC’s local news services on the south coast dropped the ball on covering the black-clad mob that descended on their doorstep.

A-EYE
Maybe the AI giants really do want regulation to slow development of their industry for the sake of humanity. Then again, are they just running out of cash?

FUNERAL RETURN
Having told a veteran foreign correspondent his services were no longer required, BBC News suddenly needed him to cover Ratko Mladic’s death.

HULL TO PAY
Despite a windfall from broadcast revenues on joining the premier league, Hull City’s colourful owner has turned to some colourful sources of financing.

BACKHAND SERVES
The Women’s Tennis Association has form with sportswashing events (Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar…), so why are its coffers so empty?

ANTISOCIAL MEDIA
Asked whether any company had paid a fine under the Online Safety Act, the culture secretary was clear: “No.” Ofcom says otherwise – but the sums are tiny.

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Huge embarrassment over Bayeux by our Loom Correspondent, Jackie Weaver… Pick of the movies: Piddington Bear… London Fascist Week begins… That Russian Election: Photo Diary of a Surprise Victory… Have They Become Sentient? By our AI reporter Chat G.P. Tee… School News: St Custard Creams and St Hobknobs … Sir Herbert Gusset on Sydney Sweeney: Letter to the Editor… Ironyometers still malfunctioning as world events prove too much… Eric Idle in Provence, as told to Craig Brown.

Oxfamine
The charity’s ill-starred online shopping venture

Rich tapestry
Peter Thiel and George Osborne’s shared interests

Friends with benefits
Angela Rayner’s puzzling fondness for data centres

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