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19.12.2024 18:22
HS2 boss blames failure to control costs on rush to start work Mark Wild says 慺undamental reset needed, as Department for Transport admits it has no final cost estimateEnormous budget overruns on the HS2 high-speed railway have been blamed by its new chief executive on a 搑ush to start, as the Department for Transport admitted it did not know how much it would cost.Mark Wild, the chief executive of HS2 Ltd, told MPs a 揻undamental reset was needed but a new plan would take until mid-2026 to devise. 揥e have to acknowledge that HS2 in its core mission to control costs has failed, he said. 揥e must break the cycle. Continue reading... ...

19.12.2024 19:00
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 2 Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee The mysterious and theatrical singer抯 monumental 32-track album is a parallel dimension of nostalgic pop, its pristine tunes rivalling the greats of the 20th century The 50 best albums of 2024 More on the best culture of 2024Before you even pressed play, Cindy Lee抯 Diamond Jubilee took you back in time. When it was released in March, the only way to hear it (aside from a YouTube video) was to go to a GeoCities website a relic from the 90s internet, complete with multicoloured Times New Roman lettering and download the audio files via Mega, the filesharing service beloved of 00s music blogs.The music itself went even further back, and indeed sideways, into a parallel dimension of 20th-century pop: doo-wop, glam, folk-rock, Nuggets-y psych/garage, Velvet Underground-style art-rock, French chanson, classic soul, 60s girl-group pop, synthwave, rockabilly and ambient all feature, emerging through lo-fi production as if corrupted on its journey from this spirit realm. Continue reading... ...

19.12.2024 19:05
IOC presidential candidate Watanabe suggests 5-continent Olympics Japan's IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe has proposed staging the Summer Olympics in one city from each of the five continents simultaneously to share the excitement around the world and reduce economic costs to host cities. The 65-year-old president of the International Gymnastics Federation, the first Asian to hold the position, outlined his radical vision in his IOC candidature document released Thursday. Re-elected for a third term in October, he argued that the idea would allow many more, including smaller cities, to consider hosting the games. Read full story here

19.12.2024 19:31
Dominique Pelicot faces further rape and murder investigation Gis?le Pelicot抯 husband suspected of raping and murdering a Paris estate agent and attempting to rape anotherDominique Pelicot, who has been jailed for 20 years for drugging his then wife, Gis?le Pelicot, and inviting men to rape her, faces a further investigation for the rape and murder of an estate agent in Paris in 1991, and an attempted rape in 1999, amid questions over whether he could have been a serial offender for decades.Investigators in Nanterre outside Paris have reopened two cold cases and placed Pelicot under formal investigation, as police consider potential links to other cases involving young estate agents. Pelicot could face another trial at a later date. Continue reading... ...

19.12.2024 19:38
UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material Exclusive: Coalition of musicians, photographers and newspapers insist existing copyright laws must be respectedWriters, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers and newspapers have rejected the Labour government抯 plan to create a copyright exemption to help artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms.In a joint statement, bodies representing thousands of creatives dismissed the proposal made by ministers on Tuesday that would allow companies such as Open AI, Google and Meta to train their AI systems on published works unless their owners actively opt out. Continue reading... ...