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Disappointment as Dodds & Mouat react to ‘worst game of the week’
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat react after failing to guarantee Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics in their curling mixed doubles semi-final against Sweden.
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Roedean latest: Parents ‘pressure’ school not to play Israel-supporting rivals
A viral voice note between Roedean and King David Linksfield claimed parents had ‘pressurised’ the school to shun its Jewish rivals.
‘She had gold in her hands!’ – GB’s Brookes attemps huge final jump for medal but falters on landing
Team GB’s Mia Brookes finishes just outside the medals in the women’s snowboard big air final, taking fourth after an ambitious final jump.
Sixteen AI Agents Built a C Compiler From Scratch
Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini set 16 instances of Claude Opus 4.6 loose on a shared codebase over two weeks to build a C compiler from scratch, and the AI agents produced a 100,000-line Rust-based compiler capable of building a bootable Linux 6.9 kernel on x86, ARM and RISC-V architectures. The project ran through nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions and cost about $20,000 in API fees....
Investigators were not specific on the date Meyiwa was killed: Ntanzi
Bongani Ntanzi says investigators were not specific on the date the soccer captain was killed
Serena Williams can return from 22 February – but will she?
American great Serena Williams is eligible to return to competition on 22 February when she will have completed the reinstatement process.
Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority
Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.
Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above...
GB’s Dodds & Mouat miss out on gold medal match with semi-final heartbreak
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat fail to guarantee Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics, as Sweden advance to the final.
State witness Mr X concedes errors in evidence on Wainstein murder
The state witness known as Mr X concedes errors in evidence on Brian Wainstein murder.
Anarchists claim responsibility for rail sabotage during Italy Olympics
ROME, Feb 9 (Reuters) – An anarchist group claimed responsibility on Monday for sabotaging rail infrastructure in northern Italy on Saturday and disrupting train traffic on the first full day of the Winter Olympic Games.
North West DA mayoral candidate vows to strengthen party structures
The DA is the third largest party in the North West.
FAST START: Lungi Ngidi shines as Proteas overpower Canada in T20 World Cup
South Africa, 213-4 (Aiden Markram 59, Lungi Ngidi 4-31), beat Canada, 156-8 (Navneet Dhaliwal 64, Ansh Patel 3-31), by 57 runs.
Hull KR visit Huddersfield in Challenge Cup fourth round
Holders Hull KR will visit Huddersfield Giants in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, while Wakefield Trinity host Leeds Rhinos in a West Yorkshire derby.
POLICE AD HOC COMMITTEE: ‘ False testimony’ — General Khomotso Phahlane’s tall story about journalist Marianne Thamm
On 14 January 2026, before the Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane testified that Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm had once attended a braai at Paul O’Sullivan’s house – the implied purpose of the gathering was, allegedly, to orchestrate a smear campaign. Daily Maverick’s...