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Spot at the Moreton-in-Marsh development centre. Photo released February 16 2024. See SWNS story SWMRrobot. Highways officials have unveil a robot dog working on motorways and roadsides - and claim it will help end traffic jams. The canine - called Spot - is being tested on the M5 in Somerset where is is assessing embankments, roads and bridges.Spot is being used to monitor and manage road repairs and can reach areas which are harder for humans to access.It will retrieve data collected to help future operations and repairs - and ''reduce the need for costly and disruptive traffic management''.

Meet Spot, the robot dog who's about to kill traffic jams forever

UK February 17, 2024

File photo dated 06/03/20 of an Azuma rail LNER train at Kings Cross Station, London. Train passengers using the East Coast Main Line will have more flexible ticketing options from Sunday. Operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said it will expand its trial of single leg pricing to cover its entire network. Issue date: Thursday May 11, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story RAIL LNER. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Train journeys on a busy UK line are about to cost £100 more

UK February 17, 2024

A woman takes a photograph of a daffodil in Green Park as the sun shines in central London on February 26, 2019, as Britain experienced record temperatures for a winter month for the second consecutive day, nearing 21 degrees centigrade. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to be warmer than France and Italy with balmy days ahead

UK February 14, 2024

Drug dubbed 'killer painkiller' causes limb loss and rotting flesh

World February 13, 2024

Boy, 9, dies and brother, 16, infected with lethal bird flu strain found in UK

World February 13, 2024

'Mastermind' of armed robbery which killed PC escaped arrest for nearly 20 years

UK February 13, 2024

Transgender girl stabbed 14 times in violent birthday party attack

UK February 14, 2024

Shannon Grant was spotted on CCTV using Natasha???s bank card. Release date February 13 2024. See SWNS story SWMRmurder. Chilling CCTV shows a killer buying cable ties from a hardware store he later used to strangle a woman with before stealing her bank cards. Shannon Grant, 27, murdered Natasha Morais, 40, in her flat before stealing her phone. Posing as Natasha, he texted her mum asking for ??2,000 claiming it was to pay a fine. Her family became suspicious and went to her flat in Loughland Close, Whetstone, Leics., at 8.40pm on June 22 last year.

Killer caught on camera buying cable ties hours before strangling woman to death

UK February 13, 2024

Fears serial cat killer on the loose as fourth feline found dead

UK February 13, 2024

Safiyyah Uddin and her Spider-Woman bionic prosthetic. Photo released February 12 2024. See SWNS story SWSCpsider.Two British children born with partial limbs are the first to be fitted with Spider-Man bionic prosthetics developed with help from Marvel and Disney. Kaden Taylor and Safiyyah Uddin are now able to perform everyday tasks with their specially designed, 3D-printed prosthetics, designed to emulate their favourite superheroes. The custom-made Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey Spider-Man bionic arms - developed by robotics company Open Bionics -, feature myoelectric sensors which detect muscular contractions generated from muscle groups in the arm. Safiyyah, from East London, had always longed to become more independent and perform activities with both hands.

Girl, 8, gets superhero-themed bionic arm and dreams of becoming a gymnast

UK February 12, 2024

Man holding a cup of tea in two hands, in a spotty mug.

Bad news for tea drinkers as supply problems are leaving shelves bare

UK February 12, 2024

Fordley Primary School

Two schools forced to shut after concrete falls from ceiling

UK February 12, 2024

Woman fined nearly ?30,000 for discrediting the Russian army after complaining about nursery toys

Woman fined for 'discrediting Russian army' by complaining about nursery toys

World February 12, 2024

FILE PHOTO: A Finnair Airbus A320-200 aircraft prepares to take off from Manchester Airport in Manchester, Britain September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Airline accused of 'fat-shaming' passengers by weighing them before flights

World February 12, 2024

King's friends say walking and painting will keep him busy after cancer diagnosis

UK February 12, 2024

Family of Clapham chemical attack victim give update from hospital bed

UK February 12, 2024

Undated family handout photo issued by Merseyside Police of Elle Edwards. Connor Chapman has been found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court of her murder, she was shot outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, on Christmas Eve last year. Issue date: Thursday July 6, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Wallasey . Photo credit should read: Family Handout/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Family of Elle Edwards pays sweet tribute on Christmas Day anniversary of her murder

UK December 27, 2023

A burnt out house with a single glowing light bulb hanging from the ceiling

Warning over 'dangerous' plan that could 'cost dozens of lives each year'

UK December 26, 2023

Serial sex killer who was 'cured' is accused of stabbing two escorts to death

World December 26, 2023

Undated family handout file photo issued by Greater Manchester Police of Alex Batty, now 17, who was found in France after he was believed to have been abducted by his mother six years ago. Alex Batty, who is now 17, went missing in 2017 after going on a family holiday to Spain. Issue date: Thursday December 14, 2023. PA Photo. British teenager Alex Batty is expected to return to the UK later on Saturday, six years after he went missing with his mother and grandfather during a holiday. The 17-year-old was just 11 when he disappeared with mother Melanie Batty and grandfather David Batty on a family trip to Spain in September 2017. He was found by chiropody student Fabien Accidini while walking alone near Toulouse in the south-west of France in the early hours of Wednesday. See PA story POLICE Alex. Photo credit should read: Family Handout/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Alex Batty gets Man U tickets, crisps and Irn-Bru for first Christmas at home

UK December 26, 2023