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Miles DavisDevon political reporterPA MediaMore children are getting free school meals after councils switched to auto-enrolmentAbout 1,300 children in Devon are now getting free school meals who were not previously entitled to them.Devon County Council and Torbay Council have changed the rules so families who are entitled to free school meals automatically get them without having to apply.The increase in the number of children who are eligible also brings with it extra “pupil premium” funding that can be used to provide additional support for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.Cornwall Council agreed to introduce the same scheme from September 2026 and said…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Minix ER937-AI PC is available on Amazon for $999.This tiny PC has tons of power to spare. When hit with a really heavy load, the fans can be noisy. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.If AI is your thing (especially local AI), then you know: a lot of power is required. I’ve used local AI (by way of Ollama) on my System76 Thelio and found it to be adequate. So, when I received the small form factor, Minix Elite ER937-AI PC, I thought there was no way it could compete with my desktop machine.Also:…

This is what Y2K dreams are made of. Earlier this week, Hilary Duff announced that she would be releasing her new song, “Mature,” on Nov 6 — her first new music since her last album, 2015’s Breathe In. Breathe Out. When speaking to host Jake Shane for the Season Two finale episode on the Therapuss podcast, Duff discussed her return to the studio and shared some insight on her upcoming single. “It was always going to happen,” Duff said. “There’s no way that that was not going to be a part of my story.” The pop star and Disney alum said…

Australia captain Pat Cummins is back bowling multiple overs on a reduced run-up and has targeted returning to the team for the second Ashes Test against England, a day-nighter in Brisbane starting on 4 December.The fast bowler has been sidelined by a lower-back issue since July and has already been ruled out of the series opener in Perth, where he will be replaced as skipper by Steve Smith.Scott Boland is expected to step in for the 32-year-old in the pace attack in Perth but Cummins said he was on track to pick up the pink ball at the Gabba a…

Stella was eight years old when she stopped eating solid foods. She went from being a “foodie” to strictly consuming liquids, says Briana, Stella’s mother. That diet soon became problematic for Stella, too: later, she removed chunks from her soup and struggled to drink smoothies that contained small seeds. She grew so afraid of swallowing that she’d spit out her saliva. “She said she had a fear of choking,” Briana says. (The last names of Stella and Briana have been withheld for privacy.)In less than a month, Stella became so tired and malnourished that her parents took her to the…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and hundreds missing in the country’s central provinces, marking the deadliest natural disaster to strike the Philippines this year.

The French equalities regulator has declared that Facebook’s algorithm for placing job adverts is sexist, after an investigation found that adverts for mechanic roles skewed towards men while those for preschool teachers were targeted at women.The Défenseur des Droits watchdog said the Facebook system for targeted job ads treated users differently based on their sex, and constituted indirect discrimination. The regulator recommended that Facebook and its parent company, Meta, took measures to ensure adverts were non-discriminatory, giving the company three months to inform the French body of the measures.In its ruling, which is not legally binding, the regulator said the…

Craig Bellamy laughs when asked about Rubin Colwill, the 23-year-old forward currently impressing for Cardiff City.”He’s big for you, isn’t he?,” Bellamy asks the reporter who brings up his name.Not that Bellamy is not a fan of the nine-cap midfielder, to the contrary. However, Colwill has not always featured in Bellamy’s Wales squads despite playing a starring role in Cardiff’s League One promotion bid and their quarter-final EFL Cup run.”Rubin is able, there’s still one or two bits that we need more from, but he’s capable,” insists Bellamy who has plenty of other reasons to be a regular at Cardiff…

A new study helps reveal why some vaccines, including those for COVID-19 and influenza, are less effective in older adults than they are in younger people — and it may fundamentally shift our understanding of aging.Traditionally, scientists have attributed the reduced vaccine response seen in older adults to a decline in the immune system with age. Many have pointed to persistent, low-grade immune activation — a process dubbed “inflammaging” — as one driver of this decline.But a new study that compared the immune systems of older and younger adults found no consistent increases in biological markers of inflammation with age.…

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy (left) and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford announced Wednesday that the FAA will reduce air traffic at many busy airports to maintain safety during the government shutdown, which has led to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic by 10% at many busy airports, the agency said Wednesday, in a move intended to keep the nation’s airspace safe during the government shutdown. The FAA plans to reduce air traffic in 40 “high-volume markets” beginning on Friday.…