Gary Gibbon
Labour: The right fights back
After heavy pounding from the Corbyn camp in the leadership election result, his opponents in the party returned fire today.
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Carers have been renamed as key workers but they need more pay, says Bletchley Park veteran
Elizabeth Diacon, 97, who lives in a Wiltshire care home, was one of the women who worked at the government’s codebreaking headquarters, Bletchley Park, during the Second World War.
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WW2 Bletchley code-breaker Baroness Trumpington dies at 96
One of Britain’s best-loved parliamentarians, Baroness Trumpington, has died at the age of 96. She led an extraordinary life, starting out as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and then a life peer and minister in Margaret Thatcher’s government.
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AI safety summit: Are global leaders uniting to legislate against risks of AI?
It’s a who’s who of politics and the tech industry – hailed by allies of Rishi Sunak as a diplomatic coup for the UK government. US Vice President Kamala Harris, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and tech titan Elon Musk are among those congregating in Bletchley Park to discuss the risks of AI.
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AI safety summit: how can the world avoid a tech catastrophe?
Elon Musk and Kamala Harris attended the AI safety summit, along with other high-profile leaders in tech, hosted at Bletchley Park in the UK.
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Gary Gibbon
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How the snow and ice could affect your journey
Britain wakes up to a covering of snow on the ground this morning as temperatures plummet as low as -11C in some parts of the country.
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Campaign to pardon gay men goes on without William and Kate
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stay out of a campaign to gain pardons for tens of thousands of men convicted of being gay, led by Alan Turing actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Jonathan Rugman
Could Alan Turing have worked for our modern security services?
This week sees the opening of a film about codebreaker Alan Turing’s work at Bletchley Park. Would there be room for him in today’s MI6? Former spy chief John Scarlett thinks so.
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Code breakers, your country needs you
Maybe it is time to forget traditional recruitment centres if you want a career in the military. The US Navy is looking for code breakers who can crack a puzzle and is using Facebook to find them.
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Paul Mason
Books for blokes: your choices
From Bond ordering an ‘avocado pear’ to an 18th century novel about a London prostitute – your suggestions for books to get men reading.
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Paul Mason
Alan Turing: codebreaker and imagineer hounded by the state
Paul Mason profiles the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing, who has been pardoned by the Queen today.
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Storms cause travel chaos
At least four people have died, thousands of homes are without power, and the transport network is in chaos, as storms batter the UK.
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Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous royal pardon
Wartime hero and “father of modern computing” Alan Turing is given a posthumous royal pardon for a 61-year-old conviction for homosexual activity.
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Crack the code to work for GCHQ
Can you break the code to become a spy? GCHQ attempts a new recruitment drive to target top code breakers, mathematicians and “ethical hackers” as it tries to move beyond the Prism scandal.
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Man jailed for murder of Rachel Manning
A man is convicted of murdering a 19-year-old woman in 2000, after her boyfriend, wrongly convicted for the crime, spends six years in jail for the offence.
