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The UK's water vole population plummeted due to habitat loss and invasive mink, but in September, over 100 of the fluffy creatures were transported in recycled Pringles tubes to be released in Northamptonshire's Nene Wetlands. Partners in cuteness are the beaver babies, known as kits, which have been born in West London after an absence of 400 years.
All seeing AI
The advance of artificial intelligence is unstoppable and chatbots are becoming our favourite know-it-alls. Al is transforming healthcare, business and education, but it has a way to go before it matches living, breathing humans. One lady asked, 'Why isn't my husband working?' The response was, 'Try turning it off and on again.'
THE AGE OF THE SCOUSERS
Liverpool-born John Tinniswood turned 112 in August, becoming the world's oldest man, while fellow Scouser Sir Paul McCartney became the first UK musician to become a billionaire, according to May's Sunday Times Rich List. 'We shall scrimp and save,' he famously sang in The Beatles' When I'm 64. It's fair to assume Sir Paul can now afford to rent that summer cottage in the Isle of Wight!
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This story is from the December 23, 2024 edition of Woman's Weekly.
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Almost 85? Don't remind me!'
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