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Google Reveals $6.8 Billion UK AI Drive As Trump Lands For High-Stakes Talks

Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google has opened a major data center in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, as part of a 5 billion pounds (~$6.818 billion), two-year investment plan in the United Kingdom. The new hub is intended to power the nation’s growing demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services.

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Man denies violent disorder at Epping migrant hotel protest

Charlie Land, 23, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, denied the charge at a hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court

Evening Standard

People have ‘every right’ to protest asylum hotels – shadow home secretary

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

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London commuter belt town is 'following Epping's path' to shut down migrant hotel after court injunction

Conservative-run Broxbourne Council said it was taking legal advice ‘as a matter of urgency’ over a migrant hotel in Cheshunt

Evening Standard

Council leaders weigh up legal challenges to migrant hotels after Epping ruling

Broxbourne Council in Hertfordshire is the first to say it is taking legal advice after the High Court ruling on migrant hotels.

The Independent UK

Oasis reunion 'could continue into 2026 with Knebworth gigs'

Noel and Liam Gallagher have been offered the chance to extend the Oasis reunion into 2026 with four huge gigs at Knebworth to mark the 30th anniversary of their seminal 1996 performances at the Hertfordshire venue.

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My daily surveys suggest British earwigs are declining drastically

Every morning for the past 32 years, I have been counting earwigs. Here at Marshalls Heath, a small nature reserve in Hertfordshire, the only site where these nocturnal insects have been so systematically monitored for so long, the number of common earwigs has declined dramatically.

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Country diary: The joys and mysteries of a late-season songster

Hitchin, Hertfordshire: We’re learning more and more about the UK’s wintering blackcaps. This summer one is just for pleasure

The Guardian - UK

July 7 attacks were watershed moment for head of Met’s counter-terrorism squad

Commander Dominic Murphy came straight to London to help in the aftermath of the bombings and has remained in the Met ever since

Evening Standard

How 7/7 bombings became ‘watershed moment’ for Met Police’s counter-terrorism squad

The team drove to London to help in the aftermath of the attack and remained for the next two decades

The Independent UK

Briton ranked at 733 ‘staying present’ ahead of Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon match

Oliver Tarvet, 21, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, will play the defending Wimbledon champion on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

In Pride and Prejudice (1813), when heroine Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with “her petticoat six inches deep in mud”, she walks not only through the fields of Hertfordshire, but into one of literature’s most memorable images of women’s independence.

The Conversation

Simon Pegg 'relishes' the anonymity that comes with living in the countryside

Simon Pegg is able to lead a "normal life" in the Hertfordshire countryside.

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‘Misogynistic’ Reform activists depict female cabinet ministers as cows in abattoir

Labour and Lib Dems have condemned the stunt in Hertfordshire as ‘horrifically misogynistic’ and ‘dehumanising’

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London leaver: 'Moving to the Herts countryside has had a massive impact on my mental health'

A calm environment outside London has been a vital part of this Walthamstow native’s recovery from addiction

The Independent UK

Grindr used by gang to entrap and burgle 50 victims in their own homes

A 22-year-old man from Potters Bar in Hertfordshire has been arrested alongside two others from Harrow

Evening Standard

Bereaved mother ‘shattered’ after baby’s burial site vandalised at cemetery

Hertfordshire Police said 85 grave plaques were vandalised at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery, near Watford.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner

Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling

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Reason

Brickbat: Like Being Back in School

Six U.K. police officers arrested Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine at their home in Hertfordshire after they complained about their… The post Brickbat: Like Being Back in School appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Watch: Hawk dive bombs at pensioner’s head during daylight attack

A rogue hawk has been terrorising a village in Hertfordshire, with the moment it dived bombed a pedestrian, leaving him with bloody injuries, caught on CCTV.

Evening Standard

Hawk that terrorised village was ‘hormonal’, says falconer

The Harris’s hawk was captured on Thursday after a string of attacks in a Hertfordshire village.

The Independent UK

Hawk that terrorised tall, bald men for weeks was ‘hormonal’, says falconer

The hawk may have been trying to show off to potential mates

Evening Standard

Police chief criticises force after parents arrested for complaining about daughter's school in WhatsApp group

Jonathan Ash-Edwards, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, said the force should never have been involved in the first place

The Guardian - UK

Parents arrested by Hertfordshire police for complaining about daughter’s school

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say six officers came to their house after primary objected to WhatsApp comments

The Independent UK

Parents arrested for complaining about school in WhatsApp group

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say they were detained by six Hertfordshire police officers in front of their young daughter

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