Jersey’s politicians have voted through an assisted suicide Bill. It will be sent for Royal Assent, with the first assisted suicides expected to happen as soon as next year. According to convention, the Senedd’s consent is required for a UK Bill to be implemented on a devolved issue. On Tuesday, MSs voted 28 to 23, to permit Kim Leadbeater’s Westminster Bill to be applied by the NHS in Wales. The motion centred on how Leadbeater’s Bill would be practised in Wales, not a vote on the principle of assisted suicide.

Pearson says its AI improves student outcomes as AI fears weigh on sharesBy Paul SandleLONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - British education company Pearson said its use of AI in its education courses was delivering better outcomes for students, in contrast to general AI models, which the company said had a negative impact on learning and reasoning skills. CEO outlines scaling AI across products built with teachersChief Executive Omar Abbosh said Pearson was scaling AI across its products, which were designed with teachers and had to meet exacting standards. Pearson contrasts its AI with general models and learning impactsBut Abbosh said general AI models did not compare to the skills Pearson was providing. Pearson says its AI can improve learning versus “AI in the wild”"We can show that learners learn better when they use our AI, which is not true when you use AI in the wild, actually that can cause cognitive atrophy problems," he said in an interview. Full-year performance and outlookPearson reported a 6% rise in 2025 operating profit to 614 million pounds ($830 million) on sales of 3.58 billion pounds.

Pep Guardiola wasn't in the mood to offer advice to Mikel ArtetaPep Guardiola made it clear he had no intention of offering Mikel Arteta any guidance during the Premier League run-in as Manchester City look to pip Arsenal to the title. Arsenal have led the way throughout the campaign, with City enduring a troubled start following significant summer changes after their deflating collapse last year. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENTGuardiola swiftly dismissed the notion, however, remarking: "I don't remember. Arteta is hoping to win his first Premier League title as Arsenal managerCity's fixture list has been further complicated by their ongoing involvement in cup competitions. Read our Privacy Policy"It helps for our club," Guardiola said of the Champions League draw.

Transgender Kansas residents have begun receiving letters from the state’s department of motor vehicles notifying them that their driver’s licenses will be invalid beginning Thursday, as a new law goes into effect that demands that forms of identification must now reflect the credential holder’s “sex at birth”. The bill, known as SB 244, also bans transgender people from using bathrooms in public buildings that match their gender identity, and creates a sort of bounty hunter system, in which citizens can sue transgender people they encounter in restrooms for $1,000 in damages. The state law was rushed through the state legislature using an expedited procedure known as “gut and go”. This means the text of one bill can be taken out and substituted for entirely new language or provisions, bypassing standard committee vetting and speeding through the voting process, which is legal in Kansas.

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Arsenal and Manchester City are battling for this season's Premier League titleArsenal have just received a huge boost in the Premier League title race as a result of the Champions League draw. It has thrown up an interesting scenario which could benefit Arsenal's hopes of securing Premier League glory at the end of the season. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENTArsenal, meanwhile, would face a comparatively easier fixture against Bodo/Glimt or Sporting. It remains to be seen how the Premier League title race will play out, with Arsenal still holding an advantage over City as things stand. Speaking weeks ago, he said: "I think they [Arsenal] are a better team than City and proved that in the first few months.

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Darragh O’Brien, 22, with an address at Beechfield Heights in Dublin, appeared before the Dublin District Court on Friday morning. Gardai said Mr Herron died on Saturday October 25 2025. On Friday, Garda Colin Coyne-Delaney told the court that Mr O’Brien was arrested on Thursday and charged at 10.04pm with “the murder of Anthony Herron”. Mr O’Brien, who appeared in court before Judge Gerard Jones wearing a blue tracksuit, was remanded in custody. He is next to appear before Cloverhill District Court.

THE TIMES carried a really excellent fact-check and demolition job by its religious-affairs correspondent, Kaya Burgess, on Reform UK’s proposal to help save Britain’s “Christian heritage”. Even 41, as Burgess pointed out, would amount to 0.09 per cent of the churches that have closed in England since the 1960s. It is also 41 times the number of former C of E churches that have become mosques. Restrictive covenants applied by the Church Commissioners mean that redundant churches can never become sites for worship by other religions. Disorganised Protestantism, in the form of Charismatic or Evangelical churches, is also hidden from the secular imagination.

Is the monarchy facing its gravest crisis in decades? The monarchy survived “bad” kings such as John, Edward II, and Richard II, and “mad” monarchs such as Henry VI and George III. Incompetence, tyranny, civil war, and regicide — none of it has proved fatal to the monarchy. Polling suggests that support for the monarchy, though lower than in the mid-20th century, remains at 64 per cent, comfortably ahead of support for its abolition. Public scrutiny of taxpayer-subsidised royal finances is both legitimate and necessary.

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The furniture experts suggest opening your curtains during the day to let sunlight warm your home. The furniture experts then suggest you should close your curtains when the sun sets to help trap the heat inside. Longer curtains that reach the floor provide better coverage and help block cold drafts from entering through window frames. The experts suggest making sure your curtains hang all the way to the floor and are wide enough to close tightly in the centre to the best effectiveness. This is because gaps on the sides can allow cold air to enter and warm air to escape.

It feels almost certain he will move on from City at the end of the season but Newcastle sources regard the situation as “complicated”. Newcastle certainly want to cast the net wider when it comes to recruitment and bringing in a young keeper is a priority. Newcastle essentially did Sevilla a massive favour by agreeing favourable terms for the Greece international to leave on loan last summer. Finding the money to cover his personal terms and whatever fee Newcastle might want feels unrealistic. But it was a PSR-driven move brokered when Newcastle were panicking and expected Martin Dubravka to leave.

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