Bob Dylan has shared news of a Patreon series, Lectures From The Grave, which appears to feature AI generated elements. It is not the artist’s first foray into AI, as he revealed the cue cards in the Subterranean Homesick Blues video were written by an early form of Chat GPT.
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A woman impersonated her husband’s voice to embezzle thousands of pounds as part of a mortgage and pension fraud. The police confirmed that she was in deep trouble, appropriately.
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Mr Benn is set for a live action remake, from the writer and director of I Swear, and will tackle contemporary subjects such as fast fashion, cultural appropriation, and the effect of high street chains on independent shops.
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Parenthood doesn’t make people happy, study finds. Researchers looked for signs that having children led to a measurable increase in positive emotions — and found none, though the survey was conducted at 3 in the morning in between replays of ‘Baby Shark’.
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A study has found that in places where men feel pressure to prove their manhood, the population tends to be less healthy as well as less trusting, but at least they have plenty of shelves and all the bottle tops have been loosened.
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A first step towards bringing one of Robert Burns' favourite pubs back into use has been given the all-clear as a community stepped in to restore it, though the group is having trouble finding it as the previous owners sent the address to a haggis.
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An islands council is to auction off an electric bin lorry it stopped using just months after buying it for about £456,000. Accused of huge waste, the council have had to throw the bin lorry into a slightly larger bin lorry.
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Spoof BBC comedy series, Twenty Twenty Six, is to take on the World Cup, with Hugh Bonneville reprising his role as Ian Fletcher. Things take a dark turn in episode one when he launches a war against one of the participants… oh no, that’s real life…
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Jamie Lee Curtis' Murder, She Wrote reboot will be released next year and will be given a modern twist, as the fictional detective has to prove she didn’t write the plots using Chat GPT.
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The NHS suggests you should aim for five portions of Fruit Island per day, which is easy when it’s created by AI.
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A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic. Politicians are keeping their fingers crossed that the outage wasn’t caused by some sort of virus.
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Scientists have revealed that the preparation of coffee, may dictate the taste of the drink, after X-ray scans reveal grind size is key for the perfect espresso. Though this research comes at little consolation to all those with broken bones waiting for the x-ray.
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A judge in Brazil has blocked a project to build a zipline connecting the famous Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro to a nearby hill, which means things aren’t looking good for the bungee jump off Christ the Redeemer.
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A light-up C-3PO head used in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back has fetched more than 1 million dollars at auction, thought it does require some new batteries to stop it being a little on the dark side.
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Celine Dion has announced a stage comeback after amid her battle with Stiff person syndrome. Unfortunately, she’s only doing a 10-day residency in Paris so you’ll have to wait until she goes on tour to see her near, far, or wherever you are.
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A Tesco store in Kirkwall has been giving away bananas after accidentally ordering around 38,000 of them, almost twice Orkney’s population. When asked if he’d like to take a handful, the man from Deerness said ‘yes’.
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About 12 tons of KitKat chocolate was stolen after leaving the Nestle production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland. An accusatory finger has been pointed at most countries on the route, but our money is on Hungary.
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A woman who claimed more than £23,000 in benefits, saying she was too ill to go outside, was caught surfing and ziplining in Mexico. She’s now been employed as the Deputy of the Liberal Democrats.
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Former Google executive Matt Brittin has been confirmed as the BBC’s new director general. The hunt for a new DG threw up several highly experienced candidates but insiders say Brittin came top on the first page of search results. Students at a Scottish university have been asked to design a tartan to mark the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. The current front-runner eschews the traditional colour palette in favour of a contemporary tan orange with hints of bin fire. A message in a bottle dropped from a boat off Canada has been found washed up in the north-east of Scotland. While the full contents of the message have yet to be disclosed, the finders could reveal it starts “Dear Donald” and ends with “off”. A ‘self-cleaning fabric’ could cut laundry time by 80%, say scientists in China, who have created a special coating for clothing that enables them to be cleaned using a simple rinse cycle with no detergent. The news came as no surprise to canny Glaswegians however, who said they’ve been doing laundry that way for years.
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And if you prefer your topical comedy with a more Scottish flavour then we've also got stuff on #BreakingTheNews
Just don't tell them I'll be cheering against them in the rugby later.
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A church yard bench in Essex, celebrating the life of Keith Flint from The Prodigy has caused controversy.
Residents questioned the devil-horns used in the design, but a local vicar said there is no need for concern... until the speakers are connected.
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It's Friday. Get a coffee, check the news, scream with despair at humanity and then... listen to #Breakingthenews at 1:30:
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Here's two recommendations for you this Friday, especially as they both feature stuff by us. Number 1: This week's episode of Breaking the News is now up on BBC Sounds.
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I had the privelege of being Lead Writer on today's #BreakingTheNews on bbc Radio Scotland
Always a joy to be part of the show with some properly funny people #DesClarke @marknelsoncomic.bsky.social
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A Scottish Harp making school will benefit from a £24,000 grant to
purchase new materials and tools.
A spokesperson said the application was down to the Head of the school, apparently he’s one clever plucker.
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That was a cracking epsiode. Kudos to all involved. Some belting gags in it. #BreakingTheNews www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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On this week's topical news quiz on BBC Scotland, Des Clarke starts proceedings with jokes about chocolate thieves in the UK & the Tartan Army being told they can wear sporrans with their kilts when they go to the USA in the summer.
Here's this week's episode of #BreakingTheNews featuring some stuff by us!
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If you missed it here's yesterday's episode of #BreakingTheNews And the first part of the episode will tell you what major news story broke during the recording.
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