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BlueVoyant appoints John Hultman as chief revenue officer
The appointment comes as BlueVoyant scales its sales push around Microsoft-linked security tools and AI after a solid third quarter.

Caucus: National takes aim at coalition partners in scramble for 'soft centre' voters
Analysis - The Caucus podcast discusses how the blue party can reverse polls that have them slipping from the top of the pile.

Insurers race towards autonomous AI, Sapiens survey finds
Two thirds of senior insurance professionals expect AI to become fully autonomous within three years, despite patchy adoption and governance gaps.

How boxing inspired a play about men's mental health
The play explores losing a sense of purpose, the difficulty some men have talking about their mental health and the support they can find in each other.

New poll sees Opportunity miss out on Parliament by 0.2%
A new political poll has the Opportunity Party below the 5% threshold required to enter Parliament without winning an electorate seat.

Compulsory media duties like something in an autocracy - Venter
Saracens' Brendan Venter compares Prem Rugby's media obligations to "something from an autocratic land" after reluctantly speaking at a press conference.

Inside the £1-an-hour official football shirt factories
A BBC Sport investigation traces official football shirt production to factories in Cambodia where workers are paid less than £1 an hour.

Holborn and St Pancras by-election gets under way
Voters in north London are going to the polls to choose a new MP after Sir Keir Starmer resigned.

Three people killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mark an escalation in the conflict.

Why hotter summers are making British potatoes smaller
Farmers say yields are down because they have had to harvest smaller potatoes earlier than normal.

Scrub fire near Queenstown fully contained, firefighters stand down
The Walter Peak fireground has been handed back to landowners, after an assessment of conditions and expected weather.

Logitech makes largest B2B move yet with Rally Bar 2
The Swiss group is betting on extra processing power and AI-ready features to keep enterprise meeting rooms usable for longer.

Suffragette role 'a gift' says Beverley Knight
The Wolverhampton-born singer stars as suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia the musical.

Sapiens launches AI foundation for insurance platforms
It is designed to curb hallucinations and model drift by grounding insurer workflows in decades of sector-specific data, code and documentation.

NZ First surge extends coalition lead, latest Taxpayers' Union Curia poll shows
The latest Taxpayers' Union Curia poll shows the coalition has slightly extended its lead over the left bloc thanks to a surge in support for New Zealand First.

Faster than F1: The extreme motorsport where women keep winning
Top Fuel drag racing is the only elite motorsport class where women frequently beat men to major titles.

New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families' lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
The families allege that men with links to the Saudi government helped those who carried out the 2001 attacks, something the country denies.

Trump wants a new Camp David-like retreat at his Florida golf club
Trump's estate would stand in stark contrast to the rustic Camp David and mark another tradition transformed by Trump.

The Papers: 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch's speech at the Tory conference dominates Thursday's papers.

France's school protests: What lies behind the anger
Students' blockades and marches spring from real grievances – and from France's habit of settling policy on the street.