In today's newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climate This summer, datacentres have become targets of resistance across the world. Ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, big tech has been lobbying for the creation of enormous new facilities. Many governments claim they're essential in any country that wants to cash in on AI. Campaigners argue datacentres drain resources and exacerbate the climate crisis. The Scottish National Party has backed a moratorium on new developments; so has the Greens.

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Matt Arnold was incorrectly identified of being a shoplifter at Sainsbury's East Dulwich superstore. Matt Arnold was incorrectly identified of being a shoplifter at Sainsbury's East Dulwich superstore. Sainsbury's store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation Supermarket chain says'human error', not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customer Sainsbury's has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop. "I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless," Matt Arnold, 46, said of his ordeal. The comedy promoter was buying supplies in the store in East Dulwich, in south-east London, for a standup event at Dulwich Hamlet football club when, after scanning his items and a Nectar card, he was approached by two managers who told him he could not be served owing to an earlier incident.

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'Leicester Square, please guv': Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets'later this summer' The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology developer Wayve have been granted the first minicab licences in London allowing them to offer self-driving taxi rides to paying customers - but with a human safety driver in place, for now. The companies said they would start trips in the UK "later this summer" before the full public launch. The San Francisco-headquartered Uber and London-based Wayve are racing against the Google-owned Waymo and its Chinese equivalent Baidu's Apollo Go to launch self-driving taxi services in London. Their progress is being watched closely because the British capital will be one of the first cities in the world to have American and Chinese tech firms operating on the same roads. Uber and Wayve said more than 100,000 Londoners were on their waiting list for the self-driving taxis.

Andy Burnham takes power as British prime minister, succeeding Keir Starmer at Downing Street. The Labour leader has criticized Donald Trump but pledges continuity on NATO and Ukraine.

New photograph marks Queen's 79th birthday A new photograph of Queen Camilla has been released to celebrate her 79th birthday. The picture, showing the Queen in a long blue dress, was taken last month in the state drawing room of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. Buckingham Palace said the Queen was marking her birthday with a renewed commitment to supporting children's literacy, with the announcement that every year 6 and P6 child across the UK will be gifted a special edition of the book Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell this Christmas. Much of the Queen's public work supports reading and literacy, including the creation of the Reading Room charity designed to promote the benefits of reading. Rundell's book will be distributed to children through schools and libraries.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Morgan Riddle never swung a racquet on the court at Wimbledon, but her presence in the stands contributed to a cultural shift in the world of tennis all the same. For years, Riddle accompanied her former boyfriend, American player Taylor Fritz, on the ATP Tour, gaining an audience that was just as interested in her style content as it was in her access behind the scenes.

Around 100 firefighters have been called to a fire affecting a house, gardens, sheds and a railway embankment in Walthamstow, east London. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said two rest centres had been set up locally for impacted residents. It said it received the first of more than 100 calls to the incident near Vallentin Road and Shernhall Street just before 18:30 BST, with 20 fire engines and around 125 firefighters in attendance. In an update at about 21:00, LFB said the cause of the fire was currently unknown but crews have been working hard to extinguish the fire as swiftly as possible. The fire brigade has advised people in the area to keep their windows and doors closed due to the significant amount of smoke produced by the fire.

British Wimbledon semi-finalist Arthur Fery has invited Prince George and Princess Charlotte to play tennis with him, after meeting the royals at the men's single's final. The Prince and Princess of Wales, along with Charlotte and George, arrived at the All England Club shortly after 15:00 BST on Sunday, receiving a standing ovation as they entered the royal box. Fery, who turned 24 on Sunday, said: I know the whole family are all tennis fans, so I told her if her kids ever wanted to hit, I'm free. Prince William and Catherine congratulated the tennis player on his run to the semi-finals and wished him a happy birthday. Image caption, Britain's Arthur Fery lost to Alexander Zverev in the men's single's semi-finals Fery also received a birthday card from the Prince and Princess of Wales.