Politics

Parliament opens a new session with a packed legislative agenda

Lawmakers return with housing, transport and digital-privacy bills at the top of the order paper.

Three councils are testing open Wi-Fi in libraries and main streets for six months.

Independent outlets are moving off closed platforms to keep control of their archives and their readers.

Order books at mid-sized factories have grown for a third straight quarter.

A late equaliser sent the championship decider into extra time before a sell-out stadium.

A community-built speech model now covers a dozen regional languages with usable accuracy.