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What We Used To Do Before Everything Was Available 24/7

There was a time when you couldn't get everything whenever you wanted it. Shops closed. Banks closed. Takeaways stopped delivering. The last bus went home. Television programmes finished for the night. If you wanted something and it wasn't available, you simply had to wait. For Gen X, that wasn't particularly unusual. It was just life. We grew up in a world of opening hours, closing times and the occasional handwritten […]

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News 23/09/26

Ed Miliband has told the UN Security Council that leaders in artificial intelligence are right to warn about the technology's ability to do harm. The Foreign Secretary said executives at major firms are stating clearly that preventing global disaster cannot be left solely to private companies. He added that governments cannot abdicate their fundamental duty to protect their citizens by outsourcing responsibility to commercial businesses. Blood tests have revealed very […]

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The Gen X Guide To Not Being Constantly Connected

There was a time when being unavailable was completely normal. If someone wanted to speak to you, they phoned the house and hoped you were in. If you went out, nobody knew exactly where you were. If you were going away for the weekend, you didn't spend the journey sending updates to everyone you knew. You simply went. For Gen X, that probably sounds less like a historical curiosity and […]

todaySeptember 22, 2026 9

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News 22/09/26

A man has admitted sending Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch threatening emails, including one stating that if he were in the IRA he would have shot her dead. Kieran Kyle sent three emails to Ms Badenoch's parliamentary address on the second of May. Prosecutor Jennifer Dannhauser said Kyle included racist references in earlier emails, making threats related to Bloody Sunday, when Army personnel shot thirteen civil rights demonstrators in Derry in […]

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The Great British Breakfast Debate

Few meals inspire quite as much opinion as breakfast. Lunch can be whatever happens to be available, dinner can change completely from one day to the next, but breakfast seems to come with rules. Everybody has a preference, most people have strong opinions about what belongs on the plate, and somewhere along the line we have all decided that our way of doing breakfast is perfectly reasonable while somebody else's […]

todaySeptember 21, 2026 15

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News 21/09/26

The UK will provide defensive military support to Saudi Arabia against attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has confirmed. Speaking on his way to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Mr Burnham said he agreed to the request following advice from the Defence and Foreign Secretaries. The support will be limited to air-to-air refuelling for Saudi planes on defensive missions, utilizing one RAF Voyager […]

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The Slough Jets Ticket Give Away

The Slough Jets season is already underway as the reigning league and cup champions started with two wins on the road. On Saturday, 26th September the Jets play their first home game of the season against Cardiff Fire. Atom Radio will once again be giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to home games this season. Listen on weekdays from 8am when Mark will launch the competition […]

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The Slough Jets – a brief history

Founded in 1986 following the opening of the Slough Ice Arena, the Slough Jets have established themselves as one of the most recognizable and resilient names in British ice hockey. Over nearly four decades of competition, the club has navigated various tier changes in British ice hockey, transitioning from high-flying professional status to a focus on community talent, while consistently capturing major silverware along the way. The early years of […]

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News 20/09/26

Police investigating the death of a woman whose human remains were discovered following a wildfire in south-west London have arrested a second man on suspicion of murder. Joanne Sheen, a mother of three, had been missing since travelling from Fareham to Southampton in December 2019. The Metropolitan Police were called on the twelfth of August after bones were found near Padstow Walk in Feltham. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary […]

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Sport Preview 19/09/26

On the local front, Slough Town turn their attention away from the National League South as they host Chatham Town at Arbour Park in the FA Cup second qualifying round. Kickoff is set for 3:00 PM BST. The Rebels will be eager to build on their recent 1–0 away victory over AFC Totton and use this cup tie to construct momentum for their domestic campaign. Facing lower-league opposition provides a […]

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