Look back AT 2024

Iconic Only Fools star Sir David Jason reflects on his 60-year career and describes the shock of discovering a daughter he never knew

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Welcome home

The UK's water vole population plummeted due to habitat loss and invasive mink, but in September, over 100 of the fluffy creatures were transported in recycled Pringles tubes to be released in Northamptonshire's Nene Wetlands. Partners in cuteness are the beaver babies, known as kits, which have been born in West London after an absence of 400 years.

All seeing AI

The advance of artificial intelligence is unstoppable and chatbots are becoming our favourite know-it-alls. Al is transforming healthcare, business and education, but it has a way to go before it matches living, breathing humans. One lady asked, 'Why isn't my husband working?' The response was, 'Try turning it off and on again.'

THE AGE OF THE SCOUSERS

Liverpool-born John Tinniswood turned 112 in August, becoming the world's oldest man, while fellow Scouser Sir Paul McCartney became the first UK musician to become a billionaire, according to May's Sunday Times Rich List. 'We shall scrimp and save,' he famously sang in The Beatles'