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One diner was recently left flabbergasted after a woman and her two children approached her while she was eating her lunch to ask if the family could share the table.

It is a crucial part of the town's identity

Charlie Javice, 32, is facing the possibility of decades behind bars after a jury in New York City found her guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million.

One morning in December, Betsy Arakawa helped her elderly husband Gene Hackman into their truck and set off for White Rock, a small town 45 minutes from their hilltop home near Santa Fe.

Could you inherit a fortune? The unclaimed estates in Essex have been released by the Treasury this March and one could be yours.

Could you inherit a fortune? The unclaimed estates in Essex have been released by the Treasury this March and one could be yours.

Tasha's Artisan Coffee Shop, which was once forced to close by a planning inspector, is now celebrating two years of business.

Over a quarter of staff at Colchester’s NHS trust said they experienced bullying or harassment from members of the public as staff survey results are revealed.

The aspiring football journalist and keen footballer collapsed during a training session with her local team

JONATHAN McEVOY: One Formula One driver, a multiple grand prix winner, sent me a text this week: 'The gradual decline of the House of Red Bull.' A source close to the team called it 'chaos'.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: A concert on Monday night at New York's Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents' wedding anniversary. He didn't end up seeing the show -- and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG). After scanning his ticket and promptly being pulled aside by security, Miller was told by staff that he was barred from the MSG properties for an incident at the Garden in 2021. But Miller says he hasn't been to the venue in nearly two decades. "They hand me a piece of paper letting me know that I've been added to a ban list," Miller says. "There's a trespass notice if I ever show up on any MSG property ever again," which includes venues like Radio City, the Beacon Theatre, the Sphere, and the Chicago Theatre. He was baffled at first. Then it dawned on him: this was probably about a T-shirt he designed years ago. MSG Entertainment won't say what happened with Miller or how he was picked out of the crowd, but he suspects he was identified via controversial facial recognition systems that the company deploys at its venues. In 2017, 1990s New York Knicks star Charles Oakley was forcibly removed from his seat near Knicks owner and Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan. The high-profile incident later spiraled into an ongoing legal battle. For Miller, Oakley was an "integral" part of the '90s Knicks, he says. With his background in graphic design, he made a shirt in the style of the old team logo that read, "Ban Dolan" -- a reference to the infamous scuffle. A few years later, in 2021, a friend of Miller's wore a Ban Dolan shirt to a Knicks game and was kicked out and banned from future events. That incident spawned ESPN segments and news articles and validated what many fans saw as a pettiness on Dolan and MSG's part for going after individual fans who criticized team ownership. "Frank Miller Jr. made threats against an MSG executive on social media and produced and sold merchandise that was offensive in nature," Mikyl Cordova, executive vice president of communications and marketing for the company, said in an emailed statement. "His behavior was disrespectful and disruptive and in violation of our code of conduct." Miller responded to the ban, saying: "I just found it comical, until I was told that my mom was crying [in the lobby]. I was like, 'Oh man, I ruined their anniversary with my shit talk on the internet. Memes are powerful, and so is the surveillance state. It's something that we all have to be aware of -- the panopticon. We're [being] surveilled at all times, and it's always framed as a safety thing, when rarely is that the case. It's more of a deterrent and a fear tactic to try to keep people in line."

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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Invited by the Princess of Wales to advise on her annual Christmas carol service, Ella, as she's known to pals, has now become patron of the charity Restore The Music.

It is both affordable and stylish

Celebrity Bake off will see in a dramatic third week as a new round of celebrities take to the tent on Sunday. 

One £2.8million heist, which included two Ming-dynasty bowls and a vase, were thought to have been carried out by the Chinese government.

Britain's Got Talent judges will be left gobsmacked during Saturday evening's episode after a contestant, born with no arms, stuns them with his incredible drumming skills. 

For many, his appeal lies in his bona fide working-class roots, but some have questions about the credibility of some of the flamboyant claims he has made about his trading history.

Adolescence left the stars of Gogglebox in tears on Friday night as they tuned into watch the hit Netflix drama.

The JLS star, 38, who was presenting the show on Thursday alongside Alex Jones, excitedly previewed Friday's line-up, with JB buzzing with anticipation over meeting a celebrated personality.

Families face a hammering of £1,000 to their annual budgets from next week as Labour's tax raids and inflation-busting bill hikes come into force.