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US prosecutors described Sharon Martens as the 'void' in the Martenses' story: a wife, mother and grandmother who saw her husband rush upstairs with a baseball bat... yet fell asleep.

An art collector is set to cause some 'high drama' on BBC show Fake Or Fortune? as he turns down a huge sum of money for his 'lost masterpiece painting'.

Humans who entered into romantic relationships with digital chatbots were left heartbroken after a new ChatGPT update changed their partners' personalities overnight.

High Street shopping habits have changed over the years

The street has access to a popular shops and commuter links

Casey-Louise has been named by relatives online as the tragic teenager whose lifeless body was discovered at a flat in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on Monday August 11.

This week workers on Blizzard's "Story and Franchise Development" team "strongly voted" to join America's largest communications and media labor union, the Communications Workers of America. From the union's announcement: The Story and Franchise Development team is Blizzard's in-house cinematics, animation, and narrative team, producing the trailers, promotional videos, in-game cutscenes, and other narrative content for Blizzard franchises — as well as franchise archival workers and historians. These workers will be the first in-house cinematic, animation, and narrative studio to form a union in the North American game industry, joining nearly 3,000 workers at Microsoft-owned studios who have organized with CWA to build better standards across the video game industry after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in 2023... The announcement is the latest update in organizing the tech and video game industry, as over 6,000 workers in the United States and Canada have organized with the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE-CWA) since launching over five years ago. Last week, workers at Raven Software secured a historic contract with Microsoft, joining ZeniMax QA developers at CWA, who also secured a contract with the company in June. "CWA says that Blizzard owner Microsoft has recognized the union," reports the gaming news site Aftermath, in accordance with the labor neutrality policy Microsoft agreed to in 2022, leading to several other union game studios at Microsoft: In July 2024, 500 workers on Blizzard-owned World of Warcraft formed a union that they called "the largest wall-to-wall union at a Microsoft-owned studio," alongside Blizzard QA workers in Austin. Other studios across Microsoft have also unionized in recent years, including at Bethesda, ZeniMax Online Studios, and ZeniMax QA, the latter of which finally reached a contract in May after nearly two years of bargaining. Unionized workers at Raven Studios reached a contract with Microsoft earlier this month. The CWA's announcement this week included this quote from one organizing committee member (and a cinematic producer). "I'm excited that we have joined together in forming a union to protect my colleagues from things like misguided policies and instability as a result of layoffs."

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In videos circulated widely on social media, supporters could be seen stranded in large lines outside the ground prior to the 2pm kickoff.

The company's range of draught beers have disappeared entirely from around 1,860 pubs in the last two years, according to private industry data.

Speaking in Brussels today, the Ukrainian president insisted that his country's constitution made it 'impossible to give up territory or trade land'.

Some grande dame recently informed me that she never 'hides behind make-up' when the temperature soars.

AN Essex musical duo spanning two generations are taking their county, stage and the streaming platform Disney+ by storm.

A THEATRE actor from Colchester is giving himself “a bit of pressure” as he prepares to step into the shoes of an iconic animated character.

Junctions at Maidenburgh Street, Northgate Street, St Helens Lane, and St Peter’s Street will be temporarily closed as well as Middle Mill for its entire length while special events take place at Castle Park.

AN Essex musical duo spanning two generations are taking their county, stage and the streaming platform Disney+ by storm.

Assistant headteacher Richard Marshall swam the English Channel to raise money for Farleigh Hospice.

A THEATRE actor from Colchester is giving himself “a bit of pressure” as he prepares to step into the shoes of an iconic animated character.

Their first meeting involved a brief chat about each other's brogues

Those of you who have already got your holidays out of the way and are now back in Blighty's sizzling temperatures - congratulations! You have the ingredients of a Hot British Summer wardrobe

I bought bonds in beverage company Linc Drinks Ltd and casks of whisky from Whisky&Co Ltd, both promoted by the same sales firm. I've just seen that Whisky&Co has gone into liquidation.