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Yesterday, angry locals gathered outside The Bell Hotel in Epping again to protest against its use as asylum seeker accommodation after a man was charged over three 'sexual assaults'.

Hundreds of furious locals gathered outside the Bell Hotel on Thursday after Ethiopian resident Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was charged with sex attacks on schoolgirls.

Kate Kniveton, the former Tory MP for Buxton, suffered a horrifying campaign of violence from Andrew Griffiths before battling a court ruling that he should still have direct contact with their child.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air grounded all flights Sunday night due to a major IT outage, prompting a system-wide FAA ground stop that lasted until early Monday. Although operations have since resumed, passengers are still facing delays and residual disruptions. Gizmodo reports: The airline requested a system-wide ground stop from federal aviation authorities at about 11 p.m. ET on Sunday night. That stop remained in effect until around 2 a.m. ET Monday, when the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it had been lifted. But disruptions didn't end there. Alaska warned passengers to brace for likely delays throughout the day. [...] The FAA's website listed the stop as applying to all Alaska Airlines aircraft. Gizmodo notes that the incident comes nearly a year after the massive 2024 CrowdStrike crash, which has become known as the largest IT outage in history. "The July 2024 outage brought down an estimated 8.5 million Microsoft Windows systems running CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor software, disrupting everything from hospitals and airports to broadcast networks." "There's no word yet from Alaska on whether the outage ties into a broader software problem, but the timing, almost exactly a year after the CrowdStrike crash, isn't going unnoticed on social media, with users wondering if the events are related."

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Seann Walsh is reportedly gearing up to go back on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! All Stars version.

More than 400 business leaders have backed a Mail campaign to bring back the VAT refund scheme for foreign visitors, arguing it would encourage tourists to visit the UK.

Raided homes despite known likelihood that aircon or EVs could explain high electricity consumption

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has advanced a lawsuit in which it alleges the City of Sacramento misused energy records to accuse residents of growing cannabis, often with disastrous results.…

This grotesque teddy bear made of 'skin' sparked a police investigation in California.

Kelly Osbourne has revealed that her famed mother Sharon will be planning her entire wedding as she confessed she 'wants nothing to do with it'. 

The banks of computer equipment needed to advance AI models require huge volumes of water to fuel cooling systems.

Resident doctors - previously known as junior doctors - will strike for five days from Friday in pursuit of a 29 per cent pay rise.

Caught on kiss cam in the VIP section of Gillette Stadium, tech CEO Andy Byron was filmed cradling his company's HR director, Kristin Cabot, like she was his wife. One problem: she's not his wife.

They're some of the biggest apps in the world, used by millions of people every day. But according to an investigation, 'data hungry' smartphone apps ask for 'shocking' levels of access to personal data.

The Disabled Children's Partnership (DCP) said any Government reforms must not 'dilute' the legal rights of children who need support.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Figma is targeting a fully-diluted valuation of up to $16.4 billion in its initial public offering, as the cloud-based design software firm prepares for a debut on the NYSE that could inject fresh momentum into a resurgent market for tech listings. The San Francisco-based company, along with some investors, is eyeing proceeds of up to $1.03 billion by selling nearly 37 million shares priced between $25 and $28 each, it said on Monday. The listing could be a major milestone for Figma, coming more than a year after its $20 billion sale to Adobe failed due to regulatory hurdles in Europe and the UK. Figma's IPO is expected to occur the week of July 28th, offering shares priced between $25 and $28. It'll trade under the symbol "FIG".

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No customer, partner info stolen, spokesperson tells The Reg

Dell has confirmed that criminals broke into its IT environment and stole some of its data — but told The Register that it's "primarily synthetic (fake) data."…

Love Island bosses have announced a show first as a famous artist enters the villa in a major format shake-up on Tuesday's episode.

Footage of the confrontation last July went viral on social media after PC Zachary Marsden was caught on film kicking prone suspect Mohammed Fahir Amaaz.

Danielle Durham's luxurious farm stay in Lexington, south of Winston-Salem, offers guests the opportunity to escape the city and experience farm life first hand.

The rise in shark sightings near US beaches may be alarming to some, but one expert says people need to get used to sharing their summers with these apex predators.