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Questions remain over the mysterious man British teen 'drugs mule' Bella Culley met in the Far East before she was allegedly caught smuggling 14kg of cannabis into Georgia. 

Unrecognisable behind their baggy outfits, beards and wigs, the pair skyrocketed to fame after appearing in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009.

Sweet-toothed shoppers have expressed their delight on Newfoodsuk group at seeing a previously discontinued Cadbury chocolate bar on the shelves at B&M stores across the UK.

According to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), Meta is delaying the release of its largest Llama 4 AI model, known as "Behemoth," over concerns that it may not be enough of an advance on previous models. "It's another indicator that the AI industry's scaling strategy -- 'just make everything bigger' -- could be hitting a wall," notes Axios. From the report: The Journal says that Behemoth is now expected to be released in the fall or even later. It was originally scheduled to coincide with Meta's Llamacon event last month, then later postponed till June. It's also possible the company could speed up a more limited Behemoth release.

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Meet the 'freak-off'' party porn stars who Diddy allegedly hired to have marathon sex sessions with ex Cassie Ventura while he watched.

Josh Holloway is currently working on four different projects including the aforementioned HBO series but things have not been easy in his post-Lost career.

A British child has been seriously injured after smashing into a window at a hotel in Magaluf.

Ana de Armas finally broke her silence about her relationship with Tom Cruise during a candid appearance on Good Morning America Thursday.

A bombshell claim Sean 'Diddy' Combs was caught 'dry humping' a Kardashian at a past Met Gala has resurfaced amid the disgraced rapper's sex trafficking trial.

Reinaldo Goncalo Bertoni Filho, 41, was snared when DNA he provided as part of the vetting process to join the British Transport Police linked him to attacks in two nature reserves in Surrey.

President Donald Trump warned that Iran must come to an agreement on nuclear weapons... or else.

Legendary tough guy actor and director Clint Eastwood is waging the one battle even he can't win.

AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat

An attorney defending AI firm Anthropic in a copyright case brought by music publishers apologized to the court on Thursday for citation errors that slipped into a filing after using the biz's own AI tool, Claude, to format references.…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin of 'not taking negotiations seriously' after the Russian despot failed to show up to Turkey for peace talks. 

Catherine Flynn's daughter could only watch in terror as Dean Mears - who was 'high on drugs' - forced his way into the 69-year-old's seaside home.

Longtime Slashdot reader mprindle writes: Nextcloud has been in an ongoing battle with Google over the tech giant revoking the All Files permission from the Nextcloud Android App, which prevents users from managing their files on their server. After a blog post and several tech sites reported on the issue, "Google reached out to us [Nexcloud] and offered to restore the permission, which will give users back the functionality that was lost." Nextcloud is working on an app update and hopes to have it pushed out within a week.

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Woke singer Lorde has been accused of 'gender baiting' as she appeared to come out as non-binary in a baffling new interview.

Hannah Quigley had 'better than perfect' eyesight her entire live until she began to experience strange symptoms in the run up to her daughter's 13th birthday.

A British motorcyclist has died in a car accident in northern Spain.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, Telegram announced it had removed two huge black markets estimated to have generated more than $35 billion since 2021 by serving cybercriminals and scammers. Blockchain research firm Elliptic told Reuters that the Chinese-language markets Xinbi Guarantee and Huione Guarantee together were far more lucrative than Silk Road, an illegal drug marketplace that the FBI notoriously seized in 2013, which was valued at about $3.4 billion. Both markets were forced offline on Tuesday, Elliptic reported, and already, Huione Guarantee has confirmed that its market will cease to operate entirely due to the Telegram removal. The disruption of both markets will be "a big blow for online fraudsters," Elliptic confirmed, cutting them off from a dependable source for "stolen data, money laundering services, and telecoms infrastructure." [...] Elliptic reported that Telegram connected black markets with an audience of a billion users, noting that Telegram tried to remove several Huione Guarantee channels earlier this year, but "the marketplace was ready" with backups and remained online until this week. Wired suggested that Huione Guarantee "operated in plain sight" on Telegram for years. But Telegram suggested it just discovered it. Huione Guarantee is a subsidiary of Huione Group, which was recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for supporting "criminal syndicates who have stolen billions of dollars from Americans." According to Reuters, that included allegedly laundering "at least $37 million in crypto from cyber heists by North Korea and $36 million of crypto from so-called 'pig butchering' scams."

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