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Imagine paying more than £1,000 at a sporting event only to find that you don't actually have a seat. And after an hour of sitting on the floor, a near-naked 29-stone man suddenly lands on top of you.

Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best returned to front the latest live show, which saw Sam and Nancy go head-to-head in the public vote.

As the Grand Sumo Tournament is held at Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, we reveal all about these Japanese wrestling superstars, and the secrets of hosting such a large tournament.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Hyperscale datacenters stateside will consume 22 percent more grid power by the end of 2025 than a year ago, and are forecast to need nearly three times as much electricity by the end of the decade. Warnings about datacenters' rising energy draw are coming thick and fast of late, and this latest one from 451 Research (now a part of S&P Global) comes with figures and cautions about how fast this change may occur and what grid resources will be required to meet it. The bit barn building boom is largely fueled by estimated demand for new machine learning models, which require highly configured servers packed with power-hungry GPUs to develop and train. The power and cooling infrastructure required also mean it is easier to build a new facility rather than attempt to retrofit an existing one. As a consequence, utility power to datacenters in America is estimated to jump 11.3 GW to 61.8 GW by the end of this year. 451 calculates this will rise again to 75.8 GW in 2026, then 108 GW in 2028, before hitting 134.4 GW by 2030. These figures also exclude enterprise-owned facilities, only considering those of the hyperscale tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, alongside leased and crypto-mining sites. The research identifies Virginia and Texas as the two states with by far the highest requirement for bit barn energy supplies in the US this year. 451 forecasts that Virginia's datacenter load, made up of leased and hyperscale facilities, will reach 12.1 GW in 2025, up from 9.3 GW last year. In Texas, demand is driven by cryptomining and leased capacity, and is slated to hit 9.7 GW this year, from less than 8 GW previously. However, the search for an optimum location is seeing datacenter operators explore emerging markets such as Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma and smaller cities in West Texas, looking for "stranded power" and alternative energy generation opportunities, the report says.

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A founding member of KISS was seen for the first time since he paid an emotional tribute to his late bandmate Ace Frehley, where he called the guitarist 'an essential and irreplaceable rock soldier.'

The Chancellor is considering scrapping tax breaks which spare Motability's 860,000 users from having to pay VAT or insurance premium tax on their leased vehicles.

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died shortly after giving birth to her second child at home. She suffered a repeat of the severe haemorrhaging she had experienced with her son the first time around.

Diego Gardino is a 32-year-old Deliveroo rider whose one-man campaign to expose the petty thieves plaguing London's tourist hotspots have turned him into a social media sensation.

For having persuaded supermarkets Tesco and Morrisons to sell his £8-a-pop bottles, the Take That frontman has had less success placing them in London's West End.

But even though she does enjoy smoking, Dame Joanna, 79, has revealed she doesn't really drink - only having one glass at Christmas - because she 'can't bear drunk people'.

Fans of the late Gene Hackman will soon have a chance to own some of his most prized possessions.

Footage showed MP Ayoub Khan, a close ally of hard-Left former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn , shaking hands with Muslim influencer Asrar Rashid at Lozells Central Mosque in Birmingham in July.

Jill Weinberger posted that the actress 'cares so little about trans people,' after Knightley's awkward response to an interview question went viral.

Apple has struck a five-year, $750 million deal to become the exclusive U.S. home for Formula 1 starting in 2026. "Apple is paying a significant premium over the $90 million per year currently paid by ESPN, whose F1 broadcast deal expires at the end of 2025 after holding the rights in the U.S. since 2018," notes Variety. From the report: According to Apple, it will deliver the Formula 1 programming with a "more dynamic and elevated viewing experience," and both parties expressed optimism that the deal will attract new motorsports fans in America in the years ahead. The company is rebranding the video-streaming service, which launched in 2019 as Apple TV+, to remove the plus sign. It's another big move by Apple into sports, which also has streaming deals with MLB and Major League Soccer. The F1 agreement and follows Apple's partnership with Formula 1 for original film "F1 The Movie," starring Brad Pitt, which raked in $629 million worldwide at the box office this year -- the highest-grossing sports movie of all time and Pitt's highest-grossing feature to date. "F1 The Movie" will debut on Apple TV on Dec. 12, 2025.

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Several lawmakers have accused Michigan's state government of abusing its power after making the 'unnecessary and cruel' decision to kill Peanut, a rescued baby deer.

Cristiano Ronaldo remains football's undisputed top earner, raking in more than double Lionel Messi 's salary according to Forbes.

The Meta-owned platform has made yet another major change to its user experience - and people aren't happy.

Ukraine's President has arrived at the White House to urge President Trump to arm Ukraine with long-range weapons.

Zoe Rae has said her sister Molly-Mae Hague's relationship status with Tommy Fury is 'abnormal' and 'not good for their daughter Bambi'.

Amazon's Ring has announced a partnership with Flock Safety, the AI-powered camera network already used by ICE, the Secret Service, and other federal agencies. "Now agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with 'evidence collection and investigative work,'" reports TechCrunch. From the report: Flock cameras work by scanning the license plates and other identifying information about cars they see. Flock's government and police customers can also make natural language searches of their video footage to find people who match specific descriptions. However, AI-powered technology used by law enforcement has been proven to exacerbate racial biases. On the same day that Ring announced this partnership, 404 Media reported that ICE, the Secret Service, and the Navy had access to Flock's network of cameras. By partnering with Ring, Flock could potentially access footage from millions more cameras.

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