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During Andreeva's women's doubles match on Monday, the 18-year-old was seated on the bench before a fan attempted to approach her.

After 26 years and over 1,000 episodes, Melvyn Bragg is stepping down as presenter of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time, leaving behind a legacy of intellectual curiosity and broadcasting excellence. While he will no longer host the series, he will remain involved with the BBC and is set to launch a new project in 2026. The BBC reports: Over the last quarter of a century, Melvyn has skilfully led conversations about everything from the age of the Universe to 'Zenobia', Queen of the Palmyrene Empire. He has welcomed the company of the brightest and best academics in their fields, sharing their passion and knowledge with a fascinated audience right around the globe. While he will be much missed on In Our Time, Melvyn will continue to be a friend of Radio 4 with more to come to celebrate his extraordinary career, and a new series in 2026 (details to be announced soon). Melvyn Bragg says: "For a program with a wholly misleading title which started from scratch with a six-month contract, it's been quite a ride! I have worked with many extremely talented and helpful people inside the BBC as well as some of the greatest academics around the world. It's been a great privilege and pleasure. I much look forward to continuing to work for the BBC on Radio 4. Thank you for listening." [...] In Our Time will be back on Radio 4 with a new presenter who will be announced in due course.

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The new additions will be in five stores from this week - including one in Essex

Pennsylvania parents accused of keeping their five children locked inside a 'dungeon' had also allegedly subjected them to some severe punishment.

Motorists are experiencing delays on the A12 near Witham.

It's that time to take a look at a few short snippets.

Boolean values can hold true or false. But is that truly self documenting? I think we need clearer variable names for this. Certainly, the snippet Nonymous found thinks so:

boolean isTrue = false;

Well, at least I'll know if it's true or not. I'm not sure what "it" is in this scenario, but I'm sure that's the least important part of all of this.

If you've worked in C#, you're aware that it offers both a string type, and a String type- they're the same thing. So Colin's co-worker isn't wrong for writing code this way, but they're also wrong for writing code this way.

writer.WriteLine(string.Empty); writer.WriteLine(String.Empty);

Billie sends us this short bit of Java, which ensures that nulls are properly handled:

if (val == null) { return null; } return val;

It's very important that, if val is null, we don't just return the contents of val, we should return null instead. Y'know, so no one is surprised by an unexpected null. Wait a second…

Finally, Jon finds this comment in the codebase. The code is elided, but I Jon has helpfully summarized it.

// Basically, … several thousand lines of dense code containing no further comments

Honestly, I'm not sure if that comment is a statement of surrender or just an ironic joke. Either way, I get it.

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Lady Gaga made the tough decision to cancel her Mayhem Ball concert in Miami, Florida tonight, just minutes before showtime, due to a medical issue. 

You've read the headlines and heard our experts' opinions - but what do YOU think?

It was reported that a threat had been made towards staff at the business alongside a threat to burn it down and cause significant damage

It sounds like the sort of thing that happens in shady third-world regimes. A man returning home to find five police officers waiting for him. His alleged crime? A few jokes on social media.

Keir Starmer is facing questions about whether he misled the public when he claimed Angela Rayner was the subject of a 'briefing war'.

Will the British public accept the version of herself that Angela Rayner put forward in her syrupy interview yesterday with Beth Rigby of Sky News?

Parents of children caught riding e-scooters in public could face prosecution and points on their license

A common food-borne bacteria acquired in childhood may be driving the mysterious rise of colon cancer among young adults in the US and UK.

Former president Joe Biden issued two TPS orders for Venezuelans, the first in 2021 and a second in 2023, providing eligible migrants with work authorization and protection.

The brazen attempted theft occurred on Monday night after the Italian had just secured his spot in the quarter-finals with a victory on Arthur Ashe, as he posed for selfies with his adoring fans.

Debate was sparked online about the best places to live in London after scholar Saul Saka went viral with his 'banana' of the most superior postcodes.

Parents of five children have been arrested after police said they were locked in a room that 'functioned a a dungeon' with surveillance cameras and dead bolts to prevent them from escaping.

While there are plenty of choices of plush and 'sedate' retirement villages for pensioners to spend there golden years, there are also several costs that come beyond the monthly rent or the property's price.