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EXCLUSIVE: South American cocaine cartels are targeting English fishing villages in Cornwall as potential entry points into the UK drugs market, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Plasma 6.4.5 is coming September 9th, reports Neowin. But they also report that the KDE team is already focusing on other upcoming release: Starting with KDE Frameworks, KDE's collection of foundational libraries, version 6.18 promises to let you do something with that "dumb" Microsoft Copilot key found on many new laptops. The developers will soon allow you to set up keyboard shortcuts using this new key, and the team plans to let you remap it to another key in the future. If you're curious, one user on KDE's bug tracker noted that on GNOME, the key combination shows up as "Meta+Shift+Touchpad Disable" and is fully remappable... When you try to install a Flatpak from a website like Flathub in Plasma 6.5 [coming in October], Discover now has proper support for flatpak+https:// URLs, so it opens automatically. 6.5 is also bringing a much stricter window activation policy on Wayland to stop applications from rudely stealing your focus. And now, when you mute your microphone with a shortcut, the "Mute Microphone" button will mute all input sources, not just the active one. Since Firefox does not block the system from sleeping during a download, the Plasma Browser Integration extension for Firefox has gotten an update to handle that job itself.

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One of the biggest blockbuster stars of the 1990s is preparing to return to the screen in a new movie alongside Nicola Peltz.

A woman known as 'Britain's Benefits Queen' has revealed how Stacey Dooley 'dragged' her to a job centre to find employment - although she still thinks she's 'too old' to work.

Police have removed a number of counter-demonstrators are threatened them with arrest following a rally through London today.

The horrifying attack, thought to be caused by a knife, happened near St Mary's Church in Reading, Berkshire (pictured), at around 3.25am today.

The widow of a cyclist who was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver and secretly buried in a shallow grave believe her family was denied justice - after the men responsible avoided a murder conviction.

The dogs are still looking for their fur-ever families

Mersea Road, Colchester, will be closed from a point approximately 240m northeast of the junction with Fingringhoe Road for approximately 30m in a north easterly direction. The closure is scheduled to commence on August 12, 2025, for three days.

A charity is installing a fence around its car park at a country park to keep children safe during pickup times.

The former Made In Chelsea stars first met two decades ago and dated in their early 20s, before breaking up. They rekindled their romance years later and married in 2018.

A Gazan family granted the right to settle in Britain under a scheme intended for Ukrainians. A convicted rapist who avoided deportation to Afghanistan.

There is an innovative way to pay for a pint at Everton's new Hill Dickinson stadium but fans have expressed anger with the prices at the venue.

UK-based content creator Grace Forell has revealed a little-known trick for deciphering supermarkets codes so you can find the freshest fruit and vegetables.

The model, 51, showed off her incredible figure in a skimpy pink bikini as she and her daughter, 22, headed to the beach.

After his weight ballooned to 350 pounds, the King became determined to shed some pounds, and he opted for some experimental diets.

One of America's largest solar + battery storage projects "is now fully online in Mojave, California," reports Electrek: Arevon Energy's Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project combines 758 megawatts (MWdc) of solar with 300 MW/1,200 megawatt hours of battery storage. Eland 1 reached commercial operation in December 2024, and Eland 2 recently commenced full operation. The two combined comprise 1.36 million solar panels and 172 lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP). Combined, the Eland 1 & 2 projects will be able to power more than 266,000 homes annually, and overall, can provide 7% of the total electricity requirements for the city of Los Angeles. "Arevon's Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project alone will ... push the city's clean energy share above 60%, a major milestone in LA's transition to being powered by 100% clean energy by 2035," said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Eland 1 & 2 created around 1,000 jobs to construct the project, and it's expected to disburse more than $36 million in local government payments throughout its lifetime. The article points out that Arevon Energy "has more than 4,500 MW of solar and battery storage projects operating across 17 states — and more than 6 GW of new projects in its pipeline."

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A UK-based woman who describes herself as a 'psychic medium' has warned that having a mirror facing the bed could bring 'unwanted spirits' into the home - but says there's a simple solution.

It's famous for being where the seminal 2008 Abba musical Mamma Mia! was filmed. But few know what a complete bargain it is.

Even when the character seemed to lose consciousness, their mask was never removed, and it sparked a heated conversation about Disney's costume rules.