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A 13-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of causing injury by dangerous driving, alongside a 48-year-old man, after two pensions were hit by a car at a caravan park.

Sony is reportedly rolling out a 30-day online check-in requirement for some digital PS4 and PS5 games, meaning players could temporarily lose access if their console does not reconnect to renew the license. Tom's Hardware reports: In the info page of an affected game, you'd see a new validity period and a "remaining time" deadline. At first, this seemed like a software bug, but now PlayStation Support has confirmed its authenticity to multiple users. PlayStation owners are furious about the change. From what we've seen, this DRM is intended for digital game copies. It works by instating a mandatory online check-in where you have to connect to the internet within a rolling 30-day window or risk losing access to the game. Afterward, you can still restore access, but you'll need an internet connection to renew the game's license first. So far, it seems like only games installed after the recent March firmware update are affected. Affected customers report that setting your PS4 or PS5 as the primary console doesn't alleviate this check-in policy either. No matter what, any game you download from now on will feature this new requirement, effectively eliminating the concept of offline play for even single-player titles.

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A bizarre interaction has been caught on camera in Melbourne with a woman casually slapping plates from the hands of a young worker.

Prince Louis' godfather, once nicknamed 'the court jester', who also organised Prince William's stag do, was seen chatting with the King at a garden party in Washington DC .

he British No 1 has been training, hanging out with friends, and sauntering around London and California under the burning sun - as well as posing with some 'evil eye' charms

The presenter's Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm has been a huge success and is due to return for a fifth season on June 3.

The TV presenter, 45, has the time of her life as she was twirled around by her mum Linda and sister Kelly on the dancefloor to Bee Gees hit Night Fever.

The British royal clearly enjoyed meeting Matt Friend and urged him to 'keep trying' when he heard the impression during a lavish garden party for 650 guests in Washington DC .

Christian Turner, who replaced Lord Mandelson as the UK's top diplomat in Washington DC, suggested the Prime Minister could be 'brought down' by the row.

Apple is adding a new App Store subscription option that lets developers offer lower monthly prices in exchange for a 12-month commitment. "This model will allow developers to offer discounted rates to customers in exchange for more predictable long-term revenue," reports TechCrunch. "This also caters to how many developers have already been marketing their annual subscriptions in their apps." From the report: Often, app developers will display the lower monthly price to highlight the discount the customer would receive if they purchase the annual subscription instead of the monthly option. If the user is on the fence about a longer-term commitment, the notion that they're getting a better deal can help to push them toward the annual option. Now, Apple is essentially formalizing what these developers were already doing, which allows it to also craft a set of policies around how these subscription offers are to be displayed so as not to mislead customers about the true cost of the deals. However, the option will not be available to developers in the United States or Singapore at launch. While Apple didn't offer an explanation for this, it's still in App Store litigation in the U.S. around the specifics of the court's ruling in its case with Epic Games around how Apple can charge for subscriptions. Apple likely doesn't want to complicate the matter further until that matter is finalized. Singapore, meanwhile, also has a sophisticated payments market with strong consumer rules, which is why it may have been left out of the initial release.

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'For years I've had an itch that affects both ears - but recently it has become maddening. I've read that smearing Vaseline in the ear canal might help, but what do you recommend?' Dr Martin Scurr replies...

Sara Cox has thanked her friends for 'picking me up and dusting me down' as she celebrated her new role on Radio 2, taking over from close friend Scott Mills.

First Lady Melania Trump was asked how she was doing since the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting during an event with Queen Camilla at the White House on Tuesday.

Sweatbox day. In the room where the foreign affairs select committee held its morning interrogations the heat was hellish.

Altman's gaggle of GPTs now available in limited preview in an AWS region near you

OpenAI's top models are officially available on Amazon Web Services' Bedrock managed inference and agent platform.…

The remains of the British father and son who died in the Titan submersible disaster were returned to their family as 'slush in two small boxes', according to grieving wife and mother Christine Dawood.

On Tuesday, the Prince of Wales, 43, carried out an official engagement at RAF Valley in Holyhead, where he was stationed as a Sea King Search and Rescue pilot between 2010 and 2013.

The 28-year-old, who has also carved out an acting career for herself, looked sensational in a black tailored jacket that featured white floral embellishments.

The Oscar-winning actress, whose daughter is Kate Hudson, revealed what keeps her romance alive.

When she stepped out in New York yesterday, the $1million diamond ring was impossible to ignore: a ten-carat oval-cut stone set in yellow gold glittered unmistakably on her wedding finger.