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Sean McFetridge, 43, fled from Kent Police after officers arrived at an address in Maidstone to arrest him in relation to a phone theft earlier this month.

Sinitta stood by Jimmy Bullard and David Haye as she shared a statement on Sunday reflecting on her I'm A Celebrity South Africa experience.

In March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the moon-orbiting "Lunar Gateway" space station was being "paused" to focus instead of missions to the moon's surface. And Ars Technica agrees that the project was essentially "spending billions of dollars to make it more difficult to reach the lunar surface and faced the prospect of watching Chinese astronauts wander around on the Moon from orbit instead of being there themselves." "But this week, we learned another reason that Gateway is going away, and it's pretty shocking." During testimony before the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Isaacman faced questions about NASA's budget... He then publicly confirmed rumors (reported last month by Ars) that there is corrosion in both the HALO [Habitation and Logistics Outpost] and I-HAB modules of the Gateway. "The only two habitable volumes that were delivered — both were corroded," Isaacman said. "And that's unfortunate because it would have delayed, probably beyond 2030, the application of Gateway...." In a statement, Northrop confirmed the issue as well. "Using NASA-approved processes, Northrop Grumman is completing repairs to HALO after a manufacturing irregularity," a company spokesperson told Ars. "We expect to complete repairs by the end of the third quarter. HALO can still be repurposed for any mission, and it's the most mature technology to support a deep space or lunar habitat." By referring to a "manufacturing irregularity," Northrop answered the central mystery here: how corrosion could appear in both modules. This is because a French-Italian space and defense company, Thales Alenia Space, built the primary structure of HALO for Northrop Grumman. The module was delivered from Italy to the United States about a year ago Thales is a powerhouse of the European space industry. It built several pressurized modules of the International Space Station, and it's working with Axiom Space to build its commercial space station. The company also had a big piece of the Lunar Gateway in addition to HALO, developing the I-HAB module and a future communications and refueling module known as ESPRIT... After the issue was discovered, the European Space Agency established a "tiger team" to investigate. "Based on the investigation and available data, the corrosion issue was understood to be technically manageable and did not constitute a showstopper for I-HAB, which was, in any case, in better conditions than HALO from [a] corrosion point of view," the spokesperson said... After publication of this story on Friday, Axiom Space confirmed that it has also experienced corrosion issues. In a statement, the company said: "Axiom Space has experienced a similar phenomenon with the first module; we are leveraging the expertise of NASA and Thales Alenia Space to address the issue. Module 1 is on track to launch in 2028."

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed off stage in Washington, DC, Saturday night after shots were fired, with many of the other guests still inside the ballroom.

Peppa Pig's dad is running the 26.2 mile course to raise awareness and funds for the National Deaf Children's Society, after his son George's recent hearing loss diagnosis.

Before you book flights for your next big trip, you might want to think carefully about the destination... and take a closer look at the tawdry behaviors you ought to avoid.

The Terms of Endearment star made a rare public appearance while grabbing lunch on Saturday, ahead of her birthday on April 24.

FBI agents in tactical gear were seen swarming the California home of alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman Cole Tomas Allen early Sunday.

The FBI Director swiftly reacted to protect others as shots were fired around 8.15pm in the lobby of the Washington Hilton.

The inferno ripped through RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and videos show black smoke billowing above the rising flames of the blaze.

The pain has not gone away for his family

A violent burglary has left two people in hospital, after raiders stole jewellery and a car from an Essex home

A violent burglary has left two people in hospital, after raiders stole jewellery and a car from an Essex home

RECAP: Join us as we follow the latest developments on today's 46th edition London Marathon.

JoJo Siwa's ex girlfriend Kath Ebbs shared a brutal post about 'sending hate to cheaters' on Sunday on the anniversary of her breakup with the singer.

At his lowest, Tetra Pak billionaire Sir Han Rausing was living in his £70million London mansion with his wife's corpse, before he rebuilt his life with the King's help.

The cast of TOWIE always seems to be living a glamorous life on our TV screen.

The Washington Post reports that some teachers are now implementing "brain breaks" in their classrooms to cope with shorter attention spans, "including limiting screen time; cutting the time students spend on one activity; adding more engaging, hands-on projects; and practicing meditation." Some teachers say the efforts are helping, at least a little... To engage students, teachers say they often feel the need to deliver teaching not only in shorter bursts, but also in more entertaining ways. "The new word is 'edutainment,'" said Curtis Finch, superintendent of Deer Valley Unified School District in Arizona. "How can you make your lesson applicable, interactive? Teachers are going to have to be more engaging for students...." In a kindergarten classroom at McKinley STEAM [a K-8 public school], students start the day with a meditation. The classroom of two dozen children is perhaps its quietest during this short activity every morning. Imagine you're in the Arctic, a voice from a meditation video tells them, with snowflakes melting on your skin. Silently, the children lay down on the carpet and close their eyes for a moment. After the meditation, the students gather in a circle and do a few deep breathing exercises before taking turns proclaiming what they are capable of each day. "I can be a good student," one little boy said before the child next to him replied: "I can listen to the teacher." The goal is that these mantras will stay with the children hours later, when they have to sit through the more tedious lessons of the day. An instructional coach at McKinley STEAM says the strategies are working students aren't reaching for their phones during class and sometimes actually get drawn into lessons. The article also explains why some teachers find this necessary: In recent years, educators say, it has grown more challenging to get students to pay attention. Eighty-eight percent of respondents in an international survey from 2025 of more than 3,000 teachers believed their students' attention spans were getting shorter. In a study published last year about kindergarten through second-grade classrooms in the United States, 75 percent of teachers said attention spans had dropped since the coronavirus pandemic, when the use of laptops and other technology for schooling spread rapidly. A growing body of research says that excessive screen time and short-form content such as TikTok videos are part of the problem. At least 36 states, including Ohio, have laws requiring schools to have some form of a cellphone ban. There is debate over whether screen time reduces people's ability to focus or their desire to — many developmental experts lean toward the latter, suggesting that it is possible to help students regain longer attention spans.

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Mick Jagger has still not passed a £13million Georgian mansion to ex-wife Jerry Hall 26 years after they separated, it can be revealed.

At the age of 86, Andrew Parker-Bowles, who inspired Rupert Campbell-Black in Jilly Cooper's Rivals, has slipped into a new, and rather more edifying role as a right-hand man to the royals .