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There were boos from sections of the Turf Moor crowd when Burnley and Leeds players took the knee ahead of their Premier League clash on Saturday afternoon.

There were no more than four or five hours of air left. They needed an escape plan before the men began to slip into unconsciousness. But it would not be easy.

Kelly Osbourne cut a heartbreaking figure on Friday as she accepted an award for her late father Ozzy Osbourne in his native Birmingham.

Virginia Giuffre's book will heap more bad news on the disgraced royal, who was last night forced to relinquish his Dukedom to avoid inflicting further damage on the Royal Family .

"Earlier available only to the paying subscribers, the Comet browser now offers its core features to all users at no cost," writes the Times of India. "This includes AI-powered search, contextual recommendations, and integrated tools designed to streamline research and content discovery." They say the move reflects the Chromium-based browser's goal to "compete with incumbents like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge" — but also reflects Perplexity's "broader mission to democratize AI tools." More details from The Verge: The internet is better on Comet," the company says, promising to remain free forever as it styles the browser as a serious challenger to Google's Chrome... It's supposed to make surfing the web simpler and help you with tasks like shopping, booking trips, and general life admin. To borrow the company's words again: you "get more done." The AI-powered browser launched in July, though was only available for users who subscribed to the $200 per month Perplexity Max plan... No subscription at all will be needed to use Comet going forward, the company says. Perplexity has even struck deals with major sites including the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times to offer free access to their sites for one month through the Comet browser. And last week Perplexity also launched an agressive paid referral program, where active Perplexity Pro/Max subscribers get a payout of up to $15 for each friend who downloads and uses Comet through their affiliate link. (The payout size is based on the friend's country, with $15 being the payout amount for a U.S. user, with $10 payouts for users in 19 other countries include Canada, Australia, the U.K., several EU countries, Japan, and South Korea. In addition, Srinivas has been sharing positive tweets about Comet. (Like "This is unbelievable. Comet automatically hunts down Sora 2 invite codes across the web and signs you up!") But Perplexity is making even bigger claims for its browser: Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas said that the Comet AI browser can improve productivity so that companies won't need to hire more people. "Instead of hiring one more person on your team, you could just use Comet to supplement all the work that you're doing," Srinivas told CNBC's "Squawk Box"... The CEO said the artificial intelligence-powered web browser is a "true personal assistant" that allows users to complete more tasks in the same amount of time and said that the productivity gained could be worth $10,000 per year for a single person... Other tech companies have also been rolling out their own AI browser assistants. In January, OpenAI introduced its web agent, Operator, and Google released Gemini AI to its Chrome browser in September. Meanwhile, The Verge adds, The Browser Company (makers of the Arc browser) "is going all in on Dia, and Opera just launched its own AI browser, Neon." Of course, popularity brings problems, writes the Times of India: iPhone users are being warned by Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas against downloading a fake 'Comet' app on the App Store. He clarified that the official iOS version is not yet released and the current listing is unauthorized spam.. And earlier this month the browser security platform described a "CometJacking" attack where malicious prompts could be hidden in URLs (as a parameter). Comet is instructed "to look for data in memory and connected services (e.g., Gmail, Calendar), encode the results (e.g., base64), and POST them to an attacker-controlled endpoint... all while appearing to the user as a harmless 'ask the assistant' flow." (And with some trivial encoding it also seems to evade exfiltration checks.) The Hacker News reported that Perplexity has classified the findings as "no security impact."

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She received three court summons for unpaid or late council tax matters in two years

Six Albanians - five men and a woman - were arrested in the small Norwegian port of Husnes in 2023 after travelling there to meet a cargo ship coming from Brazil .

The fashion designer, 51, was surrounded by her nearest and dearest at the screening before partying the night away in celebration - but there was one notable absence.

There were reports of drug taking, drunkenness and multiple frequent visitors

When their killer, Derek Brown, died in prison last week, his victims' friends and family celebrated the closure - but also revealed how their loved ones were lured to their deaths.

The home in Wanstead, north east London, has hit the market for £3 million despite average property prices in the area sitting at £756,000.

It's estimated that one in ten Britons suffer with rosacea-and Strictly Come Dancing hopeful Vicky Pattison is one of them.

Concrete accounts for about 8% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, notes CNN. But a research team at the University of Pennsylvania just used a robotic 3D printer to construct a bridge with "complex, lattice-like patterns" that are just as strong and durable — but with materials that absorb more carbon dioxide. Check out the photos of the "Diamanti" projects "post-tensioned concrete canopy". And CNN's report includes an animated photo showing the 3D printer in action: While most regular concrete absorbs carbon dioxide (up to 30% of its production emissions over its entire life cycle, according to some research), Diamanti's enhanced concrete mixture absorbs 142% more carbon dioxide than conventional concrete mixes. Its first design, a pedestrian bridge, uses 60% less material while retaining mechanical strength, says Masoud Akbarzadeh, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the lab that spearheaded the project. "Through millions of years of evolution, nature has learned that you don't need material everywhere," says Akbarzadeh. "If you take a cross section of a bone, you realize that bone is quite porous, but there are certain patterns within which the load (or weight) is transferred." By mimicking the structures in certain porous bones — known as triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures — âDiamanti also increased the surface area of the bridge, increasing the concrete mixture's carbon absorption potential by another 30%... According to Akbarzadeh, 3D printing reduces construction time, material, and energy use by 25%, and its structural system reduces the need for steel by 80%, minimizing use of another emissions-heavy material. He added that using the technique with Diamanti's concrete significantly cuts greenhouse gas emissions compared to regular construction techniques, and reduces construction costs by 25% to 30%. "Even without the material innovation, the higher surface itself allows higher CO2 absorption," one engineering lecturer tells CNN. The project was a collaboration with chemical company Sika, funded with grants from the U.S. Energy Department, and is now preparing its first full-size prototype in France. The team has published their findings in the journal Advanced Functional Materials earlier this year.

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Vital service is supplying food and other support to more than 20,000 people each year

DAPHNE BARAK: The pressure has been steadily building on Prince Andrew ever since the Mail on Sunday first exposed his involvement with disgraced sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein in 2011.

The former rugby union star, 39, played for England from 2012 until 2015 before retiring from the sport altogether in 2022.

The beloved actor, 85, is best known for his roles in Only Fools and Horses, A Touch of Frost, and Open All Hours.

The actors were spotted on the set of their new movie One Night Only on Saturday afternoon.

Ana Nycole Gomes spent her teenage years training to be a nun - until one offhand comment completely changed the trajectory of her life.

Aston Kutcher says his dashing looks got in the way of his acting career. The star - who cemented a place in Hollywood with his comedic roles - said he lost opportunities due to his appearance.