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Residents and councillors feel 'fobbed off' as there is still no update on the ongoing issue

Sarah Paulson put on an unexpectedly cozy display with her on-stage co-star Ella Beatty at Sunday's 79th Annual Tony Awards in New York City.

Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson left their fans on cloud nine on Saturday after showing off a shockingly flirty demeanor at the premiere in New York City of their new film, Happy Hours.

Reuters reports: Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal high, according to the state grid operator... Unlike traditional industrial customers, which tend to draw electricity steadily and predictably, data centers are engineered to cut their connection to the grid at the first sign of trouble to protect their equipment and keep services running. That makes them an unpredictable and potentially destabilizing force on grids already under pressure from rising demand. Four groups of unnamed large electricity users, including data centers, abruptly disconnected from the Texas grid during a test of how they would handle routine voltage disturbances, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said in a report dated May 21. When large customers abruptly cut their power use, it can knock the grid off balance and trigger wider outages. ERCOT, which manages electricity for most of Texas, said it reviewed about 20 gigawatts of large customers seeking to connect to the system, including eight projects totaling roughly 3.9 gigawatts aiming to start up before July 1. It said it identified four groups of large power users that could each trigger more than 5,000 megawatts of demand tripping under certain fault conditions, based on simulations of transmission system disturbances. Those abrupt drops in demand were equivalent to the electricity consumption of a large city such as Boston.

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Bradley Cooper looked shockingly young next to his girlfriend Gigi Hadid as the couple enjoyed a lowkey date night over the weekend.

Dressed in a Dodgers T-shirt and jeans, the former star - who also appeared on Bewitched, The Doris Day Show, and in the film The Million Dollar Duck - still flashed his trademark Hollywood smile.

At a comic convention, Ferrigno showed that the years in the spotlight have clearly treated him well, flashing his trademark megawatt smile, striking classic Hulk poses, and looking healthier than ever.

Broadway's brightest stars gathered in New York City on Sunday night to celebrate the finest achievements on stage at the 79th Annual Tony Awards. 

Miss Millie’s Colchester was previously announced for the ex-KFC in High Street back in January and it will open on June 24.

Miss Millie’s Colchester was previously announced for the ex-KFC in High Street back in January and it will open on June 24.

The actor brought his role as Rose's overbearing mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, in the hit Broadway parody musical Titanique to the 2026 Tony Awards stage on Sunday.

At least six people were stabbed by an 'emotionally disturbed' person at New York City 's Penn Station on Sunday.

The show tells the story of the 1997 James Cameron film Titanic from the perspective of Dion, who famously performed the end credits song My Heart Will Go On.

"When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears," reports the Times of San Diego: San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in [but no license plate number] and a witness who identified him during a curbside lineup as the man who brandished a handgun in Golden Hill. They had also checked the city's automatic license plate camera system, run by the private company Flock, and got a "hit," substantiating the claim. The problem, says attorney Alex Coolman, was that Parra was five miles away from Golden Hill at the time of the crime, and the so-called hit from the license plate reader was captured before any police pursuit began. "This Flock hit was obviously the wrong car, as it could not have been in both places simultaneously," said Coolman, who represents Parra and the driver, 23-year-old Ariel Beltran. Despite the signs pointing to it being a different Alfa Romeo, police arrested Beltran and Parra... [An officer had informed dispatch that one of the men "matched the victim's description, other than having a different-colored hooded sweatshirt."] Parra spent nearly one month behind bars, missing Thanksgiving and other special events with his family, before the assault with a firearm and evasion charges were dropped. Parras says he was incarcerated with actual murderers, according to the article, and Parra and Beltran are now preparing to sue the city, seeking $1.5 million each in damages for civil rights violations and negligence. Their claim notes they'd driven past several other Flock cameras which officers could've used to corroborate their story (not to mention location data on their cell phones). Meanwhile, the article also notes that last month the Institute for Justice "identified at least 17 cases in the United States of officers allegedly using Automated License Plate Reader technology to keep tabs on partners, exes, and strangers who had caught their eye..."

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Anti-police protestors took the knee and chanted 'I can't breathe' during demonstrations for Henry Nowak outside a police station in Southampton.

The traffic calming measures on Scotland Road in Nelson, Lancashire, were implemented to improve pedestrian safety.

Dawid Szulc (pictured), who lives in Crewe, Cheshire, won a fully-furnished mansion in Lancashire as well as a Land Rover Defender and £25,000 tax-free cash.

I can reveal billionaire businessman David Pears, one of three brothers behind the William Pears Group, is set to become the Tory Party's first £1million donor of the year.

Aymen Hussein arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport with the rest of the Iraq squad on Saturday ahead of the tournament, which begins on Thursday, but was taken away for questioning.

General Sir Richard Shirreff said it was vital for the UK to 'spend now' to avoid 'catastrophic costs' in bloodshed further down the line.