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Charlene Dowsell, 41, was allegedly attacked by Albert Williams next to Newport County's football stadium in Wales on July 18.

A snail called George, theatre in a Greek restaurant and a live medical procedure on stage - it could only be Edinburgh's famous festival Fringe.

George Barr's Philadelphia home remains only half-finished, a stark testament to the sudden and calamitous breakdown of relations between the owner and his builder.

Ars Technica reports: Hyundai Motor Company's plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers, according to the company. The automaker is disputing news reports that partial labor strikes by the Hyundai Motor union at the world's largest automotive plant in South Korea were spurred by concerns about the company's planned deployment of humanoid robots in the United States starting in 2028. [The planned robots are built by Boston Dynamics, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hyundai.] A Hyundai statement shared with Ars describes the union's demands as focusing on compensation-related issues such as wage increases, bonuses, and an extension of workers' retirement age. "Potential deployment of robots in Korean production facilities is not part of the current labor-management discussions," according to the Hyundai statement... Hyundai emphasized that its current plan only covers the initial deployment of the Atlas humanoid robot at Metaplant America, an electric vehicle factory near Savannah, Georgia, starting in 2028. "Decisions about future Atlas deployment at other facilities will be made thoughtfully, in accordance with local operational needs, and in dialogue with the employees and workforce representatives at those sites," the company stated. However, The Wall Street Journal described the Hyundai Motor union as making "unprecedented demands seeking to enshrine job protections in the era of robots and AI," and characterized certain compensation demands as hedging against potential reductions in work hours caused by AI adoption and robotic automation. "Remember that without labor-management agreement, not a single robot using new technology will be allowed to enter the workplace," the union told Hyundai in an internal letter reported by Reuters. Hyundai management and the labor union are currently reviewing a proposed wage reform that would "provide factory workers with greater income stability even after the carmaker's planned deployment of humanoid robots," The Korea Times reported. But experts cautioned that the wage overhaul, which would convert hourly pay for overtime and night-shift allowances into fixed wages, could come at the expense of company productivity.

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A cyclist who reported bad driving to police with footage he filmed while on his bike ended up being fined for his own poor riding.

JONATHAN McEVOY: Hamilton was relegated from second on the grid to fifth. Mercifully, Championship leader Kimi Antonelli will now start from seventh after his own penalty.

His parents Kate and Gerry and twin sister Amelie looked on proudly as they cheered on the 21-year-old. Kate donned a shirt emblazoned with the song title 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie'.

When the Princess of Wales debuted lighter, sun-kissed hair at the beginning of the year, it triggered the 'Kate Effect' as women across the UK tried to recreate the 'Posh Mum Bronde' look.

CNBC reports: Amazon is requiring that third-party sellers label any product images or videos that contain "AI-generated people" after New York recently passed a law mandating greater transparency around "synthetic performers" in ads... The policy directs sellers to tag images [and videos or other graphics on listing pages] with specific metadata keywords before they're uploaded. "Recent legislation requires disclosure when images or videos in advertisements contain photorealistic AI-generated people," Amazon wrote in the announcement [clarifying that the requirement doesn't apply to content featuring TV/video game/movie characters or content including real people, even if they've been altered using AI]. The company said it will "add an indicator" to listings on its website, informing consumers that images or other content feature AI-generated people, "where applicable." It's unclear what criteria Amazon will apply when deciding when to display the label to shoppers... Amazon has embraced AI internally and it's increasingly infusing the technology across its portfolio. The company has optimized listing titles and details so they're more likely to be spotted by AI systems, invested in a recently rebranded assistant called Alexa for Shopping, and launched a feature that injects AI-generated [images of] products into its search bar in real time based on user queries. More Amazon third-party sellers are using AI to generate text, images and other content for their listings, partly by using the company's tools. Outside sellers account for more than 60% of goods sold on Amazon, the article points out. It adds that there's currently no nationwide U.S. law requiring companies to disclose AI-generated advertising content, it adds — but YouTube, Meta, Pinterest, and TikTok have already added labels for AI-generated content. And a new California law also requires large AI providers to embed watermarks in AI-generated images, video and other content...

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The singer, 31, has tied the knot with England Rugby star Joe Marchant, 30, in a legal ceremony on Friday.

The couple have kept fans guessing for weeks about the status of their relationship, after they were pictured during a cosy red carpet appearance back in May.

The King's sister was in attendance at the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, named for her late grandparents, to watch a battle of the thoroughbreds on Saturday afternoon.

More than 40,000 people have fled from a millionaire's holiday paradise in France after an 'apocalyptic' wildfire that broke out on Tuesday.

Police Scotland have reopened an inquiry into sex assault claims against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

More than 100 fire crew had responded to the fire, which followed an explosion heard across the county thought to have come from the unit, which housed fertiliser.

Futurism reports: [Some online publications] are now debating whether to cut Google off entirely, as the Wall Street Journal reports, illustrating an increasingly fraught relationship between the tech giant and the publishers that are creating content its AI models are regurgitating. According to the newspaper, prominent outlets including USA Today, Politico, the Economist, People, and Reuters are all reexamining their relationship with Google. Some are debating whether to continue to work with the tech giant at all... Even Reddit executives are reevaluating the company's $60 million-a-year contract that allows Google to train its AI models on user-submitted content on the platform. They've similarly watched as Google's AI features discourage users from navigating to Reddit... Beyond pondering whether to cut Google off, other publishers have resorted to suing the company, accusing it of illegally rehashing their intellectual property via AI summaries. It's an extremely undesirable position for publishers. By severing ties with the search giant, they could face even steeper declines in traffic. At the same time, there's seemingly little to gain from having Google's AIs crawl their content — and in the long term, it could guarantee their destruction. Two interesting data points from the article: "Last month, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince noticed that automated bot traffic had overtaken human traffic for the first time in the internet's history." "USA Today has seen its traffic from US users drop by almost half over the last year."

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Dani Dyer shared an insight into her dad Danny's birthday dinner with their family after her husband Jarrod Bowen agreed to stay at his team West Ham.

BBC presenter Joanna Kent has revealed she was caught up in the wildfires raging in south west France and had just 30 minutes to evacuate the area. 

The legendary former footballer, a two-time Ballon d'Or winner who captained and managed England, died aged 75 following a stage four cancer battle.

When Thea Bartok and Angelique Brunner met at the World Economic Forum, the chemistry was immediate. But after a whirlwind six years together, their split is toxic.