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Men and women meet their best friend for life in their late teens - but shed most of their chums at different stages. Pictured: File photo

The roll-out of stun guns (pictured, file photo) to 500 guards follows a trial involving 20 officers - and the Ministry of Justice may extend the scheme to include hundreds more.

The armed man claiming to be a law enforcement officer at the site of the Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona was identified by authorities. The man was charged and has been released on bond.

The presenter, 44, was ITV's Golden Girl for many years and carved out her place as the fan favourite face of its top shows including This Morning and Dancing On Ice .

Elise Wurschmidt was on a day trip with two friends and their captain when the boat was attacked by killer whales on Saturday, September 13.

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Thompson, also known as the 'hot equerry' was among the stylish guests witnessing the marriage of Tony Benn's granddaughter, Emily, on Saturday.

The Starmer Government, having insulted our intelligence for months with its bitter economic policies and its feeble excuses for them, now insults us directly.

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon — spending "above $300 million" — through a commercial space company called Interlune. The agreement, which has not been previously reported, marks the largest purchase of a natural resource from space. Interlune, a company founded by former executives from Blue Origin and an Apollo astronaut, has faced skepticism about its mission to become the first entity to mine the moon (which is legal thanks to a 2015 law that grants U.S. space companies the rights to mine on celestial bodies). But advances in its harvesting technology and the materialization of commercial agreements are gradually making this undertaking sound less like science fiction. Bluefors is the third customer to sign up, with an order of up to 10,000 liters of Helium-3 annually for delivery between 2028 and 2037... Helium-3 is lighter than the Helium-4 gas featured at birthday parties. It's also much rarer on Earth. But moon rock samples from the Apollo days hint at its abundance there. Interlune has placed the market value at $20 million per kilogram (about 7,500 liters). "It's the only resource in the universe that's priced high enough to warrant going out to space today and bringing it back to Earth," said Rob Meyerson [CEO of Interlune and former president of Blue Origin]... [H]eat, even in small doses, can cause qubits to produce errors. That's where Helium-3 comes in. Bluefors makes the cooling technology that allows the computer to operate — producing chandelier-type structures known as dilution refrigerators. Their fridges, used by quantum computer leader IBM, contain a mixture of Helium-3 and Helium-4 that pushes temperatures below 10 millikelvins (or minus-460 degrees Fahrenheit)... Existing quantum computers have been built with more than a thousand qubits, he said, but a commercial system or data center would need a million or more. That could require perhaps thousands of liters of Helium-3 per quantum computer. "They will need more Helium-3 than is available on planet Earth," said Gary Lai [a co-founder and chief technology officer of Interlune, who was previously the chief architect at Blue Origin]. Most Helium-3 on Earth, he said, comes from the decay of tritium (an isotope of hydrogen) in nuclear weapons stockpiles, but between 22,000 and 30,000 liters are made each year... "We estimate there's more than a million metric tons of Helium-3 on the moon," Meyerson said. "And it's been accumulating there for 4 billion years." Now, they just need to get it. Interlune CEO Meyerson tells the post "It's really all about establishing a resilient supply chain for this critical material" — adding that in the long-term he could also see Helium-3 being used for other purposes including fusion energy.

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The gardeners, who have spent their retirement tending gardens at Mottistone Manor on the Isle of Wight, were devastated to learn the trust was 'terminating the volunteering agreement'.

More than 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats on the day Labour ministers hailed deporting a third asylum seeker to France under the new deal. Pictured: File photo

Escorted back to HMP Bronzefield on Monday evening, Constance Marten was greeted by the noise of her fellow inmates banging on their cell doors.

I talked to some of Robinson's supporters and saw the size of his march. I think it's very worrying that so many perfectly decent people can put themselves under such a crude, cynical leader.

After winning the most recent competition, Austria is set to host the 70th annual music extravaganza in Vienna next May.

These problems are not new and that the last Conservative government didn't do nearly enough to fix them is obvious.

A large U.S.-made bomb left over from World War II was discovered at a construction site, reports the Associated Press: Police said the bomb was 1.5 meters (nearly 5 feet) in length and weighed about 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms). It was discovered by construction workers in Quarry Bay, a bustling residential and business district on the west side of Hong Kong island... [A police official] said that because of "the exceptionally high risks associated with its disposal," approximately 1,900 households involving 6,000 individuals were "urged to evacuate swiftly." The operation to deactivate the bomb began late Friday and lasted until around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. No one was injured in the operation. Bombs left over from World War II are discovered from time to time in Hong Kong. The city was occupied by Japanese forces during the war, when it became a base for the Japanese military and shipping. The United States, along with other Allied forces, targeted Hong Kong in air raids to disrupt Japanese supply lines and infrastructure. "Bombs from the war have triggered evacuations and emergency measures around the globe in recent months," reports CBS News: Earlier this month, a 500-pound bomb was discovered in Slovakia's capital during construction work, prompting evacuations. In August, large parts of Dresden, Germany, were evacuated so experts could defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge. In June, over 20,000 people were evacuated from Cologne after three unexploded U.S. bombs from the war were found... In March, a World War II bomb was found near the tracks of Paris' Gare du Nord station. In February, more than 170 bombs were found near a children's playground in northern England. And in October 2024, a World War II bomb exploded at a Japanese airport.

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Claudia Winkleman appeared on screen in the intense 40-second clip just moments after signing off from the first episode of Strictly Come Dancing's new series.

The Apprentice star, 34, admitted to cheating on his wife just weeks after their wedding in May 2022. Claiming the 'two week fling' was a 'moment of madness' that saw him almost 'ruin his life.'

Beard delivered back-to-back Women's Super League titles with the Reds in 2013 and 2014, with the club saying they are 'shocked and saddened' to learn of his passing.

Cara Delevingne has reportedly splashed out $11M on pal Jennifer Lawrence 's  Beverly Hills mansion, one year after her own home in the area was destroyed by fire.

Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell made a sweet nod to her unborn baby boy on Saturday as she posed in a stunning promotional photo ahead of the launch show.