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From a first holiday abroad to a spontaneous break in Svalbard - we recall some of our most unforgettable trips.

An £8 million plan to remove 200 of Albania's most dangerous criminals from British prisons has seen just 13 sent home in three years. The prisoner transfer agreement was signed in 2023.

Researchers found children who consumed fewer sweet items before the age of two were up to 69 per cent less likely to develop five major types of cancer.

It's one of the great American teen comedy films.

While most councillors are focused on fixing problems with traffic lights or bin collections, Julien Ferrat wants to turn the city of Mannheim into a 'swinger's paradise'.

Five years ago, the average cost of a portion of fish and chips was £6.95, nearly £4 cheaper than the meal would cost today, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Molly Smith and Tom Clare have continued their Mallorca wedding celebrations into a second day after they married in a romantic ceremony on Saturday.

Osteopaths are reporting a 'huge' increase in the number of people suffering injuries due to having to heft heavy watering cans to stop their beloved lawns and plants from dying in the tinderbox conditions.

IAN LADYMAN AT ST JAMES' PARK: They came in their thousands to greet new dawns at Newcastle and at Liverpool and to pay homage to one of the greatest either club has ever known.

"Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack," reports the Telegraph. More details from the BBC: The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks... DESNZ said the incident had affected a small-scale generator and at no point had there been a risk to the wider energy system. The UK's power network has a number of smaller gas generators which provide short-term power when needed. Thanks to Alain Williams (Slashdot reader #2,972) for sharing the news.

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She is never shy showing off her incredible figure.

Dame Diana Rigg's daughter Rachael Stirling has detailed her famous mother's final days after she opted to stop most forms of treatment when her cancer spread.

JoJo Siwa looked incredible in a bikini as she cosied up to her boyfriend Chris Hughes in a swimming pool together in a series of new Instagram photos.

Ljubisa Karovic was half-sucked out of a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on July 10 and narrowly escaped with his life..

The actor was flying from Los Angeles to London when he was shocked to discover that only the front two rows of the cabin were provided with sleepwear.

The NTT IndyCar Series takes to the streets of the capital in one of its most unique events as the Freedom 250 Grand Prix loops around Pennsylvania Avenue and Washington DC's monuments.

Police raced to a property in Rochdale at 4.16pm after the alarm was raised about the boy's welfare.

An urgent search has been launched to find missing 83-year-old woman Clare Guy from Clacton in Essex.

An urgent search has been launched to find missing 83-year-old woman Clare Guy from Clacton in Essex.

Slovakia acquired speed cameras to modernize its traffic control-- but there was a surprise. Tom's Hardware cites this story from the Risky Bulletin Newsletter: Unfortunately, the country's national security service, the NBU, has discovered that the cameras have multiple security issues. Firstly, they have SMS-activated Russian backdoors. Secondly, live camera feeds can be accessed by anyone with the device IP, no password necessary... [The cameras] are thought to be rebranded Russian CORDON PRO.M traffic cameras, produced by a St. Petersburg-based firm called Semicon... reportedly bought via a Cyprus-based shell company with fake certifications. Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations... Probably most seriously, in terms of national security, these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access... [T]he SecureBoot feature is ineffective, and the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP. Cameras that have been installed and set up have since been deactivated by the Slovak Ministry of the Interior. Meanwhile, for due diligence, an independent auditor will be called in to confirm the NBU's findings. It is thought that Croatia, and some other countries in Eastern Europe, may have undiscovered issues with traffic control cameras of similar origin.

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