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On November 1, 2003, Charlene, 14, spent the day wandering around town with her sister, Becky.

Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball is the UK's biggest Christmas party - and every year A-list stars take to the stage to perform their biggest hits for a sold-out crowd. 

The sadistic fighter is one of several paramilitaries accused of abuses during the capture of the city of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Britpop legends Liam and Noel Gallagher kicked off the Australian leg of their world tour with a literal bang on Friday night.

As falls from grace go, it's been pretty dizzying - a plunge during which he's forfeited a beautiful house in Ireland, a £6million townhouse in Kensington and a £25million estate in Shropshire.

To have Andrew's indiscretions continually plastered across front pages here and abroad was debasing the monarchy. There could be no compromise; he had to be isolated.

Before he was stripped of his royal titles, William and Kate backed the King, saying they also wanted him kicked out of Windsor.

The FCC plans to repeal a Biden-era ruling that required ISPs to secure their networks under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, instead relying on voluntary cybersecurity commitments from telecom providers. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the ruling "exceeded the agency's authority and did not present an effective or agile response to the relevant cybersecurity threats." Carr said the vote scheduled for November 20 comes after "extensive FCC engagement with carriers" who have taken "substantial steps... to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses." Ars Technica reports: The FCC's January 2025 declaratory ruling came in response to attacks by China, including the Salt Typhoon infiltration of major telecom providers such as Verizon and AT&T. The Biden-era FCC found that the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a 1994 law, "affirmatively requires telecommunications carriers to secure their networks from unlawful access or interception of communications." "The Commission has previously found that section 105 of CALEA creates an affirmative obligation for a telecommunications carrier to avoid the risk that suppliers of untrusted equipment will "illegally activate interceptions or other forms of surveillance within the carrier's switching premises without its knowledge,'" the January order said. "With this Declaratory Ruling, we clarify that telecommunications carriers' duties under section 105 of CALEA extend not only to the equipment they choose to use in their networks, but also to how they manage their networks." A draft of the order that will be voted on in November can be found here (PDF).

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Alec Baldwin's years-long Rust shooting saga continued this week after the gun supplier for the doomed production sued him and other key figures on the film.

The Chancellor failed to obtain the correct permission to let her home in Dulwich, south-east London, despite it being her responsibility.

We live in a political age in which the 'unlikely' increasingly becomes the 'likely', with a rapidity similar to Hemingway's description of going bankrupt - gradually, then suddenly... very suddenly.

Andrew may have lost his beloved house, along with all his styles and honours. But Charles is determined that his brother's punishment is not without humanity.

Scientists have found that a popular cold-weather beverage can counteract the damage that prolonged sitting inflicts on blood vessels.

Bluesky has surpassed 40 million users and is launching a "dislikes" beta to improve its personalization algorithms and reduce toxic content. TechCrunch reports: With the "dislikes" beta rolling out soon, Bluesky will take into account the new signal to improve user personalization. As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings. The company explained the changes are designed to make Bluesky a place for more "fun, genuine, and respectful exchanges" -- an edict that follows a month of unrest on the platform as some users again criticized the platform over its moderation decisions. While Bluesky is designed as a decentralized network where users run their own moderation, some subset of Bluesky users want the platform itself to ban bad actors and controversial figures instead of leaving it up to the users to block them. Bluesky, however, wants to focus more on the tools it provides users to control their own experience.

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The TV presenter passed away aged 67 at his home in Kent, in March 2023 after suffering form a cardiac arrhythmia.

Spooky season is upon us but revellers up and down the country aren't scared to flaunt their best fancy dress ahead of the most frightening night of the year.

During his career, Young, a centre back, spent two years with Spurs and four with Arsenal. His career started at Scottish side Aberdeen in 1969, before he moved to north London in 1975 with Tottenham.

The 52-year-old model uploaded a photo to Instagram on Friday to offer a subtle tease about what she will dress up as. The image showed a grotesque mouth with razor-sharp teeth.

A study found inbound tourist visits to Britain fell by nearly 15 per cent to 16.5million in the first six months of this year, down from 19.1million during the same period in 2024.

The links between the one-time Duke, the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell stretch back more than a quarter of a century.