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A mother in Spain has been swept away by powerful floodwaters in Cabrera de Mar, about 19 miles from Barcelona, as Storm Adam continues to wreak havoc along the Mediterranean coast.

Fans were left in hysterics after watching Leigh-Anne Pinnock attempt to teach Miranda Hart the dance to Little Mix's hit Touch during Friday's episode of Celebrity Traitors.

More details are emerging about Saudi OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly planting a recording device in an executive conference room. Previously Alfozan "was an engineer at Meta," notes the New York Times, "before joining a start-up that went through Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley start-up accelerator. He gained permanent residency status in the United States in 2020, according to court documents, and was hired by OpenAI in July 2025." 14 months later the conference room recording device was inserted in a USB port on the back of a television, and then concealed in toilet paper, according to a statement from America's Justice Department. (There's even a photo of a device — and a photo of Alfozan entering the executive conference room and appearing to look behind the television where the device was inserted.) The FBI's says a chatbot account associated with Alfozan's spouse showed prompts asking about installing and obfuscating a recording device. And the complaint alleges that OpenAI security personnel also found a bag Alfozan left in a different room which contained his wallet, his ID, and another recording device. Discussions in that room included "highly confidential technical, commercial, and strategic information, including proprietary research," according to the FBI, "as well as nonpublic information about Open AI's technical progress and strategic decisions..." "If convicted, Alfozan faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, followed by 3 years of supervised release." Friday Alfozan's lawyersrequested his release from custody, saying Alfozan agrees to wear an ankle monitor, remain at home, surrender his passport and "not possess any covert audio or video recording or surveillance device." They argue that the one-way ticket he'd purchased to Saudi Arabia just continues a long-standing habit of buying one-way tickets over the years for air travel, since his tech career often involves last-minute changes to meeting schedules, and "70% of the airline bookings in his email since January 2021 (96 of 138) were one-way tickets." His lawyers also presented 46 letters of support, including letters from former Meta colleagues, ten company founders and chief executives, and more than a dozen engineers and engineering managers.

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Possible tornado damages homes and trees in Frinton, Essex, as TORRO investigates reports of strong winds, roof damage and debris across the seaside town.

Possible tornado damages homes and trees in Frinton, Essex, as TORRO investigates reports of strong winds, roof damage and debris across the seaside town.

Sladbury Lane in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, has become almost impassable after being submerged by floodwater following torrential downpours.

Sladbury Lane in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, has become almost impassable after being submerged by floodwater following torrential downpours.

'Bad luck, distrust and fear' led to the demise of almost 20 women

BBC wildlife presenter Tyler Whitnall has announced he has welcomed a daughter with wife Carly on Sunday. 

"Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts," writes CNN, reporting that the Microsoft-owned, job-oriented social media site "is upping its fight against slop." A report published in July by Pangram, a research firm that tracks AI content online, found that more than 40% of long-form posts on the platform were AI-generated, compared to around 30% on X and Medium and a smaller percentage on Reddit and Substack.... LinkedIn previously offered AI tools to edit or rewrite posts, although it recently scaled the offerings back. But low-quality AI posts are a business problem for LinkedIn. They all start to sound the same, [according to LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth Roth]. If users see too many generic AI posts, instead of content that really teaches them something or gives them a deeper understanding of a professional connection, LinkedIn risks losing them to other platforms. In August, LinkedIn rolled out a button letting users flag when a post "seems like AI slop," which was clicked more than 1 million times within its first two weeks. Now, the company is trying to use its own AI systems to help weed out AI slop on the platform and to remind LinkedIn users how to post like humans. The company built a team largely made up of former journalists and social media experts who have an eye for recognizing generic, sloppy content. These experts help train LinkedIn's AI model on what authentic, useful posts look like. If the model flags a post as low-quality, AI-generated content, it'll be less likely to be distributed beyond that user's direct connections. Also key to the strategy is a creator management team that acts as "content therapists" for executives, subject matter experts and other LinkedIn users, many of whom have gotten accustomed to the convenience of using AI to write what, on the surface, appear to be polished posts, Roth said. "A lot of times now today, they'll run it through Claude or Gemini or wherever, they'll post it on LinkedIn and it will perform poorly. And then they come to the team and they're like, 'Why did this do badly?'" Roth said. "And the best thing you can do is give it back to them and be like, 'Did you enjoy reading this? Do you see yourself in this?" The efforts are showing early signs of success. Improvements to LinkedIn's detection systems have resulted in a 40% decline in views of content classified as AI slop, the platform said last month. That's not to say LinkedIn is entirely opposed to AI, Roth said, adding that "not everyone is a born communicator." But failing to edit or personalize content means it's less likely to reach a wide audience on the platform.

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On Kim Kardashian's 33rd birthday, Kanye West proposed in the AT&T Park, the stadium where the San Francisco Giants play, with a fifty-piece orchestra.

Matt Willis has said that he feels 'a lot of guilt' about 'removing himself' from late pal Amy Winehouse's life to get sober - before her death from alcohol poisoning.

Since 2018, the corporation has offered six-month secondments for up to two civil servant statisticians to work with BBC News's head of statistics.

New book reveals the plan Churchill put in place for defeating the Nazis if they landed on British soil... the miners, gamekeepers and farmers were going to take back the countryside.

Barbara Windsor's widow Scott Mitchell has split from EastEnders actress Tanya Franks after three years as a couple.

Seven jobs have been advertised at Haslar Immigration Removal Centre in Hampshire, as the Government presses ahead with plans expand the facility.

A North Essex Parking Partnership Campaign has won a national award for promoting respect and wellbeing for civil enforcement officers.

The pensioner's rapist and murderer had been living close to her house at the time of the attack

A boatload of tourists on a cruise down the River Seine had a front row seat to the 'apocalyptic protests' in Paris on Saturday.

Larry Smith was the main referee for the NFL London game at Wembley Stadium but his afternoon finished early when he collapsed to the turf in agony during the first quarter.