Aggregator

As a little boy, William Chapman dreamed of fame. Sweet-faced, talented, bright and hard-working, he had all the necessary tools to be a successful actor.

Whether it's her colourful love life, her iconic viral moments breaking the internet or her eyewatering selfies, there's never a shortage of drama surrounding her or her family.

Michael Scheepers, who runs the Stoke-on-Trent-based business behind beloved brands Spode, Portmeirion and Royal Worcester, called for help to prevent more closures.

Steve says: 'I think what's striking is there are some recurrent themes - people still don't understand the state pension and contracting out - but also some newer topics.

George Dennis, 11, died while crossing the road here in July. One simple change could prevent another tragedy from happening

Workers say they are being pushed to breaking point

The area has the fastest growing population and one of the best places to live in the UK

Pine kitchens. Inflatable furniture. Skirted sofas… The homeware hits of 30 years ago are back - and, surprisingly, they look better than ever, says Nicole Gray

A GLOBETROTTING tattooist is celebrating 30 years as one of Maldon’s longest-serving independent businesses

A property maintenance worker charged through Braintree town centre with a Samurai sword to take revenge on a man who accused him of being a paedophile, a court heard.

Colchester campaigner Mark Garrad backs legal migration while opposing illegal migration, as weekly protests target asylum seekers from Wethersfield centre.

A GLOBETROTTING tattooist is celebrating 30 years as one of Maldon’s longest-serving independent businesses

One star's boasts roused suspicions and ultimately saw them banished from the Celebrity Traitors' roundtable on Friday night.

Lorraine Kelly has revealed she had a 'long, hard look' at herself after piling on the pounds due to 'comfort eating' and 'drinking too much'.

Both parties were mentioned in a new series of legal filings in ongoing litigation between Carl Westcott, a veteran who founded 1-800-Flowers, and Bernie Gudvi, Perry's business manager.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Prediction market boosters often tout the platforms as barometers of public opinion, or even "truth machines" offering a clearer picture of where things are headed than polling or other data. In 2024, for example, Kalshi beat many pollsters in forecasting the outcome of the US presidential race. But their trading activity can also tell more perplexing stories. Two global election markets on Polymarket's offshore platform, for instance, generated over $600 million in trading volume, far more than most political markets typically attract. Most of the activity took place buying and selling contracts tied to long-shot candidates who ultimately did not win. The report focuses on suspicious trading activity surrounding elections in Ethiopia and Romania, where researchers uncovered $284 million in questionable trades tied to Ethiopia's election and periods when 99.6% of trading volume in a Romanian election market was flagged as suspected "wash trading." According to Wired, "wash trading is a type of market manipulation in which accounts repeatedly buy and sell assets to create the illusion of heavy trading activity, when in reality, money is simply moving back and forth." Some accounts may also be artificially inflating their activity to qualify for potential cryptocurrency token rewards, a practice known as "activity farming." In response to the Ethiopian trading activity, Polymarket told Wired that the company "immediately flagged this activity, investigated, and blocked the accounts from trading." The company did not explain why the suspicious trades were allowed to continue for months before action was taken.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

The search for Jesus Christ's real tomb has led archaeologists to an extraordinary discovery at his burial site.

Rhoam Summer, 5, was identified by locals and by his father as being one of the youngsters who was murdered inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend on Thursday.

Kaylub Giamanco, 36, was driving past his daughter's school on his way home for lunch on Thursday when he heard gunfire.

Katie Zacharia has been fired from her role as White House press secretary after less than five days on the job.