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A woman employed by billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed at his 'castle of horrors' Scottish estate has spoken for the first time about how she was sexually assaulted by the former Harrods tycoon.

The Fugees' headline set at Diaspora Calling! was dramatically cut short at Milton Keynes National Bowl on Friday after the venue pulled the plug at its 11pm event licence curfew.

Simon Levy was recorded (pictured) pacing away from the home he shared with his mother and sister in Tottenham the night before Sheryl Wilkins, 39, was found dead in a nearby car park.

Thousands are set to descend on Clacton's seafront in a couple of weeks

Hundreds of flyers were stranded on Friday night as the airport was forced to close with dozens of people waiting in crowds at their departure gates.

The Dallas Business Journal reported Monday that the U.S. multinational paper goods company Kimberly-Clark announced "that its researchers identified and advanced patented technology transforming fibers from hesperaloe, a low-water-use plant with pointy leaves that thrives in the southwest region of the country, into material for paper towels." Discovering an alternative to conventional wood fiber "could reshape how the company, and the industry at large, manufactures products," according to article. And the move comes "amid growing pressure on manufacturers regarding their reliance on wood fibre from freshly felled trees," reports The Telegraph. "Campaigners claim that more than one million trees are cut down every day..." Unlike trees, hesperaloe can be grown on dry, low-quality farmland unsuitable for most food crops and harvested much more quickly. Kimberly-Clark said it had tested more than 70 potential materials before settling on hesperaloe. Earlier candidates included wheat straw, corn waste, seaweed, algae and chicken feathers. The US consumer goods giant will now develop the fibre at a pilot factory in Yuma, Arizona, working with local growers to determine whether the crop can be cultivated for commercial use in its tissue products. "This represents an exciting moonshot for Kimberly-Clark and the culmination of more than two decades of materials and plant science expertise," said Craig Slavtcheff, who is helping develop the new toilet paper. However, the company said products made from hesperaloe remained years away from supermarket shelves, with further research needed before the fibre could be produced at the scale required for global manufacturing. The US-based company has invested about $250m (£190m) in the project and filed more than 30 patents linked to the technology.

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Nicole Beling, 60, was reported missing by a family member at around 12.05am on Friday, July 17. She was graded a high-risk missing person.

A former Bible translator has said that his research hints that the original Hebrew Bible texts refer to groups of alien beings, not one God.

Alan Carr is planning to go 'antique shopping' to furnish his £3.3 million castle in Scotland - weeks after flogging a haul of furniture from the stately pile.

Nicola Sturgeon was last night accused of going on a 'foul-mouthed rant' at the Edinburgh Fringe after she swore in front of a packed crowd - then announcing she had a hangover.

A tax 'blind spot' means bereaved families could be stripped of hundreds of thousands of pounds more from inheritances, according to calculations by financial services company NFU Mutual.

Nathan Smith died in hospital after the crash on Shelton New Road, in Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.

Geri Halliwell has reportedly been left heartbroken after losing out on her dream home from the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. 

The couple split in 2022 after 11 years of marriage but have remained living together in their family home while co-parenting their three children.

The Washington Post shared surprising news this week about five top AI companies. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle "are spending so much on developing AI and delivering it to customers that they're expected to bleed cash in the coming year, according to a Washington Post analysis of data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence." Free cash flow, which measures the cash left over after paying expenses and AI infrastructure costs, is now expected to shrink to almost nothing for the five companies combined in 2026, and decline again to negative $125 billion the following year... AI spending by Amazon and Google pushed the companies to an ignominious milestone: They lost more cash in the past three months than any other large U.S. companies, according to S&P Global data. Investment analysts expect Elon Musk's SpaceX to show even worse cash bleeding this week.

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Hannah Stephenson, 31, suffered the bites after staying in the city's Travelodge on July 26, waking up the next day with itchy red lumps across her body and blood spots on the bedding.

Nelly appeared on MAFS last year, where she quickly became a fan favourite, with viewers left outraged when it emerged Steven had been lying about his feelings for her.

The 29-year-old actress and 30-year-old actor were spotted cruising around the city in a charming, 70s-era, forest green Jaguar.

At a Hiroshima memorial ceremony, Japan's prime minister said the country "maintains" its three long-standing non-nuclear principles, reports UPI. But the prime minister "stopped short of promising that the policy would remain unchanged, fueling speculation that her government could review a longstanding ban on allowing nuclear weapons into the country." [Prime Minister Sanae] Takaichi made the remarks Thursday at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city... Unlike previous prime ministers who pledged that Japan would "continue to uphold" the principles, Takaichi described the government's current position without making an explicit commitment about the future [only saying that Japan has "a mission to continue efforts toward realizing a world without nuclear weapon..."] The wording has drawn attention because her government plans to revise Japan's three key national security documents by the end of the year. At a news conference after the ceremony, Takaichi again said the government "maintains the Three Non-Nuclear Principles as a matter of policy." Asked whether the principles would continue to be included in the revised security documents, however, she declined to commit, saying she would refrain from prejudging the outcome. Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles state that the country will not possess nuclear weapons, will not produce them and will not permit their introduction into Japanese territory. The principles originated with a 1967 statement by then-Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and have remained a central element of Japan's postwar nuclear policy. Takaichi has previously questioned the third principle — the prohibition on allowing nuclear weapons into Japan. Before becoming prime minister, she argued in a 2024 book that Japan should retain the commitments not to possess or produce nuclear weapons but that an absolute prohibition on their introduction was unrealistic. Her argument was that barring port calls by U.S. vessels carrying nuclear weapons could limit the effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear umbrella protecting Japan... The Japan Innovation Party has also called for a review of the third principle. In security policy recommendations submitted to the government in June, the party called for a "realistic review" of the ban on allowing nuclear weapons into Japan... Under existing government interpretations, Japan could respond flexibly in an extreme national emergency involving a U.S. vessel carrying nuclear weapons. Some within the ruling party therefore question whether formally revising the non-nuclear principles would provide enough practical benefit to justify the political controversy it would create. Critics also warn that changing the policy when Washington has not publicly demanded such a move could give China and North Korea additional grounds to portray Japan as expanding its military role... If Japan were to allow temporary entry by U.S. nuclear weapons or port calls by nuclear-armed vessels, Washington would gain additional operational options for its nuclear forces in Northeast Asia. Such a development could strengthen deterrence against North Korea and China but could also intensify debate over differences between U.S. extended deterrence arrangements with Japan and South Korea. "How the principles are addressed in Japan's revised security documents later this year could determine whether the issue develops into a broader debate over the future of extended nuclear deterrence among Japan, South Korea and the United States..."

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Jason Arday, 41, tells of a dramatic fundraising journey in his forthcoming autobiography, which saw him run an impressive 30 marathons in 35 days after just a few months' training.