Fire crews issue urgent bonfire warning after 'busiest month in recent years'
Fire crews in Maldon have issued an urgent bonfire warning after experiencing 'one of their busiest months in recent years.'
Is this the end of topless sunbathing? Spanish study finds women are covering up because they fear unwanted snaps being spread online
Fewer Spanish women are going to the beach topless over fresh fears of unwanted images being taken and spread online, new research suggests.
'My teen son said he was off to play football... then police arrived at my door to say he was a HITMAN who'd been arrested in a Huddersfield hotel room with a gun and £2,000 cash': Middle-class mother tells of every parent's social media worst nightmare
Ellen Kongsnes has told of the moment police arrived at her home in Stavanger, Norway, on March 17 last year, to tell her that her son Johannes, 19, had been hired as a hitman.
Alan Brazil announces return to radio after his heart stopped beating on the operating table during life-saving liver transplant
The talkSPORT stalwart has been off-air for almost four months but will now return to present his regular Breakfast Show slot alongside former Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor.
Disturbing CCTV shows moment 'Afghan small-boat migrant drags suitcase with British woman's body inside down Athens street... before leaving abandoned warehouse 13 minutes later without it'
CCTV footage - filmed in the early hours of July 16 shortly after Elisabeth-Jane Ross was killed - seems to show Sharif Ahmadzai rolling a wheeled case through the city.
Defiant Ariana Grande says 'nothing will distort my reality' as she makes emotional tour return amid concerns about her appearance... and mom Joan shows support
The 33-year-old pop diva broke her silence hours after announcing a 'much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny'
Andy Burnham is set to free paedophiles and killers early: PC Harper thugs to be 'released within months'
The Prime Minister paused the controversial plans last month after a public outcry over the proposed release of two of the killers of PC Andrew Harper.
TOWIE star moved abroad after armed break-in left her terrified in her own home
Former TOWIE star Megan McKenna revealed she moved to Germany after an armed break-in at her UK home left her terrified.
TOWIE star moved abroad after armed break-in left her terrified in her own home
Former TOWIE star Megan McKenna revealed she moved to Germany after an armed break-in at her UK home left her terrified.
Essex teenager named by police after man shot in neighbouring county
Police already charged 5 other people
Pierce Brosnan's incredible love story with Keely Shaye Smith after she helped mend his broken heart following the tragic death of his first wife - as they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary
He has long been viewed as a classic cinematic heartthrob.
Ten homes are damaged 'after barbecue fire' in Sussex
Emergency services rushed to the blaze in Ash Keys, Crawley, at around 2.40pm on Monday. Eight fire engines arrived at the scene after receiving calls, West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said.
UK mulls making employers ask before installing bossware
Proposals span AI productivity scores, keystroke logging, biometrics, and other ways to watch workers
Average subsidence insurance claim spikes to £20,000... as heatwaves mean more are at risk
Weather damage to homes is usually associated with the winter months - but long spells of hot temperatures can also cause tens of thousands of pounds of damage.
Cheapest petrol and diesel in Essex as fuel hits four-year high
Essex drivers are feeling the pinch as petrol prices hit their highest level in almost four years. Here are the cheapest and dearest petrol stations in Essex.
Cheapest petrol and diesel in Essex as fuel hits four-year high
Essex drivers are feeling the pinch as petrol prices hit their highest level in almost four years. Here are the cheapest and dearest petrol stations in Essex.
Jesy Nelson 'dating landscape gardener ex of TOWIE star Lydia Bright' as she shares teasing photo of her new man
Jesy Nelson is dating the ex boyfriend of TOWIE star Lydia Bright.
Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante breaks down in tears as she becomes the latest victim of the 20mph tyranny and is handed driving ban that will 'end her career'
Lynda La Plante said a driving ban would effectively end her writing career, as she would not be able to meet contacts for her works.
Spain Offers $1.14 Billion To Get Thirty Meter Telescope Moved To Canary Islands
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Behind the Black: In a new bid to get the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) to move from Hawaii, which has blocked its construction for more than a decade, the Spanish government has put together a $1.14 billion package that would not only pay for construction on the Canary Islands, but would finance an additional half century of operations. Tech Times provides some additional details: The package is conditional on the TMT International Observatory formally choosing La Palma as its construction site. The financing architecture has three pillars and two additional contingent instruments. The first pillar is 400 million euros (approximately $456 million USD) from Spain's Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, routed through the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI). This figure was first pledged a year ago in July 2025 as Spain's initial bid.
The second pillar is a 300 million-euro (approximately $342 million USD) loan from the EIB [European Investment Bank] itself -- subject to satisfactory completion of the bank's technical, financial, and legal due diligence and approval by its governing bodies.
The third is a potential 300 million-euro (approximately $342 million USD) participation from the Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), Spain's state development finance institution, evaluated under equivalent conditions to the EIB loan but subject to its own separate analysis. Spain's export credit agency, Cesce, may also provide coverage instruments, and the EIB has left open the possibility of expanding its support through intermediated financing mechanisms or guarantees.
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I was drinking more than ten bottles of wine and a litre of spirits a week. I used so many tricks to make sure my baby wasn't impacted... nobody had a clue. But during a family game of Monopoly, my shame came tumbling out
I had my first taste of alcohol aged just 13. It was the era of WKD alcopops and Bacardi Breezers - cheap, sugary drinks - and I immediately loved the warm, hazy feeling they gave me.