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While the frenzy around weight-loss drugs is booming, the ongoing cost of the weekly jabs can, for some, be too high.

Comedian Ellie Taylor has been lined up to be the new Strictly: It Takes Two host, a new report claims.

Andrew Cornish was dismissed as chief executive of Middlesex County Cricket Club after an investigation upheld a complaint of 'engaging in unwanted physical contact with a female employee'.

"An itch.io game bundle put together by Necrosoft Games and The United Videogame Workers-CWA union is a new way gamers can show their support for developers who have been let go amidst the ongoing video game industry labor crisis," writes Kotaku. Launched Thursday, it's already raised $57,859 from 3,984 contributors. (Average contribution size: $14.52) The bundle is pay-what-you-want with a minimum purchase price of $10, offering DRM-free PC versions of games including A Short Hike, SkateBIRD, and my favorite game in the pack, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure ... The bundle will be available through August 13. The gaming blog Rock Paper Shotgun shares more details, starting with this quote from the bundle's page on itch.io: "Reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the last two years, and the jobs they could fill are disappearing as CEOs try to replace them with AI. It's hard for companies to adjust to the new shape of the game industry, but even harder for the people they should be employing... To address this in some small way, we have created a bundle with almost 150 games. The proceeds of this bundle will go toward a hardship fund for those experiencing layoffs." Games industry workers currently out of work or under-employed can apply to this fund, which is distributed by the United Videogame Workers, to help out with basic necessities like food and rent. As a note, this is only available to US and Canada-based devs, but there's an FAQ explaining who can apply for the fund.

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Leopold Aschenbrenner's honey-gold hair and distinctive monochrome turtle necks bolstered his image as the reclusive 'Nostradamus of AI' - but this came crashing down this week.

Tommy Fury has revealed that his partner Molly-Mae Hague has never paid for a dinner during their relationship despite her millionaire status.

Spain star Marc Cucurella thrilled his local postman after the World Cup winner offered him the medal he won Stateside last month to wear after dropping off his deliveries. 

NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back images of honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 8 centimeters) across. NASA reports: The mission has spotted small patches of these geometric shapes several times before, but nothing at the scale discovered in Valle Grande. In a 360-degree panorama that the rover captured on June 19 and 20, the 4,930th and 4,931st Martian days, or sols, of the mission, the polygonal shapes spread in all directions for as far as the rover can see... "[T]his sea of polygons took our breath away," said the mission's project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California... Some of the polygons that the mission has spotted in the past clearly formed as mud cracks, though a variety of processes can contribute to their honeycomb textures, including cycles of warm and cold temperatures or compression that squeezed water out of the sediment when the surface was buried. These newly discovered polygons are among the many surprises Curiosity has trundled across since landing on Mars 14 years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012. Besides sulfur crystals, shiny meteorites, and other interesting geologic features, the rover has made major discoveries about the ancient Martian environment — most importantly, that it had the water, chemistry, and nutrients to support microbial life. Billions of years ago, lakes and streams dappled the lower foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain that Curiosity has been ascending since 2014. The rover has previously uncovered chemistry left over from Mars' watery history, including carbon-based molecules believed to be precursors to RNA and DNA, two nucleic acids that carry genetic information. Scientists have no way of knowing whether these organic molecules were created by biologic or geologic processes — either path is possible — but their discovery reconfirmed that ancient Mars had the right chemistry to support life. Dark, pebble-sized rocks also litter the area, NASA writes in a blog post, saying it's a "still-to-be-resolved question" as to whether they're bits of Mars that "floated" down from higher in the sediment layers, or "were ejected from distant impacts outside of Gale crater, or are meteorites from beyond Mars altogether."

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Emergency services were hoping cooler temperatures forecast for many parts of the UK might ease pressure on firefighters, after crews were called to hundreds of grassland fires recently.

Andy Burnham's social care pledge may cost £21billion more than expected, an analysis of his flagship policy has revealed.

President Donald Trump has blasted Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for DC, for dismissing the charges against a US Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Long Lost Family host Davina is to retire in five years - at the age of just 62.

Melanie Chisholm showed she's still Sporty Spice as she athletically dived into the ocean on her honeymoon in Ibiza this weekend after marrying Chris Dingwall.

The 67-year-old actress is suspected of violating her permit to house rescue animals.

Gary Lineker's financial adviser killed himself when he became depressed after recommending wealthy clients take part in a controversial tax-avoidance scheme, The MoS can reveal

More than four million people in the UK currently have diagnosed diabetes - with type 2 diabetes making up nine in ten cases.

Rubin Blount, 28, from Tamworth, was beaten and starved to death by recovering drug addicts Kenneth Newton and Melanie James, after social workers agreed they could look after him.

Whitney Lynn was removed from a delayed Alaska Airlines flight after telling passengers God might be protecting them from danger - and was later barred from the carrier.

The trove of private text messages details her failed romances and other highly personal moments.

John Terry was booed as he chugged a pint of beer on stage with Luke Combs during his London gig on Friday night.