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A council meeting turned heated when a councillor claimed 'practicing Catholics and evangelical Christians' would feel they are entering a "hostile environment" if libraries display Pride flags.

With the Love Island 2026 final around the corner, there's set to be a new group of wannabe influencers leaving the villa on Monday. 

The singer, 37, had been facing trial later this year after he hit a former friend twice over the head on the dancefloor at the Tape private members' club in Mayfair in 2023.

The victim, a man in his 30s, was treated for stab wounds to the leg after the incident in Greek Street, Soho, at around 4.30pm on Thursday.

Shortly before he left to watch the World Cup, David Beckham was spending a great deal of time in the extensive vegetable gardens at his £12million Cotswolds home.

"Welcome home!" NASA posted on X.com, sharing footage of a successful "parachute-assisted" landing on a Kazakhstan steppe for the Soyuz MS-28, carrying three astronauts who'd spent 241 days on the International Space Station. (And YouTube has a full two-hour video with NASA's coverage of the landing.) A NASA web page notes they orbited Earth 3,856 times and traveling more than 102 million miles after docking with the Space Station on November 27. It was the first mission for NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev (and the second mission for Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov). "After routine post-landing medical checks, recovery teams will fly the crew by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Williams then will board a NASA aircraft bound for the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston."

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Holland & Barrett has hired undercover detectives in some shops due to shoplifting

Holland & Barrett has hired undercover detectives in some shops due to shoplifting

She's a self-confessed adrenaline junkie who loves to test her limits. And Sydney truly pushed herself this weekend as she took part in an action-packed day of thrills.

Zoe has been struggling with a sleep disorder for much of her life, causing her to 'viciously attack' her husband

Stephen Bear is soon to be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaching the terms of the restraining order against him.

Jenas had served as a presenter on The One Show and 5Live before his wife, Ellie Penfold, confirmed she had split from the former footballer in the wake of the scandal.

It started with some underground utility work for the South Carolina town of Surfside Beach (population: 4,155). "Public records confirm that a payment of $545,598.30 was issued," according to a local news station — but the CEO of Wildcat Contractors "stated that the account that received the money is a scammer account and that his company has an overdue invoice for underground utility work completed in Surfside Beach." Yahoo picks up the story: After the payment issue surfaced, Wildcat said Surfside Beach sent over the email thread containing the payment confirmation. The company told WMBF it noticed multiple red flags in the chain. One involved an email address where "Wildcat" appeared with an extra "i." Another involved documents that the company said included a forged signature taken from a prior notarized document. Wildcat said the money was sent to a spoofing account claiming to be the contractor. More local reports are unraveling what happened: According to the Wall Street Journal, the town's finance director said a town employee called Wildcat's project manager on March 13, the day the payment was sent. The project manager referred the caller to [Wildcat CEO] Bowker. The town then called Bowker's mobile phone and left a voicemail about the ACH transfer. Bowker told the Wall Street Journal she does not recall the voicemail but acknowledged she may have missed it. Now a new report released by a law firm hired by the town to investigate "shows it did make an attempt to verify before sending $545,000 to a fraudulent bank account," according to local news reports: According to the report, the town sent an email to Wildcat's legitimate email domain on March 13 requesting a callback for verbal verification before sending the payment. Surfside received a response to that email with a phone number, though it remains unclear whether that response came from a real Wildcat employee or from the scammers. The report found that the fake town domain was used in communications between both parties throughout the process, which the law firm overseeing the investigation said was likely created to facilitate the fraud and delay its discovery. That seems to be the case in a nutshell: Investigators determined the fraudsters used spoofed and typo-squatted email domains, including surfsidesbeach.org, to impersonate town officials and redirect the payment. The fraudulent domain was created March 9 and was used to help conceal the scheme, according to investigators. Town officials said they are continuing to work with the FBI, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and their insurance partners to recover the funds. "The town has also implemented additional security measures to strengthen payment verification procedures and reduce the risk of similar incidents."

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While most bruises are harmless and fade on their own, if bruising is new, frequent, painful or hard to explain, it is worth paying attention to.

Within moments of the fight starting on Saturday night, the reality star was struck in the head by Aaron, with a large gash opening up above his eye.

Christine Lampard looked effortlessly stylish in a black mini dress as she enjoyed a relaxing getaway with her husband Frank in the South of France on Friday.

Barbara Saffing, 36, alerted 911 after she spotted the curly-haired dog, later identified as Prieta, hurl itself into the choppy waters of the San Francisco Bay on July 16.

In his first interview from Number 10 North, the new Prime Minister said that he had the support of his colleagues in Parliament.

Police are appealing for help to trace a prisoner who has absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay, with links to Essex and Ipswich.

Police are appealing for help to trace a prisoner who has absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay, with links to Essex and Ipswich.