Steve Smith’s 47 off 36 balls helps Welsh Fire avoid elimination from knockout qualification, with a brilliant eight-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred at Edgbaston. MATCH REPORT: Fire crush Phoenix to stave off elimination Available to UK users only. BBC News
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Armed robbers have been jailed after they stole £50k of jewellery from a store in Holbeach, Lincolnshire Two men have been jailed after stealing £50,000 worth of jewellery from a shop and leaving a female employee fearing for her life. Ints Dombroskis, 45, of Colley Avenue, and Hudo Ignats, 42, …
Read More »Llangollen teens start year-long cycle to Thailand
Dyfan Hughes Dyfan Hughes, James Thomas, and Louis Dennis are on day 21 of their adventure Three teenagers have decided to cycle from Wales to Thailand to visit their friend and raise money for charity. Dyfan Hughes, 17, James Thomas, 18, and Louis Dennis, 18, have never ridden a bike …
Read More »National Guard in Washington DC to be armed amid crime crackdown
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the National Guard personnel patrolling the streets of Washington DC to be armed, as the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime in the capital continues. Trump ordered troops to Washington earlier in August and took control of its police force to combat what he …
Read More »US Government Makes $8.9B Investment to Take 10% Stake in Intel
The growth of AI has increased demand for semiconductors and competition among the companies that make them. Source link
Read More »The Nigerian prom dresses that have the wow factor for US teenagers
Chiamaka Enendu BBC News in Lagos AmunRa Eyeconic Vision Laniyah Belcarist, from St Louis in Missouri, ordered her dress from Nigeria for this year’s prom “I felt like a princess,” says US teenager Brianna LeDoux about her prom gown which she specially commissioned from Nigeria. “I wanted my dress to …
Read More »The South Korean cafes grappling with students who don’t leave
Juna Moon BBC Korean Reporting fromSeoul, South Korea BBC The ‘desk’ of a 33-year-old developer in Starbucks In the affluent Seoul neighbourhood of Daechi, Hyun Sung-joo has a dilemma. His coffee shop is sometimes visited by Cagongjok, a term for mostly young South Koreans who love to study or work …
Read More »Excel Parking firm pays £10,240 after losing court appeal
Caroline Lowbridge BBC News, East Midlands Hannah Robinson Hannah Robinson was asked to pay £11,390 despite her paying for parking ‘Relentless’ demands Miss Robinson, who was 18 when she first started receiving demands for money from Excel Parking, hopes her case will encourage others to stand up for themselves. “I’m …
Read More »Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre to reopen after 7 years
Eoin Carey The Citizens Theatre has been closed for seven years Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre is to reopen this weekend after a seven-year revamp, which was hit by Covid and skyrocketing costs. The theatre, in the city’s Gorbals area, closed in June 2018 for a refurbishment which was planned to take …
Read More »Why has Gavin Newsom gone ‘dark woke’? The BBC explains
California Governor Gavin Newsom has flipped the script, using social media to come after US President Donald Trump and other political opponents. Newsom’s X feed has in recent weeks featured posts in full capitalisation, with AI-generated memes and trolling critics – similar to posts from Trump on Truth Social. While …
Read More »Katy Perry rocks bikini in Miami before $15 million mansion court case testimony
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Katy Perry enjoyed some fun in the sun while taking a break from her worldwide tour and ahead of testifying in the court battle over her $15 million mansion. On Thursday, the 40-year-old pop star was spotted taking a dip in the …
Read More »Bluesky blocks Mississippi under new age verification law
Bluesky will block access from Mississippi IP addresses in response to a new state law requiring age verification and parental consent for underage users. The decision, outlined in a blog post, will stand until courts decide the fate of the law. “Mississippi’s approach would fundamentally change how users access Bluesky,” …
Read More »‘Stop starving Gaza’s kids’ and ‘Starmer’s political prisoner’
“Stop starving Gaza’s kids” is the demand which leads Saturday’s edition of the Mirror, paired with a photograph of a three-year-old boy being treated for malnutrition in Gaza. The paper features an open letter from Holocaust survivors who have “begged Israel to end the horrors of starving Palestinian children”, after …
Read More »Evangelos Marinakis: Has Greek businessman always been in control of Nottingham Forest?
On 29 April, Forest were two points off third place and very much in the race for the Champions League. This is the date Marinakis stopped being a person of control at the club, according to Companies House, the government organisation which holds the UK’s register of companies. “Cessation of …
Read More »Machine learning can predict dengue fever with 80% accuracy
[ Almost half of the world’s population lives in places where mosquito-borne dengue can break out. The Aedes mosquito is a known carrier. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Northeastern University can predict the emergence of a dengue fever outbreak with 80% accuracy—a breakthrough for public health officials tasked with …
Read More »Are young women more left wing than men
Jo Holland A political divide appears to be opening up between young women and young men – and no one is really sure why. Polling suggests young men are more likely to vote on the right than their female counterparts, who increasingly tend to view the world through liberal eyes. …
Read More »One Day Cup: Glos reach knockout stage, Yorkshire stay on top
Yorkshire went into their game at Scarborough ahead of Somerset and Middlesex on run rate only at the top of Group B but lost in-form Imam-ul-Haq for 22 in the ninth over, when he tried to pull a ball from Ben Raine and gloved to the keeper. The innings was …
Read More »Musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name
Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Emily Portman says the AI version of her was “really creepy” Last month, award-winning singer Emily Portman got a message from a fan praising her new album and saying “English folk music is in good hands”. That would normally be a …
Read More »Musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name
Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Emily Portman says the AI version of her was “really creepy” Last month, award-winning singer Emily Portman got a message from a fan praising her new album and saying “English folk music is in good hands”. That would normally be a …
Read More »Dancing balloons will light up the night at Strathaven festival
Carol Duncan BBC Scotland News Les Hoggan Landscape Photography The balloons will light up in time to music during the Saturday glow A Scottish town gets a glow up this weekend with the spectacle of 25 hot air balloons dancing in the night. Giant inflatables will light up Lanarkshire at …
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