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Nepal flood leaves over 900 dead and thousands missing
A Welsh woman with family ties to Nepal says she has “lost hope” of finding a relative missing since a catastrophic flash flood struck the country the previous week, as the confirmed death toll passed 900 with thousands more still unaccounted for. Jyoti Upadhyay, who has lived in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, for five years, said she…
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15 Years Later, David Fincher’s Forgotten Classic Is Getting the Series It Deserves
Sky has announced an eight-part television adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*, fifteen years after David Fincher’s 2011 film version starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. The new series, from Left Bank Pictures, will update the story to the present day while remaining faithful to its characters and investigative themes, and…
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Chad Ochocinco warns Browns’ Deshaun Watson has ‘very short’ leash, could lose starting job by Week 3
Chad Ochocinco has warned that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has only a very short leash to prove himself, suggesting he could lose his starting job as early as Week 3 if results don’t improve quickly. The comments come after head coach Todd Monken named Watson the Week 1 starter over Shedeur Sanders, a decision…
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Record £4.6bn air tax bill and Norwich bench row overshadowed by Nepal flood toll passing 900
HMRC data shows holidaymakers paid a record £4.6bn in Air Passenger Duty as Norwich Greens strip park bench armrests; overseas, Nepal-Tibet flood deaths top 900 with thousands missing, a Bali restaurant fire sends diners fleeing, and BT eyes a £2bn copper cable windfall.
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Why it feels like everyone in Australia is getting sick as hospital visits soar
Australians have taken to social media to complain of widespread illness even as winter officially ended, with New South Wales health authorities pointing to vaccine hesitancy as a key driver behind a surge in hospital admissions. The complaints follow record emergency department numbers in early August, and the trend matters because it points to a…
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Did Dolly Parton Make Pop Music? Yes, But She Preferred to Call It ‘Dolly Parton Music’
Dolly Parton, who died on 25 August 2026 at the age of 80, spent her six-decade career resisting the “pop” label despite widespread crossover success, insisting instead that her music be recognised simply as “Dolly Parton music.” The point is explored in the latest episode of Billboard’s Pop Shop Podcast, hosted by Katie Atkinson and…
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‘GTA 6’ Hype is Sending PS5 Pro Prices Through the Roof
Third-party retailers in the United States are charging well above Sony’s $899 (£710) list price for the PlayStation 5 Pro, with listings reaching as high as $1,400 following Rockstar’s release of an extended 26-minute preview of Grand Theft Auto 6 at the weekend. The footage, showcasing Jason and Lucia’s exploits in Vice City with detailed…
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Ketel Marte breaks unexplained absence from Diamondbacks, will face his teammates ‘like a man’
Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte has returned to the team’s lineup after a two-week unexplained absence, telling reporters he would face his teammates “like a man” and ask for forgiveness. Marte left the club without permission in Boston on 17 August, initially placed on the restricted list before the team attributed his absence to knee…
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Boyfriend of Sydney schoolgirl, 16, who died after suspected sexual choking shares heartbreaking message
A 16-year-old schoolgirl from Sydney’s Northern Beaches has died two days after suffering a seizure during a consensual sex act involving choking, prompting an outpouring of grief from friends and her boyfriend on social media. Emergency services were called to a home in Elanora Heights on 23 August after reports that the girl was having…
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Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year
Solo investor Lachy Groom has backed Alteon, a Bengaluru-based startup founded by 20-year-old Samay Sanghvi, which is attempting to keep an autonomous aircraft airborne for more than a year by harvesting energy from ocean winds. The startup uses “dynamic soaring”, a technique inspired by albatrosses, in which a fixed-wing aircraft repeatedly moves between air layers…