-
Ten traveller camps spring up in Kent as the Garden of England sees deluge of illegal sites
Kent has seen a surge in unauthorised traveller encampments, with the county’s rural character increasingly overshadowed by unlicensed developments. The hamlet of Sandway has become a particular flashpoint, with five illegal sites appearing in just nine months, while residents warn the building work is altering the look of their area and could damage local house…
-
The MSI Vector 16″ RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop Drops to $1,399 During Walmart’s Back to School Sale
Walmart has cut the price of the MSI Vector HX 16″ gaming laptop to $1,399 as part of its Back to School sale, an $800 saving on its usual $2,199 price tag. The deal is notable because it marks the lowest price seen this year for a laptop fitted with Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti mobile…
-
Zach Top and the Red Clay Strays Deliver a Stirring MSG Performance of the Kris Kristofferson Classic Covered by Everyone From Elvis to Willie Nelson
Country singer Zach Top surprised fans by joining The Red Clay Strays on stage during their sold-out Madison Square Garden concert, performing together for the encore. The pair duetted on Kris Kristofferson’s 1970 classic “Help Me Make It Through The Night”, a song previously covered by artists including Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Tyler Childers,…
-
American Academy of Pediatrics calls Trump vaccine order ‘dangerous’
The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted President Trump’s Monday executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines. “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold and flu season quickly approaching, today’s executive order on vaccines is not only disheartening but dangerous,” Dr. Andrew Racine said in a release. …
-
Merlin appoints Jon Glass as general counsel and partnerships lead
Merlin, the global organisation representing independent record labels and distributors in digital licensing, has appointed Jon Glass as its new general counsel, with Glass also taking charge of the organisation’s partnerships team. The move, announced on Monday 10 August by chief executive Charlie Lexton, marks the first time Merlin has brought its legal affairs and…
-
Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta drops open-source model
Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay setting out his vision for artificial intelligence, coinciding with Meta’s release of a new open-source AI model, Muse Glimmer, aimed at rivalling products from Anthropic and OpenAI. The essay, titled “The Future is for Everyone”, positions Meta against those rivals by arguing for free, open-weight AI models and minimal…
-
Amanda Knox in Cartwheel review – rookie standup acquitted of murder tells her story
Amanda Knox, cleared of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, is performing a new show called Cartwheel at the Edinburgh fringe, using her experience of new motherhood as the framework for telling her story. The show, reviewed at Gilded Balloon Teviot, sees Knox make her debut as a standup, addressing years of…
-
Guide: These 18+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (10th-16th August)
Push Square’s weekly guide rounds up the PS5 games launching between 10th and 16th August 2026, spanning genres from action platformers and survival horror to sports and rogue-lite gambling. The line-up covers a mix of smaller indie releases and higher-profile titles, giving PlayStation owners a snapshot of what’s newly available on the PS Store this…
-
Jackie, the famous California bald eagle, dies after weeks of intensive care
Jackie, a bald eagle who became a global online sensation via a livestream from her nest in California’s Big Bear Valley, died on Monday after weeks of intensive veterinary care. She had been receiving treatment at the Ojai Raptor Center following an attack by other eagles, but her condition worsened despite the efforts of vets…
-
Sheffield park fight, US “no tax on tips” and Medicaid fears, sunlight-mirror satellite approved
The first item appears to misidentify the location: the police appeal published on 10 August concerned a large fight at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham, not Sheffield. Nottinghamshire Police said the incident happened shortly after 23:00 on 1 August and involved a group of men. A 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, both said…