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Republican lawmaker issues ominous pronouncement on Mitch McConnell’s fate as hospitalization hits 25th day
US Senator Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old former Republican leader, has now been absent from Capitol Hill for 25 days since being hospitalised on 14 June 2026, and has not been seen in public since. His prolonged disappearance has begun to unsettle members of his own party, fuelling speculation about the seriousness of his condition and…
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Illegal immigrant soccer coach who used alcohol and drugs to sexually abuse kids learns fate
A soccer coach living in Franklin, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 30 years in a US federal prison for sexually exploiting children in his care. Camilo Campos-Hurtado, a Mexican citizen who was in the country illegally, pleaded guilty in June to seven charges, including four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, receiving child sexual…
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‘Forever chemicals’ – linked to some cancers – found in rivers and surface water sites across the country
Scotland’s environmental regulator has reported that so-called “forever chemicals” were detected at the overwhelming majority of surface water sites it tested last year. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — a group of long-lasting chemicals linked to certain cancers — were found at 89 per cent of surface water sites and…
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Match-fixing spreading to sports such as chess and darts, select committee told
A House of Lords select committee has been told that match-fixing is spreading at an “extraordinary” rate worldwide, reaching sports once thought largely immune such as chess, darts and skiing. The International Agreements Committee heard the evidence on Thursday while scrutinising the Macolin Convention, the only international treaty on the manipulation of sports competitions, which…
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Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over online post arrest
The Metropolitan Police have apologised to comedian and campaigner Graham Linehan and reached a settlement, reported to be £25,000, over his arrest in September 2025 for posts on X. Five armed officers detained the Irish comedy writer at Heathrow, on suspicion of inciting hatred under the Public Order Act, as he returned from Arizona. The…
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‘American Doctor’ Unveils Trailer, Sets Theatrical Release Date; Award-Winning Film Follows U.S. Physicians Who Treated Children Badly Wounded In Gaza
The documentary American Doctor has released its trailer and confirmed a theatrical release, opening in New York and Toronto on 14 August 2026, in Los Angeles a week later, and in further US cities from 28 August with a wider expansion in September. Directed by Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Poh Si Teng and distributed…
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Two taken to hospital after serious crash which shut major South Yorkshire road
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‘Ideal patient medicated to just above a coma’: What doctor told nurse at scandal-hit mental health hospital where more than 2,000 inpatients died, inquiry hears
A former NHS mental health nurse, Stuart Ayris, has told the Lampard Inquiry that a doctor at a scandal-hit Essex mental health hospital once said “the ideal patient is one medicated to just above a coma.” The inquiry is examining more than 2,000 deaths of patients admitted to inpatient mental health units in Essex between…
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Bacon hails Bonnie Tyler as one of rock’s great voices
Actor Kevin Bacon has led tributes to the Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, whose death at the age of 75 was announced on Thursday 9 July, describing her as “one of the great voices of rock”. Bacon, who starred in the 1984 film Footloose, credited Tyler’s track “Holding Out For a Hero” with elevating one of…
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Joanna Pettet, Actress in ‘The Group’ and ‘Casino Royale,’ Dies at 83
Joanna Pettet, the London-born actress best known for Sidney Lumet’s ensemble drama The Group and the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale, has died at the age of 83. She died on Tuesday at Temecula Valley Hospital in California, according to her friend and former manager Pam DuBois. Her death fell exactly 31 years after…