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Diddy Can Sue NewsNation Over Drug-Laced Baby Oil Claims, Judge Rules
A US judge has ruled that Sean “Diddy” Combs can proceed with his $100 million defamation lawsuit against cable network NewsNation and lawyer Ariel Mitchell over broadcasts suggesting he laced baby oil with drugs to incapacitate alleged sexual assault victims. The ruling matters because it keeps alive one of Combs’ major efforts to fight back…
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Interest rate row erupts as diesel prices spike and Middle East conflict deepens
BoE’s Huw Pill demands rates hit 4% as war in Iran fuels inflation and fuel costs; also tonight: German grid sabotage, prisons crisis, statins-dementia study, orangutan baby boom and a rapturous Proms from the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Medieval manuscripts are “biological time capsules” for deadly sheeppox virus
Researchers have discovered that sheeppox virus DNA survives in the parchment of medieval manuscripts, since parchment was traditionally made from animal skins, effectively turning old books into “biological time capsules” for tracking historic disease outbreaks. The findings, published in Science Advances, matter because they open up archives and libraries worldwide as a potential new source…
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Scientists discover new tick-borne virus after testing thousands of patients with mysterious illnesses
Chinese researchers have identified a new tick-borne virus, named the Asian longhorned tick nairovirus (ALTNV), after investigating years of unexplained illnesses in patients bitten by ticks. The virus, part of the orthonairovirus group, causes flu-like symptoms, fatigue, gastrointestinal upset, reduced blood platelet counts and signs of liver inflammation, and its discovery highlights how many undiagnosed…
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Reform Scottish leader Malcolm Offord says: ‘I’m healthy… but it’s goodbye Scotch pies after cancer scare.’
Reform UK’s Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord, has spoken publicly for the first time about his prostate cancer diagnosis, saying he now feels “healthy” and “mended” following surgery. The peer underwent months of tests that began during the Holyrood election campaign and culminated in a diagnosis on polling day, with doctors describing the cancer as aggressive,…
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Utah mother is accused of inflicting horrific abuse on her three-month-old twin babies
A young mother in Utah, Fayette Whitehorse, has been charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse after confessing to injuring her three-month-old twins, who were found to have suffered seven fractures and a brain haemorrhage between them. The case came to light after Whitehorse and her boyfriend, Austin Meryboy, took one of the twins…
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Amber Eggers, ‘Love After Lockup’ Star, Dies at 41
Amber Eggers, who appeared on WE TV’s reality series “Love After Lockup,” has died aged 41 from acute liver failure at a hospital in Georgia. Her death, which occurred on 3 September, was confirmed by her mother, Monica Eggers, to TMZ. Eggers had become known to viewers of the franchise after featuring in its second…
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Healthy middle-aged Britons to be offered Alzheimer’s drug in trial aiming to prevent dementia
A trial launching in Britain will give a drug currently used to treat Alzheimer’s to healthy middle-aged and older people, testing whether it can prevent the disease before symptoms ever emerge. Screening for the first European participants begins on Monday, with more than 15 UK centres expected to take part in the global study, which…
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Storm brews over water use, food security and Middle East fallout, plus Oasis and Hull City hearten
A Guardian probe exposes big firms’ water use amid hosepipe bans, as NAO flags food-supply risks and Iran-driven oil prices hit child aid; also: Sheffield forest school vandalism, the Oasis reunion documentary, teenage Hull star Herrington, and a chilling French attack survival story.
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Builders discover major cannabis operation inside disused Essex chicken farm
Builders in Essex used a drone to track a suspect fleeing a suspected £1million cannabis farm they had unexpectedly discovered hidden inside a former chicken barn. Contractors from Keystones Property Group had been legitimately instructed to survey the barns in Layer Marney for conversion into storage units, but grew suspicious when they found buildings secured…