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Ukraine peace talks loom, Chile care-home fire kills 16, Jimmy Lai’s daughter reveals cancer diagnosis
Zelensky’s team eyes October talks with Russia and the US as Moscow rejects a Putin-Zelensky G20 meeting; a Chilean nursing home fire has killed sixteen. Also: Rupert Lowe turns down Musk funding, an Afghan teenager pleads guilty to a London murder, and Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0.
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‘Animal Hospital’ Leads Roblox Innovation Awards 2026 Winners as Roblox Unveils 20th Anniversary Event
Roblox has announced the winners of its 2026 Innovation Awards, with new title “Animal Hospital” from developer Animal Anomaly taking several top honours at a ceremony in San Jose. The awards, held during the 12th annual Roblox Developer Conference and hosted by community lead Justin Sousa, recognise developers, artists, studios and creators across 20 categories,…
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Daughter of British citizen and pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai who has been jailed by China reveals she has been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive’ form of cancer
Claire Lai, the daughter of jailed British citizen and Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, has revealed she has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of cancer at the age of 30. The news reportedly caused her 78-year-old father, who has endured six years in prison including prolonged solitary confinement, to break down in…
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Now scandal-hit NHS Tayside accused of electro-shock therapy failings
NHS Tayside, already the subject of a public inquiry over a rogue brain surgeon, has been accused of clinical negligence after admitting it failed to carry out proper checks on patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The health board did not conduct adequate assessments before or after the treatment, meaning doctors could not tell whether patients…
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Uproar as Australian man beats a puppy to death – before eating it – on an island near Bali during wedding festivities to local bride: As video explodes across internet, he responds
An Australian man has caused widespread anger after video emerged showing him beating a puppy to death with a stick and later boasting about eating it, during wedding celebrations on an Indonesian island near Bali. Robby Wirramanda, whose real name is Robert Knight, is a 53-year-old former prison inmate from Mildura, Victoria, who was previously…
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Eritrean illegal migrant raped woman on night out after being freed from jail after previous sex attack instead of being kicked out of the country
Radiet Meles, a 35-year-old Eritrean national living in the UK illegally, has been convicted of raping a woman on a night out after previously being freed from prison rather than deported following an earlier sex attack conviction. A jury at Cardiff Crown Court found him guilty of rape and assault by beating following a five-day…
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Two children, 11 and 13, and woman, 21, are rushed to hospital after fairground ride ‘malfunction’
Two young children and a woman were rushed to hospital after a fairground ride reportedly malfunctioned at Maltby Crags Fair in Rotherham on Friday evening. South Yorkshire Police confirmed that a boy and girl, aged 11 and 13, along with a 21-year-old woman, were injured while on one of the rides and taken to hospital…
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Workshy young need tough love, says Alan Milburn: Those with mild ADHD and anxiety should lose benefits if they refuse to work
Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister currently leading a government review into youth unemployment, has called for a “tough love” approach to young people on benefits, arguing the current system amounts to “a total state failure”. He told The Times that those on health and disability benefits who are capable of working should face an…
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Hong Kong jails democracy activists as Green Party rocked by exodus, Chelsea cash nets £175m
Vigil organisers get up to seven years in a Tiananmen crackdown case; Green Party women quit citing misogyny while Gove offers Holyrood schools advice; frozen Abramovich Chelsea funds earn record interest, plus FBI, Meta and Hogwarts Legacy news.
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‘Sadness’ as Yorkshire benefits hotspot troubled with ‘litter and drugs’
Residents of Brightside, an area in north Sheffield, have spoken of their sadness after it was named one of Yorkshire’s benefits hotspots, with locals describing ongoing problems with litter and drugs on the streets. The area, alongside neighbouring Hillsborough, has the county’s highest proportion of working-age adults claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a benefit for…