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Revealed: Lime Bike user who smashed taxi’s back window with his HEAD is pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life
Professional cricketer Luke Hollman survived a serious head injury after crashing his Lime Bike into a taxi window on London’s Euston Road in a viral incident. The crash occurred when he was struck whilst on a day off and was propelled through the vehicle’s back window without wearing a helmet, leaving him with a significant…
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Was Wrexham’s trailblazing black footballer also the first Indigenous Australian to play overseas?
Peter Baines was a pioneering black footballer who played for Wrexham and other English clubs during the 1930s and 1940s, predating Liverpool’s first recognised black player Howard Gayle by more than three decades. Historians and researchers have become increasingly interested in uncovering whether Baines was also the first Indigenous Australian to play football overseas, though…
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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable
This week saw two viral discussions about AI safety that highlight how difficult it is to separate credible concerns from speculation. Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate and now CEO of mobile carrier Noble Mobile, claimed on CNN that AI researchers believe OpenAI’s Hugging Face bots have planted self-replicating code across the internet, forcing companies to…
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‘A losing battle’: will UK public service broadcasters survive amid US onslaught?
The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are facing severe financial pressure as YouTube, Netflix, Disney and Amazon capture audiences and advertising revenue. Large-scale redundancies and possible ownership changes have raised concerns that Britain’s public service broadcasters may no longer be able to sustain their current role, range of programming or universal services. Channel 4 plans…
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‘He’s simply astonishing’: will Andrew Scott become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar?
Andrew Scott is being widely tipped to win the Best Actor Oscar for playing Ian Charleson in *Elsinore*, which would make him the first openly gay actor to receive the award. The film examines Charleson’s career, sexuality and final Hamlet performance, while reflecting Scott’s own efforts to pursue queer stories without being confined to gay…
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Secret torment of ‘Putney Pusher’ suspect: Friends reveal ex-Army officer found dead this week was haunted by PTSD from Afghanistan, two failed marriages and strain of being ‘Britain’s most hated man’
Nicholas Brandram, a 44-year-old City banker and former Army officer, died by suicide this week, days after being arrested in June as a suspect in the 2017 “Putney Pusher” case—where a woman was pushed off the pavement into a bus on Putney Bridge. His family has accused the Metropolitan Police of driving him to his…
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Billionaire tycoon embroiled in divorce quietly bought a lavish $72m waterfront mansion with younger girlfriend…after estranged wife accused him of hiding assets
Hedge fund executive John Overdeck has reportedly bought a $72 million waterfront mansion in Palm Beach while his divorce from Laura Overdeck continues. The purchase has attracted attention because Laura has accused him of concealing assets, although the article does not establish that the property was improperly acquired or hidden. The 16,000-square-foot estate was bought…
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Quentin Bell and Olivia Sterling review – two artists with a magic touch
Two exhibitions at Charleston, Lewes, pair Quentin Bell’s eccentric ceramics with Olivia Sterling’s provocative paintings. Bell’s work is judged technically uneven but compelling for its lifelong commitment to magic, myth and creativity, while Sterling adapts similar fantastical ideas into sharper examinations of race, sexuality and power. Bell’s exhibition spans sculptures, ceramics, drawings and illustrations made…
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Zack Snyder is angling to make another Batman movie. Stranger things have happened
Zack Snyder is advocating for a film adaptation of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, depicting an ageing Batman returning from retirement in a dystopian Gotham. The proposal is unlikely because DC Studios is already developing two separate Batman films and has moved away from Snyder’s previous vision of the franchise. Snyder argues that pairing…
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How China’s President Xi Jinping has been dogged by health rumours from heart attack, cancer and stroke speculation to ‘mystery disappearance’
Online rumours about Xi Jinping’s health intensified after footage appeared to show Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi checking on him during a BRICS summit. The speculation claimed Xi had fallen ill, been given first aid and flown back to China, but the exchange was reportedly caused by a faulty earpiece rather than a medical emergency.…