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Romanian fake escort and her boyfriend face jail for killing big game hunter and wealthy businessman with date rape drug in sex scam
A Romanian couple, Adina Mihai, 31, and her boyfriend Madalin Dumitru, 30, have been jailed for 17 years at Oxford Crown Court after admitting manslaughter over the poisoning deaths of two men in a sex-scam robbery scheme. Mihai posed online as an escort to gain access to wealthy men’s homes, where she drugged their drinks…
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Players Are Absolutely Destroying Edward Kenway’s Back
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has been a welcome hit for Ubisoft, and several weeks after the game launched for PC and console, new stats about it have been revealed. Mind you, these stats lean toward more esoteric data points, so if you’ve been curious about which Caribbean couture has been the most popular or…
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‘Justified’ or ’no business being there’? Tennessee munitions town loyal to Trump but divided on Iran
Kingsport, Tennessee, a Republican-leaning industrial town with an ammunition plant supplying the US military, is divided over US involvement in Iran. Residents remain broadly loyal to Donald Trump and the Republican Party, but some see military action as justified while others believe the US should avoid further wars. The BBC spoke to voters in the…
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State school run by Britain’s strictest head gets 70% A/A* grades despite Lucy Powell claiming disadvantaged students are being ‘let down’ by focus on academic subjects
Michaela Community School in Brent, north-west London, run by headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh, has achieved nearly 70 per cent A and A* A-level grades, more than double the national average of 28.5 per cent, despite serving one of the country’s most deprived communities. The results come days after new Education Secretary Lucy Powell argued that schools…
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Flock boss admits surveillance firm took too long to act over police abuse
Flock’s chief executive, Garrett Langley, has acknowledged that the US surveillance company was too slow to introduce safeguards against police misuse of its cameras, number-plate readers and drones. The admission follows cases in which officers reportedly used the technology to track romantic partners, stalk people and search for a woman who had an abortion, intensifying…
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Netflix Sets Keiko ‘Free Willy’ Orca Documentary Amid Wave Of Mexican Projects
Netflix has commissioned a feature documentary about Keiko, the orca made famous by the 1993 film Free Willy, as interest in the story grows alongside a planned Warner Bros reimagining. The film will examine Keiko’s life in captivity, his role in inspiring animal-rights activism, and the disputed attempt to return him to the ocean, making…
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College golfer delivers US Amateur upset with added pressure of having just one extra golf ball
Oklahoma senior Ryder Cowan produced an upset at the US Amateur despite arriving for his match at Merion Golf Club with only two golf balls. The situation added unusual pressure to an already demanding tournament, where losing a ball could have complicated his chances against a highly seeded opponent. Cowan had qualified as the No.…
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Agent 64: Spies Never Die review – licence to kill time like the 90s never ended
Agent 64: Spies Never Die is a deliberately retro first-person shooter that closely imitates the look, feel and design of GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark. The reviewer finds its nostalgia appealing, particularly in its fast-paced action and split-screen multiplayer, but says its outdated controls and level design can make it frustrating. Developed largely by one…
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave balances four paths with repetition
Nintendo’s Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, due for Switch 2 on 17 September, allows players to follow four protagonists’ stories in parallel rather than committing to one factional route. After 26 hours, The Verge’s reviewer praises its strategy and role-playing systems and has grown attached to the characters, but says the ambitious format is weakened by…