19 h. ago Repair Shop star Jay Blades appears in court charged with two counts of rape

BBC star Jay Blades appeared at Telford Magistrates Court this morning charged with two counts of rape.

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35 h. ago Elon Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over OpenAI, sparking online feud with Sam Altman

Billionaire’s post on acting against Apple for OpenAI’s No 1 position on App Store prompted reply from Sam AltmanBillionaire Elon Musk threatened legal action against Apple on behalf of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, accusing the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI and breaching antitrust regulations in managing the rankings in its App Store. The posts elicited snide responses from Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, and began a spat between the two former business partners on X.“Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action,” Musk said in a post on his social media platform X. In a post earlier that day, he wrote, “Hey @Apple App Store, why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in your ‘Must Have’ section when X is the #1 news app in the world and Grok is #5 among all apps? Are you playing politics?” Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Elon Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over OpenAI, sparking Sam Altman feud

Billionaire accuses Apple of ‘unequivocal antitrust violation’ over app rankings, prompting testy responseElon Musk has threatened legal action against Apple on behalf of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, accusing the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI and breaching antitrust regulations in managing the rankings in its App Store. The posts elicited snide responses from Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, and began a spat between the two former business partners on X.“Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action,” Musk said in a post on X. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Starmer accused of ‘abject failure’ as people smuggling arrests fall under Labour

National Crime Agency arrests for people smuggling went down last year, as the new Labour government promised more resources to target immigration crime.

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45 h. ago Netanyahu says 'if we wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon' as Israel is accused of trying to starve Gaza

On Sunday, he told reporters: 'If we had wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon.'

Politics

63 h. ago Man accused of stabbing rugby star, 27, and his father, 58, to death is now in a wheelchair, court hears

Brendan McMillan, 27, and his father Terry, 58, were allegedly murdered by Hassan Cevik, 31, at the Trademark Homes in Bermondsey on July 28.

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4 d. ago Rachel Riley stalker hell: Countdown star targeted by convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities'

The Countdown star was mentioned more than 200 times on blog posts where she was accused of leading an 'international conspiracy' alongside JK Rowling, Stephen Fry and Katie Hopkins.

Politics

5 d. ago 'Chimp Crazy' star sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for lying that primate had died

A Missouri woman who starred in the HBO documentary series “Chimp Crazy” has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after she lied that a movie star primate that she was accused of mistreating had died

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5 d. ago Star of HBO’s Chimp Crazy sentenced to nearly four years in prison

Tonia Haddix sentenced after lying that movie star primate she was accused of mistreating had diedA Missouri woman who starred in the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after she lied that a movie star primate that she was accused of mistreating had died.Tonia Haddix, 56, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after her 46-month prison sentence ends. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star accused of 'endangering' three

Mikayla Matthews, who lives in Utah, US, has been accused of 'endangering' her baby after involving the newborn in a risky internet challenge inspired by Nicki Minaj 's music video.

Society

5 d. ago Rushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister after tenant eviction row

Labour MP dramatically quits Keir Starmer’s frontbench after accusations of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ over her rental property

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer accused of 'gaslighting' the British public for making 'grossly exaggerated' claims about the new 'one

Despite the narrow scope of the Government's pilot migrant scheme, the Prime Minister took to social media to claim: 'If you break the law to enter this country, you will face being sent back.'

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8 d. ago Repair Shop star Jay Blades, 55, appears in court accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against his ex

The television presenter appeared via video link at Worcester Crown Court during a brief administration hearing over the charge of coercively controlling Lisa-Marie Zbozen.

Economics

8 d. ago FCA fines Neil Woodford and his company £46mn for management failures

UK regulator accuses former star manager of ‘inappropriate investment decisions’ in run-up to collapse of equity fund in 2019

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8 d. ago Thomas Partey arrives in court as former Arsenal star accused of rape

Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey has been accused of two counts of rape against one women and three counts against another woman. A third woman has accused him of sexual assault. He denies all the charges

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9 d. ago Star DNA analyst accused of mishandling 1,022 cases over 15 years delays plea over trove of 45,000 files

Defense attorneys for DNA analyst Yvonne Woods, charged with 102 counts for allegedly mishandling work in hundreds of cases, are wading through more than 45,000 files before her plea, they said Monday

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9 d. ago Lions star accused of 'criminal' act as damning image emerges

Fans were left in disbelief at what they were seeing in the third Test in Sydney

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1 week ago Family of Israeli hostage held in Gaza accuses Hamas of starving him

Relatives call for aid to be allowed to reach Evyatar David after video is released showing him emaciated and weakMiddle East crisis live: latest updatesThe family of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza said that Hamas is starving him after the release of a video in which he appeared emaciated and weak.The footage, released on Saturday, shows Evyatar David speaking in what appeared to be a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. In scenes that have caused outrage and dismay in Israel, he is shown digging what he says could be his own grave. In comments made under duress, he urges the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to agree to a ceasefire. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ANOTHER classic sitcom slapped with woke trigger warning for 'offensive language and sex references' in ITV crackdown

The series was created by Roy Clarke, who is the writer behind other legendary English comedies including Keeping Up Appearances and Last of the Summer Wine.

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3 w. ago Tories demand inquiry into Keir Starmer's National Security chief Jonathan Powell over secret taxpayer

One of Sir Keir Starmer's most powerful advisers was last night accused of running secret diplomatic back channels to 'terrorists' using his own taxpayer-funded team.

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