Wednesday, July 2

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Ian Watkins: Disgraced former Lostprophets frontman’s accidents ‘not life-threatening’ after jail assault
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Ian Watkins: Disgraced former Lostprophets frontman’s accidents ‘not life-threatening’ after jail assault

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins's accidents should not believed to be severe after he was attacked in jail, police have mentioned.The paedophile rock star was taken to hospital after he was reportedly stabbed at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire.Police mentioned they had been notified by jail workers of an assault on a prisoner on Saturday.A spokesperson for the West Yorkshire pressure mentioned: "He was taken to hospital where his injuries are not understood to be life-threatening."Police mentioned enquiries into the incident are ongoing.A supply instructed the Mirror he had been taken hostage by three different inmates on Saturday morning.Watkins, 46, was jailed for 29 years in December 2013 with an extra six years on licence, after admitting a string of intercourse ...
Stricken bar staff maintain fundraising live performance in bid to reopen The thirteenth Note in Glasgow below worker possession
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Stricken bar staff maintain fundraising live performance in bid to reopen The thirteenth Note in Glasgow below worker possession

Workers who misplaced their jobs when a preferred music venue in Glasgow closed have held a fundraiser amid plans to reopen the bar below worker possession.The thirteenth Note referred to as in liquidators final month after employees started a collection of weekend strikes citing points with contracts, well being and security, and a rodent infestation. The stricken staff have since launched a public marketing campaign within the hope of reopening the bar venue themselves and held a live performance on Sunday that added £1,661 into the fundraising pot.The complete quantity now stands at £9,261.Chef Nick Troy mentioned: "Last night's benefit gig was a massive success and we are now well on our way to raising the kind of money that will be needed to bring The 13th Note into work...
Anita Carey: Coronation Street and Doctors star dies at 75
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Anita Carey: Coronation Street and Doctors star dies at 75

British actress Anita Carey, greatest recognized for her cleaning soap roles in Coronation Street and Doctors, has died aged 75, her agent has confirmed.Carey was a TV comedy actress who established herself in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?, earlier than turning to cleaning soap in 1978 when she was supplied a task in Coronation Street. She performed Brenda Summers, a sufferer of home violence, in 4 episodes, earlier than returning to the fictional Greater Manchester city of Weatherfield 18 years later to play the debt-laden Joyce Smedley from 1996 to 1997.Joyce met an premature finish when she was run over as she ran to chase her canine, Scamper - her exit certainly one of a collection of action-packed farewells as a part of a "cast cull" by then new producer Brian Pa...
Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington addresses backlash over tweets after accusations of transphobia
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Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington addresses backlash over tweets after accusations of transphobia

Newly introduced Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington has responded to threats to boycott the present over her earlier tweets, which have been criticised by some followers as transphobic.The British actress, who's greatest recognized for TV reveals together with Sherlock and Mr Selfridge, was one of many first stars to be revealed for this yr's Strictly, which can even characteristic broadcaster Angela Rippon, journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy, actor Layton Williams, comic Eddie Kadi, and TV presenter Angela Scanlon. After Abbington's identify was introduced for the hit BBC sequence, feedback she made a couple of present geared toward dad and mom and their infants aged from new child to 2 resurfaced on-line - with some critics of the star calling her transphobic.In...
Sinead O’Connor: Hillside tribute unveiled near city the place singer will probably be buried
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Sinead O’Connor: Hillside tribute unveiled near city the place singer will probably be buried

A tribute to the late singer Sinead O'Connor has been unveiled on a hillside close to the seaside city in Ireland the place her funeral will probably be held.The enormous white phrases saying "Eire ♡ Sinead" are above a World War Two navigational landmark saying "Eire" which was rediscovered in 2018 and near Bray in County Wicklow. Eire is the Irish phrase for Ireland. O'Connor, who was discovered unresponsive by police at her southeast London dwelling on 26 July, lived on Strand Road within the Irish city for 15 years. Image: O'Connor was discovered useless at her dwelling in London The set up was created by Dublin-based inventive company The Tenth Man and the letters measure 30ft in size.Executive inventive ...
Barbie movie tops bn in field workplace gross sales – breaking the file for a feminine director
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Barbie movie tops $1bn in field workplace gross sales – breaking the file for a feminine director

Barbie could be synonymous with pink - however her movie is now firmly within the inexperienced, with greater than $1bn (£784m) in field workplace gross sales worldwide.The smash hit, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie, reached the "Barbillion" on Sunday after pulling in an extra $127m (£99m) in gross sales over the weekend. It means the movie has now damaged the file for field workplace gross sales for a movie by a feminine director - beforehand set by Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman.It has additionally reached the $400m (£313m) US and $500m (£392m) worldwide gross sales mark sooner than some other Warner Bros hit - together with the Harry Potter movies.Oppenheimer, which was launched on the identical day three weeks in the past, additionally celebrated a landma...
Is that this the way forward for comedy? The AI acts taking to the stage on the Edinburgh Fringe
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Is that this the way forward for comedy? The AI acts taking to the stage on the Edinburgh Fringe

It's arguably the most important existential risk dealing with humanity, so that you'd suppose synthetic intelligence (AI) may be an unlikely supply for punchlines... however not at this 12 months's Edinburgh Fringe.Instead, an invasion is beneath approach within the metropolis, led by Vanessa 5000. Clown Courtney Pauroso's invention, described on her posters as: "Artificially intelligent. Genuinely stupid. ChatGPT ain't got nothing on Vanessa 5000's sweet synthetic a**."Speaking to Sky News, Pauroso stated: "There's a lot to think about and to play with."I feel we needs to be scared," she cackles, before adding, "but in addition it is simply actually enjoyable to play with the worry side." Image: Courtney Pauroso ...
DeSantis’ retaliation in opposition to Disney hurts Florida, former governors and lawmakers say
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DeSantis’ retaliation in opposition to Disney hurts Florida, former governors and lawmakers say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Saying Gov. Ron DeSantis has adopted the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China, a bunch of largely Republican former high-level authorities officers has referred to as the Florida governor’s takeover of Disney World’s governing district “severely damaging to the political, social, and economic fabric of the State.” ...