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• Scottish clubs, including Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Aberdeen, and Hibs, are actively pursuing new signings as the transfer window progresses. • Motherwell has reportedly interviewed player Feio twice, despite the athlete receiving competing interest from clubs in Portugal, Poland, and Scandinavia. • These movements highlight the ongoing strategic efforts of Scottish and European sides to strengthen their squads before the deadline.

• NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has discovered the wreckage of a dead star located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. • The supernova event occurred approximately 1,700 years ago, ejecting stellar debris at speeds of roughly 2 million mph. • This discovery is significant as it allows astronomers to study the remnants of ancient stellar explosions and their impact on the galactic core.

• 14-year-old Harper Beckham attempted to visit her brother Brooklyn's home in the US to resolve an ongoing family feud. • The visit occurred while Harper, Victoria, Romeo, and Cruz were in town to celebrate Sir David Beckham receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. • This gesture highlights a personal effort by Harper to mend strained relationships within the family during a high-profile public event.

Failure to clear up rotting, rat-infested site is a key issue for local people as they weigh up politicians’ promisesA mountain of rubbish sits behind a metal fence in the village of Bickershaw, where it has remained for more than 20 months. For many residents, it is a physical manifestation of the north-south divide as well as a rotting, rat-infested symbol of a broken system in which organised criminal gangs make millions while communities endure the toxic impact of their trade.The 25,000 tonnes of household and trade rubbish is one of the largest toxic waste dumps in the country. Unlike many illegal dumps that appear in woodlands, by rivers and on farmland, this one is in the heart of a residential street, right next to a primary school. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor ‘serious’ about taking over ‘essentials of life’ if he becomes PM, a move critics say could cost taxpayer billions A decade-long project to bring water and energy into public control will lie at the heart of Andy Burnham’s agenda should he become prime minister, according to sources close to the Greater Manchester mayor.Several close allies of Burnham have said he wants to take over broad swathes of UK utilities in an effort to improve performance and potentially reduce bills for consumers. Continue reading...

• Olivia Rodrigo discusses her songwriting process and struggles with writing happy songs in a recent interview. • The pop star revealed she has already chosen her wedding song, despite often singing about heartbreak in her music. • Rodrigo also shared her experience with anxiety, including an attack she had at Glastonbury.

• Scottish clubs, including Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, and Aberdeen, are actively pursuing new signings as the transfer window progresses. • Marcelo Saracchi, a Uruguayan international returning to Boca Juniors after his loan at Celtic, has reportedly become a target for Turkish Super Lig side Corum FK. • Celtic previously held discussions with Boca Juniors regarding a permanent deal for Saracchi before the Turkish interest emerged.

• Global stock markets, including those in Germany, France, and Spain, declined following a sharp sell-off of U.S. tech stocks last week. • The downturn is driven by persistent investor concerns regarding the valuation and sustainability of tech firms central to the artificial intelligence boom. • Simultaneously, global oil prices have surged as a result of direct military exchanges between Iran and Israel.

Shoppers turning to online options also affects BHF, which has carried out review of retail armThe British Heart Foundation is to close about 150 shops and cut jobs, as rising costs and the shift to online shopping makes about a quarter of the charity’s high street locations commercially unsustainable.The charity carried out a review of its retail arm, which employs almost 3,700 staff, after net profit across its 640 UK stores plunged from £18.8m in 2024 to £3.6m in the year to 31 March 2025. Continue reading...

• Glaswegian comedian Larry Dean discussed his experience joining the "ego-less" environment of Saturday Night Live (SNL) and his approach to stand-up comedy. • Dean reflected on his three Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations, stating that he avoids writing material based on panelist opinions to maintain creative integrity. • The comedian shared personal anecdotes regarding the intensity of harsh heckling and the stress of moving into a new home.

• Scottish football clubs, including Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Hibs, and Aberdeen, are actively pursuing new signings as the transfer window progresses. • A Denmark U21 international has emerged as a target, attracting interest from both Scottish sides and Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon. • Uncertainty surrounds the future of player Silas, with officials confirming that a sale is possible and his current status remains unclear.

• Singaporean shuttler Loh Kean Yew suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the final of the KFF Singapore Badminton Open. • Despite playing on home soil, Loh was unable to secure the championship title after a closely contested match. • The loss is significant as it denied Loh a major victory in front of his local supporters and a chance to claim a prestigious home crown.

Relatives pay tribute to Shanice Brookes, 30, a charity worker and mum who had ‘energy you could never forget’The family of a woman who was an innocent bystander when she was fatally shot outside a bar in Sheffield city centre at the weekend have paid tribute to her.South Yorkshire police on Wednesday named the victim as Shanice Brookes, a 30-year-old charity worker. Her family described Brookes, who lived in Sheffield, as “one of a kind” with the “biggest heart” and “energy you could never forget”. Continue reading...

• Celtic is reportedly pursuing a 22-year-old defender from Poland's Cracovia, despite a previous £3.5 million bid being rejected. • The player, valued at £4.3 million, is also attracting interest from Italian side Fiorentina following links in January. • Aberdeen manager Stephen Robinson has announced a major squad overhaul, resulting in a 12-player exodus from the club.

• Rangers have begun a squad overhaul, with captain James Tavernier and Leon King both departing the Ibrox exit door. • Midfielders Emmanuel Fernandez and Nicolas Raskin are currently attracting significant interest from other clubs and could command major transfer fees. • Scottish clubs including Celtic, Hearts, Hibs, and Aberdeen are actively monitoring the market for early signings to strengthen their rosters.

UK’s largest police force says Palantir is only company that can supply what it needs. Is that worth the controversy that comes with it?London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with PalantirIt’s bot vs bobby. The row over whether the controversial US AI company Palantir should be paid £50m to help the Metropolitan police hits to the heart of how public services will be delivered in the coming years.A similar dynamic is playing out in hospitals, schools and town halls, but right now police chiefs are turning to AI to escape a fiscal bind. The UK’s largest police force is shrinking; a £125m funding shortfall means it faces cutting 1,150 posts. Scotland Yard wants to use AI to deploy Palantir’s systems to comb through human intelligence reports, email caches, phone records and the rest of the torrent of digital evidence trail left by 21st century crime. Continue reading...

Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last“On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, 38, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said cases of the disease had been reported locally and panic was engulfing the area because of the lack of a vaccine for the Bundibudyo strain. “The fear is that this disease may spread to many other areas.”Residents of Ituri province in eastern DRC, where the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of Ebola last week, are living in growing fear of the possible continued spread of the disease and its deadly impacts, nearly six years after the last outbreak in the region ended. Continue reading...

Labor introduced condolence motions in parliament on Tuesday to honour the five-year-old who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs last monthWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby has directly asked politicians not to use the death of her daughter for “reasons that do not honour and respect my baby girl”.In a statement read out by the minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, in a condolence motion for the five-year-old Warlpiri girl in the Senate on Tuesday, the girl’s mother, who has not been named for her own safety, asked that her child not be used for political gain. Continue reading...

• The American Heart Association released a Presidential Advisory on April 30, 2026, declaring U.S. health care affordability at a crisis point due to rising costs driven by chronic diseases. • Costs are forcing Americans to delay or avoid care, worsening health outcomes and increasing medical debt; a Gallup survey shows widespread worry about accessing affordable care. • A McLaughlin & Associates poll found 51% of voters cite health insurance as their top concern, followed by hospital bills (11%) and medicine costs (10%).

• Nearly 1,300 people in Pittsburgh learned Hands-Only CPR during day two of the NFL Draft on April 24, 2026, at Acrisure Stadium, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest such training session in one hour. • The event, organized by the American Heart Association, NFL, Damar Hamlin, and Doctor Mike, supports the Nation of Lifesavers movement aiming to double sudden cardiac arrest survival rates by 2030. • More than half of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims do not receive CPR before emergency responders arrive, highlighting the critical need for widespread bystander training to improve survival odds.

• Disney+ launched the full six-episode 'Marvel's Ironheart' series on April 16, starring Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, pulling 12 million views in premiere day. • The show explores post-Wakanda tech genius clashes with Sacha Baron Cohen's villain, earning 95% Rotten Tomatoes from 200 reviews. • Analysts project it boosts MCU Phase 6 hype, with Disney stock up 2% amid streaming subscriber gains to 155 million.

• McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston launched the Center for Innovation in Congenital Heart Disease, a multidisciplinary center bringing together experts in medicine, science, and engineering to transform understanding and treatment of the condition. • A major research focus involves recreating early human heart development using stem cells and bioprinted structures to study how congenital defects form. • The center bridges discovery and clinical care by advancing research, developing technologies, and translating innovations into patient treatment solutions across a lifetime of care.

The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centreAn 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US to marry her 1950s sweetheart is being held in a crowded detention centre in Louisiana after she was arrested by immigration agents and cuffed by her hands and feet.The family of the woman, named only as Marie-Thérèse, said they feared for her health as French consular officials attempted to secure her release. One of her sons told the Ouest-France newspaper that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had treated his mother like a hardened criminal. Continue reading...

• Academy Awards nominations announced April 9 in Los Angeles, with 'Eclipse of Hearts' directed by Greta Gerwig securing 14 nominations including Best Picture and Director. • 'Neon Shadows' earned 12 nods, while Best Actor contenders include Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya; ceremony airs March 7, 2027. • Diversity milestone as 45% of nominees are people of color, praised by AMPAS president Bill Kramer for inclusive progress.

Finbar Sullivan, who ‘loved movies and making films’, had gone to London park to use new camera, says fatherA film student who was stabbed to death in London’s Primrose Hill was a “beautiful, lovely, outgoing, loving” man, his father has said.Finbar Sullivan, 21, was stabbed in a fight in the north London park in the early evening on Tuesday and was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...

Oxford team’s technology picked up danger signs with 86% accuracy in study of 72,000 patients in EnglandOxford scientists have developed a simple AI tool that can predict the risk of heart failure five years before it develops.More than 60 million people worldwide have the condition in which the heart cannot pump blood around the body as well as it should. Spotting cases before they develop into heart failure would be a big step forward, experts say. Doctors could prepare better for and manage the condition at an earlier stage or even prevent it entirely. Continue reading...

Withdrawal of additional speciality training roles amid strike deadlock has left some doctors with uncertain futureAfter almost two years on the NHS frontline as a resident doctor, Heather Gunn says she is bracing herself for unemployment. Like many of her colleagues, she was desperate to secure one of the up to 4,500 additional training posts the government agreed to introduce in England over three years to help doctors progress into more specialised fields.The posts were promised in negotiations between the doctors’ union, the British Medical Association (BMA), and the government in a long-running dispute over resident doctors’ pay and job security. Continue reading...

• Oklahoma reports 1,218 heart-related deaths per 100,000 residents annually, substantially higher than the U.S. national rate of 920 deaths per 100,000, according to research from Compare the Market. • Heart and vascular diseases rank as Oklahoma's leading cause of death, followed by cancer, accidents and injuries, and respiratory diseases. • America's Health Rankings data shows 11.4% of Oklahoma adults have been told by health professionals they are at risk for cardiovascular disease, placing the state at 43rd out of 50 in cardiovascular risk awareness.