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There were plenty of big moments during Zandvoort’s final Dutch Grand Prix, an event won by McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has shared an insight into Mercedes' decision to switch Kimi Antonelli and George Russell during the closing stages of the Dutch Grand Prix.
The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix from Zandvoort.
Lewis Hamilton was heard voicing his frustrations during the Dutch Grand Prix, a race in which he just missed out on a podium in fourth place.
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A fateful moment captured over the circuit just moments before the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort. A Royal Netherlands Air Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies low beneath heavy, ominous storm clouds, trailing a massive Dutch flag that is visibly frayed at the bottom edge. In hindsight, the dark sky and damaged flag felt like a dramatic harbinger for the race ahead, which saw home favorite Max Verstappen crash out in the very first lap.
Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say
An eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne.
Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturday, one day after celebrating her birthday, her family announced in a public Facebook post on the “Love for Lillian” page.
Continue reading...Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state
A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to collapse, engulfing nearby tents and shacks.
The incident occurred less than a week after the government announced plans to close the site and relocate the waste because of the threat it posed, especially during the rainy season, which causes landslides and fatal flash floods each year in crowded, underdeveloped cities across parts of West Africa.
Continue reading...US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels
He got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like an excited schoolboy. The race was under way – and his conquest of Washington DC was complete.
Since returning to Washington, Trump has deployed the national guard, wrecked the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, demolished the East Wing of the White House and run the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into the ground. His face adorns the Department of Justice, and he still has grand plans for a triumphal arch worthy of a Roman emperor.
Continue reading...Expect gory set pieces and jump scares galore in the return of the supernatural anthology series, with Dan Stevens among the many poor souls terrorised by an evil spirit haunting their ward
Things that go bump in the night? Bad. Things that go bump in the night in a dilapidated psychiatric hospital? Infinitely worse. That, basically, is the premise of Devil in Silver, the latest volume of anthology series The Terror, which began in 2018 with a supernaturally charged tale of a polar expedition to find out what happened to Sir John Franklin’s voyage. Crikey, it does not end well. The next was set during the second world war and was about shapeshifters from Japanese folklore terrorising a Japanese-American community in southern California. A hiatus followed, but now The Terror is back with a double dose of horror: a malevolent spirit moving in and out of the bodies of the patients of New Hyde psychiatric hospital, and the more tangible but no less frightening diabolism of the US mental healthcare system.
Pepper (Dan Stevens, still of Downton Abbey fame despite his many varied roles since) is in New Hyde because the three policemen who arrested him after they caught a few punches he was aiming at his girlfriend’s controlling ex threw him in there rather than completing the paperwork the station would have required. There he meets the lost and suffering souls who have ended up in what amounts, due to underfunding and understaffing, to a holding pen rather than a rehabilitative or care facility. Dorry (Judith Light) is the longest-serving resident – put there decades ago by her husband because of her endless crying fits, though her later memories reveal a greater darkness. Kofi (Chinaza Uche) – or Coffee, as he is called by the rest of his companions until it is too late – was a structural engineer in Ghana but now depends on medication to keep himself steady. Loochie (played by non-binary actor b) ended up in the system after a violent incident with a sibling, but at least one member of staff believes her charge is able to cope in the real world and, as the hospital’s evil spirit gathers strength and wrath, gets the chance to prove it.
Continue reading...UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party
British citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday.
Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy at a press conference in London. Under the policy, people born in the UK and young married couples with children would be given priority for social housing.
Continue reading...While the teams produced more promise than polish, this thrilling encounter gave an emotional send-off to a legend of both clubs
It’s 4.35pm on Tyneside. William Osula sets Anthony Elanga away, slightly right of centre and just short of 50,000 draw collective breaths. Pace is no issue; Elanga has no shortage of that, and Milos Kerkez won’t catch him.
But Newcastle fans have seen this clip before and remember the ending. Muscles tighten, cheeks clench, as they brace themselves for it to start again like it carried on before. (Yet) another memeable‑moment inbound.
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"A curated collection of early computer software claiming some aspect of artificial intelligence as a primary feature, allowing the early interactions of humans and machines before things got a little strange. Includes a variety of programs intended as therapists, conversation partners, and opponents."
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A small stone garden between buildings in the picturesque grounds of Ginkaku-ji Kannon-den Temple set at the foot of Kyoto's eastern mountains.
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"Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack," reports the Telegraph.
More details from the BBC:
The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks... DESNZ said the incident had affected a small-scale generator and at no point had there been a risk to the wider energy system. The UK's power network has a number of smaller gas generators which provide short-term power when needed.
Thanks to Alain Williams (Slashdot reader #2,972) for sharing the news.
More details from the BBC:
The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks... DESNZ said the incident had affected a small-scale generator and at no point had there been a risk to the wider energy system. The UK's power network has a number of smaller gas generators which provide short-term power when needed.
Thanks to Alain Williams (Slashdot reader #2,972) for sharing the news.
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De politie heeft zondagavond in Ridderkerk iemand aangehouden voor het mishandelen van een vrouw in een flatwoning. Die sprong met haar baby in paniek vanaf het balkon naar beneden. Een speciaal team van de politie wist de 35-jarige man in de buurt van de woning te arresteren.
