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New York-born artist, 53, known for collaborating with Missy Elliott, was performing in Connecticut on FridayThe US rapper Fatman Scoop has died after he collapsed mid-performance during a free concert in Connecticut on Friday night, according to reports.The New York-born artist, whose real name is Isaac Freeman III, was headlining the so-called Green & Gold Party in Hamden, Connecticut, when he had what was described as a medical emergency. He was seen in a video posted on X to have collapsed behind the DJ booth after urging concertgoers to “make some noise”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/us-rapper-fatman-scoop-stage-collapse Author :

Labour accused of dropping pledges after it abandons cap on costs and prepares to scrap care worker training fund• Unless Labour wakes up on social care, tragedies will happenLabour has discarded its social care commitments and seems set to repeat the failure of previous governments to tackle the care crisis, the sector’s leaders have warned.Announcements by Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, that she would not cap costs for older people’s care and Stephen Kinnock, the care minister, that he would scrap a fund giving training for 37,000 care workers, have alarmed the social care sector. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/31/social-care-chiefs-labour-pledges-cap-costs

Easyfundraising has been accused by easyJet’s founder of misleading the public by adopting a ‘charity guise’ to market a profitable companyThe website Easyfundraising calls itself the UK’s “biggest charity shopping site”, raising millions of pounds for good causes across the country, from leading charities to friends’ groups to support local schools.It says it has raised more than £50m for good causes since it was launched in 2005, describing itself on Facebook as a “charity organisation”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/31/battle-over-easy-trademark-puts-fundraising-site-under-scrutiny-by-charity-commission Author : Jon Ungoed-Thomas Publish date : 2024-08-31 16:02:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

High demand crashes ticket-selling websites amid scramble to secure place on 14-date tour• Oasis: ticket-selling websites hit by technical issues – live updatesOasis fans seeking tickets for the band’s reunion tour have been facing technical issues and long online waits that often ended in disappointment.Demand to see the Gallagher brothers was incredibly high, so much so that fans accessing ticket-selling websites including Ticketmaster, reported issues including error messages, or being deemed to be bots and kicked off before they could purchase tickets. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/31/oasis-reunion-tickets-technical-issues Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2024-08-31 15:03:02 Copyright for syndicated

Video of Caitlin Upton from 2007 used by Vance to mock Kamala Harris drove the young woman to consider suicideA former Miss Teen USA contestant who drew widespread mockery because of a stuttering response to a question that she fielded at the 2007 competition has said it is “a shame” – as well as condemned “online bullying” – after JD Vance recirculated a video of her difficult moment to attack Kamala Harris.Meanwhile, the Republican nominee for vice-president in November’s election has ruled out apologizing to Caitlin Upton, who has spoken openly about how she previously contemplated suicide at the height

Officials say it is too dangerous to send in divers to look for the Indian woman who has now been missing for eight daysThe search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia’s capital has stalled after being deemed “too risky”.Vijaya Lakshmi Gali was walking along a road in Kuala Lumpur on 23 August when the pavement beneath her suddenly collapsed. She plunged into an eight metre deep (26ft) sinkhole and disappeared. Rescuers have found no trace of her so far except for her slippers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/31/search-for-tourist-swallowed-by-sinkhole-in-kuala-lumpur-stalls-amid-safety-fears Author : Guardian staff and

Weather warning in place until Sunday evening, with lightning and power cuts predicted in south-westThunderstorms and heavy rain could bring flooding to parts of the south-west of England over the weekend.The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning, which runs from 4am to 9pm on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/31/flood-risk-in-england-as-thunderstorms-and-heavy-rain-forecast Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2024-08-31 12:27:15 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Officer in hospital after approaching Audi S3 in Hamilton ‘to engage occupants’ A police officer has been seriously injured after being hit by a car he had approached while on duty.The officer, 33, was on on patrol when he approached an Audi S3 in Low Waters Road in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, at about 1pm on Friday, Police Scotland said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/31/lanarkshire-police-officer-injured-car-hits-him-on-duty Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-08-31 11:48:18 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Leader of headteachers’ union warns of disruption to students’ learning and urges government actionA headteachers’ union is calling on the government to provide “financial protection” for schools at risk of collapse, as well as funding for students to catch up on any lost learning.In 2023, schools were told to close any buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) that did not have existing safety measures in place. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/31/call-for-financial-protection-for-schools-in-england-with-crumbling-concrete Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-08-31 10:36:45 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Health groups challenge Starmer to ban ‘unhealthy products’ firms from lobbying MPs by giving them giftsMPs are being urged to stop accepting freebies to sports and cultural events from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms because their products cause so much illness and death.More than 100 health groups are urging Britain’s lawmakers to reject offers of gifts and hospitality from “unhealthy products industries” because they use an array of underhand tactics to disguise the harm they create in order to protect their sales. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/30/uk-mps-urged-to-give-up-freebies-from-tobacco-alcohol-and-junk-food-firms Author : Denis Campbell and Henry Dyer Publish date : 2024-08-31

Programme that monitored thousands of women leads to findings that could lead to better health outcomes for decades to comeScientists say they are moving towards earlier indentification and prevention of heart disease. The development is the result of a programme that monitored thousands of women for three decades while assessing their susceptibilities to cardiac illness.The scientists presented the work as late-breaking research at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in London and published it in the New England Journal of Medicine. “We hope these findings move the field closer to identifying even earlier ways to detect and prevent heart disease,”

Anera says four men who died in Gaza were locals who asked to serve as escort for convoy, but IDF describes them as ‘armed assailants’See all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza warHere are the latest photos from the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, after Israel’s two-day military operation there.Israel’s army pulled out of Nur Shams camp on Friday morning, but its wider operation across the north of the occupied West Bank continues. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/31/middle-east-crisis-live-convoy-members-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza-were-volunteers-aid-agency-says Author : Sarah Haque Publish date : 2024-08-31 08:37:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Governor says nearly 50 injured in Ukrainian strike which follows Russian attack on north-eastern city in which seven diedGood morning and welcome to the live blog covering the Russia-Ukraine war with both sides experiencing deadly attacks on civilians in the last 24 hours.Five people were killed and 46 injured in a Ukrainian attack on the south-western Russian city of Belgorod late on Friday, the local governor said. Vyacheslav Gladkov also said 37 people, including seven children, were taken to hospital, Reuters reports.Zelenskiy has fired the head of Ukraine’s air force a day after it emerged that a recently delivered F-16

Exclusive: Figures reveal just 16% of company-controlled sites of special scientific interest are in good conditionWater companies are allowing important natural landscapes they own to fall into disrepair, data shows, with only 16% of sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) under their control in good condition.The companies have been accused of “polluting for profit” by not investing to improve the status of their SSSIs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/water-companies-natural-england-sites-special-scientific-interest Author : Helena Horton Environment reporter Publish date : 2024-08-31 06:00:28 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Experts say ‘sprawling’ system, negative attitudes and lack of staff support makes equal access hard to ensure‘Shocking experiences’: disabled people describe UK transport failuresWhen Tanni Grey-Thompson was left stranded at London’s King’s Cross station on her way to the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris this week, she had to crawl on to the platform.Lady Grey-Thompson, a former Paralympic athlete and crossbench peer, said she and other disabled passengers frequently suffered humiliating incidents travelling by train. “The system is just not working,” she said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/31/improving-disabled-access-to-uk-public-transport-almost-impossible Author : Amelia Hill Publish date : 2024-08-31

Republican candidate tells conservative group his daughter should have been UN ambassador and the ‘most brilliant leaders’ come from Scotland like his motherDonald Trump has claimed that when he was president he wanted to appoint his daughter, Ivanka, as America’s ambassador to the UN but she opted to instead to work on job creation and hired “millions of people”.The Republican nominee for president in 2024 made the bizarre comments during a “fireside chat” on Friday night in Washington at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has led efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ identity and

Unseasonably strong winds and record-breaking warm weather has been forecast to continue through the weekendGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s east coast is facing an unexpected end to winter, amid unseasonably strong winds and record-breaking warm weather continuing through the weekend.Multiple August heat records were broken on Friday, with Sydney experiencing its hottest August day since 1995, with a top of 31.5C.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/31/more-august-temperature-records-expected-to-fall-amid-warm-weather-and-winds-across-east-coast Author : Mostafa Rachwani Publish date : 2024-08-31 03:49:52 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prime minister defends government’s backflip on census and says single question on sexuality will not limit scope of dataGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says the nature and scope of question on sexuality in the next census will be a matter for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, not the government.After a week in which his government was heavily criticised for excluding proposed new questions on sexual orientation and gender identity, the prime minister reneged and said the 2026 census would include “one question about sexuality, sexual preference”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email

Risk of raising tensions after parallel institutions serving Serb minority are declared illegal and shuttered by ethnic Albanian-led governmentKosovo authorities on Friday closed five parallel institutions working with the ethnic Serb minority, a move that was immediately criticised by the US and could further raise tensions with neighbouring Serbia.Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of local administration, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the north – where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives – writing online that they “violate the Republic of Kosovo’s constitution and laws”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/31/protest-from-us-after-kosovo-closes-serbian-offices Author : Staff and agencies in

Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter recordsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s winter runs from June to August, but swathes of the country have felt like summer the past week with temperatures topping 40C and records tumbling.“It doesn’t matter how you slice and dice it,” said Dr Linden Ashcroft, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne. “The temperature records have been gobsmacking.”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/31/australia-heatwave-weather-sydney-melbourne-august-heat-record-temperatures Author : Graham Readfearn Publish date :

Neighbor held in disappearance of Stephanie and Daniel Menard from a Redlands, California, nudist resortA couple living in a southern California nudist community who were reported missing earlier this week are presumed dead, police said on Friday, and a next-door neighbor had been arrested.On Friday, police used a tank-like vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a home where they believed the bodies of Stephanie Menard, 73, and her husband, Daniel, 79, would be be found, said Carl Baker, spokesperson for the Redlands police department. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/30/missing-couple-california-nudist-dead-arrest Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-08-31

Ex-president hits back at Pennsylvania rally after US army rebuked him for turning Arlington ceremony into photo opDonald Trump has denied exploiting a controversial visit to soldiers’ graves at Arlington national cemetery for political ends by saying he does not need the publicity.The US army publicly rebuked Trump campaign officials for turning a ceremony on Monday to mark the deaths of American soldiers in Afghanistan into a photo opportunity for the Republican presidential candidate. The army accused two campaign workers of pushing aside an official at the cemetery who told them that it was not permitted to take photographs at

China’s representative demanded the scrapping of language about Taiwan in the final communique; Pacific countries will get a new multinational police unitPacific leaders gathered in Tonga this week to discuss the most pressing issues in the region. The group backed a Pacific-wide police training and rapid-response plan championed by Australia, and also reached agreement with France to allow a fact-finding mission to travel to New Caledonia to investigate the recent unrest. But the final day of the talks on Friday was overshadowed by a dispute over language about Taiwan.Here are the key takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) summit,

Politicians and veterans say episode was on par with ex-president’s history of disrespecting service in armed forcesDemocrats are trying to turn Donald Trump’s clash with staff at Arlington National Cemetery, the hallowed final resting place of America’s war dead, into a broader election issue by highlighting it as an example of his history of disrespecting military veterans.Congressional Democrats with military records and liberal-leaning veterans groups say the episode is consistent with past instances of the Republican presidential nominee flagrantly denigrating service in the armed forces. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/30/trump-veterans-groups-arlington-democrats-election Author : Robert Tait in Washington Publish date :

Ex-president rails against wind power and laments decreased bacon consumption at Wisconsin rally speechDonald Trump revived questions about his mental acuity after appearing to say that wind energy was to blame for the increased price and decreased consumption of bacon.The former president’s bizarre remarks came at a town hall-style campaign gathering in Wisconsin on Thursday, when an audience member asked the Republican nominee for November’s White House election what he would do to help bring inflation down. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/30/trump-blames-bacon-prices-wind-energy-wisconsin-rally Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-08-30 20:20:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked