Melissa Gilbert deactivated her Instagram after New Mexico authorities issued an arrest warrant for her husband, Timothy Busfield, following a criminal complaint that alleges sexual conduct with minors; the next procedural steps are undetermined at this time.
Officials say a wild elephant in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, has been linked to 17 deaths across about a dozen attacks; search teams are conducting field operations and have issued public notices while planning to tranquilize and relocate the animal if found.
The Met Office has issued flood warnings for nine areas of Scotland with up to 110mm of rain forecast, and yellow rain alerts cover parts of northern and southwest Scotland.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 raised $2.44 million (£1.8m) for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and concluded in Pittsburgh with notable runs, including a 70-player Super Mario 64 relay.
Hundreds gathered at South Park for a fundraising run in honour of Gary Read, a well-known Darlington runner diagnosed with colorectal cancer and told he had weeks to live; organisers reported nearly £19,000 raised for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Four people were named locally after a head-on crash on Wigan Road in Bolton; emergency services attended in the early hours and five others were taken to hospital, and police said investigations were continuing.
Doctors and analyses cited in this article report that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic can be associated with loss of muscle or other lean tissue, and experts say this may increase fall and injury risk, particularly in older adults.
Lord chancellor David Lammy said reducing the number of jury trials could clear a backlog of nearly 80,000 cases within a decade; the proposals, influenced by aspects of Canada’s system, have prompted concern from dozens of Labour MPs and legal organisations.
The Newcastle Chronicle published this week's local death notices and funeral arrangements, and each notice is also available on funeral-notices.co.uk as a lasting online tribute.
An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, and political leaders responded quickly with sharply divided statements.
