Lionel Richie checked himself into hospital for tests after appearing to struggle on stage during his concert at The Muny in St Louis, Missouri

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Lionel Richie has been admitted to hospital. The All Night Long performer had been on stage in St Louis, Missouri and was admitted to a local hospital for medical examinations shortly afterwards.

TMZ reported: “Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ Lionel checked himself into a local hospital after his Saturday night performance at The Muny in Forest Park to have some tests run.

“We’re told Lionel is being cautious and doctors are looking into possible slight dehydration. Our sources say he’s hoping to be discharged Tuesday.”

The publication also stated that audience members said Lionel “appeared to be struggling a bit toward the end of the show” and the performer “asked his team to bring him a chair while performing his final song so he could sit down.”

In June it was reported that Lionel had “fallen ill” while performing as supporters grew concerned about his wellbeing. He was compelled to cut short his gig mid-way through while appearing in Minnesota, reports the Daily Star.

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The 77 year old was delivering the opening night of his joint tour with Earth, Wind and Fire at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul when he started feeling poorly. Lionel informed the audience he felt “dizzy” and took a seat multiple times during Dancing On The Ceiling.

Following his rendition of Three Times A Lady from his piano, Lionel opted to declare that the performance would pause for an interval. Nevertheless, he never came back to the stage.

Saxophonist Dino Soldo subsequently broke the news to crestfallen fans, saying: “Unfortunately, Lionel is not feeling well. He won’t be able to continue.”

The Rangers boss was handed a four-match ban — with one suspended — by the SFA in July for his comments on the decision to award Celtic a late penalty

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Derek McInnes has seen his four-match touchline ban partially overturned by the SFA, with two games now held in abeyance.

However, the Rangers manager WILL be permitted to occupy his position in the Ibrox technical area for their Premier Sports Cup quarter-final encounter with Celtic.

McInnes was charged after labelling the decision to award Celtic a last-gasp spot-kick at Fir Park during their second-to-last fixture of the previous campaign “disgusting.”

The former Hearts manager had just secured a 3-0 victory over Falkirk at Tynecastle and appeared destined for Parkhead on the final day requiring only to prevent a three-goal loss to secure Hearts’ first championship in 66 years.

However, VAR official Andrew Dallas and referee John Beaton determined that Sam Nicholson handled rather than headed the ball in the Motherwell penalty area well into added time, reports the Daily Record.

Kelechi Iheanacho subsequently converted to ensure Martin O’Neill’s side required just a victory of any kind at Parkhead, which they ultimately achieved after going behind, triggering a pitch invasion following Callum Osmand’s strike to seal a 3-1 win with the final touch.

McInnes was originally issued a four-match suspension – with one game suspended – by the authorities in July, though Rangers lodged an immediate appeal, allowing him to begin the campaign in the technical area.

McInnes secured his maiden league victory as Rangers manager at the weekend, defeating Aberdeen 1-0 courtesy of a Lawrence Shankland spot-kick.

He will now serve the next two fixtures with two additional matches suspended, which will be activated should he transgress again before this season concludes. Even if the initial ban had stood, he would have been available for the highly-anticipated Old Firm clash with the Hoops.

He will miss Wednesday’s away fixture at Falkirk along with Saturday’s home game against Motherwell.

But Rangers have cleverly rescheduled their home fixture against St Mirren – initially set for Sunday 22nd August – to next Wednesday, meaning McInnes will have completed his three-match ban before the cup tie against Celtic.

The appeal decision stated: “Appeal Partially Upheld. The original sanction is replaced with the following:”.

“Four match suspension to be applied as follows: Two matches immediate and two matches suspended until the end of season 2026/27, applicable only should Derek McInnes further breach Disciplinary Rule 72 within this period.”

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A man, 23, has been charged with murder following a fatal house fire.

Natalie McDonald, 34, died in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, in the early hours of Wednesday, along with her niece Valentina Foster, seven.

The man was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent and two counts of attempted section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent, Cleveland Police say.

He is scheduled to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court later on Tuesday.

“This has been a truly tragic incident, and my thoughts remain with the families of all those involved,” Senior Investigating Officer Katie Smith from Northumbria Police said.

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Manchester City have been intent on replacing any players who left the Etihad Stadium this summer in a bid to give Enzo Maresca a squad capable of challenging for the biggest prizes in football. They look unlikely to stick to that plan, but if they do then they’re in for a frantic final day of the transfer window.

Ayyoub Bouaddi’s arrival last week was understood to be seen as supplementary to the replacements they would look to sign for any outgoing players. With Rodri, Nico Gonzalez and Tijjani Reijnders all leaving City over the last few weeks, we’re waiting for their replacements.

Enzo Fernandez could yet be the marquee signing of City’s summer. City were set for talks with Chelsea over the weekend, and if a deal can be reached then the fee City will pay will almost definitely eclipse the £116million they paid for Elliot Anderson earlier in the summer.

Mr Swinney added: “That is how we generate economic opportunity and economic growth within Scotland and that whole issue and ambition will be central to the government’s programme, because the more we grow our economy the more we can eradicate child poverty, the more we can strengthen our public services.”

Manchester United are still weighing up a move for a left-back on deadline day as Michael Carrick looks for an 11th-hour addition to his squad.

But Old Trafford sources insist they will only make a move today if the right opportunity arises and won’t rush into a panic signing, despite the lack of a back-up to Luke Shaw.

United have made a habit of making short-term loan signings in recent seasons, including Odion Ighalo, Wout Weghorst, Marcel Sabitzer and Sergio Reguilon, but Ineos are keen to put an end to those stop-gap additions.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told his “friend” and Russian president Vladimir Putin that his war with Ukraine must end for “humanity’s sake”.

The world leaders met in in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek and the comments were made on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, according to a Kremlin transcript of the exchange.

“Every day that the war continues, humanity is, in effect, set back a step, whilst every step towards peace gives all of humanity real hope for peace,” he said.

“We need to move from endless war to an end to the war, to a cessation of hostilities. And we will need to move precisely in this direction.”

Putin is reported to have responded: “Thank you very much, Prime Minister. We are moving forward along this path.”

Meanwhile, a Russian drone barrage on the Kyiv region entered its fifth day on Monday.

The latest attacks injured four people and damaged warehouse facilities, an apartment block and a retail outlet in the Kyiv region, regional governor Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram.

It comes as Russia’s defence ministry has announced it is preparing “massive strikes” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in retaliation for a drone campaign by Kyiv attacking warehouses and oil and gas facilities.

Porters Lodge Tea Room is just outside of Cambridgeshire and is surrounded by pretty gardens

Hidden in the Suffolk countryside is a tea room that feels like home. Serving up afternoon teas and lunches, Porters Lodge Gardens and Team Room is in a serene spot surrounded by beautiful gardens.

Set within two and a half acres of garden and 20 acres of woodland, it’s a pretty place to go for a walk as well as enjoying a tasty lunch. The garden has no map, with visitors encouraged to have a wander and see what they find.

The owner of the tea room and gardens, Craig Wyncoll, said he opened the business 40 years ago to help subsidise Limitless Futures, a school for children with learning disabilities near the gardens. Guests make a £5 donation to enter the gardens, which goes towards running the school.

He added: “There’s a walled garden, a fern house, a Japanese garden, and a grotto. There’s a lot to see but I always tell people, there’s no map, I want you to go around and I want you to be surprised. There’s something around every corner. There’s lots of statues and water features so it’s not all about plants here. It’s the features that make the garden.”

Mr Wyncoll said the walled garden is “the great highlight”, as “it looks the best and has a big greenhouse” to look through. Mr Wyncoll suggests visitors come to the garden without any knowledge of the garden to be “very pleasantly surprised”.

He continued: “On the whole, I am just overwhelmed by the positivity of people. I’m endlessly being complimented and people tell me they’ve had a wonderful time. But I prefer them to come with very little expectations and go away very happy and that’s what happens really.”

The “old-fashioned” tea room on site is described as being “very well presented and very reasonably priced,” with many customers return regularly. The tea room has a range of cakes available with light lunches and platters in the summer. In the winter, they serve sausage rolls, soups, a hot dish of the day.

Mr Wyncoll said the tea room feels like going to somebody’s home and that Porters Lodge makes for “a pleasant afternoon out”. He continued: “You don’t have to come and go around the gardens. The rooms are open independently of the gardens. It’s the rooms that draws people in because it really is unique. You’re surrounded by trees and plants, and you can sit there all afternoon. We make people feel comfortable.”

Porters Lodge Gardens and Tea Room can be found on Icknield Way in Cavenham, which is around a 36 minute drive from Cambridge via the A11. There is a car park on site for guests to use.

CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Bregman hit three of Chicago’s franchise-record nine home runs and the Cubs punctuated their August power display with a 17-3 blowout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Clay Holmes pitched six scoreless innings for the Cubs, who launched five homers off Milwaukee starter Kyle Harrison in the first four innings and three more against position player Andrew Vaughn late in the game.

Chicago went back-to-back twice, in the first inning and the fourth.

The nine longballs matched the second-most by one team in a major league game, according to Sportradar. Toronto hit 10 during an 18-3 victory over Baltimore on Sept. 14, 1987.

Chicago finished August with 62 home runs, second-most by a big league club in a calendar month behind the 74 hit by the New York Yankees in August 2019.

Milwaukee holds a seven-game lead in the NL Central over the Cubs with six meetings remaining this season, including three more in this series at Wrigley Field.

Holmes (6-6) allowed five hits, striking out eight and walking two. He has given up only five runs in five starts since joining the Cubs in a trade-deadline deal with the New York Mets.

Bregman’s second three-homer game in three weeks gave him 23 on the year.

The nine home runs were also the most allowed by the Brewers this season.

Tyrone Taylor and Nico Hoerner hit back-to-back homers off Harrison in the first, and Bregman connected in the second. Seiya Suzuki and Bregman went back-to-back in the fourth, the Cubs’ eighth set of back-to-back homers this season.

Harrison (10-4) had permitted only two earned runs in 12 previous innings against the Cubs this year, but he gave up nine runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings Monday as his season ERA spiked from 2.79 to 3.45.

Cooper Pratt hit a two-run homer for Milwaukee off Ryan Rolison in the seventh to break up Chicago’s shutout bid. Carson Kelly answered in the bottom half when he connected off reliever DL Hall for his 10th of the season.

Vaughn, a first baseman, allowed seven runs and nine hits over two innings while throwing 45 mph knuckleballs. He served up homers to Matt Shaw, Michael Conforto and Bregman.

At the plate, Vaughn had an RBI single in the eighth.

Up next

Brewers LHP Robert Gasser (4-5, 4.59 ERA) starts Tuesday against Cubs LHP Matthew Boyd (8-3, 3.99).

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Residents also feel the main road will “not be able to cope” with more large vehicles going to the site

Residents are worried that the smell from a massive energy plant could be “overpowering”, if plans for the development are approved. Pretoria Energy has proposed to build a 22.7 hectare by-product anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on land west of Snoots Bridge, Cambridge Road in Stretham.

The developers propose to produce biogas from the digesters and “produce renewable energy”. The applicant seeks to use feedstock from a mixture of chicken and poultry litter, straw and liquid food blend.

People who live in Stretham have concerns over the effects the large energy plant could have on the village which is home to around 2,000 people. A long-term resident of Stretham, who wished to remain anonymous, believes the potential smell from the plant could be “overpowering” in the village.

“If the wind is in the wrong direction, it’s going to be overbearing,” the woman said. She added: “Having to pass the one [AD plant] in Chatteris, the smell is overbearing there.”

The plans also propose a new access from the A10. The woman feels the already busy road won’t be able to cope. She said: “The A10 cannot cope. I think they’re talking around 170 vehicles a day, and 40 for the people running it. The A10 can’t cope now.

“So there’s the traffic and the smell. I am all for green energy, but I cannot see that running this amount of vehicles is a benefit to the planet.”

The resident also feels the large site would put people off moving to the area. She said: “I don’t think people would want to come and live here.”

A man who has lived in Stretham for over 60 years, and wished to not be named, believes the energy plant would “desecrate the area”. He added: “There is going to be a constant stream of aggravating vehicles along the road. They will destroy the highway.”

David Stiff has only lived in Stretham for around a month. He is “not against developments like this for the sake of it”, but feels this development doesn’t have the right infrastructure to cope with it.

David said: “The A10 is already at capacity and I really feel for the lorries and tractors just trying to join the queues of endless traffic. In short if they want developments like this, then develop the infrastructure to cope first, not the other way around.”

David believes the plant will “100 per cent” have an impact on Stretham. He added: “Both in volume of traffic on an already very busy single lane A-road. I can only assume the facility will produce odour, but if it’s made to modern restrictions, this should be kept to a minimum. However, I simply wouldn’t know for fact. The threat of odours does seem very real.”

Barbara Grey is also concerned about the impact of the A10. She said: “Traffic along the A10 will increase again. The A10 is hardly capable of dealing with the traffic load already. As a major road classed as an ‘A’, it is not fulfilling its designation.”

Ian Hollingworth fears a potential health and safety risk in the “sleepy village” of Stretham. He added: “The smell will carry for miles. [Also], the amount everyone’s house is going to lose on valuation.”

Pretoria already runs an existing AD plant in Chittering. In its application for the Stretham AD plant, it says the new plant would “support the UK’s drive to achieve net zero greenhouse emissions”.

The applicant does acknowledge that the plant may “constitute a degree of change in relation to the character of the site and its immediate setting”. However it said the potential “adverse affected” that could arise will be confined to the site.

Any energy produced at the site, would be used by the plant itself, businesses within the vicinity and the National Grid network.