The 58-year-old British actress has stepped back into the role of Sadie King, a character she originally played from 2004 to 2006.

During her original two-year stint, Sadie caused chaos in the Dales with explosive storylines, including a dramatic house explosion and affairs with a young Robert Sugden and Cain Dingle.

Patsy Kensit says returning to Emmerdale is “wonderful” 

Ms Kensit said: “It’s a role that I’ve really cherished and I’m very protective about her.

“It changed my life when I did it, 20 odd years ago.

“It’s just wonderful to be back for a little while and just get to say all those horrible things to people.

“I’m pathologically polite so it’s wonderful to live vicariously through this woman who who seems to have no shame in her game, but does she really have what what she had before when she left?”

Ms Kensit praised the script for her return, calling it “beautifully written” and full of references to her character’s past, including her memorable helicopter arrival.

She said: “I’m loving it.

“I’ve been here a couple of months now.

“It’s flown by.”

Sadie’s latest appearance comes after the death of her ex-husband Jimmy King, who died in a car crash.

She reveals to his grieving wife Nicola, played by Nicola Wheeler, that she and Jimmy had been secretly seeing each other for the past three years—prompting a slap.

Ms Kensit admitted she was “absolutely shitting” herself on her first days back but said the cast, especially Ms Wheeler, made her feel welcome.

She said: “I get a wallop.

“It’s very funny.”

Ms Kensit, who shares a son with former partner Liam Gallagher, is also known for her role as Faye Morton in Holby City and appearances in The Great Gatsby, Hanover Street, Absolute Beginners, and Lethal Weapon 2.

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 8 pm on ITV1 and STV, with all of the show’s episodes also available on the Emmerdale YouTube channel.

Are you excited to see how Sadie King’s storyline develops in Emmerdale? Let us know in the comments. 

For lots of people, holidays are a tinderbox. There’s this pressure to have the best possible time ever because a) everyone else is (I mean, we’ve all seen the adverts), b) you’re in the most magical place in the world, and c) you have spent so much money.

And yet, if you weren’t in a great place back at home, a holiday is like a magnifying glass on your marital problems, because you’ve packed up all those issues and squeezed them into a one-bedroom villa – it’s a case of ‘same s***, different kitchen’!

Interestingly, although I know lots of couples who have had blazing rows on holiday, that was never my experience. From very early on I realised that my ex-husband and I wanted totally different things. I’m like, ‘Lie me on a beach, baste me and turn me over every 30 minutes.’ The only activity I want on holiday is to put my hand up and say, ‘Another margarita, please!’ He wants to go cycling or hiking, or to the gym every morning.

Even on our honeymoon to Mauritius, he took his golf clubs – and I didn’t see anything wrong in that because, you know, it’s a compromise, and that’s what a marriage is all about.

We met another couple who were also on their honeymoon and the two guys went off to play golf every day while the wife and I lay on the beach. Then we’d meet up again for lunch. And it was absolutely fine because we were both doing exactly what we wanted, and we felt very modern and forward-thinking.

For most of my marriage, this approach worked perfectly well – once we’d had our three children, they’d go off and he’d play golf and I would lie by the pool. Everyone was doing the things they enjoyed. What’s not to love?

It’s only when we were on a family holiday the summer just before I left my husband and I got chatting to two other couples that I realised this might not be the future I wanted. These couples were slightly older than me, they had no kids with them and they were having the most fabulous time. They seemed nothing like me and my husband. 

I asked, ‘How long have you been married? Because you look like you’re having so much fun, and you seem to really like each other!’ Turned out both couples were on their second marriage.

All the pennies dropped and I thought, ‘When our kids have grown up and left home, do I want another 20 years of this, or do I want to sit with someone and belly laugh all day long?’ It made me think that maybe there was a way to have another bite of the cherry.

I mean this for my ex-husband, too. I did think, ‘Hang on a minute, what if he would much rather be with someone who wants to go cycling with him on holiday?’ In fact, one of the very first things I said to him when I was leaving was that I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life compromising – and neither should he.

If you think it was happy ever after straight after I left, though, let me tell you that the first few holidays with my children as a single parent were like a cross between a Bushtucker Trial and The Hunger Games.

It was mainly down to naivety on my part. The marriage had been over eight months earlier but we held off telling the children until after the elder two had done their exams. So, I planned the trips for the school holidays thinking, ‘I am now in a really good place, so we’re going to have the best holidays ever!’ while they were still coming to terms with their parents getting divorced.

Of course, I had turned their world upside down, so imagining that I could fix everything with holidays was a car crash of an idea. I went into overdrive, desperate to make everything amazing and be the perfect parent – almost as if to prove that in leaving their father, I’d done the right thing. Whereas my children were still processing it all and, of course, they were used to holidays where everyone did their own thing, so why would we suddenly become the Brady Bunch?

I didn’t mind being on my own when it was my choice, but as soon as they went to leave the room I’d be like, ‘Guys! I thought we were going to all play a game?’ Honestly, I may as well have had ‘Can we play dominoes?’ tattooed on my forehead.

One day I even sat at breakfast from 7.30am until 10am because they all ate at different times and I was thinking, ‘I must have breakfast with all of them!’ It was ridiculous.

I am happy to say it is totally different now, so much more relaxed. I have worked out that we all have a better time when we do active things (the irony, when all I ever wanted to do was lie on a beach!). So this year we went to Iceland, which was incredible. We had the best time walking and going to see waterfalls.

This brings me to holidaying with my new partner and the biggest revelation of my post-divorce life: I don’t have to check in! When I was married, I did it all – book the holiday, pack for the kids, find the passports… The first time my partner and I went away together, I said something about needing to check in and he replied, ‘Oh, I’ve already done it.’

It was a small thing that might sound inconsequential, but the implications were huge. The fact that someone would do something so considerate for me… oh my god, it was like a seal of approval from the universe that I’d done the right thing. Suddenly I felt like part of a team again, which I hadn’t for so long.

In the same way a holiday shines a light on the cracks in a relationship, it also shows if you’ve made the right choice.

My ex-husband is now with someone who shares more common interests – and I am sure he’s all the happier on holiday for it.

Similarly, I love a walking tour but never did one with my ex because it would have ended up in a row. With my new partner, if we get lost it’s hilarious – I can laugh at his terrible sense of direction and he thinks it’s amusing. My ex would have taken offence.

My partner also loves lying on a beach doing nothing as much as I do. And it’s during moments like these when I think, ‘I am now with the right person.’

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GTA 6 may have the best graphics ever, and a gigantic open world to explore, but one reader feels it’s missing something very important, that was not evident in the recent Netflix show.

Like many people, I was distinctly unimpressed with the latest reveals of GTA 6. For over 10 years and $1 to $3 billion, one might’ve expected a little more innovation. The extended gameplay reveal was classic GTA – car chases, gunfights, store robberies – but little more, and so far we’ve seen nothing to suggest GTA 6 will be more than GTA 5 with a fresh face.

Personally, I’m not too fussed about that. There’s a reason people continue to play GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 today – they’re incredible games. If GTA 6 maintains the core loop of its forebears, it will be a hit even without extensive new gameplay systems, because the basic feel of shooting, driving, and exploring in a Rockstar title remains satisfying.

Graphically, the game looks impressive too. Interiors are more detailed and there’s hope for a wider variety of buildings you can actually enter. The draw distance is incredible, showing detailed objects and topography miles off, a feat rivalled only by Crimson Desert. Character models are a standout, too, with greater diversity of body shapes and fashion.

But of everything we’ve seen so far, there is something crucial missing which makes me worry. The previews contained extensive dialogue between the game’s protagonists, Jason and Lucia, and a host of antagonists, mentors, conspirators, and throwaway characters, and in all that time the game failed to do the one thing which is essential for a Rockstar game to thrive.

It wasn’t funny.

Though they have plenty of dark, serious, even emotional moments, GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are absolutely hilarious at times. Larger than life main and supporting characters like Trevor Phillips and Lamar Davis deliver cutting, chaotic, and extravagant jokes and behaviours which bring the story to life; Lamar’s salty reaction to not winning Employee of the Month for stealing cars well enough, for example, is one of the more memorable scenes in the early game.

Even drier characters like Franklin Clinton or Arthur Morgan have plenty of humorous moments, be it Franklin’s incredulity at Lamar’s antics, or Arthur’s impatient interplay with some of his lazier camp members (‘I was thinking.’/’Does it pay well?’).

For contrast, the best attempts at humour in the GTA 6 preview were Jason making an offhand remark about how long Lucia took to get ready – a stale joke 50 years ago – and a streamer asking his chat what to do when he gets carjacked, which might be funny in the full release if Lucia reacts with some personality… she certainly didn’t in the preview.

Rockstar often litters their world with humorous brands and irreverent real-world references, often outrageously offensive. The best we got here was an advert about turning majestic animals into burgers… reused satire from previous games.

Worse than that not being funny, though, almost none of the dialogue was vaguely interesting. Jason has the personality of a spoon and Lucia isn’t much better. The opening scene of the preview, where the pair walk through Raymond’s gang hideout repeating the same lines of dialogue to nondescript non-player characters is tedious viewing. Raymond’s personality turns out to be saying swear words a lot. When they are betrayed by a voice on a phone, the most sinister line the villain delivers is, ‘It is what it is.’

There’s no subtle character building here. No tension. No humour. It’ just functional, matter-of-fact dialogue delivered with a po-faced, almost apathetic tone. Like a story about gangsters you’d rush out as homework for a school English or drama project.

Anyone familiar with GTA Online will know Rockstar’s writing chops haven’t been up to scratch in recent years. Most of those characters are annoying at best, and almost every attempt at humour ranges from cringeworthy to painfully so. But GTA 6 is supposed to be their biggest flagship launch to date and you’d expect them to deliver the best GTA their years of experience can concoct. On current evidence, though, I can’t help but feel it is going to fall flat and be – I can’t believe I’m saying this – boring.

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The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups.

Friday’s resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was passed with 164 member states voting in favor. Only the U.S. voted against it while six other countries — Serbia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine — abstained.

The vote encourages governments and institutions around the world to replace the traditional Mercator map, commonly used since the 16th Century, with the Equal Earth projection that advocates and geographers say shows locations more accurately.

The Mercator projection shows Greenland and Africa as appearing to be about the same size whereas in the Equal Earth projection that shows continents in their true proportions, Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland.

Friday’s resolution does not ban the Mercator projection or impose a replacement, but only encourages the use of the Equal Earth projection, the U.N. said in its report.

“Maps shape our understanding of the world,” the global body quoted Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey as saying before the vote. “They guide education, nourish the imagination, and influence collective perceptions.”

Africa No Filter, one of the lead campaigners for the adoption of the new map, hailed the resolution, adding: “We want to see accurate maps in schools, textbooks, newsrooms, businesses and on the digital platforms billions of people use every day.”

Several countries hailed the adoption and urged the adoption of the Equal Earth map. “Changing the map obviously doesn’t change the world. But correcting a representation that distorts it is already an act of truth,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on X after the vote.

The Mercator map was designed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator to help European navigators at sea, but advocates say it distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles such as North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.

The 2018 Equal Earth projection, on the other hand, follows the Earth’s curvature and shows continents in their true proportions.

Cody Gakpo has been key to Liverpool so far under Andoni Iraola but the Dutchman might not have been at Anfield after all had a move to Manchester City been completed over the final days of the window

Virgil van Dijk insists Cody Gakpo will continue to be crucial to Liverpool after his failed move to Manchester City. The Dutchman was thought to be on the way out of Anfield over the final days of the transfer window.

Tottenham Hotspur had been credited as admirers, only to be gazumped by Premier League rivals Manchester City. Gakpo even went as far as approving a switch to the Etihad Stadium.

But for various reasons – including Liverpool’s inability to find a replacement – his switch was not completed. The Reds might be thankful of that fact given how key the Dutch forward has been to Liverpool.

He netted on the opening day of the season and followed that up with an assist against Nottingham Forest. Gakpo then set up Alexander Isak twice against Ipswich on Friday evening.

Speaking after that game, club and international teammate Virgil van Dijk was full of praise. Asked how important Gakpo has been, he said: “Massively.

“Obviously I said before the transfer window was closed that he’s important for us and he will be important for us this season as well. And he showed it again today. Last week as well with the assists, over the last couple of years as well. So keep going.”

Isak’s comments are very similar to that of Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola, who suggested that he had no doubts over the forward’s commitment. Speaking ahead of the trip to Portman Road, the Spanish coach said: “My relationship with Cody has been very honest from the beginning.

“He has played very well for us so far. He was always aware of the situation in the market, we were constantly talking, I hope we can keep him at the same level. He is in a good place physically and mentally and I’m very happy to pick him.”

Gakpo now appears set to remain at Liverpool until January at least – and Liverpool fans will be hopeful that his fledgling partnership with Isak will continue to improve.

Speaking about his understanding with the Swedish forward, Isak said: “We will see. Obviously as attackers, we always train with each other and try and get to know each other even better again. Hopefully we can assist each other many times so he owes me a few assists now.”

Liverpool are back in action on Wednesday as they kick-off their Champions League campaign against Spanish giants Atletico ahead of a home clash with Fulham.

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Javier Milei has demanded a Hong Kong-style handover of the Falklands to Argentina as part of what he called a ‘consensus solution’. 

The Argentine president insisted his countrymen ‘do not believe in war’ and would not ‘start yelling like savages’ about the contentious archipelago. 

His remarks were published in an interview after his nationalistic TV speech overnight on Thursday, where he announced plans for a new military base in Tierra del Fuego – the part of Argentina closest to the Falklands.

He also warned of sanctions that would stop companies drilling for oil off the Falklands, while insisting that the islanders have no right to self-determination.

Mr Milei added that Britain is ‘on a path of decline’ with social, economic and immigration problems.

In his interview with The Economist, he cited the Sino-British Joint Declaration signed in 1984, which saw the United Kingdom eventually hand Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Controversially, Hong Kong citizens were never given a vote on the matter.

The Argentine president said: ‘The UK did this with Hong Kong, so why not find the agreement so that sooner or later the islands return to Argentina? They’re ours.’

While Hong Kong became part of China’s national territory, it was able to retain its own laws and political system for 50 years, which will end in 2047.

But China has been widely accused of violating the agreement with its authoritarian regime that suppresses political dissent and public protest.

Mr Milei’s interview took place before his TV address to the nation on Thursday, but was published afterwards.

In his sombre speech from the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, the firebrand leader, flanked by his cabinet, declared: ‘The islands are ours, by history and by right, and they were taken from us.’ 

Mr Milei told his nation that Mr Trump was helping bring ‘winds of change’ favourable to his Falklands claim after the US President hinted he would not back Britain if Argentina invaded again because Sir Keir Starmer failed to support his war with Iran. 

Andy Burnham has yet to comment but Defence Secretary Wes Streeting hit back by insisting Britain’s commitment to the Falklands is ‘absolute and unshakeable’ amid ongoing concerns about the country’s ability to defend the islands as it did in 1982. 

It emerged on Thursday night that the Army is being forced to cancel training exercises in a bid to save £30million amid Labour’s refusal to increase defence spending.

Mr Streeting said: ‘Milei’s statement overnight tells us more about domestic politics in Argentina than it does about the Falkland Islands. The Falklands are British because Falkland Islanders choose to be British. Our commitment to the Falklands is absolute and unshakeable.’

Senior minister and Burnham ally Lucy Powell said Argentina’s president was ‘simply posturing’ ahead of his country’s elections. But former Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald told the BBC that Labour should review Britain’s Falklands policy and open diplomatic talks with Argentina over the islands’ future, citing the cost of defending them and their distance from the UK.

Mr Milei, who once praised Margaret Thatcher as one of ‘the great leaders in the history of humanity’, said last night that Argentina ‘will prevail’ in its bid to reclaim the Falklands because Britain is ‘on a path of decline’, beset by ‘multiple crises’ including social, economic and immigration problems.

‘In the world, the winds are blowing favourably for our claim right now. President Trump announced that the US is re-evaluating its historic position regarding the Malvinas’, he said.

The US has historically taken a neutral position on the Falklands, but Trump (pictured in 2025 with Milei) has hinted that they may review it. The men have become friends and allies

Mr Milei, who is a year away from an election and tanking in the polls, said Argentina needs to ‘recover these islands’ and would use ‘all the tools of the state: diplomatic, economic, judicial and legal’ to impede drilling in the Sea Lion oilfield, which holds 1.7 billion barrels of oil.

He did not mention military action, but announced his government would issue an immediate emergency decree to build a naval base on Tierra del Fuego, the Argentine coastline closest to the Falklands, which have been in British hands for centuries. 

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch blamed Argentina’s threats on the Government’s plans to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

She said: ‘Javier Milei claims to admire Margaret Thatcher, but forgets this lesson: Britain does not surrender to bullies. If he wants a stronger Argentina, he should build its economy, not threaten others.

‘But there’s also a lesson here for our sleepy Labour government. The madness of surrendering the Chagos Islands means other countries are now trying their luck. If we do not defend our own interests, whether on energy or territory, others will happily exploit that weakness.’

Locals spotted a large police presence in Tonge Moor in the early hours of Thursday,

Officers were seen on Ainsworth Lane at around 1.30am which Greater Manchester Police said was part of a joint operation with a neighbouring police force .

Witnesses reported seeing about “20 armed police with dogs”, while residents were confused by the police presence.

The local force said it was supporting West Yorkshire Police as part of an ongoing investigation.

The investigation is understood to centre around a disorder incident.

One resident told The Bolton News: “There were about 20 armed police with dogs on Ainsworth Lane.”

A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “We assisted West Yorkshire Police on an ongoing investigation they are running.”

West Yorkshire Police did not elaborate on the investigation other than it was ongoing.

It is understood officers were carrying out enquiries when in the area.

Greater Manchester Police and West Yorkshire Police would not confirm how many officers attended.

Sydney Sweeney‘s media mogul boyfriend Scooter Braun is reportedly becoming a major influence on the blonde bombshell’s career. 

According to Puck News, Braun was a factor in Sweeney’s recent decision to sign with Hollywood power player Kevin Huvane at CAA.

Braun set Sweeney up for dinner with Huvane without her other management knowing, which led to her signing with him over rival agents that had been ‘clamoring for a similar sit-down’ with her.   

The bold career move came around the same time that Sweeney, 28, split from her longtime publicity team at ImPRint PR after a decade.

Both sides were reportedly happy to move on, with the ImPRint team growing ‘frustrated’ that Sweeney was no longer listening to their advice.

Puck points out that when ImPRint sent Sweeney to Variety’s Power of Women event last year in a bid to get her taken more seriously as an awards-worthy actress, she showed up in a sheer silver gown that highlighted her 32DD cleavage.

The 28-year-old recently found new management at CAA and parted ways with her publicity team after working together for a decade

It’s currently unclear if Braun, who previously managed Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato, has any say in Sweeney’s current PR strategy or wardrobe choices.

Daily Mail has contacted Braun, ImPRint, and Sweeney for comment. 

The starlet certainly tried to get herself into the Oscar conversation last year with her role in the boxing biopic Christy, but after it bombed at the box office Sweeney seems to have relied on her sex appeal to stay in the headlines.

Her many raunchy scenes in the third season of Euphoria dominated the news cycle throughout April and May, stealing the spotlight from her A-list co-stars like Zendaya and Jacob Elordi.

She then doubled down on her sex symbol status by launching her own lingerie brand Syrn, which she’s promoted with a string of provocative pictorials and commercials.

The most recent Syrn advert sees Sweeney posing completely topless, prancing around in a G-string, crawling on all fours, and suggestively licking cream off her fingers.

She’s now in Italy for the Venice Film Festival with Braun, where she’s continued to turn heads with her flesh-baring outfits. 

On Wednesday, she attended a dinner for Armani Beauty in a vintage silver gown from the brand, which also happened to be sheer around the chest.

Sweeney has leaned more into her sex symbol image in the past year. In October, she wore a sheer gown to Variety’s Power of Women event

The actress has also starred in a number of extremely provocative commercials and pictorials for her lingerie brand, Syrn

Before that, she was photographed wearing a semi-sheer lace top that revealed some serious side and underboob. 

When she’s not busy flaunting her curves, Sweeney has been spotted looking blissfully in love with Braun by her side.

Prior to their trip to Venice, she was spotted out and about in Los Angeles with Braun, who she has been romantically linked to since September 2025.

The couple were joined by Braun’s three children – Jagger Joseph, 11; Levi Magnus, nine; and Hart Violet, seven – who he shares with his ex-wife, Yael Cohen.

It marked a major development in the couple’s romance, which began months after they met at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Venice wedding in June of last year, not long after Sweeney ended her engagement to longtime partner Jonathan Davino in early 2025. 

On Wednesday, she attended a dinner for Armani Beauty in a vintage silver gown from the brand, which also happened to be sheer around the chest

Sweeney and Braun were spotted looking loved up in Venice this week

The couple were also spotted enjoying a gondola ride during a break from the Venice Film Festival

On going public with her relationship, Sweeney previously told Cosmopolitan that she was enjoying ‘experiencing’ love after spending so many years solely focused on her career.

In May, Braun gushed, ‘I’ve met an extraordinary woman who is kind and generous and smart, and real and down to earth.’

As for her career, Sweeney has a number of new projects in the pipeline.

In addition to starring in the sequel to her mega-hit The Housemaid, Sweeney will also lead the sci-fi blockbuster Gundam alongside Noah Centineo.

She’s also set to produce and star in an ‘erotic’ retelling of the classic Sleepy Hollow story, based on Lindsey Anderson Beer’s debut novel Hollow. 

Behind the camera, Sweeney heads up her own production company Honey Trap, which operates under a first-look production deal with Sony Pictures.

Club Havana, on South Parade in Whitley Bay, announced the closure in a social media post after more than two decades of welcoming revellers.

The North Tyneside business, run by two local families for the last four years, is the “only” nightclub in the seaside town.

Sadly, rising operating costs and the sale of the building to a developer had led to the decision not to renew its lease.

The owners said: “We are so sorry to share with you that Club Havana has closed its doors for the final time.

“As two families from Whitley Bay, it’s been an honour to run our town’s only nightclub for four years.

“We send our wholehearted thanks to all our customers, many of whom are just our friends now.”

Havana opened in the 2000s and became a fixture of Whitley Bay’s nightlife, attracting clubgoers from across North Tyneside and beyond.

The owners said: “Our lease is up and we aren’t renewing it – running costs are so high, along with purchasing and staffing costs, it wasn’t worth committing to another lease.

“This also coincided with our landlord selling the property to a developer.”

The owners thanked staff past and present: “A big thanks to all our staff; We’ve had some truly wonderful people working with us – we will miss you all.”

The closure is the latest blow to the region’s hospitality and late-night economy as rising costs squeeze venue operators.

Customers were also told neighbouring venue The Brewery would remain open until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays.

The owners signed off: “Thanks again to our staff, customers and friends.”

The post was met with nostalgia, as residents and customers took to the comments section to share their memories.

One person wrote: “We had one hell of a ‘Back In The Bay’ party – top lads and you’ve done a top job over the years for South Parade.”

Another comment read: “Sad times going to miss the good old days of going for pre-drinks and then heading out on a Thursday.”

Another club goer said they are “wounded” by the news.

A DJ who played at the club said: “One of the best places I have DJed at…proper place with a great atmosphere will be a big miss.”

The mistrial, in the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to try Clancy again

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A judge has declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children.

The mistrial, in the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to try Clancy again.

The deliberations took a dramatic turn late in the week when the judge said he was going to declare a mistrial on Friday before suddenly changing course and giving her defence lawyer a chance to appeal to the state’s highest appeals court.

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That came a day after the foreperson told the judge that a lone holdout was refusing to follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt, offering a rare glimpse at possible conflict inside the jury room.

Clancy’s lawyer demanded the juror be kicked off the case.

The livestreamed trial drew attention to maternal mental health after childbirth and was closely watched by a polarised public.

Clancy’s sympathisers saw her as a loving mother who had realised something was badly wrong in the months ahead of the killings and sought help, including checking herself in to a psychiatric hospital.

Her detractors said she deserved to be punished for an evil and selfish act.

Prosecutors said Clancy, a former labour and delivery nurse, acted deliberately when she strangled five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan Clancy with exercise bands on January 24, 2023.

They said she contrived to get her husband out of the house by sending him to pick up medicine for one of their children and dinner for the family.

Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, never disputed that she killed the children, but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she had post-partum psychosis – a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth.

Over 21 days of testimony, jurors heard how Clancy’s mental health had collapsed after Callan’s birth.

Deeply anxious about a planned return to work, unable to sleep and experiencing what she described as a disturbing brain fog, Clancy sought care from experts in post-pregnancy mood disorders, who prescribed multiple psychiatric medications.

Clancy’s family members testified that she expressed concern about her mental health decline.

Her former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, described her as a “very nurturing, very loving mother” who was “begging for help”.

In early January, she checked herself in to a psychiatric hospital for more intensive treatment, but her stay was short.

She killed the children 19 days after she was discharged, leaving their bodies in the basement of the family’s home in coastal Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Clancy jumped from a second-story window immediately after and remains paralysed from the waist down.

Prosecutors conceded that Clancy had severe mental illness, but insisted she was able to understand and control her actions.

They emphasised that although she claimed to have heard a male voice commanding her to kill the children, she never disclosed hearing voices to her mental health providers before the killings.

In its latter stages, the trial became a battle of medical experts.

Kirk Heilbrun, a forensic psychologist hired by prosecutors to evaluate Clancy, testified that he did not believe her story about having heard voices.

And he said he did not believe she had acute psychosis when she killed the children, but rather took their lives so they would not “suffer” after she killed herself.

Dr Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist who testified for the defence, said that Clancy was “clearly psychotic” and was not in control of her actions.

“It was almost like she was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings,” said Dr Resnick, who spent hours interviewing Clancy after the killings.

He said she was also likely experiencing bipolar disorder.

At the start of the trial, Clancy’s ex-husband Patrick Clancy described the horror of returning home to find his children.

Prosecutors played a seven-minute 911 call in which he could be heard finding the bodies.

In interviews, he has said he has forgiven her and believes her actions were the result of mental illness.