Taylor Swift is lifting the lid on what fans should expect from her latest musical offering.

Earlier this week, it was announced that the Grammy winner was releasing a new version of her Life Of A Showgirl album dubbed The Encore, led by the new single Patient Zero, this Friday.

In addition to her new song, Taylor has revealed that she’s already shot a music video for it, which features a couple of familiar faces.

A 13-second teaser shared on the I Knew You Were Trouble singer’s social media channels on Thursday revealed that the clip will feature appearances from Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.

Of course, Swifties know that this is far from the first time Taylor has recruited some A-list talent to star in her music videos.

Announcing new music on Wednesday, Taylor told her fans: “About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history.

“I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max [Martin] and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album. Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in, but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs.

“I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made.”

The incident occurred in Husk, in Station Square, Harrogate on August 9 at 4.24pm.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “The victim and her partner had just entered the bar with their dog when they have been attacked by a dog belonging to a couple already seated inside.”

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A terrier type dog, police said, is believed to have initially attacked the alleged victim’s golden retriever before biting its owner as she tried to move away.

In the process, she is said to have injured her knee.

A force spokesperson said: “If you can help our appeal, please email peter.henderson@northyorkshire.police.uk or call 101 and ask for PC1668 Henderson.

“If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

“Please quote reference 12260155379 when passing on information.”

Ella Mountbatten may come from a family steeped in tradition, but she was every inch the modern bride when she married insurance broker Fergus Wright earlier this month.

The 30-year-old daughter of the King‘s cousin, Ivar Mountbatten, has given the Daily Mail a glimpse inside her wedding to Fergus, also 30, sharing intimate photographs from the day.

Ella’s godfather Prince Edward, 62, and his wife Sophie, 61, were among the 200 guests on the day, which started with a ceremony at St Luke’s Church in Milland, West Sussex.

Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s wife Madeleine, 63, a former international equestrian and Fergus’s godmother, was also in attendance.

Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, was given the special role of signing the marriage register.

‘It was really lovely. I had all my godparents there. It meant a lot to me,’ Ella told the Mail.

Wearing a bespoke ivory silk-satin Ella May London gown with a corseted bodice, full skirt and sweeping train, the bride broke with tradition by giving a speech at the reception – a role historically reserved for the father of the bride, groom and best man.

She said: ‘When else are you going to get all your favourite people in one place to say thanks for all the effort that everyone put in?

The 30-year-old daughter of King Charles’s cousin, Ivar Mountbatten, has given the Daily Mail a glimpse inside her nuptials to Fergus, 30, sharing intimate photographs from the occasion

Ella’s godfather Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, pictured in pink on the left, were among the 200 guests on the day, which started with a ceremony at St Luke’s Church in Milland, West Sussex

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‘I kind of tricked myself into thinking I wasn’t going to do it right up until the moment before. It was quite a clever strategy to ensure that I wasn’t too nervous.’

She added: ‘Quite a few girlfriends whose weddings I’ve been to recently have done a speech, so I thought, I want to do one.’

Ella’s romance with Fergus began unexpectedly during the pandemic. The pair were housemates in Clapham, south London, after graduating from university – Ella studied at Bristol and Fergus at Edinburgh – when her planned move to New York for a Wall Street job was cancelled.

‘Literally, if it wasn’t for that, we wouldn’t be together,’ said Ella, who now works in partnerships and events for private aviation firm Flexjet.

During her speech, Ella paid tribute to her supportive family, including her parents, Lord Mountbatten, 63, and events manager Penny, 60, who separated in 2010. They divorced amicably the following year, after 17 years of marriage, and have remained great friends since.

Ivar later married airline cabin services director James Coyle, 64, at the family’s former Devon home Bridwell Park in 2018 – becoming the first member of the extended royal family to have a same-sex wedding.

Penny, who gave her ex-husband away when he married James, is now in a relationship with media and marketing executive Toby Constantine, 61.

‘Everyone got on really well,’ Ella said. ‘It was actually heaven. Literally nothing went wrong the whole day.’

The bride and groom with Lord Mountbatten, Ella’s sisters Alix, 28, and Luli, 24, and her mother events manager Penny

The newlyweds emerged from the church through clouds of confetti before making their getaway in the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car

The beaming bride and groom are lifted in the air by members of their wedding party

The bride wore a bespoke ivory silk-satin Ella May London gown with a corseted bodice, full skirt and sweeping train

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The bride (pictured with her family) also put a contemporary spin on proceedings by giving a speech at the reception – a role historically reserved for the father of the bride, groom and best man

Ivar’s recent triumph on the US version of The Traitors – in which he played a ‘Faithful’ alongside Hollywood star Zac Efron’s younger brother Dylan – also provided plenty of material for the newlyweds’ speeches.

Ella had planned to raise a glass ‘to the Faithful’ in honour of her father’s win – and joke that his share of the prize money was keeping the drinks flowing – before Fergus warned her not to steal all his jokes. ‘I let him have them,’ she laughed.

They later discovered a remarkable coincidence. Fergus had unknowingly booked the couple’s African honeymoon at Tongabezi in Zambia – the very same lodge where Ivar had taken Penny on their honeymoon some three decades earlier. ‘It was completely unintentional,’ Ella said.

On the morning of the wedding, Ella got ready alongside her mother and sisters – maids of honour Alix, 28, and Luli, 24 – and friends before slipping into her gown designed by Ella May Sangster, granddaughter of the late billionaire racing tycoon Robert Sangster.

She completed the look with a delicate Moussaieff leaf-motif tiara rather than the heavier Mountbatten family piece worn by Penny on her own wedding day.

‘I wasn’t actually planning to wear a tiara,’ Ella explained. ‘But a brand I used to work alongside at The Peninsula, Moussaieff, kindly offered to lend me one and it was beautiful.’ 

One of her youngest guests quickly confirmed she had made the right choice. As Ella climbed out of the car at the church, page boy Wilbur Wentworth-Stanley – the three-year-old son of actress Cressida Bonas and Harry Wentworth-Stanley – told her she looked ‘like a princess’.

‘That was exactly the compliment I needed to hear before my wobbly nervous walk down the aisle,’ Ella said.

Ella, pictured on her wedding day, completed her look with a delicate Moussaieff leaf-motif tiara rather than the heavier Mountbatten family piece worn by Penny on her own wedding day

Ella’s romance with Fergus began unexpectedly during the pandemic. The pair were housemates in Clapham after graduating from university – Ella studied at Bristol and Fergus at Edinburgh – when her planned move to New York for a Wall Street job was cancelled

Later in the evening, Ella swapped her wedding gown for a shimmering backless top and dramatic fringed skirt created with her sister Luli, which swirled around her as she danced into the night

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The wedding reception was at the Great Trippetts Estate, the home of Ella’s uncle George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, and his wife Clare

While the photos capture a bride apparently taking everything in her stride, Ella admitted the scale of the celebrations meant much of the day passed in a blur

The reception unfolded in a sweeping marquee overlooking the polo pitches, decorated with pink and green flowers and trees

She was walked down the aisle by Ivar to Gabriel’s Oboe, while sister Luli struggled to hold back her emotions during a reading. ‘She literally burst into tears at the end. It was so cute,’ Ella recalled.

She added: ‘I thought I was going to cry, but I think you’ve got your game face on the day. We got all the tears out in the rehearsal.’

The newlyweds then emerged from the church through clouds of confetti before making their getaway in the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car – fulfilling a dream Ella had harboured since childhood. Her godmother Mary Montagu Scott even took special driving lessons for the occasion.

‘I remember seeing the car when I was younger and wishing I could leave my wedding in it,’ said Ella. ‘So it really was a dream come true.’

The celebrations moved to Great Trippetts Estate, the home of Ella’s uncle George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, and his wife Clare.

The venue came to the rescue after Ivar sold Bridwell Park, the Devon estate where Ella had spent 27 years and which itself hosted weddings, just months before she became engaged.

‘It was slightly annoying timing,’ Ella said. ‘But it worked out because my father now lives literally next to his brother. Actually, it was such a perfect place to get married. I’m very grateful to my uncle.’

The reception unfolded in a sweeping marquee overlooking the polo pitches, decorated with pink and green flowers and trees, while Penny had even arranged for Ella Mountbatten sweet peas – named after her daughter – to be specially grown out of season for the bouquet.

The newlyweds made their getaway in the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car – fulfilling a dream Ella had harboured since childhood. Her godmother Mary Montagu Scott even took special driving lessons for the occasion

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During her speech, Ella paid tribute to her supportive family, including her parents, who separated in 2010

The bride looked stunning in a floor-length gown, featuring lace detailing

The bride and groom with page boy Wilbur Wentworth Stanley, son of Cressida Bonas, bridesmaid Elodie Dru, and fellow members of the bridal party Theo Mountbatten, Rocky Oxenham and Inigo Arnott

The bride and groom invited 200 guests (pictured) to their big day earlier this month

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The photos were taken by Ella’s cousins, Lara and Bizzy Arnott, who run Arnott & Arnott Photography

Top row, from left: Jemima Lowe, Lulu Straker, Annie Rodick, Rosa Mayfield and Hannah Bray. Bottom row, from left: Bizzy Arnott, Alix Mountbatten, the bride, Luli Mountbatten and mother of the bride Penny Mountbatten

The bride (pictured) was walked down the aisle by Ivar to Gabriel’s Oboe, while sister Luli struggled to hold back her emotions during a reading

‘I honestly wish I could have been more present in all the moments,’ Ella (pictured) said. ‘That’s why it’s so nice hearing everyone’s perspective of the day.’

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The wedding cake was a tower of mochi – soft Japanese rice cakes – inspired by Penny’s nickname for her daughter. ‘I loved my mochi cake,’ Ella (pictured at her reception) said. ‘Mum calls me Mochi – I’m obsessed with them.’

The wedding cake was a tower of mochi – soft Japanese rice cakes – inspired by Penny’s nickname for her daughter. ‘I loved my mochi cake,’ Ella said. ‘Mum calls me Mochi – I’m obsessed with them.’

After the speeches, guests climbed onto their chairs for a singalong before the newlyweds took to the floor for their first dance to Fred Again and Obongjayar’s Adore U, a song which had played repeatedly when they started dating.

Later in the evening, Ella swapped her wedding gown for a shimmering backless top and dramatic fringed skirt created with her sister Luli, which swirled around her as she danced into the night.

And while the photos capture a bride apparently taking everything in her stride, Ella admitted the scale of the celebrations meant much of the day passed in a blur.

‘I honestly wish I could have been more present in all the moments,’ she said. ‘That’s why it’s so nice hearing everyone’s perspective of the day.’

The photos were taken by Ella’s cousins, Lara and Bizzy Arnott, who run Arnott & Arnott Photography. 

‘It was really special having them behind the camera and now reliving it all through the photos. They have done the most incredible job capturing the day,’ Ella said. ‘I still feel like I’m kind of riding the wave.’

Up to 4,500 more cancer cases will be reviewed by an NHS trust that admitted women had their breasts removed unnecessarily.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust today agreed to widen its investigation into its dysfunctional breast unit.

Victims have told how they were left in agonising pain after being ‘butchered’ and ‘mutilated’ by surgeons, with at least 20 women known to have been subjected to mastectomies they did not need.

Officials probing the scandal will now examine breast cancer cases going back more than a decade to 2015 in a process that is expected to take five years.

The trust’s ‘lookback review’ began in April last year and initially looked at patients treated between January 2023 and February 2025.

It has so far reviewed 538 cases and identified 321 who experienced some form of harm, including one death.

It will now examine up to 4,500 more cases, starting with the most recent and working backwards, taking the total past 5,000.

The decision to extend the review was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the trust’s board in Durham this morning.

Board chair Alison Marshall said: ‘I would like to offer a sincere apology to all the women and their families who have been affected by the failings in our breast services.

‘I can’t imagine the impact that has had.’

She said they could ‘not turn back the clock’ but would be ‘open, honest and transparent’ about the failings.

Chief nurse Gill Hunt told the board concerns were first raised in 2015 after a ‘service reconfiguration’ and loss of breast surgical trainee posts.

Over the following years patients and bodies such as the Northern Cancer Alliance, Care Quality Commission and NHS England raised multiple issues, she said.

The key ‘themes’ included treatment ‘not aligned to best practice’, excessive surgery and delayed diagnosis, she added.

About 640 patients have contacted a special helpline asking for their cases to be reviewed, the board heard.

The review cost £523,000 in its first year and involved nine reviewers looking at about 80 cases a month, a report to the board said.

Pam Brown, from Durham, was an NHS patient who underwent a mastectomy in 2022 at Spire Hospital in Washington, where one of the outsourced private clinics was based.

Ms Hunt said the expanded review would ‘provide a proportionate and evidence-led clinical approach’ in response to ‘emerging findings’, while decisions would be ‘supported by clear clinical rationale and formal governance review’.

‘We are committed to doing the right thing,’ she stressed.

The National Crime Agency is working with Durham Police to investigate allegations by former patients and determine if any criminal offences have taken place.

The Daily Mail previously told how consultant surgeon Amir Bhatti, who was CDDFT’s clinical lead for breast services from 2013 to 2024, has been suspended from clinical practice while an internal investigation is carried out – but he remains employed by the trust on full pay.

The trust spent nearly £6million over six years on breast cancer diagnostic clinics and surgery companies run privately by Mr Bhatti in what Mr Russell admits was a ‘conflict of interest’.

A 2025 review into the running of the trust – carried out by governance specialist Mary Aubrey – raised concerns about the arrangement.

She said there was a ‘clear financial incentive’ for Mr Bhatti’s firms to treat more NHS patients when it was paid per case, potentially creating a ‘risk to clinical standards’.

Consultants performed significantly more operations and consultations per session when acting in a private capacity than doing their usual NHS shifts, it found.

Further concerns were raised last year in a report by the Royal College of Surgeons that breast cancer cases had not been discussed properly in multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDTs), leaving surgeons to largely act as they pleased.

The trust had a high rate of repeated procedures, low uptake of breast reconstruction immediately after mastectomy, and operations that may have been carried out ‘too quickly’.

The Aubrey review also suggested patients were potentially treated by locum consultants who were not competent, and noted that Mr Bhatti had repeatedly raised concerns about trust delays in obtaining vital diagnostic equipment.

Mr Bhatti last week denied performing unnecessary mastectomies and blamed the NHS for paying £6million to his private clinics in just six years.

He refused to apologise to women who said they had been ‘mutilated’ under his care and instead said of the unnecessary removal of breasts: ‘Nobody ever does anything like that.’

The Daily Mail approached Mr Bhatti at his large detached farm conversion in Hetton-le-Hole, near Sunderland, where a Range Rover Sport with a personalised numberplate sits on the drive.

Speaking via the Ring doorbell, he said he was out of the country, adding: ‘I can’t say anything because obviously it’s all under investigation and it is all in legal hands really.

‘I wish I could say more.’

One of Mr Bhatti’s companies, Durham Surgical Services Ltd, currently has assets of more than £2.6million, company accounts show.

Chief executive Steve Russell today said the trust was ‘incredibly conscious women and their families’ had experienced ‘distress, uncertainty and harm’.

He said no apology could undo that but the trust would ‘support women who have been impacted’ in any way possible.

For example, some women who had undergone unnecessary mastectomies could be offered breast reconstruction surgery as they previously should have been, Russell said.

He also said the trust was currently exceeding national standards for breast cancer treatment, including for the number of women having breast conservation surgeries and being offered immediate reconstruction.

‘None of that changes what has happened to women in the past but hopefully gives confidence the changes made in the service have had an impact on the outcomes,’ Mr Russell said.

He said patients today could be ‘confident’ they would be ‘treated appropriately’ and get ‘good clinical outcomes’.

The helpline, which is available by phone or email, would remain open with any concerned patients encouraged to contact it ‘irrespective’ of when they were treated, he said.

Campo in Whitefield, Bury, reacted to the comments they had seen about their prices

A tapas bar and restaurant in Whitefield has taken to social media to open up about the challenges faced by the hospitality industry and explained the breakdown behind their prices.

Campo, located on Moss Lane in Whitefield, specialises in tapas, drinks and Sunday roasts. It opened in 2018 as Campo Blanco and is run by husband and wife team Faye and Aaron Cummings.

The popular restaurant has spoken out about the challenges faced by the industry before. In 2022 they spoke to the Manchester Evening News about their soaring energy bills, which at the time rose to between £8,000-£10,000 a month.

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Now, the business has opened up about the current challenges faced by the industry in a social media post. The restaurant took to both Instagram and Facebook to share “a little bit of honesty”.

They cited that customers sometimes complain that they are charging ‘town prices’ but Campo explained why they have to charge what they do, breaking down the extra costs that often remain unseen by the customer, such as wages, rent and bills. The team also highlighted that quieter periods are becoming more common, especially during the week.

What the restaurant said

The post, which acquired more than 800 likes on Instagram and Facebook combined, read: “We’ve held off writing something like this for a while, but we wanted to share a little of what running Campo feels like at the moment. We love what we do and being part of Whitefield, but quieter weekends are becoming harder to manage as the cost of keeping our doors open rises.

“So we wanted to speak openly with the people who make Campo what it is. We know that people do not have the same disposable income they once had. Eating out can feel expensive when household bills have increased too, and we never take it for granted when someone chooses to spend their money with us.

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“At the same time, the cost of running an independent restaurant has increased enormously. Food, drink, wages, energy, rent, VAT and countless other costs all have to be covered before a restaurant makes anything at all.

“We sometimes receive comments that our drinks are at “town prices”, and we understand that people want to feel they’re getting good value. Being outside the city centre doesn’t automatically mean our food and drink costs less to buy.

“Larger venues and chains can often secure better buying prices because of the volumes they purchase. We work incredibly hard to keep our prices fair while covering our costs and offering the food, service and atmosphere you come to Campo for.

“We still have plenty of busy moments at Campo, but we’re seeing more quiet days between them. The quieter weeks are becoming much harder for independent businesses like ours to manage.

“The response to our recent menu post reminded us how many Campo fans are still out there, which genuinely meant so much to us. We have an amazing team, brilliant regulars and a community that has supported us for over eight years.”

The restaurant added that they appreciate any form of support, whether that’s people coming for a roast or just for a coffee and a dessert. The team explained that advanced bookings can help the business in terms of planning food and staffing, while it also helps the business reduce waste. Campo explained that even supporting the business on social media helps as well.

They also called for honest feedback on how they can improve and to understand what it is people want. They added: “If there’s a reason you stopped visiting, our inbox is open and we promise to listen.

“We’re working hard behind the scenes on our new menu, our events and the overall Campo experience. We aren’t asking our customers to solve the challenges facing hospitality. We simply wanted to be honest and remind people that choosing local and independent really does make a difference.”

How customers have reacted

The post received dozens of comments across the two social media platforms, with many praising the venue and sharing their thoughts on the menu. One comment from Lindsay on Facebook read: “We love campo and wish we could come more often.. purely out of busyness of life! We will be visiting in October for sure to get our campo fix! Keep going guys doing a great job.”

Another from Stacey said: “Lovely words and would always rather pay a hard working business that’s passionate and caring and not a just a chain that doesn’t really care about the customer too – Fab food and people you are missing out if you haven’t been here already.”

On Instagram, Bury-based bakery business Little Blonde Bakes commented: “Had too many conversations like this this week, the winter months can get increasingly more quiet up until near Christmas so many may not make it through. It’s so sad. I’ll be in asap.”

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Like a beacon of dread the ejection handle on a fighter jet is a terrifying object – as initiating it would be the same as pulling the pin on a massive bomb beneath your backside. It’s going to bruise.

This is the part of the cockpit no pilot wants to have to touch – because it will set off an incredibly violent reaction, triggering a huge explosion beneath him or her as they rocket to safety. But it could save their life- and yesterday it did.

As two British RAF pilots recover from ‘minor injuries’ having ejected from their Hawk T2 craft above Anglesey yesterday, they know they may have notched up a once in a lifetime nightmare – hopefully the most violent ordeal of their careers.

Barely having time to acknowledge the word “eject” both pilots will have wrenched their heads back into their headrest to prepare as one or both pulled the ejection lever and they were blasted into a maelstrom of unimaginable noise and confusion.

One or both of them made that incredibly quick decision to take advantage of their plane’s barely upright position so ejecting would point them upwards to safety.

A split second after ejection was initiated they will have been catapulted at a speed through the air few humans survive, perhaps as much as a bone-crunching 20G-force at 50 feet per-second as a rocket fired them out of the cockpit and the nightmare was still not over.

The G-force alone might be double what most fighter pilots ever endure, even in wartime and the chance of serious injury or worse is sky-high. That is the measure of force on the human body, normally set at 1G on the ground and up to 5G on a rollercoaster.

It increases as jets manoeuvre at – literally – breakneck speeds and pilots are given special suits which pump varying pressures all their body to protect them from that force.

It can feel like being punched in the stomach or limb but the first stays in place whilst the G-Force is increasing.

Apart from learning about the correct posture for the explosion, it is impossible to train fully for ejection it because it is so hazardous.

I have sat on one of these bomb-catapult ejector seats, with a handle between your legs to set it off, after joining a war veteran fighter pilot called Brian, nicknamed “Sumo”, flying an RAF Tornado over Scotland in 2012.

It was one of the most exhilarating experiences I have had in decades of war reporting and flying in all kinds of warplanes and helicopters.

On take-off it was hard to take my eyes off the taped handle as the pilot, Gulf War veteran Wing Commander Brian “Sumo” James, then 42, told me to pull it only if he is incapacitated and the plane is in trouble and I needed to eject from the plane.

Otherwise, he advised me, he would pull a master control to eject for both of us …and that for now it was probably best to “leave it alone,” that we were just off on a one hour flight and there was nothing to worry about.

Fortunately my one hour Top Gun experience, which marked the one millionth flying of British Tornados, above Scotland did not go wrong and I was being flown by the best.

But I recall the G-Force suits pressurising as we went into dives and it felt like a person many times my weight sitting on me and not getting up.

If something does go wrong with the jet – and apparently it did yesterday, one or both flyers can pull the ejector handle or button, if the other is injured or unconscious.

The ejector control is indeed a frightening device, even though it may save your life, because you are told how violent the force will be and the chance of injury.

This can range from severe spinal, head or limb injuries caused by the immense pressure.

When ejection is initiated the canopy explodes above you and then you shoot through the air and if too high, perhaps 10,000 feet, you free fall uncontrollably until the parachute opens, possibly above enemy territory, a desert, mountains or the sea and maybe injured.

Some who are forced to eject suffer long-term back injuries or worse.

These two are said to have suffered minor injuries and they were lucky.

Their parachutes will have opened fairly soon after the jet explosion rocketing them to safety expired as they were low-flying.

When I flew in the Tornado I asked “Sumo” what pressure he endured in the Gulf War as he took evasive action from enemy missiles and he told me it was above 9G-force.

Even double the 4G I endured is hard to imagine without breaking something.

But the force these two pilots endured was probably five times that.

They are very fortunate only to have suffered minor injuries.

The five-caravan strong group moved in on Tuesday evening (September 24), taking up along the Southern edge of Barlow Park Playing Field in Astley Bridge.

(Image: Dan Dougherty)

Astley Bridge Cllrs Toby Hewitt and Hilary Fairclough have been active in working to have the group moved on, quickly contacting the council liaison and requesting they begin the process.

A Bolton Council spokesperson said: “If the travellers are still there when we visit the camp later today the normal process will proceed.”

Cllr Hewitt confirmed the group were indeed still there, meaning they will be subject to a removal order.

Cllr Fairclough confirmed that the council had undertaken a welfare check on the group, which found they were all healthy and safe.

The removal process takes several days to complete once the court order has been issued.

Over recent months Travellers have set up camp across the borough, including in Harwood and Breightmet.

Clean-up operations have had to take place as a result, with some residents in Breightmet say they felt intimidated by the group.

The Bolton News recently revealed Town hall chiefs have spent more than £19,000 to remove Travellers from their land.

The Bolton News submitted a Freedom of Information Request following a number of unauthorised Traveller encampments in and around Bolton in recent weeks and months.

The money spent covers the past two years, but almost all of the costs have fallen within a single year.

The fire at the state-owned Polish satellite station broke out on Wednesday night in Wola Krobowska. It remains operational.

The deputy prime minister said it transmits internet traffic through Poland to countries including Ukraine, and uses SpaceX systems that provide connectivity via Starlink terminals.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said Moscow does not plan to attack Nato states.

Earlier this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was Europe speaking about preparing for war, adding: “If Europe attacks Russia, it will be a completely different war [from that in Ukraine], and it will be very short.”

Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimea peninsula annexed in 2014.

In Ukraine, Kharkiv and Kyiv experienced the worst of Russia’s attacks overnight into Thursday.

In Kharkiv, six people were killed and twelve others injured in a Russian strike on a farm in the village of Stara Hnylytsia, Ukraine’s state emergency services said.

It said they were agricultural workers sorting vegetables, with the head of the Kharkiv region adding that four were women.

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This year’s Guinness World Records Gamer Edition book is available to buy now and includes a Fortnite loving grandma and the world’s youngest game developer.

There are plenty of grandmas who have gone viral and made headlines thanks to their love of video games. More recent examples include a 92-year-old Tekken 8 champion and an 81-year-old who took to Minecraft streaming to raise funds for her grandson’s cancer treatments.

Now, one of these gamer grannies has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest female Fortnite streamer in the world, at 78 years old.

Named Cath Bowie, she hails from Scotland, where she regularly streams Fortnite on Twitch under the username grumpygran1948. It’s not clear who the oldest male Fortnite streamer is but Yang Binglin of China is 89 and covers a range of single-player games.

Even if you’re not familiar with the name, Bowie has built a not insubstantial audience of more than 24,000 followers, having been introduced to the game through her grandson.

This happened in September 2017, so Bowie jumped on the Fortnite train very early, as the game was still in its infancy at that point, having only launched two months prior, which was long before its battle royale mode became the cultural juggernaut it is today.

‘Although I have tried several other games, I have never found the excitement that I get from Fortnite. I call myself a Fortniter more than a gamer,’ says Bowie in an official statement.

She also takes a moment to mention how her grandson doubted anyone would want to watch her play Fortnite; something she no doubt loves to rub in his face nowadays: ‘As a young guy, he just couldn’t believe that his grandma would do such a thing and suggested that nobody would join me or watch me.

‘Saying that was like a red rag to a bull to me. I would show him that I could do it. 24,000+ followers later and he doesn’t mention it. I wonder why.’

Bowie’s achievement is acknowledged in this year’s Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition book, which is currently available for purchase, and something that Bowie is very proud of.

‘Being recognised as an older female player and streamer in Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2027 always felt like a distant goal. … So to have achieved this honour means a great deal,’ says Bowie, adding, ‘You are never too old to start gaming. Do it.’

Alongside Bowie is one Max Baker, who hails from Wales and is on the other side of the age spectrum, at 10 years old. He’s made it into the book for being the youngest male game developer, having created a game called Gravity Parkour 2.0 using the programming language Python.

He’s a self-taught coder and has been learning how to build games since he was seven years old. You can play Gravity Parkour 2.0 yourself for free via itch.io, which Baker made in four hours. He also insists he made it without any generative AI assistance or ‘vibe coding.’

The game involves making a ball jump across a series of platforms to reach a goal. There are only five levels, although the platforms start to move and spin as you progress.

‘It was also quite fun working with the time pressure for the record attempt – I was trying to get as many features in as possible with the four hours that I had,’ says Baker, who was also chosen to write the foreword for the book.

‘It’s absolutely amazing!’ says Baker when asked about his achievement. ‘It’s been such a whirlwind since I first did the attempt, and I can’t thank everyone over at Guinness World Records enough. It’s a dream come true.’

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