On Thursday morning, Downpatrick Magistrates’ Court heard that the officer remains in hospital, and is “seriously unwell”, having sustained a broken wrist, a crush injury to a leg which they cannot put weight on, injuries to the head, cuts and abrasions, and is in “a great deal of pain”.

Dr Waldman added: “To build this scenario, we brought together a wide range of international marine and energy datasets, from national targets and spatial plans to seabed depths, wind and wave records, existing infrastructure and projected turbine technologies, to create a realistic picture of what current ambitions might mean in practice.

Simon has visited some of the most remote places o Earth, and has trouble with his broadband

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Adventurer Simon Reeve says he has taken extreme steps to get connected to the internet, including scaling scaffolding outside his home. The writer and presenter has travelled to some of the most remote places on earth, including the Arctic, the Congo Rainforest and the Kalahari Desert.

But despite being based in the UK, he is one of millions of Brits living in homes unable to access full-fibre broadband. Slow and unreliable Wi-Fi is the UK’s biggest pet peeve, according to new research by Vodafone. Nearly a quarter rely on hot spotting from their phone every day.

Simon said: “I’ve travelled to some of the most remote places on earth, and I know just how important it is to stay connected. Even at home in Devon I’ve had to resort to wandering around a field, sitting on scaffolding and even banning my son from streaming to combat slow Wi-Fi.”

55% admit taking work calls in unusual spots, including the garden, the car, and even the bathroom when signal dips. For many, losing internet access has meant abandoning the working day altogether, with 18% saying they logged off for the rest of the day.

A Vodafone spokesperson added: “Slow or unreliable broadband is still a daily frustration for millions of people across the nation, whether they live in a remote hamlet or the middle of a busy city. Our research shows just how much it impacts people’s lives.”

Vodafone is launching 5G Broadband, which could benefit around 3.7million houses in the UK who can’t yet access full fibre.

The developer said the jobs ‘will provide a trickledown effect on other businesses’

Two new drive-through units which could create up to 40 jobs have been proposed for a business park in a Cambridgeshire town. They will be next to a planned new Lidl store in Ramsey as part of the wider Ramsey Gateway project which was granted outline permission in 2020.

Consent to display nine freestanding signs and seven illuminated fascia signs was also sought by the applicant, Burney Estates Development Ltd, for plot 9A of the development.

Daren Burney, managing director of Burney Estates, said the company specialises in drive-throughs, with 76 across the country.

He said they hope the project will “regenerate and revitalise the area” and hope to get shovels in the ground soon after a decision is made.

He said: “We don’t cut corners, we ensure our service and buildings are high-quality moving forward.”

A design and access statement submitted by Dovetail Architects said the new units would “utilise under-used vacant land, provide employment opportunities and create an economic boost to the local area”.

They said that up to 40 full and part-time jobs “are likely to be created by the proposals once operational,” adding: “This increase in work force will provide a trickledown effect on other businesses in the area, helping to boost the local economy.”

They said the second unit will house a drive-through restaurant but the tenant is yet to be confirmed. Around 46 car spaces are proposed, including eight charging bays for electric vehicles and five spaces for blue badge holders, and secure storage for bicycles.

Pre-application meetings were held with Huntingdonshire District Council and following this a number of changes were made.

The Starbucks was rotated and repositioned “to ensure primary glazing and active frontages address key views” and “provide a stronger corner feature improving visual prominence and legibility”.

The design of the other drive-through was also changed and a second entrance added “to reflect natural pedestrian desire lines”.

Both units were also shifted north to allow for a “meaningful landscape buffer” and other landscape enhancements to reinforce “the rural edge character”.

The council aims to make a decision on the application before Wednesday, June 17, 2026.

Morgan Burtwistle, known as Angry Ginge, has over one million subscribers on YouTube

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The winner of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here tearfully revealed his mother’s pets died in a house fire, but said ‘mum’s ok, that’s what matters’. Morgan Burtwistle, known as Angry Ginge, first revealed that a fire had broken out in his mother’s house on Tuesday (June 1).

The Salford based celebrity shared a video from inside, saying the property ‘burned down’ as he appeared at Soccer Aid for UNICEF on Sunday (May 31). In the video posted to his Instagram Story, the 24-year-old was seen wearing a face mask and rubber gloves as he examined the devastating damage to the property.

In a new update according to ManchesterEveningNews, he revealed his mum wasn’t home at the time as she was with him in London, getting ready to watch her son in the huge charity football match. He said it was the first time in weeks she had stayed away from home, and that usually Soccer Aid would take place at a later date, possibly saving the incident being any worse.

But the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here winner confirmed the heartbreaking loss of his mum’s two cats and a rabbit. Discussing how he found out about the fire, he said on his Twitch stream on Wednesday (June 3) evening: “I was woken up by a phone call off of my mum but my sister answered it.

“I thought, ‘Well, that’s a bit, that’s a bit strange!’ Obviously, my sister, very emotional… She actually used the phrase, ‘Mum’s house has blown up’.

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“Instantly, I thought, ‘What the hell? Okay?’”

He went on: “I got sent a picture of the kitchen, etc., and it generally does actually look like it did. The actual shell of the house is still standing but…”

Angry Ginge then emotionally shared: “My mum had two cats and a rabbit in the house. They obviously didn’t survive, so rest in peace, Simba, rest in peace Herbert, and rest in peace Sparky.

“They didn’t make it out which is obviously really, really sad. Unbelievable cats and rabbits, they were… Obviously, I lived with him when I live with my mum in Bacup.”

He then began to break down in tears as he showed pictures of the animals. “I mean, the main thing is that my mum is obviously, she is okay… If my mum was in the house, she wouldn’t have made it out,” he added.

“I suppose that’s the fortunate thing. She weren’t there, ’cause she was obviously in London for Soccer Aid.

“That’s how bad it was. That was the thing, the hardest to think about and deal with.”

The social media star went on to share: “I almost feel as though there was someone looking down that night,” before explaining that he and his mum will document the process of rebuilding the beloved home on his YouTube channel.

“I’m not looking to make money off it before anyone goes there,” Angry Ginge commented. “The insurance is gonna pay out, any money made off the videos, I’ll give to a homeless charity in Manchester.

“I’m not trying to make any money off it at all. But I just feel as though the state that the house is in, and to see the development of what we’ve had to go through, what it looks like now, and to where it’s gonna end up, I think, would be something cool to document.

“I’m gonna make sure that that is gonna be the best house, my mum. ever, ever has, or ever lives in.”

While they are yet to found out how the fire started, he also shared: “I’ll never sit here and say I’m religious or anything like this, but what I will say is, out of those eight weeks, this is the only night she didn’t stay at the house. This is the only night she didn’t stay at the house.

“Okay? And there’s so many things that happened. Soccer Aid’s never normally that week.

“Soccer Aid could have easily been in Manchester, which meant she’d be in the house. So, yeah, I just thank God, I did pray, I did pray, I thanked whomever it may be.

“But, yeah, it’s absolutely mental. And then, obviously, I said, my mum can live there… But, yeah, thank the Lord that my mum’s okay.

“That’s the bigger picture. Mum’s okay, and that’s what matters.”

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Parling’s introduction was, as he described, a “whirlwind”.

He left the final Lions Test as Australia forwards coach on the Sunday and was coaching Tigers by the Wednesday. The unpacking of boxes in his new home, I discovered last week, still hasn’t been fully completed.

He set about changing the way Leicester played, along with attack coach Pete Hewat.

Inspired by watching Aussie Rules during his time down under, he prioritised kicking accuracy, asking players to try to catch the ball above their head under the high ball.

Before last week’s round of action, they had the most kicks in play and kicked the most metres in the league.

More than that, though, was the sense that Leicester have been entertaining to watch.

Fans at Mattioli Woods Welford Road are used to entertainment by bulldozer. Grit, character and, above all else, victory. They have seen 11 English titles and two European Cups, but the Tigers brand was never based on beauty.

Now, they are playing with fluidity. Marshalled by Billy Searle at 10 (more on him later), and backed up by lightning-quick wings Adam Radwan and Ollie Hassell-Collins, they are now confident to throw the ball wide and play from deep in their own territory.

“We’ve never seen Leicester do this,” said Tom Varndell, a former Tigers wing and BBC Radio Leicester summariser. “They are playing with freedom; they are backing their skills.

“Under Geoff Parling, they’ve got a licence to play heads-up rugby. You need a good set-piece and forward dominance, but behind that, they needed more. It’s like looking at a completely different team.”

That’s not to say Tigers haven’t lost that nastiness that has defined them. Their pack is still brutish, highlighted by a punishing takedown of rivals Northampton Saints last month.

It was even demonstrated in Parling’s somewhat controversial viral moment earlier this season, when he told TNT presenters their behaviour “wasn’t on”, but in much more fruity terms, when a ball was kicked near the players during their pre-match warm-up.

It highlighted Leicester still have their edge, but there’s more depth to their approach.

“I think it’s pretty clear that there’s an intent to be more expansive and more accurate,” Tigers and England full-back Freddie Steward told BBC Radio Leicester.

“The traditional DNA is gritty, tight rugby. We still have that, but we have tried to add an attacking mindset to that.”

Possibly the biggest change over the summer was not the coaching team but a loss of leadership.

Veteran Argentina hooker Julian Montoya, double World Cup-winning South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard, and club legends Ben Youngs and Dan Cole – numbers one and two on the all-time England appearances list – were among the players to depart, either for pastures new or into retirement.

Tigers saw over 500 international caps depart in total. More than that, though, the exiting players were the team’s leaders.

A member of the coaching staff told me, in September, that they were unsure if there were leaders in the new-look team.

They needn’t have worried.

Step forward the Class of 2019 (as nobody calls them). Players like Steward, Jack van Poortvliet, and club captain Ollie Chessum. All of them came through the academy at the same time and have now become the backbone of the team.

“It is a really young squad,” said 26-year-old Cameron Henderson, another who is part of their new leadership group. “It blew my mind when someone said I was above the average age of the squad.

“We’ve had to roll with it and step up; it’s been a really fun part [of the season] to mould the team around what we want. We’re leading the team and pushing it forward.”

He defended Trump in a range of cases. These included his federal prosecution for allegedly withholding classified documents after his first presidency, and over alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Both of those cases were dropped after Trump won the 2024 election, as it is DOJ policy not to prosecute sitting presidents.

Another hot spell could reach the UK in just days, raising temperatures to a scorching 30C as the Met Office warned more heatwaves could be on the way this summer

More heatwaves could hit the UK in the coming months, with the Met Office warning of a potentially scorching summer – as UK weather maps showing highs of 30C in just days.

The next hot spell could affect a large chunk of the country by Wednesday, June 17, with temperatures potentially reaching 30C in London, according to maps from forecaster WXCharts.

The south east, south west and Midlands are also set for widespread highs of 28C or more. The Met Office has warned in its latest three-month outlook that chances of a hot summer are higher than normal, with “an increased chance of heatwaves and heat-related impacts”.

It comes after a record-breaking spell of heat which saw temperatures hit 35.1C at Kew Gardens in London last Monday.

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The forecaster says warming UK climate conditions, along with a likely El Niño weather phenomenon, are driving its outlook for June through August.

The climate pattern – caused by rising waters in the Pacific Ocean – has the potential to turbocharge heat across the planet, raising fears of more extreme weather hitting the UK.

The Met Office previously warned there is growing confidence El Niño conditions could strengthen significantly, with some experts comparing the developing system to some of the most powerful weather events ever recorded.

June itself is tipped to be warmer than usual, although Atlantic weather systems are expected to bring showers and longer spells of rain at the start of the month.

Mid-June could see more settled conditions develop, with higher pressure bringing drier and sunnier weather for many parts of the country, and temperatures likely to sit above average overall.

A “few notable high temperature spikes” are also possible according to MeteoGroup.

They add that “above-average temperatures” are expected for June, July and August, as well as “significant bursts” of heat in the UK and across Europe.

Met Office scientist Dr Emily Carlisle said: “This spring highlights both the natural variability of the UK’s weather and the longer-term warming we are observing. While conditions varied through the season, all three months of meteorological spring recorded mean temperatures within the UK’s top ten warmest on record.

2While we expect fluctuations from year to year, this spring shows some of the changes we’re seeing in our weather patterns, with more extreme conditions becoming more frequent. The fact that nine of the ten warmest springs in England have occurred since 2007 illustrates this ongoing shift in the UK’s climate.”

Counties set for 28C or higher on June 17

1. Somerset
2. Bristol
3. Gloucestershire
4. Warwickshire
5. West Midlands
6. Worcestershire
7. Staffordshire
8. Cheshire
9. Derbyshire
10. Leicestershire
11. Buckinghamshire
12. Oxfordshire
13. South Yorkshire
14. Nottinghamshire
15. Lincolnshire
16. Cambridgeshire
17. Essex
18. Hertfordshire
19. Berkshire
20. Surrey
21. Kent
22. Greater London
23. West Sussex
24. East Sussex
25. Hampshire
26. Wiltshire
27. Dorset

The list is compiled by Malton man Tom Tavener who has posted on Facebook Groups about the Tadcaster-based brewery that it has 315 pubs overall, with 152 identified as open, 145 closed and 17 of undetermined status.

Tom says he carries out the research by trawling the Facebook groups concerned with beer and the Sam Smith’s brewery as well as seeking out job vacancies the brewery posts on GumTree as well as its own runapub.co.uk website.

Tom began doing this 18 months ago, bringing together several former listings of the Sam Smith’s openings and closings, which he regularly updates to keep relevant.

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He told the Press: “It seems a bit stable now, with just the odd adjustment. The list gives drinkers a reference if they want to visit a Sam Smith’s pub.”

The Sun Inn at Long Marston is openm (Image: Darren Greenwood)

Tom says he is a fan of the beer but he takes a neutral stance over its policies banning digital devices, as well as dogs and children, that causes so much controversy and debate.

He continued: “I think it’s a great product, the beers are fantastic. The range of beers too and the tradition behind them is marvellous.”

“Humphrey [Smith the chairman] has stuck to his values. It’s makes it more than a business but an estate.”

Tom has noticed the brewery has been making more of an effort to fill its empty pubs, which might be a sign of wider changes to come at the brewery.

The flagship Angel and White Horse at Tadcaster is closed (Image: PA)

Whether this affects rules concerning children and phones, remains to be seen, with Tom saying other pubs are more family-friendly, leaving Sam’s Brewery with its own market.

He said: “It’s their business. They run it how they like. They have done well to keep brewing as long as they have. I respect how he keeps it going. The heritage that’s been maintained is incredible.”

And no doubt his latest listings will stir up further debate.

Tome added: It’s just a way of getting people talking about the estate. That’s what keeps it up to date.”

The listings, dated June 1, records most Sam Smith’s pubs in Tadcaster and Knaresborough are closed, with several closed in York.

The Wellington Inn, York, is closed (Image: Maxine Gordon)

The list for North Yorkshire included: Radcliffe Arms, Follifoot (closed); Harewood Arms, Follifoot (open); Greyhound Inn, Killinghall,( Closed); Railway Inn, Spofforth (closed); Gardener’s Arms, Harrogate (closed), Commercial Hotel, Knaresborough (closed); Marquis of Granby, Knaresborough (closed); Wellington Inn, Knaresborough (closed); Golden Ball, Scarborough (closed); Red Bear, Sherburn-in-Elmet (open); Hare and Hounds, Stutton, (closed); Angel and White Horse, Tadcaster, (closed); Bay Horse, Tadcaster (closed); Britannia Inn, Tadcaster (closed); Falcon Inn, Tadcaster (closed); Howden Arms, Tadcaster (open), Royal Oak, Tadcaster (open); White Swan, Tadcaster (closed); The Jolly sailors, Whitby (closed) and The Plough, Whitby (open).

Closer to York we have Roebuck inn, Appleton Roebuck (open); Shoulder of Mutton, Appleton Roebuck (closed); Buckles Inn, Bilbrough (closed); Ebor Inn, Bishopthorpe (open); Crown Inn, Bolton Percy (closed); Blacksmith Arms, Farlington (open); Wellington Inn, Fulford (closed); Tiger Inn, Haxby (open); Sun Inn, Long Marston (open); Castle Inn, Sheriff Hutton (open); Malt Shovel, Oswaldkirk (closed); Tankard Inn, Rufforth (closed); Cricketers Arms, Selby (open); Blacksmith Arms, Skelton (open); Cross Keys Inn, Stillingfleet (closed); Six Bells, Strensell (open); Boot and Shoe, Tockwith (open); Agar Arms, Warthill (closed), Greyhound Inn, Saxton (open).

In York we have Brigardier Gerard (open); Brown Cow (closed); Burns Hotel (open); Crystal Palace (open);  Kings Arms (open); Sea Horses Hotel (open); Trafalgar Bay (closed) and York Arms (closed).

In West Yorks we have the Admiral Hawke , Boston Spa (closed); Fox and Hounds, Boston Spa (open); Red Lion, Bramham (closed); Old Star Inn, Clifford (closed) and the Crown Inn, Wetherby (closed).

Police were called to reports of a quad bike and motorbike being ridden recklessly

Police were called to reports of a quad bike and motorbike being “ridden recklessly” across a village recreation ground on Wednesday, June 3. Cottenham Parish Council has claimed that the incident caused damage and created a “serious safety concern”.

According to the parish council, three individuals entered via the Lambs Lane entrance in the village. A spokesperson said they narrowly missed a member of staff on the pathway alongside the village hall.

The council reported the incident to the police who received “quite a few” calls about it. Officers attended but those involved had left the area, according to Cambridgeshire Police.

A spokesperson for the force said: “We take reports like this very seriously and encourage people to continue reporting information to us. The concerns have been passed onto our local neighbourhood policing team to monitor and liaise with the community.”

The parish council has asked anyone who sees the vehicles at the recreation ground or elsewhere in the village to report it to police. They can contact the council “where appropriate”.

In a statement, Cottenham Parish Council said: “Unfortunately, we’ve experienced issues today with a quad bike and motorbike being ridden recklessly across the recreation ground, causing damage and creating a serious safety concern.

“The police have been informed and are aware of the incident. The three individuals initially entered via the Lambs Lane entrance and showed little regard for other users of the rec. Worryingly, they narrowly missed a member of staff on the pathway alongside the Village Hall.”