​The conversion of a garage into a hair salon has been given retrospective approval at 3 Greenfinch Close, Crossgates in Scarborough, following North Yorkshire Council’s decision to give plans the green light.

​According to a statement submitted by a planning agent, the applicant, Mrs Robinson, was “under the impression that this type of development would not require planning consent”.

​“The applicant wishes to place on record that she had no intention of flouting the planning rules and was under the genuine belief that such small-scale activities would not require permission,” it adds.

​The salon will offer haircuts, colours, and styling to customers who are predominantly residents within the local community in which she serves.

Garage Converted Into Hair Salon. Greenfinch Close, Scarborough. Google Maps

​“The applicant had built up an existing client base working in the area until she decided to set up her own business, and therefore her clients, some of whom are elderly, must be able to easily access the salon within the local community,” according to submitted plans.

​The applicant proposed opening hours from 8am to 6pm, Tuesday to Saturday only.

​No objections were made by Seamer Parish Council.

​The Highway Authority said that a suitable level of parking would be maintained within the site, including parking for the operation of the hair salon, and added that the increase in vehicle movements and parking could be accommodated at the site.

​However, the council’s environmental health officers recommended that conditions be imposed to mitigate any impacts on neighbouring residents.

​An officer said: “Hairdressing activities typically generate low-level noise from conversation and hairdryers. However, the property is positioned within a tight residential area, and therefore any commercial activity has the potential to impact on neighbouring amenity.”

​The officer suggested that the council include conditions that cover the hours of operation, a restriction to hairdressing services only, limiting the number of clients, and waste management.

​Planning officers agreed with the recommendation, and said it would be “appropriate to impose conditions in relation to hours of operation, restrictions on hairdressing use only, client number limits”.

​A report states: “It is felt that the current hours of operation are appropriate for the scale of business and residential setting and therefore will be secured by condition.”

​The retrospective application was approved by North Yorkshire Council, subject to conditions.

Plans to install 10 fishing lodges and build a new shower block with toilets and office at Pottery Pond, in Strensall, have been lodged with York Council.

Plans stated they aimed to boost the viability of the business by allowing anglers to stay longer which would bring in higher fees.

The new fishing lodges would be put up around the lake which is at a former clay pit off Strensall’s Pottery Lane.

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It lies within a site covering a total area of 2.42ha, including woodland in the green belt.

Trees and plants on the southern part of the site screens the lake during summer.

The site also includes a 10-space parking area.

Two types of lodges, one smaller and another larger, would be installed around the lake.

Plans stated the lodges and new facilities aimed to encourage people to stay at the lake longer and raise income which could be invested in better fish stocks.

Pottery Pond, in Pottery Lane, Strensall, York (Image: Google Street View)

They added the improvements would help to boost wildlife habitats there, along with the local economy.

Plans also stated the social, economic and environmental benefits weighed in the application’s favour, given it would result in development on green belt land.

The application stated: “The applicant is proposing 10 lodges and amenity facilities to improve the viability of the business by encouraging longer stays and increased fee income from the hire of the lodges, which will enable anglers to stay overnight on the site.

“The increase in numbers of anglers using the site and staying in the lodges for a number of nights year-round will have benefits for the local economy through increased spending.

“Several authoritative studies quantify the economic contribution of fishing
ponds, lakes and inland recreational fisheries to the rural economy in England.”

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Four Celtic fans jailed after Old Firm violence

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Four Celtic fans have been jailed and issued banning orders after violent clashes with Rangers supporters before the 2024 League Cup final. Andrew Campbell, John Devine and Thomas Slavin and Liam Coogans admitted being involved in the mob which brought chaos and fear to Glasgow city centre 10 days before Christmas.

Violence erupted after balaclava-clad groups of ultras confronted each other in the city centre hours before the Old Firm final on December 15, 2024. Christmas shoppers, tourists and children were forced to flee and take cover in nearby shops and cafes as “mass disorder” broke out.

Some premises locked their doors for the safety of customers and staff. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how the men formed part of a disorderly crowd which repeatedly blocked the roadway for vehicles, engaged in a running fight with Rangers supporters, threw lit fireworks, bricks and bottles and placed the public in a state of fear and alarm.

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Two men arrested after Belfast murder

Two men have been arrested in Scotland on suspicion of the murder of a 51-year-old in Belfast.

Nicholas Gordon was assaulted in the Holywood Road area of Belfast on Tuesday, May 12, and died in hospital as a result of his injuries on Saturday.

The men, aged 25 and 31, were arrested in Scotland on Monday by officers from Police Scotland.

A PSNI spokesperson said: “Arrangements will be made for their return to Northern Ireland where they will be questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

“Inquiries are ongoing.”

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Gangster admits involvment in £14 million drugs operation

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A high profile member of a Scots crime gang has admitted his involvement in a £14m drugs operation. John Gray, 53, was associates with gangster brothers Barry and James Gillespie as well as James ‘The Don’ White.

White was jailed for almost 10 years in 2023 for the importation of drugs having been extradited from Brazil to Scotland.

The Gillespies whereabouts are presently unknown which resulted in White taking control of the group who had links with other underworld figures.

Gray was snared by police meeting the trio at a variety of locations in 2015 which included Glasgow city centre’s Princes Square and a KFC in Wishaw, Lanarkshire.

His five years of “top tier level” crime was uncovered after law enforcement breached an encrypted phone device Gray had been using. Gray was arrested on a warrant at Glasgow Airport in March 2026 as he stepped off a plane.

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Trans killer pictured with lover in jail

Scotland’s most controversial jail couple posed for a gay Pride celebration behind bars.

Child killer Nyomi Fee and long-time partner Alexandra Stewart – a biological male who murdered a man in 2013 – smiled for the camera inside Darroch Hall at HMP Greenock.

The photo was taken in happier times for the pair, as the Daily Record revealed recently that they have broken off their engagement.

Fee, who is dwarfed by her hulking fiancee in the photo, is said to still be on “good friends” terms with Stewart, who was formerly known as Alan Baker but chose to live as a woman before being jailed for the murder of John Weir, who he met via a gay dating app.

Last month, the Daily Record revealed that Stewart, 38, had been charged with the alleged sexual assault of a female prisoner in the hairdresser at HMP Greenock.

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to guide artificial intelligence’s development as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity’s benefit.

Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co-founder of OpenAI, the company that launched in 2015 and went on to create ChatGPT. After investing $38 million in its first years, Musk accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back.

The nine-person jury found that Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit and missed the deadline for the statute of limitations.

The jury served in an advisory role, but Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the verdict Monday as the court’s own and dismissed Musk’s claims. The jury deliberated only two hours before returning its verdict.

The trial that began April 27 in Oakland, California shed light on the bitter falling-out between the two Silicon Valley titans and the beginnings of OpenAI, now a company valued at $852 billion and moving toward potentially one of the largest initial public offerings in history.

Altman and OpenAI claimed there was never a promise to keep OpenAI a nonprofit forever. In fact, they argued, Musk knew this and filed his lawsuit because he couldn’t have unilateral control over the fast-growing AI developer.

Musk was seeking damages to be paid to the altruistic efforts of OpenAI’s charitable arm as well as Altman’s ouster from OpenAI’s board. Musk’s decision to stop funding the company contributed to a bitter rift between the former allies. Musk says he was responding to deceptive conduct that OpenAI’s board picked up on when it fired Altman as CEO in 2023 before he got his job back days later.

The three-week trial saw testimony from Musk, Altman and his top lieutenant Greg Brockman, along with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and a slew of others in the tech titans’ orbit. Musk told jurors on his first of three days on the stand that, fundamentally, “I think they’re going to try to make this lawsuit … very complicated, but it’s actually very simple,” Musk said. “Which is that it’s not OK to steal a charity.”

Musk’s lawsuit claimed that, in addition to “breach of charitable trust,” Altman and Brockman unjustly enriched themselves from the windfall as the ChatGPT maker soared in valuation. Brockman revealed during the trial that his stake in OpenAI is worth about $30 billion.

OpenAI has brushed off Musk’s allegations as an unfounded case of sour grapes aimed at undercutting its rapid growth and bolstering Musk’s own xAI, which he launched in 2023 as a competitor. During cross-examination, Musk was sometimes combative with OpenAI lawyer William Savitt.

“Your questions are not simple,” Musk said at one point. “They are designed to trick me essentially.”

Jurors also heard from witnesses including OpenAI ex-board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, who spoke about the decision to fire Altman in 2023. They were ousted from the board themselves when Altman returned to his role a few days later.

Altman and Musk both vied to be OpenAI’s CEO in its early years. In his testimony, Altman said he had concerns about Musk’s attempts to gain more control over OpenAI, which was aiming to safely build a better-than-human form of AI called artificial general intelligence.

“Part of the reason we started OpenAI is we didn’t think AGI could be under the control of any one person, no matter how good their intents are,” Altman said.

Near the end of his testimony, Altman said that before things turned sour, he had thought very highly of Musk.

“I felt like he had abandoned us, not come through on his promises, put the company in a very difficult place, jeopardized the mission, didn’t really care about the things I thought he cared about,” Altman said. “It’s been an extremely painful thing for me … to have someone that I respected so much not acknowledge that and continue to publicly attack us.”

The service level agreement will build on the success of existing programmes, supporting people of all ages to access training, develop skills and move into fair and sustainable employment.

A fresh agreement between North Lanarkshire Council and employability company Routes to Work Ltd will help ensure continued employability support for residents across local communities.

The service level agreement will build on the success of existing programmes, supporting people of all ages to access training, develop skills and move into fair and sustainable employment.

Routes to Work, which is owned by the council, plays a key role in delivering community-based employability services. It provides tailored support to people who are unemployed or facing barriers to work, including help with training, work experience and practical costs such as childcare and travel.

The latest figures show strong progress over the past year, with council-funded programmes exceeding their job outcome targets. Overall, 1,434 people moved into employment, surpassing the original target, with 71% still in work after 26 weeks.

The programmes have also supported residents who face additional challenges. Thirteen per cent of those who found work had previously been economically inactive, including people with long-term health conditions or caring responsibilities.

The new agreement will continue to focus on supporting those who need it most, particularly young people, parents on low incomes and individuals with health or justice-related barriers. It introduces two main programmes: a new all-age employment support service and a continued focus on parental employment.

Together, these programmes aim to support more than 2,000 residents over the year, with a strong emphasis on helping people secure and sustain employment.

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Councillor Alex McVey, Convener of Enterprise and Fair Work, said: “This new agreement will help us build on the strong progress already made in supporting residents into work across North Lanarkshire.

“We know that having a job can make a real difference to people’s lives, and this continued investment means more residents will be able to access the right support, skills and opportunities to move into sustained employment.”

Kate Clark, Chief Executive of Routes to Work, said: “We are grateful to North Lanarkshire Council for their continued support of our drive and commitment to providing innovative employability services which meet the needs of the people of North Lanarkshire.”

The investment also reflects the council’s ongoing commitment to improving economic opportunities and tackling poverty, as set out in The Plan for North Lanarkshire.

Residents can access support through North Lanarkshire’s Working, with referrals available through a range of channels to ensure people are directed to the most appropriate help.

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Chelsea FC losing the 2026 FA Cup final 1-0 to Manchester City will have been disappointing for the club’s fans. But perhaps the result was not hugely surprising, as the London club hasn’t had a brilliant season on the pitch.

Off the pitch, you could argue it’s been even worse.

Moments of anguish have included the expensive sacking in April 2026 of manager Liam Rosenior after just 106 days in the job. He was the side’s fifth manager (or head coach) in three years.

A month before that, Chelsea was fined over £10 million by the Premier League for breaching financial regulations – the biggest fine the league has ever imposed.

Added to (or taken away from) this, Chelsea then also posted the largest ever pre-tax financial loss in Premier League history. This amounted to £262.2 million in the 2024-25 season.

Not all of these events can be blamed on the club’s current owners, the US consortium known as BlueCo. Previously owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Chelsea was sold in 2022 as a “distressed asset”, meaning that it needed to be sold quickly (and probably not for its full worth). This was because Abramovich’s assets had been frozen over his links to Vladimir Putin following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

When the new owners bought the club, they started combing through the financial books and found evidence of breaches of Premier League regulations which the club itself reported.

Part of this related to just over £47 million worth of undisclosed payments to unregistered agents and others as part of their plans to buy in new players. According to league rules, all payments relating to transfers need to go through the club books for reasons of fairness.

Leaving tens of millions of pounds out of the records means that the club shows fewer expenses than it should. This in turn could potentially shield it from breaking the league’s “profitability and sustainability” (PSR) rules, which are designed to force clubs into being financially sound businesses.

Those rules mean that clubs are allowed to build up footballing losses of no more than £105 million over a three-year period. Given Chelsea have been making losses for years, correctly recording expenses would increase those losses and potentially put them in breach of the PSR rules.

A fine of £10.75m is no small matter. It brings Chelsea closer to the PSR limit for the coming year, leaving more belt-tightening around spending decisions.

At the time, the club said in a statement: “From the outset of this process, the club has treated these matters with the utmost seriousness, providing full cooperation to all relevant regulators.”

But it is not just Chelsea that is affected. Football is a highly interconnected industry.

While clubs compete against each other, they are also very dependent on each other for matches (otherwise there would be nothing to watch and no tickets to sell) and for players. They also often suffer losses, with cash flow issues and other financial problems common. So having a competitor spend more than they should can negatively affect other clubs.

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Chelsea have also led the way in doing clever things within accounting rules, which others have followed. In 2023, the club started offering new players very long-term contracts which allowed them to spread their declared costs over a longer period.

So for example, a player bought for £90 million might be given a nine-year contract, meaning the annual cost can be recorded as £10 million.

This can help a club to stay within within PSR boundaries. But it also comes with financial risk (with big spending and time commitments), so to avoid other clubs following suit, both Uefa and the Premier League have now limited (to five) the number of years that can be used in the spending calculation.

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Chelsea also effectively sold its women’s team to itself by switching ownership to Chelsea’s parent company for almost £200 million. This shows up as a decent profit for Chelsea, providing another benefit in terms of staying within PSR boundaries. The idea caught on, with Aston Villa and Everton doing the same thing before the Premier League closed this loophole too.

So from a financial perspective it will be interesting to see what tactics Chelsea comes up with next. The fans though will surely be more interested in the tactics chosen by the club’s latest signing, manager Xabi Alonso. And if he gets the club winning again, they’ll happily write off this season’s considerable losses.

‘This is the most amazing product I have ever used. I am in my 80s and thought at my age I had nothing to lose. My skin looks fabulous and my big under eye bags have almost diminished’

A collagen supplement costing as little as 95p per day is gaining attention after one shopper said her granddaughter was ‘convinced’ they had Botox after using it consistently. The Reverse Life Original Marine Collagen is currently available with 10% off using the code REACH10.

Each bundle options work out at different daily prices depending on the size of the order, with larger multi-bottle purchases offering the best value per serving. The one exception is the trial 20-day supply bottle, already discounted from £40 – is now £18 with the discount, working out to 90p-a-day. This deal auto-enrols shoppers for 3 bottles for £59 (60 day supply, 98p-a-day) after the trial period. The 20-day supply.

The 100 day supply is reduced to £98.10 from £109, while the 120 day supply is reduced to £117.72 from £130.90 – both working out at 98p a day. Shoppers can also save more with the subscription option. The liquid supplement combines 10,000mg of hydrolysed marine collagen with hyaluronic acid, vitamins C and D, zinc and biotin.

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Designed to support skin, hair, nails and joints, the formula is made to be highly bioavailable thanks to its liquid format, helping the body absorb it more efficiently. According to the brand, 85% of people in consumer trials reported more hydrated-looking skin within 20 days of use.

Reverse Life has built up a strong following, with almost 15,000 Trustpilot reviews and more than 19 million doses sold since launch. The supplement has recently received the M-Tick accreditation from GenM, recognising products designed to support menopause-related wellbeing.

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The liquid supplement combines 10,000mg of hydrolysed marine collagen with hyaluronic acid, vitamins C and D, zinc and biotin.

If this isn’t the one for everyone, Lookfantastic has Myvitamins Collagen Tablets for £15.99 on the website. It contains 30 capsules of ‘hydrolysed form of collagen’.

Boots also has the Bioglan Beauty Collagen 2500mg Tablets 90s for £30, costing £1 a day. These are said to support healthy hair, firmer skin and strong nails, and also contain skin-loving ingredients like hyaluronic acid and resveratrol.

The Reverse Life Original Marine Collagen has been rated highly online, with one shopper saying: “This is the most amazing product I have ever used. I am in my 80s and thought at my age I had nothing to lose. My skin looks fabulous and my big under eye bags have almost diminished. My granddaughter was convinced that I had used Botox.

“You must use daily and don’t miss a dose. It takes a couple of weeks before you see results but I have now been using it for a few months and I know I look great. The longer you take it the better you look. I have just received my delivery again today. 5 bottles I make sure I am well stocked. It works out cheaper when you by in multiples. I absolutely LOVE REVERSE LIFE.”

Another added: “I have been ordering Reverse life daily for 1 year. Noticed a good friend looked younger, her skin glowing, I thought she had work done or Botox, she put me into Reverse Life collagen drink which tastes delicious it’s a joy to drink. My nails and hair are thicker and stronger also my skin is glowing.”

Some people removed a star however as one said: “I’ve been using this product for a little while now. It takes a little long to show the results. Just now slowly I’m starting to see them. I guess everyone is different. I’m happy with the delivery, it arrived on time and the company of the product, sent it just on time, which I’m happy with.”

But overall, most people were pleased and said: “Always so easy to order, brilliant products it really does work and free gifts, good customer service.”

Reverse Life Original Marine Collagen is currently available for 15% off with the code REACH15.

Barry George had his murder conviction quashed in 2007 and has denied raping a teenage girl in a new case

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Barry George, who was accused of murdering newsreader Jill Dando, has denied raping a teenager almost 40 years ago.

TV presenter Dando was shot dead outside her London home in 1999. George was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder but in 2007, had his conviction overturned through the Court of Appeal.

The 66-year-old, of County Cork, Republic of Ireland, has now appeared before a court on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl almost four decades ago.

George pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Monday to one count of rape and two counts of indecent assault. Appearing via video-link, he also denied an alternative offence of attempted rape, reports The Mirror.

The incidents are alleged to have taken place in the Hammersmith and Fulham area of west London between September 6 and 12, 1987.

He will next appear at the court on September 30 for a trial date to be set. Judge Alexander Milne KC granted George bail.

George was arrested on suspicion of murder in 2000, a year after Ms Dando was killed. He was convicted in 2001, but the conviction was quashed in November 2007 by the Court of Appeal and he was cleared by a jury in August 2008 after a retrial.

Former Crimewatch presenter Ms Dando, 37, was one of the BBC’s highest-profile stars when she was shot outside her home in Fulham, west London, on April 26, 1999.

No-one has been convicted of her killing since.

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Monster Raving Loony Party antics

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party’s leader Alan ‘Howlin’ Laud Hope has expressed his intention to contest the Makerfield by-election.

This is the by-election in which Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is hoping to see off Reform and pave his way to No.10.

Laud Hope should stand on a platform of keeping Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, since that will not be the policy of any other candidate. David Lindsay, Lancaster

Is voting for Reform ‘blind?

I am sick and tired of people like TG (MetroTalk, Wed) talking about people who ‘blindly’ voted for Reform.

These people didn’t vote ‘blindly’ – they voted with a clear and concise mind as having seen the Conservatives on trial for 14 years followed by along another bunch of stupids, led by the most boring chap in politics, to make a mess of it all.

If that’s not enough to make you look beyond the two mainstream parties then get with the programme, TG, you old-fashioned I’m-afraid-of-change fud.

No one is voting blind – it’s all to do with performance and it does not matter who Labour puts in, they are finished.

Likely as always this will never be published as it’s probably a Labour ‘icky’ reading this with bias. Peter, Bexley

‘Hardly an excuse why Brexit failed to gift us any improvements’

Julian (MetroTalk, Mon) says EU fans cannot provide any negative impacts of note Brexit has had on the UK but then relies on false information and excuses about Covid and the war in Ukraine.

Both of these events have affected the economy of countries across the world, not just our own, so they are hardly excuses for why Brexit has struggled to gift us any improvements.

And while Julian is correct that we have increased our trade with the
rest of the world, he avoids that
when we were a member of the EU, we were paid hundreds of billions for our exports.

But while we are now ‘free’ to trade with the rest of the world, the deals our governments have since managed to arrange fact bring in a fraction of the money we previously saw.

And that’s on top of all the additional paperwork and fees we face for products to be shipped through Europe – all the red tape we were warned we’d have to deal with if we left the EU.

Although I imagine, just like back in the day, this will be something else Julian brushes off as ‘Project Fear’ cwhile burying his head in the sand because he doesn’t want to hear about all the real issues. Matthew, Birmingham

‘Do cabinet members accept no responsibility forth government’s unpopularity?’

The blame for the current situation with the Labour Party (and British politics in general) all seems to have landed at the feet of the current PM.

Do the cabinet members accept no responsibility for the government’s unpopularity? If not, what have they been doing for the past two years?

The problem is not the current leader but all those who want to have a go at the job to boost their egos rather than showing a united front.

I sincerely hope the farce unfolding in Manchester with its mayor/wannabe Labour leader-in-waiting Andy Burnham, leaves them with egg on their faces – losing an MP in Makerfield and a mayor might just teach them a lesson about duty and loyalty.

However, I suspect if this happens it will just again be laid on the shoulders of Sir Keir Starmer and not seen as reflection of their arrogance. Alan, Watford

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