The Carabao Cup second round concludes tonight as Chelsea host Luton at Stamford Bridge, with the winners set to face Leeds. The Blues meet League One opposition as they look to build some quick momentum under Xabi Alonso, whose reign began with a 3-2 west London derby win over Fulham on Monday. The attacking trio of Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Joao Pedro were electric in that opener, though Chelsea were haunted by familiar problems in defence and in goal as they kicked off another new era.

By JOE HUTCHISON, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Published: 17:46 BST, 27 August 2026 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 27 August 2026

Police in Minneapolis reportedly raided the apartment of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar‘s son and seized firearms before arresting his roommate.

Law enforcement sources told Alpha News that a search warrant was carried out at the home of Omar’s son Adnan on Tuesday night. 

According to the outlet, they recovered guns and ammunition from the home and arrested his roommate Abdulrahman Abdi, 22.

Earlier that day, the city’s police department said in a statement to the Daily Mail that they conducted a traffic stop and cited Abdi for no proof of insurance and no license. 

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The department said that Abdi was released at the scene and the vehicle was in the process of being impounded when a firearm was found inside. 

Officers later tracked Abdi to an address on Marquette Ave where they said they arrested him ‘without incident.’

Abdi was later booked into Hennepin County Jail on a weapons charge before being released on Wednesday night, records show.

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Abdulrahman Abdi, 22, was arrested ‘without incident’, police said in a statement to the Daily Mail

Ilhan Omar, left, is seen here with her son Adnan. His apartment was raided by police officers on Tuesday night, sources told Alpha News 

According to court records seen by the Daily Mail, Abdi has been convicted ten times in the past, most of the incidents have been misdemeanors. 

Last year he was found to have been speeding and driving despite having his license revoked for a previous offense. 

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In 2024 he was convicted of a felony after officers reported him traveling at 108 miles per hour in St. Paul.

A statement of probable cause said he was behind the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee and was speeding alongside a Dodge Durango. 

He pleaded guilty to fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle and was sentenced to one day inside Dakota County Jail. 

According to a sentencing order, he was also placed on supervised probation for two years. 

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Other convictions date back to 2022 and involve incidents of him using a cell phone while driving, excessive speeding and failing to show proof of insurance. 

Omar speaks during a campaign event for Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, in Minneapolis earlier this month

Ahmed Hirsi, left, the ex-husband of Ilhan Omar is pictured with his son Adnan in 2023

It comes after Omar revealed last year that her son was stopped by federal immigration agents who questioned his citizenship. 

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Omar said that her son was pulled over after stopping at a Target store, he was only released after he showed them his US passport. 

She told WCCO: ‘Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by [ICE] agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go.’ 

She also claimed ICE agents previously entered a mosque where her son and others were praying before leaving without making arrests. 

As rescue teams searched Thursday for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation.

The flooding killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Many more are still missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims.

Geomorphologists Kristen Cook and Dan Shugar said initial images from Nepal on Wednesday were obscured by clouds and dust from the debris, so they could only see that part of a glacier had broken off from the Langtang Lirung peak, near the border with Tibet. In clearer images from Thursday, they said they could see that the bedrock underneath the glacier had collapsed, taking the massive chunk of ice down with it and sending boulders and ice into the valley.

“It shows the whole area without anything hidden, and we could see that, yes, it looked like there was not only this glacier that had failed, but a much larger chunk of the bedrock of the mountainside itself that had given way,” said Shugar, associate professor at the University of Calgary. “You have this big bedrock failure that took part of the glacier with it.”

Shugar said it’s heart-wrenching to look downstream from there on the images, to where people were living, and see how the debris has buried villages.

After slamming to the valley floor, the debris maintained its momentum through the steep, narrow valley as ice melted, said Cook, at the Université Grenoble Alpes in France. Water and mud several stories high swept through communities.

The Trishuli River surged during the flooding. Before and after satellite images of the Kolpurtar, Betrawati and Syapru Besi areas of Nepal show that the river is now much wider, and brown and black, because it overtopped its banks in some areas and filled with debris in others. The change in the color of the water shows how much sediment the flow was carrying, turning from greenish to very brown because it’s full of mud, Cook said.

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David Mitchell once revealed the Cambridge pub he always returned to for a drink before the Footlights pantomime, despite admitting it had one rather unglamorous feature

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Ludwig star David Mitchell has revealed the Cambridge pub that holds a special place in his heart, despite admitting it may not boast the smartest surroundings.

The comedian and actor looked back on his university days in Cambridge in a 2005 piece for The Guardian, recalling the drinking, comedy and acting that eventually helped shape his career.

The 52-year-old described his time at university as a happy one, although returning to the city brought mixed emotions as he was reminded of his younger self.

He explained that he and several former Footlights performers would regularly head to the same pub before watching the Cambridge comedy club’s annual pantomime at the ADC Theatre.

“It always seems to happen when a group of us goes back,” Mitchell wrote. “Maybe we’re all trying to drown our nostalgia sadness, or maybe we’ve managed to convince ourselves that getting drunk was genuinely all we did when we were students, rather than just being all we talked about.”

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And there was one particular watering hole that repeatedly drew the group back.

“The Maypole is the best pub in Cambridge,” Mitchell declared. He admitted it was “not the smartest” and that it did not serve the city’s finest food, although he praised its “good and very comforting” dishes.

The pub, on Portugal Place, has long been a family-run establishment. It was taken over by Vincent Castiglione’s father in 1982 and is now run by Vincent and his son Mario.

Vincent said his family had been in Cambridge for more than three decades and described the pub as having a strong community atmosphere.

“My family’s been in Cambridge for 32 years; my dad’s Sicilian, my mum’s English and I’m Cambridge born and bred,” he said. “I love running the pub, it’s a lovely place and our customers are fantastic. It’s a safe, friendly pub; it’s got that ‘local’ feel, despite being right in the centre.”

The Maypole has also built a reputation for its drinks selection, with 16 real ales, including beers from local and micro breweries, alongside Belgian bottled beers and cocktails.

Food is another major draw, with Vincent describing it as “good, home-made pub food”. The menu includes Italian and English dishes, as well as pizzas made at the pub.

Its proximity to the ADC Theatre has also helped make it a popular haunt for performers and comedy fans over the years.

Vincent revealed: “David Mitchell used to drink here, and we got a mention in his autobiography. When he played a gig at the Corn Exchange not long ago, he popped back for a drink here afterwards.”

He added that Mitchell was far from the only famous face to have frequented the pub, naming Richard Ayoade and Rachel Weisz among other actors and comedians who had been regulars during their student days.

For Mitchell, however, the appeal appeared to be less about celebrity connections and more about the familiarity of returning to a place where he felt remembered.

“It’s comfortable, friendly, lively and, crucially, they remember me there,” he wrote.

On the one hand, there are those who wish to portray Middlesbrough as being on the brink of “carnage”, a place where the permissive society and weak policing has allowed lawlessness to take over.

On the other hand, there are those who wish to blame this all on police cuts and austerity.

There will be time to have all of these relevant debates, but it is not now.

Now is not the time to publicly castigate one group of people as that will only increase the dangerous social undercurrents of division.

Now is the time to give the police full support so they can prevent anymore “senseless” deaths.

Cleveland is a small force and its officers are working on perhaps the most major investigation of their lives while at the same time grieving two of their colleagues who were killed in the line duty.

And then they have to cope with the death of a seven-year-old girl somehow caught up in someone else’s battle.

It does indeed make no sense.

Middlesbrough as a town is going to need enormous strength and support to pull through this.

It needs unity, not politicking on the sidelines.

By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Published: 11:03 BST, 27 August 2026 | Updated: 13:12 BST, 27 August 2026

A father and son have died after falling into an industrial silage tank at a farm in Aston by Budworth, near Northwich in Cheshire yesterday lunchtime.

Alan Ford, 72, and son Rick, 42, passed away following the incident on Wednesday, the Cheshire Agricultural Society confirmed. 

Firefighters, paramedics, including an air ambulance, and police all rushed to the scene at a farm in Aston by Budworth, near Northwich after being alerted to reports of an ‘industrial accident’ at around 12.20pm.

Both men were working at the site when they fell into an ‘industrial size’ silage container. 

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Mr Ford and his son were rescued from the tank on Wednesday but were declared dead at the scene. 

Their next of kin have been informed and an investigation is underway, police said. 

Nearby Cann Lane was closed to assist with the emergency response.

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Alan Ford (pictured), 72, and son Rick, 42, passed away following the incident on Wednesday, the Cheshire Agricultural Society confirmed

Emergency services were called to the scene of an  incident at a farm in Aston by Budworth, near Northwich in Cheshire, yesterday lunchtime

Two men were rescued from the silage tank but could not be saved by emergency services 

The death Alan Ford, who retired after seven years as chairman of the CAS earlier this year, was confirmed in a statement released this afternoon.

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‘As Chairman of the Cheshire Agricultural Society it is with profound sadness that I have to announce the untimely death of our past Chairman Alan Ford and his son Rick following a tragic farming accident yesterday,’ the statement read.

‘Alan retired as Chairman and Director of the Society in April this year and Rick has been a Director of the Society for several years. 

‘The Ford family have worked tirelessly for the Society for many years and both Alan and Rick will be very sadly missed by everyone who knew them.

‘We wish to extend our thoughts, sympathy and prayers to the families at this very difficult time.’

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The men’s relatives have requested privacy following the tragedy.

A Cheshire Police spokesman said on Wednesday: ‘Police were called to reports of an industrial incident at around 12.20pm today.

‘The caller had reported two men had fallen into an industrial size tank.

‘Police, fire and paramedics are in attendance at the scene and rescue work is ongoing.’ 

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In an update published today, a statement confirmed both men had died. 

Dragons’ Den saw two teenage sisters win over the investors with their groundbreaking business.

A contestant on Dragons’ Den who is making history as one of the youngest-ever successful entrepreneurs on the show has revealed what the experience was really like. Cat Black and her sister Honor Black were just 16 and 17 years old when they stepped into the Den, with their episode airing on Thursday, August 24.

The pair were asking for £15,000 for a 10% stake in their business Maiden, a brand dedicated to empowering girls and women. Their company, which designs cricket clothing, teamwear and equipment specifically for women and girls, had been launched after their own experiences.

“We started Maiden because we were tired of being at the sidelines,” Honor explained to Steven Bartlett, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Peter Jones and guest Dragon Gary Neville.

“We felt when playing at every level that we were forced to make kit with boys’ kit or unisex gear that wasn’t designed for us. And so we decided that we would make something that worked for us and others like us.”

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The sisters won over all five Dragons, with Peter praising: “I think this is a movement, I don’t think this is an individual investment for a Dragon.” In an exclusive interview, Cat, who was sitting her Spanish GCSE just the day after filming Dragons’ Den, revealed what the experience was really like.

Maiden had been approached by Dragons’ Den when the company first started in 2024, but Cat and Honor declined the opportunity, before deciding they were ready the following year. Before Dragons’ Den, Cat, who had prepared by watching dozens of grillings from the BBC show and its US counterpart Shark Tank.

After watching those, the experience became “even more scary”, she admitted. She went on: “I was properly scared, and I had my Spanish GCSE the day after Dragons’ Den so I really hadn’t clocked it in my mind until the train up when I was doing Spanish flash cards, and I was like, ‘Wait I need to be learning my pitch,’ and then it finally hit me.

“Honor and I were up until 2am reading each other the script, and we fell asleep listening to it on our phone, and that was when it was like, ‘oh my god it’s actually happening, it’s so real’.”

She added: “In the Den, everything goes quiet. You’re focused on not messing up, so when I got out, I was like, ‘Oh I’ve just done it’. It goes so quickly… but it was amazing, I can’t express how proud I am now, because back then I didn’t realise how much of an achievement it was.”

She went on: “When we ended up getting all five Dragons, we were like, oh my god, no way. We’d never even thought about what would happen if we had got Dragons!”

After filming in the Den, Cat was given the opportunity to meet the other Dragons. “It was hugs all around, I met all of them, definitely a bucket list moment ticked off,” she said.

She added: “I remember hugging them so many times, I was so overwhelmed. Peter Jones really understood the situation more than the others, just because he started a business at 16, so he was like, ‘This is an amazing achievement, and I hope it all goes well for you’.”

Dragons’ Den is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

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