He was pronounced dead on Thursday, 4th June, after sustaining a stab wound to the chest. Michael, the son of James’s girlfriend Wendy, was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of the killing and remains in police custody, reports the Mirror US..
Wendy’s first public statement comes in the wake of the Jumanji actor’s final public appearance before he was fatally stabbed by her son.
Speaking to The California Post on 5th June, the 76 year old said, “I’m just trying to make it through one day at a time, a minute at a time,” before adding, “I loved James and my son.”
She went on to say, “I can’t believe my son did it. I’m just trying to… ” before retreating back into her home in Tarzana, California. She had previously told TMZ that her son had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but had stopped taking his prescribed medication prior to the alleged incident.
On Thursday, 4th June, Los Angeles police confirmed they had launched a murder investigation following a chilling 911 call. According to reports, the suspected killer rang the emergency services and stated, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.” Officers arrived at the property to find the actor unconscious in the front garden, having apparently sustained a stab wound to the chest. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where the 81 year old was pronounced dead.
“The suspect was identified as 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, a resident of Tarzana,” investigators stated in a press release. “He was arrested and transported to Van Nuys Jail where he was booked for one count of murder.”
Wendy also shared a heartfelt message for James’s nearest and dearest. “They know I loved him so much. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry this happened. I’m still in shock. I still can’t comprehend it,” she said.
James enjoyed a career spanning 45 years, amassing dozens of film and television credits, including well-loved titles such as Jumanji, The X-Files, Law and Order, and NCIS: Los Angeles, amongst many others.
Michael remains in custody on $2 million bail. Investigators have yet to disclose a motive for the senseless killing, nor have they confirmed whether Wendy’s claims that her son had been diagnosed with mental health issues prior to the stabbing are accurate.
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler both struggled at the Memorial Tournament on Friday
04:52, 06 Jun 2026Updated 04:58, 06 Jun 2026
JT Poston navigated challenging, blustery conditions to seize a one-shot advantage at the Memorial Tournament, while the world’s leading duo of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler endured difficult outings.
McIlroy found himself at odds with the slick greens, carding a 74 that featured three bogeys and a double-bogey after requiring five strokes to complete the par-four 13th from just 112 yards.
The Holywood man now faces an uphill battle to mount a comeback, sitting 10 strokes adrift of Poston—the same deficit facing Scheffler, who confessed he “could have shot 90” following his level-par 72.
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Poston’s impressive seven-under 65 at Muirfield Village in Ohio stood four strokes clear of any other competitor in the field.
First-round co-leader Tommy Fleetwood slipped down the leaderboard with a 73, falling to fourth place, five shots behind the leader.
“It was pretty brutal, actually. I still think I got a good score out of that today. I made a bogey on one and six, where I didn’t really feel like I had done anything wrong whatsoever,” he said.
Scheffler’s pursuit of a third consecutive title remains within reach after salvaging three birdies across his final six holes, having previously suffered three consecutive bogeys from the eighth and managing to escape with par despite shanking from a bunker at the fifth.
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“Overall it was a tough day, I felt I could have shot 90. I may be a lot of things but I’m not a quitter,” he said. “That’s maybe some of the worst I’ve hit it in a couple years out there and I still managed to shoot even par around a golf course that requires you to strike the ball really well.”
US PGA champion Aaron Rai and fellow Englishman Alex Fitzpatrick find themselves tied for ninth place on one under par, carding rounds of 70 and 71 respectively, joined by Ireland’s Shane Lowry, whose round of 73 featured five birdies but was undermined by a pair of double bogeys and two further bogeys.
Security will be a lot more stricter than the Tartan Army is used to but it won’t stop the party, says Record View.
There’s a week to go until Scotland kick off a World Cup campaign for the first time in 28 years.
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Older readers might remember a time when Scotland qualified for every World Cup as a matter of routine.
But for younger Record readers, they might have thought they would never see this day coming.
As kick-off approaches next weekend some are preparing to watch the opening Scotland match in the pub or at home with friends and family.
Thousands are also heading off on the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean to soak up the atmosphere in Boston and Miami.
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As we report today, celebrities like Susan Boyle are set to join the Tartan Army to watch history unfold as we try to reach the knockout stages for the first time.
But amid all the glorious anticipation, we also report today how the Tartan Army will have to be on their usual best behaviour in the US.
Under Donald Trump’s leadership, the country takes a much stricter view on incomers – with ICE agents in operation around the country throwing out illegal immigrants.
We report today on a warning from top US immigration adviser Tiffany Derentz that the Scots will not get any preferential treatment. Any rowdy behaviour that results in arrest could see Scots deported straight home.
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There are also warnings that security for our final match in Miami against Brazil will be a lot stricter than many fans are used to.
But that doesn’t mean that our Tartan Army footsoldiers have to turn down the volume or tone down the party.
All over the world our supporters have been taken into the hearts of locals – and we’re sure America will be no different.
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The growing scandal at the Jura ward at Glasgow’s Stobhill Hospital is escalating fast.
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Families at the unit claim that their elderly loved ones were left “like zombies” after being doped up with unprescribed drugs.
Now lawyers are preparing a legal case as families attempt to get to the truth of what happened.
It’s a horrible thought that our parents or grandparents would be treated inhumanely at a place where they are vulnerable and in need of care.
The families who have spoken to the Daily Record highlighting their concerns are distraught at what they have witnessed.
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So we hope that hospital bosses will be honest and transparent about what happened at the Jura ward.
The families involved deserve nothing less.
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De Boisse says they are merely reviving an old French tradition of dining en masse with good local fare that goes back into the depths of medieval history. After the French Revolution, which led to the abolition of the monarchy, there were banquets républicains – marking the arrival of the new system – and, until recently, every village used to have its annual banquet populaire – a kind of people’s feast.
Just after midnight, in the early hours of this morning, North Yorkshire Police officers spotted a silver Peugeot 207 car being driven erratically, at high speed, and swerving between lanes, on the A64 eastbound.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: “The vehicle failed to stop, and was driven on towards Scarborough, with police in pursuit.
“After about ten minutes, it clipped a kerb and came to a halt at Musham Bank.
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“The driver, a man in his 20s, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop, drink driving, and possession of class C drugs. He remains in custody at this time.”
We can all be guilty of getting in our own way (Picture: Getty Images)
We all say we want happiness and contentment, and yet our behaviour often sabotages that, with unconscious habits and tics and urges that propel us into chaos or conflict.
And according to astrology, your zodiac sign may reveal the exact emotional blind spot, coping mechanism or mindset quietly standing between you and the life you actually want.
Yes, we can blame our star signs once again!
Here’s the one thing secretly blocking each zodiac sign from happiness — and how to break through to transform your life for the better.
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Aries
March 21 to April 20
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Take a breath, Aries (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Aries’ happiness: Believing you must always win and be seen as invincible.
Vulnerability is a tough look for you to master, and yet it’s often what is expected, needed and wanted by others. They know you don’t always deal with things like the way you present. They want to be let in.
You often equate happiness with achievement and winning, but the constant pressure to ‘push through’ leaves little room for emotional honesty. Rest, support, and sensitivity are not weakness.
Loyalty and comfort don’t trump true happiness (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Taurus’ happiness: Hanging in there far too long.
You find it very hard to let go, even when what you’re holding onto is fading, false or deeply hurtful. Whatever you once possessed, you struggle to release. You remain emotionally attached to things that no longer make you happy simply because they feel familiar.
Accelerate towards releasing dead weight far faster, your happiness begins the moment you stop confusing familiarity with fulfilment.
Sit with your feelings before making sense of them (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Gemini’s happiness: Rationalising your feelings.
You can talk the talk about emotions and sound very convincing, like you’ve got your s*** together. But you’re actually only intellectualising your feelings. Truly sitting with them? Much harder.
Distraction, avoidance and humour are your go-to weapons in this battle against drowning in emotion. But you’d never drown, Gemini. You will always surface, and you’ll do so far faster if you let it all wash over you. Stop trying to outsmart your true feelings. Let them surface.
You can’t pour from an empty cup (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Cancer’s happiness: Putting others first too often, for too long, in too big a way.
Your instinct to nurture others can leave you emotionally depleted. You spend so much energy protecting and caring for others that there’s often very little left for you. And, then, on top of that, you start to feel resentment and frustration but have nowhere for it to go. Festering.
The truth? Resentment mounts up and poisons wherever self-sacrifice becomes constant. Your happiness depends on learning that caring for yourself isn’t selfish. Self-care is your homework. Boundaries are your protection.
You are the glowiest, most outgoing and externally confident sign of the zodiac… but secretly rely too heavily on external approval to feel worthy. Attention and admiration are what you pursue, even unconsciously, until criticism or rejection knocks your confidence completely.
Never let success go to your head nor failure to your heart. Learn to balance and ground yourself in your own victories and benchmarks, not those set by others. Other people’s opinions are not your business.
Virgo, you can be your own harshest critic (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Virgo’s happiness: Thinking that you have to be perfect to be happy.
Virgos can be brutally hard on themselves. Always in pursuit of the next achievement, self-improvement goal or perfectly organised plan, and often feeling like happiness exists just over that horizon, vs here and now. Almost like you don’t deserve it ‘until’…
But life isn’t a constant project. You are not an issue to be fixed. You are good! Work on things, sure, but enjoy the journey, the ride, the experience. Relax. Be in the here and now and let yourself enjoy it all.
Libra craves peace, harmony and connection and can shapeshift to keep the peace even when it flies in the face of your true feelings or needs. You smile through disappointment, stay quiet to avoid tension and tell yourself it’s ‘easier this way’.
But it’s not sustainable because then you feel pushed out, ignored, or resentment festers. Don’t disguise suppression and self sacrifice as diplomacy. Speak your mind, listen well, find compromises. If not, walk away and let it settle down. Don’t feel it’s all on your shoulders to heal, mend and make nice.
Let go of those reins (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Scorpio’s happiness: Control.
Scorpio is intensely emotional and deep, and therefore vulnerability can feel terrifying. In order to avoid that feeling, Scorpios will focus on through control: controlling emotions, situations, relationships or expectations before anyone can hurt you.
But it doesn’t work. People don’t play ball, circumstances change, moods rise and fall, s*** happens, basically! So trust that you can handle it, whatever happens, and let everything outside of your direct personal circle of influence take care of itself. You will be fine, you are very strong.
You can be flighty at times (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Sagittarius’ happiness: Restlessness, always seeking the better option.
Sagittarius loves possibility, freedom and adventure, but this can overtip into a selfish quest for the better option, always feeling like you’re missing out and need to be out hunting again. This can impact work, money, family, relationships… folk come to think you don’t really care for or prioritise them, because you struggle to appreciate what already exists in front of you.
Not every uncomfortable feeling means you need to escape. Consciously practice patience. Make yourself push through discomfort to show loyalty or commitment to the things, people and places that truly matter to you.
You know what they say about all work and no play (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Capricorn’s happiness: Basing your self-worth on material status.
Capricorns are ambitious, capable and resilient but you often tie self-worth directly to your success, responsibility or usefulness. This can lead you into burnout and exhaustion, and rack up hollow victories that you don’t, emotionally, truly enjoy.
Rest is essential. You’re not a machine, you don’t owe people anything, you are allowed to just be. Stop tying yourself to material gains. Relax and rest and be in your own realm without worrying what you’re delivering or earning or gaining.
It seems easier to detach, but it’ll hurt you in the long run (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
What’s blocking Aquarius’ happiness: Detachment and distance.
Aquarians are great company — very funny and smart and unique. And yet, emotional closeness can feel overwhelming for you and you’d rather just detach and go off on a new pathway than stay with feelings that have become too intense or vulnerable.
Being independent and self sufficient is a virtue, until it thwarts your relationships or isolates you. Your happiness grows when you stop treating emotional intimacy like a threat to your freedom.
What’s blocking Pisces’ happiness: Escaping your issues instead of changing them.
You feel everything fully and deeply, which can make reality overwhelming at times. And, if given a choice, you often prioritise fantasy, avoidance, nostalgia or distraction over having to face down and deal with what’s right in front of you.
Trust yourself enough to actively create the reality you deserve. You are clever, imaginative, loving and loved. You have many allies, an army of folk who’d help you, no questions asked. Lean on them, ask for advice, create allies in different life areas. You can do this!
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These are the best places to see the Northern Lights tonight, according to the Met Office
The Met Office has revealed where in the UK could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Friday night (June 5).
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Forecasters say there’s a ‘good chance’ the aurora borealis could be visible across northern parts of the UK, with sightings possible as far south as northern England.
It comes after a rare merger of two solar eruptions, known as a ‘cannibal’ solar storm. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this is set to spark a strong or even a severe magnetic storm around the Earth on Friday.
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The Northern Lights are caused by large explosions of activity from the sun which throw out huge amounts of charged particles into space.
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When these particles are captured by the Earth’s magnetic field, they can collide with gas molecules in the atmosphere in an event called a geomagnetic storm. These collisions give off energy as light, forming spectacular colourful displays in the sky.
While typically confined to northern latitudes, the Met Office says ‘building geomagnetic activity’ could make the aurora more visible in southern latitudes, including the UK.
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The Met Office said in a space weather update: “The arrival of a Coronal Mass Ejection early on 05 Jun has resulted in gradually building geomagnetic activity, which could allow for some visible aurora across northernmost geomagnetic latitudes, although viewings are likely to be limited by the light levels.
“Any further arrivals, which are low confidence, could allow for some viewings further south, potentially as far south as northern England.”
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The Met Office space weather forecast suggests a ‘strong’ G3 geomagnetic storm could continue until 9am on Saturday (June 6).
Forecasts say the best areas for any aurora sightings tonight could be:
Scotland, particularly northern and eastern regions where clearer skies are more likely for longer
Northern Ireland, where brief clearer spells may coincide with peak activity
The Met Office said there is a lower probability for northern England, with cloud cover limiting visibility further south.
The weather agency wrote in a blog post on Friday: “An incoming coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to drive an increase in auroral activity. As of Friday morning, the arrival timing remains uncertain, but there is an expectation of heightened activity developing through the early part of the day.
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“If this increase occurs as anticipated, there is potential for the aurora borealis to be visible across Scotland and Northern Ireland, especially where skies remain clear. There is also a smaller chance that northern parts of England could catch a glimpse, although this is more marginal.
“Any enhanced activity may continue into Friday night, before gradually easing. However, forecasts of this nature can change rapidly depending on the precise arrival and strength of solar material interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field.”
More than a dozen caravans have camped on New House Farm playing field, near Blenheim Road.
A resident said the group arrived yesterday evening (June 4), with cars and caravans parked around the edge of the field.
Traveller encampment on Breightmet playing field (Image: NQ)
The Bolton News approached individuals at the site, where two women and their children were present.
One women said: “We’re just here for a few days.
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“We won’t be here for long, and we’re not here to cause any trouble.”
Map showing the location of the traveller encampment on Breightmet playing field (Image: Apple Maps)
The Gypsy and Traveller way of life may involve travelling across the country and staying in different locations for varying periods in order to earn a living.
They are protected from discrimination under the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Human Rights Act 1998, alongside all ethnic groups with distinct cultures, languages, or values.
When Gypsies park their caravans and vehicles in public places such as car parks or on land where they should not, it is classed as an ‘unauthorised encampment’.
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Traveller encampment on Breightmet playing field (Image: NQ)
All unauthorised encampments on Bolton council land are issued with a Code of Conduct for Unauthorised Encampments.
Yesterday, a traveller encampment that set up at Howe Bridge Leisure Centre in Atherton on June 3 was asked to move on by Wigan Council.
An estimated 80% of California votes are cast by mail and those ballots need to be sorted, validated and counted. Each county has up to 30 days after an election to count ballots, and results will not be certified until 10 July – meaning Becerra’s opponent in the November general election could take time to confirm.
Manchester United will be keeping an eye on several players at this summer’s World Cup
Manchester United are heading into a vital summer of transfer activity. Under Michael Carrick, who has been given the United job on a permanent basis, they are expected to address several areas of the squad.
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With the assistance of director of football Jason Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada, the new United boss will be keeping a keen eye on the World Cup with a number of supposed targets in action.
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However, with none of those three in action in the USA, Canada or Mexico across June and July, here are 17 targets that United have been linked with, and can scout, with an eye toward a transfer.
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17 Players linked with a move to Manchester United
Sky is knocking 20% off its entire range of Glass TVs to mark the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Until June 17, shoppers can upgrade to the Sky smart TV that’s ‘designed for football’ from £4.50 per month when taken alongside a Sky TV and Netflix package.
The 29-year-old is wanted in connection with a number of offences
14:24, 05 Jun 2026Updated 14:37, 05 Jun 2026
A man with links to a Cambridgeshire town is wanted by police. Norfolk Police is appealing for help to find James Marron-Moore, 29.
Marron-Moore, who has links to Wisbech, is wanted in connection with a number of offences including alleged assault. A police spokesperson said the 29-year-old is around 6ft tall and of “slim build with mousey brown hair”.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call Norfolk Police on 101 or report it online and quote reference 36/34093/26.
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