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Flights were temporarily halted with a ‘limited schedule’ now operating

A drone‑related incident sparked a fire near Dubai International Airport on Monday, forcing a temporary suspension of flights, the city’s media office said on X.

The blaze was successfully contained and no injuries were reported, but local aviation authorities halted operations as a precaution. Emirates was among the major airlines to confirm its flights had been grounded, telling passengers on X: “Please do not go to the airport.

“Emirates will share updates when available. We would like to thank our customers for their understanding and patience. The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority and will not be compromised.”

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The airline later said it would operate on a ‘limited schedule’ from 10am local time, but ‘some flights from today’s schedule have been cancelled’.

Emirates said in an update on X: “Emirates expects to operate a limited schedule after 10:00hrs Dubai local time today. Unfortunately, some flights from today’s schedule have been cancelled. Affected customers will receive a cancellation notice and will be advised on reaccommodation options.”

Some people would like another big supermarket in the town for ‘more variety’

People in a Cambridgeshire town feel there are “too many houses”, and that the town could use more shops. Soham has been described as a “friendly community” by many who live there.

However, like many other places across Cambridgeshire, the locals feel there is improvement that could be made to their hometown. The feeling among people in Soham is that the town is becoming overrun with houses, with a negative impact on local infrastructure such as GP surgeries.

One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said the town has “too many houses”. She added: “It’s having an effect on doctors. We don’t have the infrastructure.”

The woman’s partner, who wished to not be named, also said it is having an effect on schools. He said: “We know someone who lives right opposite a school and she has to send her kids to the other side of town.”

The woman also thought there are “not enough shops” in Soham. She added: “When I was a child, there were shops for everything. You could do your weekly shop without going into town.”

Jean Alljood, who finds Soham to be a “friendly” place, also thought the shops could be improved. Jean said: “The shops are ok. You can get food from the Co-op or petrol station, but I think we need another supermarket that stocks everything.

“That would be really nice. Sometimes you have to travel further. I can drive but others might not be able to. There are also not a lot of pubs anymore.”

Another man, who wished to remain anonymous, said the town’s shops need a “bit of TLC”. He added: “We have some good convenience shops, but it’d be good to have another big supermarket for variety.”

During the segment, Hathaway began introducing the nominees for best costume design, saying: “Whether it’s two distinct jewel-toned hats, a meticulously crafted headdress, a simple pair of semi-rimless eyeglasses, complex and dramatic pieces that bring to life a Gothic classic, or watching red turn rust in 16th century England, a character’s costume is key to telling a story.”

Dr David Gee, a zoology lecturer at the University of Derby, has said the warm spring is the reason behind large numbers of spiders being spotted.

According to the expert, hot conditions earlier this year had led to higher insect populations – providing spiders with more food and a higher survival rate.

“They matured a little earlier this year,” said Dr Gee, who specialises in invertebrate biology.

He told the BBC : “The very large house spiders that we often see running around our living room at night are now big enough that you can actually hear their footsteps.”

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Because more spiders are being produced, Dr Gee said male spiders were having to become more active to look for female counterparts.

“We’re really seeing increased spider behaviour as a function of the success they encountered early on in the growing season,” he said.

When male spiders become sexually mature, they stop building webs and become a “roving individual”.

“They go from being essentially heavyweight boxers with a very strong, large body and essentially become Olympic runners,” said Dr Gee.

Females stay away inside their burrows, surrounded by webbing, so males are having to go out into our homes to look for them.

“As males are all searching, they will occasionally run into each other and sometimes force each other out of an area,” the expert explained.

“This increased competition just leads to more and more spiders having this roaming mode of life and there’s a bit of a turf war going on in our homes.”

Dr Gee says spiders usually found in the south are heading north into even more homes across the UK.

“As a function of global warming – and we’re seeing our environment changing – you do find more and more species, not just spiders, but insects and other species, actually moving further north,” he said.

“As the climate changes, we suddenly find new species of grasshopper, crickets, more spider species that we may not have encountered in the north in centuries. We’re even seeing some species that have made it over the channel.

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“We’re actually seeing the whole dynamic of all of these ecosystems changing, which is interesting, but can throw a bit of a spanner in the works when it comes to actually maintaining our own populations of insects.”

Dr Gee also warned arachnophobes that the old adage of using conkers to keep spiders at bay is a myth.

“There’s no scientific evidence whatsoever to suggest that conkers produce any kind of noxious chemical and any volatile oils or anything like that that spiders might actually find unpleasant,” he said.

“It’s a futile effort, and the spiders themselves, they can’t hurt you anyway, so I wouldn’t really worry about it too much.”

Aston Villa are in the hunt for Champions League football this season but suffered a setback against Man United at Old Trafford.

Unai Emery described Manchester United as a team at a “high level” after Aston Villa’s defeat at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick’s undefeated run ended against Newcastle, but the interim boss bounced back against Villa.

Casemiro, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko got on the scoresheet for United in the second half. Ross Barkley briefly drew his side level, but United responded with two goals to seal the win.

Villa are competing with United to qualify for the Champions League, but their defeat in Manchester means they have lost ground in the race to return to Europe’s elite competition.

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Speaking to Match of the Day, Emery said: “Bad result. We played 90 minutes trying to continue in our mentality and the good form we had in Lille, but today was a huge challenge.

“The first half was equal. In the second half, we started poorly, they dominated more, and we needed to react and try to get control of the game.”

Emery was asked whether mistakes are costing his side and said: “Yes. This is the key. When you can keep the ball and try to stop them with the ball, it’s like we want. In 90 minutes a lot of things happen, some we did fantastic and some we missed momentum. Overall we needed to play smart with our idea.”

The Spaniard continued: “Manchester United are at a high level and to face them today was a huge challenge for us. We are competing and were with the same points,” he said.

“Today, we finish three points behind them. Keep going, we must use the points we had before to try to keep going, keep fighting and keep recovering tactically and with confidence.”

Spurs had shown this new-found spirit even before they suffered the blow of Dominik Szoboszlai’s 18th minute free-kick, a decent strike but one that a poorly-positioned Guglielmo Vicario, back in goal for the unfortunate Kinsky, should have kept out.

In Vicario’s defence, he later made a magnificent save when he turned Cody Gakpo’s shot on to the post. That moment kept Spurs in the game when a second Liverpool goal might have killed them off.

Richarlison, the pantomime villain, had the last word as he, above all, answered Tudor’s call to fight.

He still retains hero status at Everton for his brilliant performances and efforts when they just about retained their Premier League status in 2021-22.

Spurs will need him to do the same now as he showed here just how vital he could prove to be in tandem with the tireless Dominic Solanke.

Richarlison’s goal took him to 100 goal contributions (73 goals, 27 assists) in the Premier League. Roberto Firmino (132) and Gabriel Jesus (118) are the only other Brazilians to reach that milestone.

As for Liverpool, there was little comfort in this result as they missed the chance to move back into the Premier League’s top four, feeling the full anger of their fans at the finale.

The one shaft of light was a superb performance from 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha, selected ahead of Mohamed Salah. He received a standing ovation when he was substituted after 64 minutes, unlike the Egyptian, who simply could not do anything right when he came on.

As for Spurs, it remains to be seen if this excellent display is to be an exception rather than the rule – but for the first time in a long time there was light at the end of what has been the darkest of tunnels.

Viewers of the Oscars were left raging by a ‘disrespectful’ moment that could have tarnished a historic moment for the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre

It’s supposed to be the pinnacle of your career, but one winner at the Oscars has been left seething – and fans are too. The stars arrived in Hollywood for the 98th Academy Awards and were all hoping to bag one of the coveted gongs.

Sadly, for the first K-Pop to win an Oscar, their moment was tarnished as the ceremony tried to wrap up their acceptance speech. As Golden, one of the hits from KPop Demon Hunters, became the first K-pop tune to win the best original song Oscar, Ejae, 24, Ido and Teddy Park also became the first South Koreans to win in the category.

However, while Ejae gave an emotional address, Mark Sonnenblick was devastated as the winners were cut off mid-speech. “Thank you so much to the Academy,” EJAE began her speech. However, when Yu Han Lee took to the microphone to share some words, he was cut off by the drowning out music.

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The melody is used to indicate the winners to leave the stage. But the moment left Sonnenblick jumping up and down in frustration on the stage.

And it was scenes that were also felt by viewers at home. “This was so disrespectful @TheAcademy #Oscars,” one user fumed as they shared a clip of the moment. They added: “Be respectful it’s not that hard.” Another agreed and raged: ” @TheAcademy @ABC You ruined the moment for the winners. How rude can you be?”

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Another admitted they had felt sorry for the winners, writing: “This is just terrible … poor guy”. And the same sentiment was given by another user, who wrote: “That was ridiculous. Completely unnecessary. They let other winners speak much longer.”

“Y’all disrespectful for cutting them off like that,” said another before one questioned: “I’m confused on why they thought it was okay to cut them off.”

Other wins on the night saw Jessie Buckley take home the gong for Best Actress. The Irish star has had an impressive few months on the awards scene, mopping up after her role in Hamnet.

She took the time to praise her family – and send a message back home to Ireland. “This is…this is really something. Thank you to the incredible women that I stand beside; I am inspired by your art and your heart, and I want to work with every single one of you,” she began.

She later went on to praise her husband and eight-month old daughter. “You’re my best friend, and I want to have 20,000 more babies with you, I do,” she told her man.

Michael B Jordan won the award for Best Actor in his first Oscars win. He was emotional backstage at the Oscars and he drew the biggest cheers of the night among the assembled press pack, our reporter in Hollywood, Tom Bryant, revealed.

Michael said: “It feels great. It feels I’ve been extremely blessed my life. It’s like when you know people are trying, are investing in you. I mean, I’ve been doing this for years for 25 years, you know. And there’s a lot of people who see me grow up in this industry, grow up in this town, and they looked out for me when they didn’t have to…they wanted me to do well when they didn’t have to.

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Styles, who is currently at the top of the UK album and singles charts, returned to the popular show as guest host.

He openly admitted how dull he had become during his recent hiatus.

The 32-year-old quipped that he is “tremendously boring” after keeping a low profile since his Love On Tour run of gigs came to an end in 2023.

He said: “I took up jogging. There’s nothing interesting about that.

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“But because I’m me, people pretend to find that interesting. 
I don’t run to be interesting. I do it for the feeling it gives me, that runner’s high. It’s just amazing.

“Watermelon sugar high, runner’s high. And if that doesn’t do it for you, I also love ecstasy.

“As a British man who spent a lot of his life in the public eye, I can assure you, there’s something nice about being boring. It’s better than the alternative.”

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At that point the image of a shocked Andrew in the back of a police car following his arrest last month appeared on the screen.

Styles also took aim at those who had accused him of “queer-baiting” in the past and his use of fruit as a metaphor for sex in song lyrics.

Speaking about his time off, Styles said: “I realised I’d spent half my life in music – touring, playing albums, and making songs about fruit that people think are about sex.

“I just really like fruit, guys. I like sex, too.

“People seemed to pay a lot of attention to the clothes I was wearing, and some people accused me of something called queer-baiting.

“But did it ever occur to you that… maybe you don’t know everything about me, Dad?”

On Friday, Styles claimed a number one chart double for the second time following the release of his new album, the Official Charts Company announced.

The 2026 Oscars featured surprise wins, emotional speeches and some comical moments as stars gathered for Hollywood’s biggest night.

The ceremony saw action thriller One Battle After Another win the most Oscars of the night with six wins, including best picture. But there were a number of historic moments – including Jessie Buckley becoming the first Irish star to win best actress.

And in a shock win amid tough competition from Leonardo di Caprio and Timothée Chalamet, Michael B Jordan took home the best actor prize – the sixth black actor to win in the Academy’s nearly 100-year history.

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