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Arachnophobes look away now. Spider season is upon us and experts at Checkatrade are warning that Brits should prepare for more encounters with our eight-legged residents this month.

To help anyone who’s scared of our creepy-crawly friends, instant home improvement booking service, Checkatrade Express, has launched a ’Spiders Out Squad’ (SOS) service. Consumers can book a local, vetted, tradesperson to handle the eight-legged eviction for them. Whether it’s the odd stray spider or a full-on takeover, there’s now a way to deal with it without lifting a finger or a shoe.

With the onset of autumn, adult male house spiders become increasingly active in their search for a mate. Giant house spiders can have a leg span of 10cm, while the cardinal spider, another house-dwelling species, can have a leg span of a whopping 12cm. For anyone of a nervous disposition, the idea of tangling with a palm-sized spider is unthinkable.

Why do spiders suddenly appear?

Late summer and early autumn are when adult male house spiders become much more active as they search for females. This wandering behaviour makes them far more visible to humans and increases the chances of them accidentally finding their way indoors. So while it may feel like Britain has suddenly been invaded by giant spiders, there may simply be more of them out and about where people can see them.

Professor Sara Goodacre, professor of evolutionary biology and genetics at the University of Nottingham, said: “September is naturally the time of year when house spiders become much more noticeable, but it’s not necessarily because there are suddenly more of them. Adult males are reaching maturity and setting out in search of a mate, which means they spend far more time wandering rather than remaining hidden in their webs.

“That wandering behaviour brings them into contact with people more often – and sometimes leads them indoors. We’re seeing more of the spiders that were already there, at the point in their lifecycle when they are most active and conspicuous, so it definitely makes sense that Britons are starting to see more and more of our creepy-crawly companions.”

Too scared to catch one?

While for some people, catching and releasing a house spider may be a fairly routine activity, for others, it is terrifying. More than a fifth of Brits (21%) suffer from arachnophobia (26% of women and 16% of men) according to YouGov figures.

And it’s no joke – leading to panic attacks, increasing pulse and breathing rate, sweats and shakes and feelings of dizziness and sickness.

Checkatrade-approved pest control expert, Rron Aliu, of The Pest Solutions, said: “September and the Autumn months can be a daunting time for anyone who isn’t a fan of spiders. While seeing a large spider running across the floor can certainly be alarming, it’s important to remember that this is normal seasonal behaviour.

“They typically come indoors looking for shelter, food or a mate, which is why this time of year makes them more noticeable. They’re not out to get us- and, as the saying goes, they are far more afraid of you than you are of them.

“Keeping rooms tidy and sealing gaps around doors and windows can help reduce the number that make their way inside. If you’re comfortable doing so, the kindest option is to catch the spider carefully and release it outside – reaching for the vacuum cleaner might be tempting, but they can survive and escape.

“But if the thought of getting anywhere near one fills you with dread, there’s absolutely no shame in calling for help.”

“There’s something really lovely about his name being above a room where people are getting together and laughing”

Serena Terry, aka Mammy Banter, is launching a brand-new regular comedy club in Derry named in memory of her late brother.

The comedian, writer and social media creator has been working hard behind the scenes on a new project, Danny’s Comedy Club, in partnership with Castle and Cove.

Launching this November, the bi-weekly club will host carefully curated comedy nights featuring a mixture of big names, touring comedians and exciting new acts, with Serena using her own experience on the circuit to build the kind of club that both performers and audiences want to come back to.

She said that has always been an ambition of hers to make Derry a hub for comedy.

Serena said: “I’ve always thought Derry and the North West deserves a brilliant regular weekend comedy night of its own, somewhere comics are excited to play and audiences know they’re going to get a great night out. I actually tried to launch a club when I was 21, but I was nowhere near ready or had the right experience.

“There’s so much incredible comedy talent across Ireland and the UK, and I want to bring as much of it as possible to Derry, while also giving newer comedians a proper stage to develop on.

“I also think we need more options for a weekend night out that aren’t entirely built around drinking. You can come to Danny’s, have a few pints if you want, have a water if you don’t, be 20 or 70, it doesn’t matter. The whole point is that you’re there to laugh and have a brilliant Friday night out.”

The name Danny’s has a particularly special meaning for Terry. The club is named in honour of her late brother Danny, who was himself a comedian and ran club nights.

“Comedy was a massive part of who Danny was. He ran his own comedy nights, and it was his dream to become an established comedian, so calling this Danny’s just felt right,” she explained.

“There’s something really lovely about his name being above a room where people are getting together and laughing. As long as he doesn’t try to haunt the place, actually, that could be quite funny.”

Serena continued: “I want Danny’s to have a reputation amongst comedians as somewhere you want to play. Great audiences, properly looked-after acts, a brilliant atmosphere and a room that really cares about comedy.

“If we get that right, everybody wins. Great comics want to come to Derry, new talent gets opportunities, and people here get consistently brilliant live comedy on their doorstep.”

Terry, who has built an audience of millions online, written two Sunday Times bestselling novels and become the first female comedian to sell out Belfast’s SSE Arena, hopes Danny’s can become a permanent fixture in Derry’s entertainment scene.

“The aim is that eventually people say, ‘What are you doing this weekend? Danny’s is on,’ without even needing to know who’s on the bill. They just trust they’re going to have a great night.”

Castle & Cove’s Micheal McIvor added: “Danny’s is something we at Castle & Cove are absolutely delighted to be partnering with Serena on.

“From the very first conversation, it’s been clear how much thought and care she’s putting into every detail, from the line-ups and the room itself, right down to how the audience’s experience will feel on the night.

“She knows exactly what she wants this club to be and the standard she wants to set; nothing is being done by halves.

“Derry has always been a hotbed for arts and culture, and we believe a dedicated space for comedy can only add to that culture. We’re looking forward to opening the doors and creating a new home for comedy with Serena in the heart of Derry City.”

Danny’s Comedy Club will run bi-weekly in Derry from November, with the first line-ups, dates and ticket information to be announced shortly

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Dramatic pictures show thick smoke pouring from a Burntisland home as firefighters tackle a huge blaze tearing through the roof.

A huge fire has ripped through a house in Fife with dramatic pictures showing thick smoke pouring from the property as firefighters battle the blaze.

Emergency crews were called to Aberdour Road in Burntisland after reports of a fire at around 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

Footage from the scene shows huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky, while firefighters can be seen using hoses to douse the flames.

Earlier pictures showed flames bursting from the roof of the property as the fire took hold.

A number of fire engines and crews have been sent to the scene, with firefighters also tackling the blaze from a high-reach appliance. A cordon has been put in place around the area as the emergency response continues.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that six fire appliances and one high-reach appliance had been deployed.

A spokesperson said: “We were called to a fire at a property in Burntisland at 3.31pm today. Operations Control mobilised six fire appliances and one high-reach appliance to the scene. Crews are still on scene, and they are currently engaged in tackling the fire.”

It is not currently known if anyone has been injured or what caused the fire.

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Absolutely anyone can be a Cathy this Belfast Culture Night – if a dress isn’t your thing, something red will do.

Fresh from bringing big Fleadh energy to Belfast with their immersive Irish wake experience Wakey Wakey, Kitsch Sisters are back with their first Culture Night offering and this time, they’re calling all the Cathys.

Belfast is about to get a little more whimsical, windy and ‘Wuthering’.

Next Friday, September 18 at 7pm, Belfast will host its first mass participatory dance inspired by Kate Bush’s iconic Wuthering Heights, as Kitsch Sisters bring Cathy’s Call to Culture Night in Belfast.

People from across the city are invited to dress in red and come together to recreate the unmistakable choreography from Kate Bush’s 1978 music video, creating a sea of Cathys in the heart of Belfast.

Mass Wuthering Heights dances have become a worldwide phenomenon since around 300 dancers gathered in Brighton in 2013.

The idea has since spread to cities across Ireland, the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the US, with some events attracting more than 1,000 participants.

Now it’s Belfast’s turn. And absolutely anyone can be a Cathy.

No dance experience is required and participants don’t need to know the choreography beforehand. Kitsch Sisters will release step-by-step dance guides on social media ahead of Culture Night so people can learn and practise at home.

They’ll also host a Red Dress Swap, giving people the chance to donate or swap pre-loved red dresses ahead of the event. And if a dress isn’t your thing, something red will do.

Cathy’s Call follows a busy summer for Kitsch Sisters, who recently brought their immersive Irish wake experience Wakey Wakey to the Belfast Fleadh.

The project combined theatre, music, characters, dark humour and Irish traditions inside a vintage caravan.

Kitsch Sisters co-founder Aoife McAteer said: “We’ve watched these brilliant Wuthering Heights gatherings happening around the world and kept thinking Belfast needs one.

“We want people of every age, shape, size, gender and dancing ability. You don’t have to be a dancer. Come on your own, bring your mates, bring your ma, bring your whole squad.

“Culture Night is about getting involved in culture, not just watching it. Building on the big Fleadh energy we are all still yearning for, we want to create a huge, joyful and whimsical sea of red right in the middle of Belfast.

“An expression of interest will open shortly for individuals, friendship groups, community organisations and anyone else who wants to take part. You don’t have to sign up, but it gives us an idea of how many people to expect – and how epic the sea of red will be!”

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A reader gives his verdict on this week’s two Nintendo Directs and explains why he’s happy to stick with owning just a Switch 2, and not a PlayStation 5.

It’s been quite the week this week, with two Nintendo Directs and a Sony meltdown. Since the Switch 2 is the only current gen console I currently own, I’m technically only interested in the first two things. Although I have to say, the way Sony has been carrying on lately (by which I mean the whole generation) makes my problems with Nintendo seem very minor in comparison.

The biggest issue with Nintendo, as I see it, is priorities. Everyone’s been talking about it, but it really does seem as if they are purposefully fast-tracking the most obscure B and C-list franchises for… some reason.

We’re now about to get our second Kirby game and second Metroid title in two years and we haven’t even heard about a new Mario platformer (2D or 3D), Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros., or Splatoon 4. How you don’t do a Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch 2 Edition in the first few months I just don’t know. Especially as it’d be so easy to add in a couple of extra characters to sweeten the pot.

It’s weird and I don’t see how it makes any kind of business sense, but that’s not my problem. I’m generally satisfied with the Switch 2 so far. Nintendo might have weird priorities but at least their plan is something other than ‘release as few games as possible’, which I must say Sony is pulling off perfectly.

So I was perfectly happy with the Direct on Wednesday. The announcements might not have been massive, but they were something and of course the big news was the day before, with the remake of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, aka the best video game ever made.

Now, there’s been a lot of controversy over what they showed and I have to admit that I was a bit conflicted. I think the backgrounds look great, fantastic really given what the game used to look like, but I do think that Young Link looks very overdesigned. That pattern on his hood is very distracting and I’m not sure what it’s supposed to be.

Young Link is so overly cute he looks like one of those marzipan figurines they put on a wedding cake. The other Kokiri characters aren’t so bad though, so I just think they went overboard with him. If there was any mistake in the reveal, I think it was only showing Young Link sections, which made it seem more twee than it probably is. Even the voiceovers were only Young Link bits, which was probably a mistake as they were very cheesy.

I get the AI/Unreal Engine comparisons, but I really do think it’s more what they chose to show rather than the remake being a mistake. Watch the trailer, which has relatively little Young Link in it, and I think you get a completely different impression of the game.

Nintendo has got some criticism for focusing on a remake for their big Christmas game, rather than something new, but now that we’ve seen the game I’m fine with it. It’s over decade since we’ve had a new Zelda using the original formula, so I think people are ready for a bit of nostalgia before the next mainline game is announced.

When you look at the mess PlayStation and Xbox are in at the moment, I think it’s easy to appreciate Nintendo for what they are. They’re committed to single-player games, almost everything they make is good, and they don’t rip you off too much (Ocarina Of Time is actually cheaper than Breath Of The Wild and Tears Of The Kingdom).

Being loyal to a company that wants your money is never a good idea, but Nintendo is a much better industry leader than Sony. Or at least the Sony that exists now. They used to do a pretty good job but Xbox becoming a non-rival seems to have turned them mad with power and they only seem to live to troll fans now.

So for now, I’m more than happy with my Switch 2 but if I ever did get another system, it would be a PC, not a PlayStation.

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Officers were called to the collision on the A170 in Stepney Hill, near Scarborough, on Saturday afternoon (September 12).

North Yorkshire Police urged people to avoid the area after the crash, saying there was slow moving traffic around the top of Seamer Moor Lane and at the junction with Seamer Moor Hill

By 5pm the force confirmed that the road was clear with the vehicles involved in the crash recovered.

“Thank you for your patience and understanding,” a police spokesperson said.

The massive and deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border are a stark reminder of why the world needs to constantly update its understanding of the fragile ecosystem in the Himalayas.

These towering mountains contain nearly 90,000 glaciers, which sustain ten major river systems. Countries nearby, including India, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bhutan, are reliant on water resources that cross borders here. As major river-based hydro economies, their agricultural production, energy security and wider economic stability depend on the availability and the timing of river flows.

Changes in snowmelt, glacier retreat and water availability can cause untold hardship for millions of people relying on it. It can also create incredible danger as seen in August 2026, when a flash flood caused by a collapsed glacier washed away villages, bridges and roads on both sides of the Tibet-Nepal border, killing more than 1,000 people.

Understanding and measuring winter snowfall in these regions is exceptionally important. It is the main source of freshwater when it is released by snow melting during the region’s warm and early-summer crop growing seasons, when local communities need it most.

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Understanding future Himalayan hazards

No one knows precisely how much water the mountains currently
provide, and how this will change. This knowledge gap also hinders our understanding of the occurrence of geo-hazards including avalanches triggered by extreme snowfall events and flooding caused by the rapid melting of snow.

The recent Nepal disaster could be related to a spell of unusually warm weather. This may have weakened the snowpack creating a rapid melt. I work with a team of glaciologists at the British Antarctic Survey, whose team had sensors six miles (10km) away from the site. Results suggest that enhanced melting could have introduced water into the crevasses weakening the ice-rock connections.

Studies project that roughly half of the glacier ice in the Himalayas (equivalent to about two billion Olympic swimming pools) could melt by the end of this century – enough to raise sea levels by over a centimetre but there is still considerable uncertainty in these projections.

This is because we do not have enough measurements of snowfall and ice across large areas in this challenging terrain. As a result, scientists often have to extrapolate from relatively small numbers of observations to enormous and highly varied terrain.

Computer-based tools (known as models) that combine available observations with information about land and the atmosphere have proved to be indispensable and often come to rescue when gap-filling is necessary. But models are only as good as the observations used to constrain them.

New scientific approaches are beginning to offer solutions, but they are rather sparse and insufficient on their own beyond the region where they have been tested.

For example, my recent study with colleagues found a new way to accurately measure mountain snowfall reducing measurement errors dramatically – measuring snow has been a long-standing problem because of which mountain water resources have been hugely underestimated over the years.

Another regional study recently reported a measure of the water stored in some of the key Nepalese glaciers using an airborne method that involves taking an aerial survey of the region using instruments mounted on a helicopter. Scientists are also using a technique known as radar interferometry, which uses a combination of radio waves to detect very fast-moving mountain slopes that risk collapsing.

A combination of one or more such techniques could be used to predict where snowfall is concentrated, how much water it is likely to contribute to the region and also identify areas at risk. New information could be used to cast early warning preparedness strategies feeding into a forewarning system for timely evacuation of the region’s most vulnerable.

What happens next?

Scientific innovation alone will not be enough. There is an urgent need for proven ideas to be commercially adapted and systematically deployed across critical zones. The numbers and the imminent dangers involved can now no longer be left to discussions in research papers and conferences, they must be made public on the equivalent of a war footing.

An evacuation success story from the Swiss village of Blatten in 2025 shows what this can achieve. Hundreds of people were moved out before a huge section of the glacier broke off. The authorities had already identified areas at risk and publicly shared hazard maps. Continuous monitoring of the landscape, precipitation and ground movement fed into an early warning system.

But success stories from the west cannot simply be transplanted wholesale into the Himalayan context because of the region’s inhospitable elevation, harsh weather and limited infrastructure. An approach that factors in indigenous and traditional knowledge should be part of plans and policies.

What is also needed in the Himalayas is a far more highly coordinated monitoring network that brings together everyone who depends on and manages mountain water. This would include potential state and non-state organisations, researchers, local authorities and mountain communities. Communities should be central to this effort. Local people can help install and maintain monitoring equipment, collect observations and contribute knowledge of their own environment.

Examples of existing successes from the region include the use of community-managed reservoirs to artificially store meltwater, the construction of ice stupas (an artificial glacier) and glacier grafting techniques to grow new, water-producing glaciers designed to gradually release water during the growing season. The community-based flood warning system in parts of Nepal’s Koshi basin is a success story but is limited in its approach to provide alerts during a cascading disaster, such as the one we witnessed recently.

These results should help policymakers and scientists understand how communities dependent on mountain ecosystems are responding to change – and what support they need to adapt to reduce their vulnerability to future hydro-climatic shocks, such as droughts and floods.

Regardless of the current changes in Himalayan snowfall and glacier melt, local people need to play a vital role in helping measure what is happening in the climate system. And that, as well as countries working more closely together, should help with the future planning that is desperately needed.

The polarities reversed in set two, as Sabalenka began to get her flamethrower of a forehand working. After almost 90 minutes of play, she finally chiselled out some break points – two in game 10, which she couldn’t convert, but then another in game 12 which set up the decider.

The huge contrast in personalities became all too evident in set three. Sabalenka appeared to be at war with herself, emoting and venting almost as if she were an actress projecting her feelings to the whole of this 24,000-seater stadium. As she faced the prospect of slipping a double-break down, she hunkered down on her haunches in despair.

Meanwhile, Rybakina could have been relaxing in a flotation tank for all the stress she showed. Admittedly, she did hit a couple of double-faults as she served out for victory, but she also came up with two aces and two forehand winners in the same game.

Sabalenka, meanwhile, allowed her racket to slip to the ground in frustration and barely managed a brief embrace at the net. She had earned a code violation in the first set for slamming a ball out of the stadium, and could easily have picked up a second – and thus a point penalty – after another ball that she batted away struck a cameraman, but chair umpire Greg Allensworth showed leniency.

Asked about tossing her racket, Sabalenka said: “It’s really tough to control your emotions when you lose in the final of the Grand Slam and when you were trying to go for three-peat. So I just wanted to let it go, because if I would hold it inside, right now or here or there on the court, I wouldn’t be able to say a word or I would just go not really nice over there.

“So I just wanted to let all of that aggression and disappointment go outside.”

The trophy was presented by 2006 champion Maria Sharapova – one of the few women who can look down on 6ft Rybakina, especially when wearing heels. The fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium had given at least 80 per cent of their support to Sabalenka, who won the previous two US Opens on this court, but they applauded warmly, knowing when they had seen a performance for the ages.

Manchester Museum has removed an Egyptian mummy on display for over 200 years to ‘respect her wishes’. 

Curators said they decided to stop showing the 2,700-year-old remains of a woman named Asru in a decision they said ‘aligns most closely with what we understand about her own wishes’. 

Asru’s mummified body was donated to the Manchester Natural History Society in 1825, then carefully unwrapped and displayed in the Oxford Road museum’s Egypt and Sudan gallery.  

‘Before making this change, we consulted with Egyptian colleagues, members of the Egyptian diaspora and visitors to the museum, helping us to understand people’s feelings about care for mummified people,’ a spokesperson for the museum told the BBC. 

Ultimately, however, the decision to ‘remove Asru from display aligns most closely with what we understand about her own wishes,’ they added as ‘elite Egyptians of [Asru’s] time expected their mummified bodies would remain…invisible to the living’.

The daughter of ‘Pa-Kush’, meaning a black Sudanese man, Asru is believed to have been 60 when she died in 650 BC.  Inscriptions on her coffin suggest she was a temple musician. 

Asru’s remains were dug up in Luxor, the site of the ancient city of Thebes, before they ended up in the possession of Manchester traders, William and Robert Garnett, sometime in the early 1800s.

Last year, the museum asked visitors whether they ‘should continue to display the body of Asru’ when they added a plaque that revealed her body was ‘unwrapped’ at the Manchester Natural History Society in April 1825. 

‘She has regularly been on display for the two centuries since. In that time, we have also changed as a museum and are thinking more about how we care for people,’ the plaque read. 

For now, Asru’s coffin and body have been kept in storage at Manchester Museum before officials decide whether they will be returned to Egypt. 

It comes amid a debate on whether the display of mummified bodies is ethical as the Manchester Museum spokesperson said ‘elite Egyptians of [Asru’s] time expected that their mummified bodies would remain wrapped in their coffins, invisible to the living’. 

Mummification was an ancient Egyptian practice of preserving a dead body before wrapping it in hundreds of strips of linen. 

Asru, believed to have been a chantress at the ancient Temple of Amun in Karnak, was the last mummy on display at Manchester Museum. 

A spokesperson said the decision ‘reflects changes in how we think about our responsibility towards ancestors, museum collections and the communities they represent’. 

The daughter of ‘Pa-Kush’, meaning a black Sudanese man, Asru is believed to have been 60 when she died in 650 BC. Inscriptions on her coffin suggest she was a temple musician

In 2020, the famed Pitt Rivers Museum removed mummies as well as shrunken heads made by an Amazon headhunting tribe after bosses said exhibiting human remains ‘reinforces racist and stereotypical thinking’.

The removal was part of a three-year internal review at the Oxford museum to ‘deeply engage with its colonial legacy’ and ‘inform a plan for decolonisation’. 

Last year, the all-party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations branded the continued display of human remains ‘unethical’ and said mummies had been ‘looted’ from Egypt and subject to ‘racist pseudo-scientific research’.

Led by Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the group of 16 parliamentarians have called for the return of all human remains held by British institutions to their country of origin.

Returning human remains would assist the African diaspora in ‘healing from the traumas of enslavement and colonial violence’, a report titled Laying the Ancestors to Rest said.

The report stated mummified bodies and other remains were ‘looted’ before being brought to the UK, ‘often as trophies and as commodities to be traded and displayed as curiosities’.

It cites the British Museum, Natural History Museum and several universities among the offenders, and claims they represent ‘continuous acts of displacement and objectification of human beings.’

‘In the UK, the mummified person has been excavated and brought back to the UK as an object of racist pseudoscientific research, including in efforts to evidence that Egyptians were white Europeans,’ they wrote.

It comes after the British Museum said it would stop using the word ‘mummy’ to describe the remains of ancient Egyptians out of ‘respect’. 

The institution, which is home to over 100 mummies, in 2023 said it would use the phrase ‘mummified remains’ to reiterate that visitors were looking at people who once lived. 

The Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle said that it has also adopted new terms including ‘mummified person’ to acknowledge the history of colonial exploitation and to give her the respect she deserves.

National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh has also removed the word ‘mummy’ from labels on its human remains.

A spokeswoman said: ‘Where we know the name of an individual, we use that, otherwise, we use “mummified man, woman, boy, girl or person” because we are referring to people, not objects.

‘The word “mummy” is not incorrect, but it is dehumanising, whereas using the term “mummified person” encourages our visitors to think of the individual.’

Museums are also concerned that the word has become linked to terrifying monsters, thanks to countless horror B-movies such as 1932’s The Mummy.

The Palestinian flag-waving man who stormed the field at Yankee Stadium during Friday’s Subway Series matchup has been identified as Kelly Marcucci, a Long Island man who is now facing several misdemeanor charges.

Wearing a baseball jersey with ‘No Kings’ emblazoned across the front, Marcucci was seen sprinting onto the field with the flag in the seventh inning only to be tackled by security amid stadium-wide chants of ‘USA! USA!’ 

‘No Kings’ is a maxim adopted by many of President Donald Trump‘s critics.  

As revealed by the NYPD on Saturday, the 38-year-old Marcucci has been booked for interference with a professional sporting event and trespassing following his arrest during the Yankees’ 6-4 win over the crosstown Mets. The protest occurred during a game scheduled to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.

Prior to the game, Marcucci posted a rant on his Facebook page blasting everyone from President Donald Trump to podcaster Joe Rogan. He went on to discuss the evils of capitalism and Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 

The Daily Mail has verified a deactivated OnlyFans account belonging to Marcucci, who is seen shirtless with a noticeable bulge protruding from his shorts in a profile picture atop the page. Although that image appears to be mirrored, there is an identifiable tattoo on Marcucci’s biceps – the same design peeking out from his left sleeve on Friday night in the Bronx. 

The shocking interruption came during the first game of the Subway Series on 9/11

The Daily Mail has verified a deactivated OnlyFans account belonging to Marcucci, who is seen shirtless with a noticeable bulge protruding from his shorts in a profile picture atop the page 

‘Minding my own business is one of my favorite things to do,’ his OnlyFans bio began. ‘Im Passionate about social equality. Injustice anywhere is Injustice everywhere.

‘Politically, I identify as a revisionist-Marxist, and the core values of this expression are very important to me.

‘I like to push myself mentally and physically, whether it be Skydiving, travelling through Europe alone, Yoga, Pilates, Spin classes, Education.’

He goes on to claim he has a communications degree and added that he was pursuing a journalism degree at Stony Brook.

Marcucci also claimed to have created the OnlyFans page ‘as a joke’ to see ‘how cultural normatives have passed judgement on those who have chose (sic) to make an “OnlyFans.” And that bothered me.’

Marcucci did not immediately respond to The Daily Mail’s request for comment.  

Marcucci’s chest tattoo also matched the design pictured in his OnlyFans profile photo  

The interruption came in the seventh inning on a deeply emotional night in the Bronx

Prior to the game, Marcucci posted a rant on his now-deactivated Facebook page blasting everyone from President Donald Trump to podcaster Joe Rogan

Kelly Marcucci also took aim at Saudi Arabia for the 9/11 attacks on his Facebook page

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The interruption came in the seventh inning of the game, which marked a deeply emotional night for the city of New York.

The Mets and the Yankees faced each other on a night that commemorated a quarter-century since the terror attacks on the Twin Towers that took the lives of almost 3,000 people.

The Yankees hosted a touching pregame ceremony as the teams remembered the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Before players took to the field, members of the Yankees’ 2001 team, including Derek Jeter, led the pregame tributes to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Jorge Posada, Paul O’Neill, Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius, Mariano Rivera and Jeter along with manager Joe Torre walked onto the field in their former pinstripe jerseys.

The pennant-winning players joined the servicemen and women, including honor guards from the NYPD, FDNY, and PAPD, who carried out the presentation of colors as a giant American flag was unfurled in the outfield.

Earlier in the afternoon, Jeter was joined by current Yankees captain Aaron Judge and pitcher Gerrit Cole as the trio laid a commemorative wreath beside the 9/11 monument in Monument Park at the ballpark.