The officer was making his way to a shop to pick up some food in Stanley, County Durham, on a rest day, when he noticed the elderly woman in distress.

On stopping to check on her, she told him she had run out of petrol and was looking for somewhere to get fuel.

Realising it would be a bit of a trek for her on foot, Sergeant Hanson took her in his car to the nearest petrol station to fill up a jerry can with fuel.

Once there, he noticed one of the staff members confronting a man inside the station store, so he went to investigate.

The man was a suspected shoplifter who was trying to leave the store with several unpaid for items.

Assisted by a member of the public, the sergeant quickly grabbed hold of the man and detained him, while shop staff called for police back-up.

The shoplifter was arrested on suspicion of theft and making threats to cause criminal damage, as, during the confrontation, he was said to have made threats to blow up the sergeant’s house.

It resulted in the 39-year-old suspect being taken into custody to spend the evening in a police cell.

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Amid the incident, the elderly lady managed to fill up her jerry can.

The sergeant then took her back to her car and filled it with the fuel she had bought.

Durham Police said the events of last Monday (June 22) proved, whether on or off duty, the force’s officers are, “always there to help”.

Police put up a cordon at the scene and ambulance were also at the scene over the weekend.

Police were called to St James’ Street New Bury, just before midnight on Saturday after reports of an assault, and it is believed they “blocked off” the road to one witness.

Afterwards, a 33-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm (GBH) on the scene shortly after when it passed midnight on Sunday.

A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson said: “Officers were called to St James St, Farnworth at 11.39pm on 27/06/26 to reports of an assault.

“One man was taken to hospital with head injuries and a man aged 33 was arrested at 00.05am 28/06/26 on suspicion of GBH.”

We will bring you more information on this when we get it.

This Morning presenters Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond have addressed the long-rumbling speculation that there is a rift between them. 

The pair have been the Friday morning hosts since 2021 and stepped in as a temporary hosting duo when Phillip Schofield was ousted, and Holly Willoughby stepped down in 2023.

The TV presenters have now admitted that the ITV show’s rocky patch some years ago was a ‘hard’ period.

This was exacerbated by the fact that the daytime show includes a daily deep dive into the headlines, which at the time routinely included the show itself.

‘We were doing a show that, through no fault of our own, was on the cover of newspapers for 50 days on the trot,’ said O’Leary.

Speaking to the Radio Times, he went on to say that in terms of the day-to-day headlines that emerge, honing in on specific moments during the live broadcast, he doesn’t look at them.

‘We’ll finish an item, I’ll look one way and Alison will look the other, and the papers will be like, “Bust-up on This Morning!” It’s all bulls**t,’ said the 53-year-old.

Meanwhile, Hammon added to the publication: ‘You’ve got to be free to say what you want, and give your opinions. If you start editing yourself, you’ll lose the live element that people love.’

However, the pair did admit that they have hosted the show when they have been ‘unhappy’ with one another, but only a handful of times.

Hammond has said she would be able to fake their chemistry on the show, even if they were not speaking, but O’Leary disagreed that they would be able to.

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From hitting the headlines over queue-gate to his bombshell confession: A timeline of events that led to Phillip Schofield’s ITV departure

September 2022WILLOUGHBY and schofield hit headlines over queue-gate

The duo found themselves in hot water when they were accused of skipping the queue to visit the late Queen Elizabeth III lying in state.

ITV issued a statement in their defence and the presenters insisted they didn’t break any rules or take anyone’s place, but the backlash and criticism continued.

15 may 2023the this morning hosts put on a united front

Ignoring the rumours, Willoughby and Schofield appeared on This Morning beaming and seemingly putting on a united front.

The duo continued downplaying the rumours during their four episodes of This Morning that week, signing off the week saying, ‘See you on Monday, bye!’

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20 may 2023schofield steps down from this morning after more than 20 years

Schofield confirmed his departure from This Morning, saying: ‘I have always been proud to cover fascinating stories on This Morning. But recently, This Morning itself has become the story.

‘Throughout my career in TV – including the very difficult last few days – I have always done my best to be honourable and kind.

‘I understand that ITV has decided the current situation can’t go on, and I want to do what I can to protect the show that I love.

‘So I have agreed to step down from This Morning with immediate effect, in the hope that the show can move forward to a bright future.’

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20 may 2023WILLOUGHBY releases statement and takes early break from this morning

Addressing Schofield’s departure, Willoughby said: ‘It’s been over 13 great years presenting This Morning with Schofield and I want to take this opportunity to thank him for all of his knowledge, his experience and his humour.

‘The sofa won’t feel the same without him.’

ITV confirmed she would go on to host This Morning with other members of the team, but took an early half-term break, and would not be returning to the sofa until June 5.

26 may 2023schofield admits affair with much younger this morning colleague and confesses he lied about it

In a bombshell confession, and after years of speculation, Schofield admitted to having a relationship with a much younger man who worked as a runner on This Morning.

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He insisted it was ‘unwise but not illegal’.

He said the relationship occurred while he was still married to his wife of 30 years, Stephanie Lowe, the mother of his two daughters – Ruby and Molly – and before he came out as gay.

26 may 2023Schofield resigns from ITV with ‘immediate effect’

‘I am resigning from ITV with immediate effect expressing my immense gratitude to them for all the amazing opportunities that they have given me,’ Schofield said, after admitting he lied to the broadcaster and his colleagues.

26 may 2023itv release statement accepting schofield’s resignation

After an admission that he lied to colleagues and to ITV, the broadcaster confirmed that they accepted his resignation.

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The broadcaster also admitted to feeling ‘badly let down’ and ‘deeply disappointed’ after Schofield confessed to lying to bosses about his relationship.

27 may 2023Willoughby releases statement

Willoughby accused Schofield of lying to her about the affair, saying his admission is ‘very hurtful’.

27 may 2023itv issue new statement claiming ‘no evidence found’ from a 2020 investigation

ITV released a new statement confirming that an investigation into Schofield and an employee was conducted in 2020.

They said no evidence of a relationship was found ‘beyond hearsay and rumour’.

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june 2Schofield breaks silence

The Sun published an interview with Schofield in which he said he was sorry to Willoughby but owed his ‘greatest apology’ to his former lover. He reiterated that he did not ‘groom’ the man, and that although his wife was ‘very, very angry’ about the affair, his daughters had been ‘guarding’ him during the fallout.

Speaking to the BBC’s Amol Rajan, Schofield also said he had ‘lost everything’ and the affair had a ‘catastrophic effect’ on his mind. Speaking about the criticism he faced, he said he could see ‘nothing ahead’ except ‘blackness and sadness’ and spoke about his television career ‘in the past tense’.

june 5Willoughby returns to this morning

Willoughby made an emotional return to This Morning, saying she felt ‘shaken, troubled, let down and worried’ following the revelations about Schofield.

She began with: ‘Firstly, are you ok?’ adding: ‘It feels very strange indeed sitting here without Phil.’

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octoberitv confirms workplace changes

The company’s policy on work relationships was updated. Staff were reportedly required to disclose any kind of relationship, including a friendship, sexual or romantic connection, to ‘the company at the earliest opportunity’.

december 7ITV ‘unable to uncover’ Schofield affair evidence

ITV’s review into Schofield’s behaviour on This Morning was published.

It said it made ‘considerable efforts’ to find out the truth about the alleged affair but was ‘unable to uncover the relevant evidence’ until the presenter’s own admission in late May 2023.

The former presenter ‘reluctantly declined’ to take part because of ‘the risk to his health’.

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September 25Schofield’s TV return confirmed after months of rumours

Schofield announced Cast Away, saying: ‘I can say whatever I want about whatever I want. It’s my chance to tell my side of my story.’

He explained: ‘When she is unhappy with me – and it’s probably only happened maybe two or three times…’ to which Hammond joked it was ‘more like 700 times.’

O’Leary continued: ‘I don’t like the idea of making Ali unhappy. One, because she’s such a good friend and two, because she’s basically a Jamaican mother, and you don’t want to get on the wrong side of her.

‘But we have a great relationship. I think I’ve taught Alison to take life a bit more seriously, and she’s taught me to take it a bit less seriously.’

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WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS – A newborn baby has tragically been found dead in toilets at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan, police have said

The body of a newborn baby has been tragically found dumped in a portable toilet at a US music festival.

Police have launched an investigation into the grim discovery, which was made at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan, on Sunday morning.

The body was found in a portable toilet at the camping area of the annual music event, the state agency said. “The body was discovered by an employee of the restroom vending company during routine maintenance,” officials said.

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The incident happened on Sunday hours after the Canada v South Africa match finished

A man has been killed and another left with life-threatening injuries after a shooting at a World Cup fan zone in San Jose, California, police have confirmed.

The incident happened on Sunday at San Pedro Square in San Jose, a popular entertainment district which has been hosting official fan zone screenings during the 2026 tournament.

Police said emergency services were called to the scene following reports of gunfire. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

Authorities confirmed the attack is being treated as a homicide investigation. Several surrounding streets were cordoned off as officers secured the area and began inquiries.

There were no World Cup matches being shown at the time of the shooting, with the day’s fixtures having already finished earlier in the afternoon.

San Pedro Square has been one of several fan gathering points across the San Francisco Bay Area during the tournament, attracting large crowds of supporters watching games on big screens.

Police have not yet released details about any suspect or possible motive.

The wider region of California has been hosting multiple World Cup matches and fan events as part of the expanded 2026 tournament across North America.

A World Cup 2026 manager has resigned from his position after his country exited the competition prematurely

Hong Myung-bo has stepped down from his role as South Korea boss following their World Cup 2026 group-stage exit. He becomes the fourth boss to leave their post after poor performances in North America.

South Korea got their World Cup 2026 campaign off to an excellent start when beating Czechia 2-1, but it was all downhill from there. Back-to-back 1-0 losses to Mexico and South Africa sealed their elimination, as they were not among the top eight third-place group finishers.

Many expected them to qualify for the knockouts and fans reacted angrily to their premature exit, starting a petition calling for Hong to be relieved of his duties.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung expressed his bewilderment at the early exit, too, calling for a probe into the reasons why. In a press conference in Mexico on Sunday, Hong confirmed that he would be stepping down.

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“Even though I am leaving the national team, I am not abandoning Korean football altogether,” Hong said. “I will cheer for the national team from the bottom of my heart and hope that the team will be trusted and loved by the people once again.”

Fans had lost faith in Hong, as evidenced by a petition calling for his resignation and the reform of South Korea’s national team. The petition read: “The Korea Football Association’s official selection process was effectively ignored, making it difficult to avoid criticism that the appointment was fundamentally illegitimate.

“Despite fielding what many considered the strongest squad in Korea’s World Cup history, the team finished with one win and two losses, placing third in the group.

“The performance against South Africa was so lifeless that it could be regarded as one of the worst displays by a Korean team in World Cup history.”

Hong’s popularity in South Korea plummeted so low that he has been reportedly banned from various shops and restaurants. President Lee’s admission on X was just as damning. He wrote: “I ‌am not just taken aback by this unexpected outcome, I am utterly baffled.

“Once again, it has been proven that personnel decisions are everything. When loyalty and factionalism are valued over competence, and an incapable person is appointed as a leader, the outcome is as predictable as fire.”

This was Hong’s second stint as national team boss as he also guided them to the World Cup 2014 before resigning. His reappointment in 2024 sparked allegations of favouritism and a lack of transparency in the hiring process from Korean media, all of which Hong denied.

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Emmerdale’s Jeff Hordley has revealed he recently shared a unique experience with his real life partner and colleague Zoe Henry.

Jeff and Zoe, known for their roles as Cain Dingle and Rhona Goskirk in the ITV soap, have been married since 2003. They have two children together called Violet and Stan.

Even though Jeff and Zoe have worked together on the ITV soap for 25 years, they have never actually featured in a two-hander scene.

With Rhona married to Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock), we often see her interacting with her husband’s family and occasionally chats to Cain, but she rarely interacts with just him.

That’s all set to change in the near future, as star Jeff Hordley has confirmed he has just finished filming a scene where Cain has an ’emotional’ moment with Rhona.

Hard to believe it’s really taken this long for it to happen!

‘We did a scene the other day…we’ve been in this show for a long time, and we’ve always been in scenes together in the Woolpack, but we did our first two-hander the other day!’, Jeff said in a chat with OK! Magazine.

Jeff didn’t reveal the details of the scene, but did share that it was ‘really emotional’.

‘She was upstaging me. She was doing a lot of really good acting!’, he added.

So intrigued.

Zoe’s Emmerdale character Rhona has had a quiet few months, as her family have been busy trying to move forward following the deaths of drug dealers Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) and Ray Walters (Joe Absolom).

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The mother and son duo subjected Rhona’s stepdaughter April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) to an ordeal that saw her deal drugs, and see older men who wanted to have sex with her. Celia was killed by Ray at the start of this year, while Ray himself was murdered by Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards) not long after.

Jeff’s alter-ego Cain has endured a dramatic and difficult first half of 2026. Amid the nightmare of Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) being wrongly accused of double murder and people trafficking, Cain was also diagnosed with prostate cancer.

He had an operation a couple of months ago, but has been told that the cancer has spread, and will need to undergo a course of radiotherapy.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wrapping up a term that has focused on President Donald Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power.

Trump’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will and remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor are among the remaining eight cases the justices are expected to decide this week, beginning Monday.

The court also is weighing, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho, whether to uphold laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sports.

Two election-related cases remain, over state laws that allow a grace period for the receipt of mailed ballots, provided they are sent by Election Day, and limits on political party spending in support of candidates for Congress and president.

Also outstanding is a dispute over geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. Critics say the practice is a fishing expedition that violates civil liberties.

The court’s conservative majority has so far been mostly receptive to Trump’s immigration crackdown, including a decision last week allowing the administration to end temporary legal protections for people who came to the U.S. because of war or natural disaster in their homeland. Another decision could make it harder for people fleeing persecution to seek asylum in the United States.

During arguments in April, the justices signaled a more skeptical look at Trump’s executive order that would overturn long-settled understanding and deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily.

The court also has rejected Trump’s assertion of the power to unilaterally impose wide-ranging tariffs under an emergency powers law.

The decision in February drew Trump’s ire, including an unusually harsh and personal denunciation of two of his court appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, who voted against him.

The extent of Trump’s power to fire independent agency members is the oldest undecided case, argued in December. The justices seem likely to overturn, or drastically narrow, a 91-year-old decision. It required a cause, like neglect of duty, before a president could remove the Senate-confirmed officials from their jobs.

The outcome appears to be in little doubt because the conservatives have allowed the firings to take effect while the case plays out, even after lower-court judges found the firings illegal.

The court seemed less willing to endorse Trump’s bid to immediately fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud, which she denies. No president has ever fired a Fed governor in the agency’s 112-year history.

By custom, the court finishes its work before July 4. After this week, its next public meeting is the first Monday in October.

A total of 14 people have died after a helicopter crashed, killing everyone on board – it belonged to Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, officials have said

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Fourteen people have tragically died following a helicopter crash in Saudi Arabia, with The Saudi Ministry of Energy confirming there were no survivors.

The incident occurred at approximately 6am local time in Ras Tanura on Sunday, with all victims being Saudi nationals. The helicopter belonged to Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, which is majority-owned by the Saudi Arabian government.

An investigation has been launched into what caused the crash. Aramco has recently been dealing with disruption as the Iran conflict affected oil supplies and pushed up prices.

The firm has stated it successfully redirected some oil exports through a pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has faced disruption as Iran exerted control over the waterway.

The tragedy follows another aviation disaster where a light aircraft carrying tourists for a skydiving trip crashed, claiming at least 11 lives. The plane came down in Tomblaine, near Nancy in France, at around 11am local time today, reports the Daily Star.

Approximately 11 people are thought to have perished, including five instructors, five students, and the experienced pilot. Three individuals were reportedly thrown from the aircraft.

French media are identifying the crashed plane as a Pilatus registered in Germany. This aircraft type is frequently used for parachute jumps.

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