Emergency services, including the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, were called to an incident in St Nicholas Street at around 4.15pm.

Cllr Di Keal, Mayor of Norton-on-Derwent said she had seen what had happened.

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She said: “I witnessed the incident in St Nicholas Street this afternoon and spoke to 999.
“Contrary to local rumours, the gentleman was hurt in an accident with a power tool and it was clear he was seriously injured and in severe pain.
“He was helped by another neighbour, a nurse, who managed his injuries while we waited for the emergency services to arrive.
“He was taken to hospital in Hull in a road ambulance.
“The air ambulance also attended as it was initially unclear how serious his injuries were.”

The air ambulance left around 5.05pm.

Stacey Sharples, 31, from Farnworth, was originally sentenced to four years and six months in prison.

But this was raised to seven years after the Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, referred the case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

Sharples made the false allegations against men she had met online between 2013 and 2020.

Ellie Reeves KC MP, the Attorney General, said: “Stacey Sharples lied, repeatedly and deliberately, causing significant harm to ten victims and wasting hundreds of hours of police time that should have gone towards supporting genuine victims.

“Rare cases like this must not discourage genuine victims from coming forward.

“Every report of rape is rightly taken seriously and treated with the care it deserves.

Stacy Sharples (Image: GMP)

“Anyone who seeks to exploit or undermine genuine acts of violence against women and girls must be held to account.

“I thank the police for their diligence in uncovering the truth, and my thoughts remain with the victims who were falsely accused.”

Her repeated and sustained false claims led to eight separate police investigations and resulted in most of the accused men being arrested and detained in custody.

The investigations took months to resolve and are estimated to have consumed more than 550 hours of police time.

Victims described the serious impact the allegations had on their lives, including loss of employment and relationships.

Several also reported lasting damage to their mental health and said they were now unable to form new relationships.

Sharples was originally sentenced at Bolton Crown Court on March 11, 2026, after being convicted of 10 counts of perverting the course of justice.

Her sentence was increased by the Court of Appeal on September 9, 2026.

“It’s terrible for Israel and for Israel’s future, it’s not what Judaism teaches and it’s deeply wrong”, he added.

Supported by other Rabbis in the liberal and progressive UK Jewish communities, Rabbi Wittenberg believes that it is possible to support Israel, be concerned for the safety of British Jews, and that it is right for the UK government to take action to protect Israelis and Palestinians.

However, he also said he was “extremely sad that it’s come to this” and that he shared the “concerns of the Jewish community leadership that people will use this for antisemitism and for demonising Israel even further”.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, who represents the Orthodox community, previously said the sanctions marked a “truly dark day” and placed British Jews at greater risk of attacks.

In Golders Green – where ambulances run by a Jewish medical charity were set on fire and two visibly Jewish men were stabbed in what police called a terror attack earlier this year – there was concern the government’s actions against Israel would increase attacks against British Jews.

“It’s so tricky because, in principle, I agree with opposing these new settlements,” Michael Cohen, who works for a Jewish charity, told the BBC.

But he added: “The timing of it, I think, was completely… just self interest for the Labour Party, signalling before a by-election, before the party conference.”

He said the practical impact of the move would be “almost zero”.

One woman, who runs a jewellery shop that was was twice cordoned off due to incidents in Golders Green, was very critical of the sanctions and said she would “make it my mission” to continue to buy Israeli goods whenever she could.

“We have to [support] our own because no one else is going to”, Deborah Miller told the BBC.

At the end of the week, Jewish congregations will celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

Police are already increasing security around Jewish areas to protect communities who have faced multiple attacks this year and are fearful of more.

The number of antisemitic incidents recorded across the UK since the start of the year is up by a fifth compared to last year, figures show.

The Community Security Trust (CST), an organisation that provides security support to the Jewish community, recorded 1,926 incidents of anti-Jewish hate across the UK in the first six months of 2026.

The Crime Survey for England and Wales, external, estimates that only 44% of hate crime incidents between April 2022 and March 2025 came to the attention of the police.

In July, Andrew Tate, 39, was charged by the British authorities with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

Two months ago, an unremarkable-looking jiffy envelope plopped through my letterbox. With my heart racing, I snatched it off the floor and stashed it secretly away, I wanted to be alone in the house to open what I knew was inside.

Looking back, it’s hardly surprising I felt the need to be so furtive. This was my first delivery of retatrutide – or ‘reta’ as it’s more commonly known – the triple-action peptide drug that’s been hailed the Godzilla of all fat jabs.

And as I pulled out a baffling array of contents with hands trembling, I was feeling totally out of my depth. Spread across my kitchen island were vials, syringes, scarily long needles but – alarmingly – not one single instruction on how to cobble it all together.

Welcome to the Wild West of unregulated and illegally supplied fat jabs that have flooded social media in recent months in response to the huge price hike of weight-loss injections like Mounjaro and Wegovy. And in particular to the murkiest part, where what’s being supplied – reta – is yet to be approved by the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) and therefore yet to be judged officially safe to take.

I’d bought my guilty stash from a stranger who called himself Jim Slim on WhatsApp. He’d bought his, probably in bulk, from an industrial-scale Chinese laboratory.

While what Jim Slim was doing is strictly illegal, I was operating in a greyer area. And, as a 55-year-old, middle-class mother-of-four, it’s no exaggeration to say I had just crossed the line to a very dark side of dieting.

If I could actually figure out how to inject myself with the single most powerful weight-loss solution ever produced, I’d very probably be taking part in the largest unsupervised drug experiment in modern history.

Yes. Quite honestly, I don’t know what I was thinking either…

It’s not even as if desperate times called for desperate measures. I’d already been on Mounjaro since February 2025 and this had worked brilliantly for me.

Last year, I lost three stone in six months with no side effects at all. At 5ft 7in and a starting point of 78.5kg (12st 5lb) I’d successfully reached my target weight of 60kg (9st 6lb) by July, with minimal effort.

The souped-up, turbo-charged weight-loss effects of reta – in clinical trials the best drug yet discovered for suppressing appetite and shedding pounds – wasn’t what motivated me. In common with many other women, it was the cost.

Last September, Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company that makes Mounjaro, massively increased its prices in the UK to align with international markets. Suddenly, my 10mg pen shot up from a manageable £150 a month to an eyewatering £300.

Strictly speaking, even this shouldn’t really have been an issue as I was already easing off my dose, having reached a point on the scales not seen since my wedding dress fitting in 1999. But the problem with all these weight-loss drugs is that there is no real exit strategy. The pounds plummet, your self-esteem rockets and before you know it, you’ll do almost anything to stay skinny.

Like so many other women who have had similar triumphs on Mounjaro, it’s hard to let go after you’ve reached your target. Particularly as the hunger I felt when the drug left my body was so intense, I started channelling Henry VIII scoffing himself silly at a medieval banquet.

The next step? The ‘microdose’. For the last eight months, I have kept a stockpile of Mounjaro pens in the fridge as a comfort blanket, eking out tiny amounts whenever my food cravings consume me.

And this seems to have worked too. My weight has been consistently fluctuating between 58kg and 61kg (9st 2lb to 9st 8lb) with a BMI of 20 (the healthy range is 18.5-24.9). Along with these intermittent Mounjaro doses, I have also taken up running. So far, so good.

But then came another blow – a crackdown on my supply of the legal stuff. The online pharmacy where I’ve always bought my Mounjaro – pretty much no questions asked – recently began paying more attention to my orders. They demanded actual video calls to see me standing on the scales.

They became annoyingly tricky about agreeing to send me pens, telling me: ‘You don’t need this much Mounjaro any more, you’ve reached your target weight.’ Which obviously is responsible on their part, but felt, quite frankly, a bit like abandonment to me.

I must have sent them nearly £4,000 in the last 17 months. Couldn’t they just turn a blind eye?

I know, I know, but I say all this in a vain attempt to excuse the idiocy of what happened next. A casual exchange with a friend of a friend this June led me to the dodgy doorstep of reta.

‘Everybody’s on it,’ she said. ‘I was buying mine under the counter from a “peptide shop” in Barking. But I’ve found a cheaper dealer now on WhatsApp. Do you want his number?’

This, from a woman whose job it is to manage investment portfolios for the wealthy. It didn’t look, or feel, like drug dealing. So, of course, I took Jim Slim’s number and messaged him.

He replied almost immediately explaining (sort of) how things work. I would start on a 2mg dose, before ‘titrating’ every four weeks up the ladder, gradually increasing the strength to minimise side effects.

He would send me a vial of retatrutide powder, which I would carefully mix with something called ‘bac’ water – a sterile solution that prevents bacteria growing in the vial of reta, (which you’ll be keeping in your fridge for at least four weeks).

Frankly it all sounded like a lot of faff, but I’d be saving myself a fortune. Four weeks on reta was going to cost £130 – almost a £200 monthly saving on what I’d been splurging on Mounjaro.

I went online and did some research. Like Wegovy and Mounjaro, reta is also a synthetic peptide. It’s being developed by Eli Lilly, the same company that makes Mounjaro. It’s still in clinical trials and so can’t be legally prescribed but it has a superpower the others don’t have.

Often called ‘Triple G’ it activates not only GLP-1 (which is what Ozempic and Wegovy do) and a second peptide called GIP (which is what Mounjaro does) but it also targets glucagon receptors, all three together influence appetite, blood sugar and energy use.

Shona, seen before her weight loss, started using Mounjaro in February last year. She says the jab worked brilliantly and she had no side effects at all

‘From the offset with reta, I felt the kind of overwhelming fatigue you get in the early days of pregnancy,’ writes Shona Sibary

In clinical trials, the highest studied dose led to a mean weight reduction of 28.7 per cent at 68 weeks, the largest average loss reported for a weight-loss medicine to date.

Jim Slim, as I now know, is one of thousands of ‘grey market’ sellers operating in this murky world that sits outside medical regulation. Reta vials are sold across TikTok and Reddit platforms, usually labelled ‘for research use only’ as a way to get around the law. Buying them isn’t explicitly illegal but anyone selling them as a weight-loss injection or injectable supplement is committing a crime.

Which might explain why, when I started asking boring questions such as, ‘Where did you get this from and how do you know what’s in it?’ Jim Slim refused to type an answer, instead, asking if he could call.

Over the phone he sounded – how can I say? – not exactly like a plumber or electrician but not far from it. He joked that there wasn’t a check-a-trade site where I could go for references but he had dozens of happy clients and could provide before and after photos.

His reta had 99 per cent purity, he insisted, and he could prove this by providing me with a certificate of analysis (COA). I now know that these COAs from unaccredited labs aren’t worth the paper they’re written on, but there was no way of me finding who his supplier lab was as he certainly wasn’t going to tell me.

It’s hard to justify the total lapse in good sense – not to mention the illogical leap of faith – I must have had to place that first order. All I can say is that I know plenty of perfectly sane women just like me who have done the same and suffered no ill effects which reassured me.

On the other hand, you could say it’s hard to justify not doing it – based on the financial savings alone.

There’s a huge downside though, and that is the fact you’re left to figure everything out for yourself. I suppose this serves me right for stepping outside the supported, ‘safe’ world of regulated weight-loss jabs. Nobody told me I had to be good at maths – I failed my O-level, which is a worry, because to understand reta, you have to understand measurements. For someone who doesn’t know her milligrams from her millilitres, this feels foolhardy.

Also Mounjaro is prescribed by strength and reta works on volume. Nobody told me this either. All I had to do with Mounjaro was inject an already calculated dosage in a pen. Taking reta requires nothing short of an unsupervised science experiment in my Ikea kitchen. Science, for the record, is something else I failed at school.

The challenge is that you have to carefully add an exact quantity of ‘bac’ water. You do this with a syringe they provide but it’s tricky and if you get it wrong it affects the strength of the dose. Then you use a different needle (also provided) which, frankly, looks like some kind of Victorian torture implement, to stick this combined dose into your stomach. Fun times.

So how does it feel?

I’m not exaggerating when I say you really know there’s a drug in your system. On Mounjaro the only thing I experienced was a welcome lack of hunger and occasional constipation. But from the offset with reta, I felt the kind of overwhelming fatigue you get in the early days of pregnancy.

I had to take my daughter Dolly, 17, to a sixth form enrolment interview and just couldn’t drag myself into the college, opting instead to lie across the back seats of the car and have a snooze.

I’ve been on reta for eight weeks now and every morning after a restless night with intense dreams, I wake with a mouth drier than a cream cracker in the desert. This intense dehydration lasts all day. The upside is that, like Mounjaro, I don’t feel remotely hungry. Mostly, I have to force myself to eat – usually chicken, salmon or something else with high protein.

Much more concerningly – and I can’t say this is definitively linked – during the first month of taking reta, I experienced a chronic pain in the left side of my stomach. I ignored it for two days while it got worse until, one night, I couldn’t bear it any longer and went to A&E in the middle of the night – only to be diagnosed with suspected diverticulitis (a common condition where small pouches, called diverticula, form and push outward through weak spots in the walls of the colon).

Obviously, I had to tell them what I was taking and there followed much eye-rolling and a definite shift in bedside manner. In fact, as the duty doctor walked away from me, I heard him say to his colleague: ‘I’m just going to treat her like she’s a ketamine addict. She’s choosing to put her body at unnecessary risk.’ I couldn’t really argue with that.

He prescribed me antibiotics but was openly disapproving. My daughter, who is a student paramedic, tells me that if anyone calls with stomach pains one of the first questions they now have to ask is, ‘Are you on weight-loss drugs?’ This wasn’t part of the training a year ago.

And the medical profession are not the only ones to hold this view. My husband, Keith, thinks I’ve gone completely mad and constantly tells me I’m too skinny.

In fact everybody tells me I’m too skinny. But I don’t care. I’m loving it. I’m also prepared to do almost anything to stay this way.

If that sounds irresponsible and selfish then consider this. I have never once taken drugs or anything stronger than an antibiotic. I’ve never taken the contraceptive pill, and I even swerved HRT because – until now – I’ve always been nervous about putting drugs of any kind into my body.

And so more than anyone I understand the absurdity of what I’m doing. Injecting reta seems even more bonkers because there’s no denying, not even to myself, that I’m throwing all caution to the wind to keep the weight off.

Maybe other women will understand. When you’ve spent decades feeling frumpy, ignored and depressed because nothing looks good on you, having a body you’re finally proud to show off feels like an incredible gift.

This might seem shallow, but it’s about so much more than a pointer on the scales. The knock-on effect has been life-changing. I feel happier than I have in years. In fact, I’m having a complete renaissance, which I know is common for post-menopausal women in their 50s anyway, but for me, the catalyst has most definitely been getting thinner.

I’m still on the lowest dose because the side effects are extreme. Tiredness subsides over the week but the first few days after jabbing it’s difficult to function normally. I haven’t lost weight but haven’t gained either.

I just want to plateau, so my plan is working. I’ve got three more weeks on the current dose and will probably order the same again from Jim Slim.

It might seem odd to be taking such a huge risk simply not to gain weight, but honestly, for me, it’s worth it.

Phase three trials of reta are currently testing the drug for safety and effectiveness. Eli Lilly plans to apply for official review with health regulators in early 2027, at which point it will then be approved – or not – for legal use as a weight-loss drug.

Best case scenario is that, if approved, the cost of reta will undoubtedly shoot up and I’ll either have to find a way to afford it or another way to maintain 60kg.

The worst case scenario is that it won’t get approved because they’ll make some gruesome discovery that everybody who has taken it so far is in deep trouble.

Would I care? Possibly not, if I’m still in my size 10 jeans.

Why you mustn’t try this at home

By Dr Jack Mosley, author of Food Noise

It was Ozempic that first dominated the headlines, and for good reason. After one year on the injection (originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes), people were losing 15 per cent of their bodyweight according to the studies. Ozempic semaglutide acts on one receptor: the GLP-1 receptor. Then there was Mounjaro tirzepatide. Dubbed the ‘King Kong’ of weight loss medications, this could lead to 20 per cent bodyweight loss in those living with obesity. Mounjaro acted on two receptors: GLP-1 and another called GIP.

Now there’s retatrutide which acts on three receptors (the GLP-1, the GIP and the glucagon receptor) and can lead to even greater weight loss, comparable to bariatric surgery. But retatrutide is not yet available in the UK and is unlikely to receive full regulatory approval until 2027. And yet, it has been available in shady corners of the UK for months if not years.

The black market for GLP-1s is booming. You can buy illicit copies of retatrutide from gyms, beauticians, even from TikTok.

Dr Jack Mosley says if you are buying retatrutide, you are buying an unlicensed and potentially dangerous version of the medication

Some people selling these medications are exploiting a grey area in regulation by selling them as ‘research chemicals’ which are ‘not for human consumption’, whilst at the same time giving instructions on how to inject them.

If you are buying retatrutide at this point in 2026, you are buying an unlicensed and potentially dangerous version of the medication.

You may be getting the wrong dose, a different version of the drug or in fact a different medication entirely. The outcome could range from receiving no products and being outright scammed, to receiving the real product at unknown concentrations, potentially with impurities or even dangerous bacteria.

There have also been multiple reports of people being hospitalised after injecting themselves with insulin sold as GLP-1s. Others have been struck down by serious infections.

These counterfeit versions are dangerous. You really have no idea what you are putting in your body. Many of them are manufactured illegally in China, India and Russia.

So, if you are buying these medications via unregulated, illicit sources, you really are playing Russian roulette with your health.

Dr Jack Mosley is the author of Food Noise (Short Books, £10.99)

An inquiry into the fallout from the Peter Murrell scandal has been launched by a powerful Westminster committee after Holyrood refused to act.

The Scottish Affairs select committee has announced that it will probe key aspects of the scandal, which saw the former SNP chief executive jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 from his party.

It will also examine the case for breaking up the role of Scotland’s Lord Advocate, which is both the head of the prosecution service and also the Scottish Government’s top legal adviser.

It follows concerns about the former Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain tipping off the First Minister about key details of the court hearing for Murrell, who is Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband.

The two inquiries were launched after SNP and Green MSPs united to vote down calls for a Scottish Parliament inquiry into the matter and three Holyrood committees refused to carry out joint work with the Scottish Affairs committee on the issue.

Andrew Bowie, Conservative MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, the Shadow Energy Secretary, said: ‘Sneaky John Swinney pulled out all the stops to block a Holyrood inquiry into Murrell’s dodgy dealings.

Patricia Ferguson has confirmed the Scottish Affairs Committee will open an investigation into the scandal

‘The former CEO of the SNP stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from his own party and got away with it for so long because Sturgeon and Swinney ignored and silenced whistleblowers who sounded the alarm.

‘The Scottish Affairs Committee is rightly stepping in and shining a light on the murky matters that the SNP would rather never saw the light of day, including the glaring conflict at the heart of the Lord Advocate’s dual role.

‘Scots deserve the truth about how this scandal happened and why it went undetected for so long.’

MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee met yesterday afternoon to agree the two inquiries in the wake of the Murrell scandal.

One will look at the Electoral Commission’s oversight of the funding and governance of political parties in Scotland, as well as the policies, processes and safeguards associated with the distribution of Short Money to political parties.

It could assess whether any public money was involved in Murrell’s crimes.

Another will assess the cases for and against splitting up the Lord Advocate dual roles, and the different options for reform. This will include any ‘conflicts of interest’ between the two roles.

The SNP, which has opposed a committee inquiry at Holyrood or Westminster, has so far refused to say if it will co-operate with the inquiry.

Westminster select committees have the power to require named witnesses to attend in person to give oral evidence and to require that specified papers be provided to them.

If someone refuses to give evidence or provide requested material, they could ultimately face sanctions including admonishment, fines and imprisonment.

Scottish Labour acting leader Dame Jackie Baillie said: ‘We were always clear that our preference would have been for a Scottish Parliament inquiry into these matters – however, the SNP has thwarted any such inquiry at every opportunity.

‘It is therefore welcome that the Scottish Affairs Committee has now confirmed it will investigate the role of the Lord Advocate, and the Electoral Commission’s oversight of the funding and governance of political parties in Scotland.

‘Peter Murrell’s crimes have shaken trust in Scottish politics, and the SNP have done absolutely nothing to try and build that trust back – choosing evasion rather than scrutiny amid calls for an inquiry.

‘The people of Scotland deserve the truth, and they deserve answers about these serious issues.’

Police raided Murrell’s home as part of the investigation

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Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said: ‘John Swinney has done everything he can to block an inquiry into Operation Branchform.

‘The SNP are running scared because an inquiry would question how Peter Murrell was emboldened by his wife Nicola Sturgeon and his childhood friend John Swinney who shut down legitimate questions and concerns.

‘There are also questions about why only one person was charged and whether Police Scotland agreed with that decision. 

‘And, crucially, why Murrell was granted a favourable plea deal that not only spared Sturgeon’s blushes but handed the SNP a massive electoral advantage.

‘It is entirely right that the UK parliament inquiry also establishes whether any public money was stolen. The public deserve the full truth no matter how uncomfortable it is for the SNP.’

John Cooper, the Tory MP for Dumfries and Galloway who is pressing for Westminster legislation to split up the Lord Advocate role, said: ‘The Murrell scandal has exposed the glaring conflict at the heart of the Lord Advocate’s dual role.

‘Having the same person serve as the Government’s chief legal adviser and head of the prosecution service is an obvious anomaly that has no place in a modern justice system.

‘I have been campaigning to split these roles because the status quo is simply not sustainable, and I welcome this inquiry finally giving Parliament the opportunity to properly examine the case for reform. 

‘The Scottish Government cannot continue to ignore the damage this conflict of interest does to confidence in our justice system.’

Patricia Ferguson, chairman of the Scottish Affairs Committee, said: ‘The role of the Lord Advocate is unique, combining responsibilities as both the Scottish Government’s chief legal adviser and the head of Scotland’s prosecution service.

‘The handling of Operation Branchform has once again brought to the fore the challenges this dual role can present. It’s right that the appropriateness of the Lord Advocate’s dual role is properly considered, and we’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of the current arrangement, and possible options for reform.

‘Alongside this, we’ll open an inquiry examining the Electoral Commission’s oversight of the funding and governance of political parties in Scotland, and the policies, processes and safeguards associated with the distribution of Short Money. 

‘Transparency and accountability are fundamental to our democratic institutions, and we look forward to gathering evidence on whether our current systems are working effectively.

‘We will undertake this work alone, following confirmation from relevant Holyrood committees that they do not wish to work jointly with us on these important issues, which interact with devolved competence.’

The SNP has been asked whether it will co-operate with the inquiries.

EastEnders was home to carnage and devastation aplenty once more as new bride Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) was left wailing in despair after her big day ended in complete and utter disaster.

The iconic show schemer thought she’d found her one true love in Max Branning (Jake Wood), who let her down colossally by ending their marriage just hours after they exchanged vows.

Max was rushed to hospital with a heart attack due to the stress of ex Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), who he claims to be in love with, threatening to expose his secret affair with Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy).

After a close call, he resolved to listen to his heart (literally) and ended things with Cindy, before confessing his love to Linda. Cindy was devastated but Max will pay given that she’s just uncovered his sordid affair with Priya.

Elsewhere, Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) antagonised her loved ones after she stole Charlie’s cab and refused to apologise to Zack Hudson (James Farrar), who got attacked by the owner of said cab when he showed up at the Vic demanding his motor back.

With it all kicking off in Alert Square, you’re no doubt eager to find out what’s in store tomorrow – and we’ve got you covered!

What happens next in EastEnders? New spoilers for Thursday, September 10

Following Max and Cindy’s nuptials, emotional are at an all-time high in Albert Square tomorrow. The question is: with Cindy having uncovered the truth about Priya, just what will she do?

And as for Max? Last we saw him he was confessing his love for Linda, who admitted that she feels the same. Will the pair actually resolve to give things a go?

Meanwhile, over at the Vic, Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) encourages Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) to make amends with Zoe following their fight.

The question is: will Kat do so before it’s too late? It’s sadly been confirmed that Zoe is set to die in upcoming scenes, with the bang to the head she sustained earlier in the week thought to be the culprit.

The emotional scenes will transpire over the next few episodes, with Kat set to find her daughter’s lifeless body in the aftermath of what transpires tomorrow.

The question is: will the mother and daughter duo’s final exchange be one of anger?

Or will they manage to smooth things out before devastation strikes?

EastEnders airs these scenes Thursday September 10 at 7:30pm on BBC One or stream from 6am on BBC iPlayer

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The moment tech fans have been waiting for is finally here, as Apple officially unveils the iPhone Duo.

Apple’s long-awaited first foldable device features a book-style design, with an inner screen that is wider than it is tall when opened out.

Its massive 7.6-inch Super Retina inner display is 80 per cent larger than the 18 Pro, coupled with a 5.4-inch outer display.

The iPhone duo is available in two colours – night sky and star white- and is constructed from titanium.

Thanks to its ‘effortlessly smooth’ hinge, the tech giant claims its first foldable will be even more durable and should keep annoying screen creasing to a minimum. 

However, the iPhone Duo features Touch ID for unlocking rather than Face ID, which may come as a disappointment to some fans.  

Launching the product from the company’s Cupertino headquarters, new CEO John Ternus said: ‘iPhone Duo is the most transformational change to iPhone since the original.’

However, this won’t come cheap, with prices starting at $1,999 making this Apple’s most expensive iPhone ever. 

But the iPhone Duo isn’t the only new device on offer, as Apple has also launched the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max alongside new Apple Watches and AirPods.

iPhone Duo

Apple’s most exciting update in years finally brings the tech giant into the foldable market.

Although Apple is a few years late to the game, it appears that the company has been taking their time to bring a refined product to market. 

The iPhone Duo shares the same squat, book-like shape as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, meaning the screen is wider than it is tall when opened. 

Both the inner and outer screens share the same 1.4 aspect ratio, ensuring that apps don’t get distorted or leave dead space when changing between views. 

The outer display measures 5.4 inches, while the inner screen extends out to 7.6 inches.

Users will be able to use the iPhone Duo in any orientation or position, leaving it half open to prop up and watch movies hands-free or holding it partially folded like a book. 

Thanks to the new A20 Pro chipset, Apple’s new foldable will be able to accommodate multitasking, running different apps on either side of the screen. 

The outer display measures 5.4 inches, while the inner screen extends out to 7.6 inches

Apple says the screen will also support the use of Apple Pencil just like an iPad, making it the first iPhone to do so.  

On the back, the iPhone Duo uses the same 48-megapixel camera as the iPhone 18 Pro.

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

On the outside, these high–end phones look just like their predecessors – the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max – but with some big upgrades on the inside.

The new devices feature improved battery life, a more powerful chip, and a significantly improved camera system with the all–new mechanical aperture feature.

Launching the product from the company’s Cupertino headquarters, new CEO John Ternus said: ‘There’s no product in the world better designed to be your intelligent personal hub than iPhone.’

The iPhone 18 Pro is available in four colours: Black, Silver, a new colour called Glacier, and Burgundy.

And, after a long wait, the new iPhone will finally come with the upgraded Siri AI originally promised as part of Apple Intelligence.

The moment tech fans have been waiting for is finally here, as Apple officially unveils the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Pro Max

The iPhone 18 Pro is available in four colours: Black, Silver, a new colour called Glacier, and Burgundy (pictured) 

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However,at $1,199 and $1,299 respectively these are Apple’s most expensive non-folding smartphones yet. 

The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will be available to pre–order from Saturday, September 12, and available from September 18. 

But the iPhone 18 Pro isn’t the only new gadget on offer, as Apple has also launched the AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12, and Apple Watch Ultra 4. 

AirPods 5 

While some earlier rumours had suggested new AirPods Pro with a built–in camera would be on the way, the tech giant has instead revealed an upgrade to its standard AirPods. 

The AirPods 5 keep the same open–ear design from the AirPods 4, but with some key upgrades.

Apple says that the new AirPods will feature ‘richer, more detailed sound’, as well as active noise cancellation (ANC) as standard. 

The company claims that its new open–ear ANC system cuts out 50 per cent more external noise than the AirPods as well as featuring a more natural transparency mode. 

Dave Pakula, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering, said: ‘We’re thrilled that with AirPods 5, we’re able to bring Active Noise Cancellation — one of our most beloved features — to our most affordable AirPods’

Battery life has also been improved, with up to five hours of ANC playback on a charge – one hour longer than the AirPods 4 – and up to 22 hours with the charging case. 

The AirPods 5 keep the same open–ear design from the AirPods 4, but with some key upgrades 

As is to be expected with Apple making a big deal over its new AI capabilities, the AirPods will feature Siri AI compatibility for walk–and–talk AI conversations as well as live translation.

Users can even respond to Siri with head gestures such as nodding or shaking the head.  

The headphones are available in two variations: a standard option and a more expensive version that includes an on–stem volume control system from the AirPods Pro called Volume Swipe. 

The cheaper version is available for $129, with the more expensive option priced at $149 (UK price to be confirmed). 

Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 

Apple has released two upgrades to its lineup of wearables, the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4.

The Series 12 boasts a new ‘health sensing system’ designed to deliver better heart rate and heart rate variability measurements. 

Apple claims that this is now the most accurate heart rate sensing of any wearable on the market, after conducting a ‘scientifically rigorous’ study of over 1,000 people.

The Apple Watch Series 12 boasts a new ‘health sensing system’ designed to deliver better heart rate and heart rate variability measurements and a new ‘readiness score’ (pictured) 

Users will now be able to get better indicators of their overall health, including a new ‘readiness’ score.

The Apple Watch Series 12 also offers up to 24 hours of everyday battery life and 10 hours of battery during an outdoor workout – 25 per cent more than previous models.

The Apple Watch Ultra 4, meanwhile, packs all the same health-tracking upgrades alongside an even bigger battery life a suite of new AI features.

Thanks to a powerful chipset, the Ultra 4 is able to run some of Apple’s new AI features, including Audio Intelligence.

The Apple Watch Ultra 4 features ‘sound recognition’, which will alert deaf or hard-of-hearing users when it recognises important sounds, such as a doorbell.

The watch also features the new ‘Live Rewind’ feature, which can recall the last 15 seconds of a conversation to help catch details that users might have missed. 

The Apple Watch Series 12 starts at $399 and the Apple Watch Ultra 4 starts at $799 (UK prices to be confirmed)   

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane was nearly hit by a drone as he travelled to Oslo for the funeral of King Harald, the Norwegian Prime Minister said

Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane was nearly hit by a drone on the way to Oslo.

Norwegian Prime Minister Gahr Støre said that it was the “reality he is facing” amid the war with Russia. Zelensky is in Norway for the funeral of King Harald.

The Ukrainian leader regular travels the world pushing Western leaders for support in his country’s war with Russia and this was a reminder of the dangers that he faces.

“His plane was ⁠almost hit by a drone as it was about to take off from Moldova” said Store.

The leaders met along with defence companies to discuss the FREYJA anti-ballistic missile programme – an initiative aimed at building alternatives to the US-made Patriot interceptors.

Norway bade its final farewell to Harald V on Wednesday as crowds lined the streets and foreign royals and leaders converged on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king, who was remembered as a popular monarch with a down-to-earth touch.

A 21-gun salute rang out over the capital at the start of a funeral procession from the royal palace to Oslo Cathedral. Harald’s son, new King Haakon VIII, and other senior royals walked behind the coffin, draped with the red Norwegian royal standard. Harald’s widow, Queen Sonja, and Haakon’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, followed in a car.

Norwegian officials and foreign dignitaries joined the solemn procession. They included the monarchs of Sweden, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco and Jordan.

Also present were the heir to the British throne, Prince William, and Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino, as well as political leaders from more than 20 countries.

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