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Karl Bushby is nearing the end of a 28-year journey to walk 30,000 miles around the world and return home to Hull. The challenge has taken him through experiences including robbery, imprisonment and a near-fatal loss of blood. Yet as he approaches the final stage, Bushby says his greatest fear is what will happen after the journey ends. Rather than the dangers faced on the road, he is worried about waking up in his childhood bedroom in Hull and having to decide what to do next. After almost three decades spent walking across the world, Bushby is now confronting the…

The Trump administration’s campaign against press freedom has widened into a broad effort to influence speech in the United States, using federal agencies, legal action and control over access to government officials to target journalists, broadcasters and critics. FBI agents have visited reporters’ homes to serve subpoenas and, in at least one case, displayed a warrant while seizing electronic devices. The Pentagon has removed the editor and publisher of Stars and Stripes, its traditionally independent newspaper, and restricted access for journalists who refused to sign reporting agreements. Regulators have also been deployed against media organisations over their content, while the…

General Motors is developing sodium-ion battery cells in an effort to build a more domestic supply chain and reduce US dependence on China, a senior executive has said. Kurt Kelty, GM’s vice-president of battery and sustainability, said the company was targeting a largely domestic source of battery cells within two to three years. The initial focus is on energy storage systems for homes, businesses and data centres, although GM also intends to prioritise domestic production for future electric vehicles. “We’re developing a supply chain such that, two years from now, three years from now, it will be domestic,” Mr Kelty…

Orlando Bloom has shared rare snaps of his six-year-old daughter Daisy Dove, offering a glimpse of family life during a beach day with his girlfriend, Swiss model Luisa Laemmel. In one photograph, Daisy is seen wading through the water while holding her father’s hand. Wearing a denim bucket hat and white T-shirt, she had a temporary tattoo of Jack Sparrow, the pirate character associated with Bloom’s film career, on her arm. Another image showed the actor cuddling his daughter outside a restaurant as she curled up on his lap. Bloom also shared a photograph of his and Laemmel’s shadows as…

Bournemouth are set to face Brentford in a Premier League fixture at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday 12 September 2026. The match is scheduled to kick off at 3pm, with Bournemouth hosting Brentford on the south coast.

A 50-year-old woman from Ocoee died after her car left the road and crashed near North Hiawassee Road in Orange County, Florida, authorities said. The woman was driving a 2016 Lexus IS northbound on North Hiawassee Road on Saturday as she approached the junction with Clarcona Ocoee Road. Investigators believe she may have suffered a medical episode, causing the vehicle to veer into a nearby business car park. The Lexus travelled through the car park before hitting a kerb, fence and tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver was taken to AdventHealth Apopka, where she was pronounced dead.…

Brisbane Lions were closing in on victory over Adelaide Crows at the Gabba, leading 138-73 with five minutes remaining. Levi Ashcroft added to the margin with a goal as the home side pressed for a place in the preliminary final. The match was played in front of a listed sell-out crowd of 36,026 in Brisbane. If the Lions hold on, Kayo Sports is predicting that they will face Hawthorn at the MCG next Saturday in a twilight fixture, expected to start at about 5.15pm. That scheduling would allow Brisbane to fly home to Brisbane that night if they win. The…

Karl Bushby is nearing the end of a 30,000-mile round-the-world walk that began in Hull 28 years ago, with the adventurer now just weeks from returning to the UK. The 57-year-old left his home on the Sutton Park Estate on October 1, 1998, aged 29, with two rules: he would not use transport to advance his journey and would not return to Britain until it was complete. He is now in Belgium, around 500 miles from Hull. After reaching France, he plans to swim the English Channel in stages before walking north to his home city, where he hopes to…

President Trump is combining Irish diplomacy with an appearance at a golf tournament at his club in Doonbeg. The event will see him attend the tournament while carrying out diplomatic activity in Ireland.

Algorithmic pricing is creating cartel-like outcomes in some markets without the meetings, messages or formal agreements traditionally used to prove collusion, raising difficult questions for competition authorities and company boards. The issue has been highlighted by the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Amazon, in which the agency described an internal pricing tool known as Project Nessie. The FTC alleges that the system identified products where rivals were likely to follow an Amazon price rise, increased the price and kept it there once competitors matched. The agency claims Nessie generated more than $1 billion in additional profit and was…