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Nigel Farage has been forced on to the defensive by a Reform UK donations sting, after two senior aides were suspended over secretly recorded discussions about channelling money from a supposed foreign donor into British politics. The crisis overshadowed the party’s annual conference in Birmingham, where thousands of supporters gathered for Mr Farage’s keynote address as Reform’s lead in the opinion polls disappeared. Dan Jukes, Mr Farage’s chief of staff, and James Orr, the party’s head of policy, stepped aside after Channel 4 broadcast footage recorded during an undercover investigation by Verbatim, an investigative group founded by former Centre for…

Kevin Reddington made a last-ditch appeal on Friday to prevent a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, after a Massachusetts judge said he was prepared to end proceedings when jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Judge William Sullivan gave the defence one hour to petition the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for an emergency stay, delaying the formal declaration while the application was filed. The move followed the jury’s third report that it could not agree after seven days of deliberations over whether Ms Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children in 2023. Reddington had argued…

US federal regulators have opened an investigation into whether Tesla’s new Cybercab complies with vehicle safety rules, threatening to disrupt Elon Musk’s plans to expand a paid driverless taxi service. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday, September 4, that it had launched an audit into Tesla’s certification of the two-seater vehicle, shortly after the company began commercial deployment in Austin, Texas. The Cybercab has no steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals, and lacks conventional side and rear-view mirrors. NHTSA said it would examine the technical data and processes Tesla used to declare that the vehicle met all…

A surge in US hiring has revived expectations of an interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve, placing chairman Kevin Warsh under renewed pressure as President Donald Trump intensifies demands for borrowing costs to be cut. Employers added 162,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, far exceeding the average monthly increase of 31,000 over the previous year. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1 per cent, while the proportion of people either working or seeking work rose to 61.6 per cent. The figures have strengthened the case for the Fed to raise rates at its meeting on September…

Devon Sawa has been pictured looking markedly different from his appearance in Eminem’s iconic Stan music video, more than 25 years after he became one of the defining faces of early-2000s pop culture. The Canadian actor was 21 when he played the troubled title character in the 2000 video, which starred Eminem as the rapper’s increasingly desperate fan and featured Dido’s sampled vocals. The role remains one of Sawa’s best-known performances. That same year, Sawa led the cast of the original Final Destination film as Alex Browning, a teenager who foresees a catastrophic plane crash. His performance in the horror…

A US judge has blocked a start-up from using the Twitter name in its planned rival to Elon Musk’s X, while allowing it to use the word “tweet” and the former Twitter bird logo for now. Operation Bluebird, which began under the name Twitter.now, launched its public-facing website as Tweet.app after a split ruling by the US District Court in Delaware. The decision followed a trademark dispute brought by X over the start-up’s use of marks associated with the social media platform. Judge Colm F Connolly granted X a preliminary injunction covering eight Twitter-related trademarks, including the central “Twitter” mark.…

A tornado touched down on Detroit’s east side on Thursday, September 3, the National Weather Service has confirmed, after severe storms caused widespread damage across south-east Michigan. Mayor Mary Sheffield announced the finding during a press conference on Friday, saying the tornado began near Mt Elliott and East Vernor before travelling south-east towards Belle Isle. The storm damaged buildings and roads along its path, with reports of structural collapses around Concord and St Paul. Further damage was recorded on Lafayette Avenue, Jefferson Avenue and Concord Street. Detroit tornado path examined The National Weather Service sent a survey team to examine…

Western Australian homeowners spent $1.2 billion renovating their properties during the 2025-26 financial year, as housing shortages, high property prices and delays to new builds encouraged more people to improve the homes they already own. Greater Perth accounted for $934 million of the total, with $130.9 million spent in June alone. The figures cover work ranging from major kitchen and bathroom upgrades to smaller cosmetic improvements. Cottesloe-Claremont recorded the highest renovation spending among Perth’s statistical areas, at about $127 million. The figure was up by $7 million on the previous year. Perth City was next, with just over $108 million…

A judge has declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict, but her defence lawyer has been given an hour to seek an emergency stay from Massachusetts’ highest court. Judge William Sullivan announced the decision at Plymouth Superior Court on Friday, September 4, after jurors sent a third note saying they remained deadlocked on whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. The jury had spent seven days deliberating. Before it could be brought into court for the mistrial to be formally recorded, defence lawyer Kevin Reddington…

Maria Bartiromo has disputed reports that she was fired by Fox News and Fox Business, a day after the networks announced that she had left the company after more than 12 years. Her lawyer, Bryan Freedman, said on Friday that claims Bartiromo had been terminated or was no longer employed by Fox were “absolutely and unequivocally false”. “Make no mistake, we have the receipts and witnesses and they will come out whether through the courthouse or otherwise,” he said, accusing those reporting her dismissal of showing “a complete and utter reckless disregard for the truth”. Fox News Media announced on…