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Patrick Stewart, the Yorkshire-born actor famed for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died aged 86. Stewart died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after what his spokesperson, Kelly Bush Novak, described as “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia. His diagnoses had not previously been disclosed. Hugh Jackman, who appeared alongside Stewart in the X-Men films, paid tribute to him as “one of the greats of stage and screen” and “a tremendous friend and man”. Although he became internationally recognised as a…

Paul Wesley has paid tribute to Patrick Stewart after the death of the Star Trek actor, recalling the meeting they shared and describing him as a “real class act”. Wesley, who plays Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, spoke about Stewart at LAX on Thursday after learning of the news. Although the pair did not know each other well, Wesley said he had met Stewart once and had heard enough about him to form a strong impression. He also praised Stewart as one of television’s iconic heroes and a genuinely good man. Wesley said his admiration…

Robert Kelker-Kelly, the actor best known for playing Bo Brady in Days of Our Lives, died from arteriosclerotic heart disease, medical officials in Missouri have confirmed. His death was ruled to have occurred from natural causes. Kelker-Kelly died aged 62 on 3 October, but the cause was not disclosed until nearly four weeks later by the Office of the Regional Medical Examiner in St Charles. A police report said the actor had complained of pain in his chest and arm before he became unresponsive. Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures, but he could not be revived. Robert Kelker-Kelly’s television career Kelker-Kelly…

The Court of Appeal is due to decide whether Erin Patterson’s convictions for the murders of her in-laws and their sister should be overturned. The court will also rule on whether Patterson’s 33-year non-parole period should be scrapped and replaced with a sentence requiring her to remain in prison for the rest of her natural life. Patterson was convicted over the deaths of Don and Gail Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, following a lunch in August 2023. She was also convicted of attempting to murder Heather Wilkinson’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. Now-retired Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale sentenced Patterson to…

Early voting numbers are being analysed as US campaigns make their final push with just days remaining before the midterm elections. Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys, and Zachary Donnini, head of data science at VoteHub, are examining what the figures may indicate about the contest. The analysis focuses on the significance of early voting patterns and what they can reveal about the midterms as election day approaches.

Donald Trump has cancelled two campaign rallies scheduled for this weekend, abandoning planned appearances in Kansas and Iowa just days before the November 3 midterm elections. The President was due to appear in Salina, Kansas, on Saturday to support Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing a surprisingly close re-election contest. A planned rally in Dubuque, Iowa, has also been scrapped. The Iowa event will instead be held virtually, according to Republican sources. The White House said Mr Trump would host at least 20 tele-rallies before election day, targeting voters in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. “These…

President Trump has returned to South Carolina for the second time in eight days, as growing attention and spending around the state’s US Senate race raise questions about how firmly Republican the state remains. The heightened focus on the contest, including the flow of money into the race, has prompted renewed scrutiny of South Carolina’s political character.

The United States has warned that a 3.4 billion dollar loan to Airbus could undermine its trade truce with the European Union and put a wider agreement on tariffs at risk. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has demanded details of the loan, which was provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in June. He said his office had still not received information about what he described as the bank’s “largest loan ever”. Greer warned that the financing could breach the terms of the 2021 agreement that suspended a long-running dispute over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers. The truce paused tariffs on…

Patrick Stewart once spoke of his deep regret over becoming estranged from his two children, admitting that his acting career had taken priority over fatherhood. The Star Trek actor described his relationship with son Daniel and daughter Sophie as “practically non-existent” in a 2023 interview with the Irish Independent. The pair are his children with his first wife, Sheila Falconer. Stewart said the distance between them had caused him “significant grief”, adding that he had not expected their relationship to deteriorate in that way. “I always put my acting work first, before my family,” he said, acknowledging the part his…

Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are monitoring Como defender Jacobo Ramon, with the 21-year-old emerging as a potential target for the three Premier League clubs. The England trio are understood to be keeping tabs on Ramon, although no further details of a possible move have been given.