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Ricky Gervais has placed his riverside home in Marlow on the market for £2.95 million, shortly after revealing plans to marry his long-term partner Jane Fallon partly to protect their wealth from inheritance tax. The four-bedroom property, which the comedian bought for £2.75 million in 2014, is being marketed by Savills as a rare opportunity to own a detached house on the River Thames with its own mooring, tennis court and extensive gardens. It was added to property listings on September 3, 2026. ([zoopla.co.uk](https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/74131238/?utm_source=openai)) The sale comes after Gervais, 65, secured planning permission to demolish the existing 1920s house and…

US federal prosecutors have charged Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro with making false statements about the January shooting of Venezuelan migrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Castro turned himself in to federal authorities on Thursday and remains in custody, according to a person familiar with the case who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The federal charge centres on Castro’s account of the incident, in which he said he opened fire after being attacked with a shovel and a broom while attempting to make an arrest. Surveillance footage and witness accounts are understood to have…

Health Minister Mark Butler has rejected claims of an anti-boy agenda in Australian schools, saying teaching young men to respect women is “not woke” as a political row over classroom content intensifies. The dispute erupted after Liberal leader Angus Taylor backed Nationals senator Matt Canavan’s assertion that political activism was influencing what children were taught. Canavan has argued that respectful relationships lessons risk pushing boys towards misogynistic online figures rather than preventing harmful behaviour. Speaking on Sunrise on Friday, Mr Butler said the greater danger came from social media companies and algorithms that directed toxic material towards young people. “Teaching…

A Minneapolis gunman killed two residents at the Shoreline Plaza apartment complex before being shot dead by police, after allegedly opening fire during a child-custody handover and amid an eviction case linked to threats and gun incidents. Carlton Neal Johnson II, 35, is accused of shooting the mother of his child before entering the building in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon. He then allegedly fired at two members of staff before going to the ninth floor, where he lived, and killing Dale Henry Spry, 63, and Muse Abdi Afrah, 61. The complex, at 15 East Grant Street in the Loring…

A Georgia man accused of setting fire to surveillance cameras in Cobb County was identified using the same network of automated number-plate readers he allegedly targeted, police said. Colby Williams, 25, from McDonough, was arrested on Thursday, September 3, after several Flock cameras were damaged in the East Cobb area. He faces four counts of criminal damage to property, four counts of arson, reckless conduct and interference with government property. Flock cameras used to identify suspect Investigators said the incidents began late on Tuesday, September 1, when a camera at East Cobb Park, off Roswell Road, was struck by a…

Collapsed Sydney developer Bathla Group owes creditors about A$3.4 billion (£1.7 billion), administrators have revealed, as they race to secure emergency funding before construction on some projects is halted. Teneo told Bathla’s first creditors’ meeting on Friday that negotiations were continuing with five of the group’s 43 lenders. The administrators have set Monday morning as the latest deadline for securing enough cash to keep parts of the business operating. Andrew Scott, a Teneo administrator, said the group had “literally no cash” when it entered voluntary administration last week. “We’ve been really focused on raising liquidity to provide short-term funding to…

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former Philadelphia labour leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, his lawyer said, paving the way for his release after he served about two years of a six-year term. George Bochetto said the President signed the commutation on Thursday 3 September and that Dougherty could leave the federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, as soon as Friday morning. He said the decision would allow Dougherty to return home to care for his wife, Cecilia, whose health had deteriorated significantly. The couple’s money for private nursing care had reportedly run out. “President Trump has signed…

An allegedly “aggressive” toilet notice aimed at female staff at ANZ’s global headquarters in Melbourne has triggered an online backlash after accusing workers of leaving mess behind for cleaners to deal with. The sign, reportedly displayed in a women’s changing room at the bank’s Melbourne premises, claimed that “a few ladies” had experienced “accidents” in the facilities and failed to clean up afterwards. It said the toilets were cleaned and disinfected each day, but warned that the alleged behaviour was unacceptable for the cleaning team. “What the cleaning team have to endure is disgusting, shameful and unhygienic,” the notice stated.…

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has threatened tougher action against an offshore oil project near the Falkland Islands, after Donald Trump suggested that the United States might reconsider its long-standing position on the disputed territory. In a televised address on Thursday, Mr Milei described the development as a threat to Argentina’s sovereignty and accused British and Israeli companies of seeking to exploit resources that Buenos Aires claims belong to Argentina. He said his government would introduce measures against companies involved in the project, including sanctions that could extend to shareholders, directors and suppliers. Argentina also plans to increase funding for a…

Serious e-bike and e-scooter injuries among children are rising sharply at a Florida children’s hospital, with admissions almost doubling year on year, doctors have warned. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children admitted about 50 young patients with significant injuries linked to electric bikes and scooters in 2023. The figure rose to 125 in 2024, while 120 children had already been admitted during the first six months of 2026. Dr Donald Plumley, a paediatric trauma surgeon at the Orlando hospital, said staff had reviewed their records after noticing a growing number of cases involving so-called micromobility devices. “We’ve about doubled…