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Sunderland’s agreement to sign Lyon winger Malick Fofana has been thrown into doubt after Crystal Palace made a late attempt to hijack the deal on transfer deadline day. The 21-year-old Belgium international had been expected to travel to the North East to complete a medical after Sunderland agreed a fee with the French club. Reports put the initial value of the deal at around €30 million, with add-ons taking the overall package higher. However, Palace have since entered the race and are believed to have reached an agreement worth about €37 million with Lyon. The London club’s new manager, Pierre…

A Cedartown police officer has been placed on administrative leave after fatally shooting a pet donkey during an overnight search for a missing 12-year-old girl in Polk County, Georgia. The animal, named HeeHaw, was killed at Elsberry Riding and Farm near Rockmart at about 12.45am on Sunday, 30 August. The child was later found safely at a church close to the pasture, according to police. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome said the officer involved had not been identified and that the department’s command staff had opened an investigation. The case has also been referred to the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s…

An Italian court has approved a gradual reunification plan for a British-Australian couple whose three children were removed from their off-grid home in the Abruzzo region last year. Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham will initially be allowed to spend time with their children at home during the day, with weekend overnight stays due to begin in October, their lawyer Simone Pillon said. The children, a nine-year-old girl and seven-year-old twin boys, will remain at a residential care facility in Vasto for now. Their return to live permanently with their parents will depend on assessments by social services. The Juvenile Court…

Britain has recorded its hottest summer since national records began in 1884, with provisional Met Office figures showing temperatures remained exceptionally high through June, July and August. The UK’s mean summer temperature reached 16.5C, beating the previous record of 16.1C set in 2025. England, Wales and Northern Ireland also recorded their warmest summers on record, while Scotland experienced its joint sixth-warmest. The season was marked by five widespread heatwaves, with temperatures reaching 38.1C at Kew Gardens in south-west London on 13 August. A total of 54 Met Office stations broke their all-time daily maximum temperature records. There were 40 days…

Travis Kelce’s Taylor Swift-linked pet dog has made its modelling debut alongside the Kansas City Chiefs star in Tommy Hilfiger’s autumn 2026 campaign. The fluffy white Samoyed appears with Kelce in photographs and campaign footage filmed at New York’s Plaza Hotel, where the American designer once lived. In one image, the dog sits on Kelce’s leg as he models a navy peacoat and white roll-neck jumper. Kelce told Vogue that the dog is shared with Swift, after the Hilfiger team decided to include a canine in the shoot. “We figured, why not her? She crushed it, and actually really fit…

John Ternus’s first day as Apple chief executive has been imagined as a tongue-in-cheek internal briefing, complete with an early-morning email outlining the challenges facing the company’s new leader. The fictional memo, presented by The Verge, welcomes Mr Ternus to his new role and offers a playful assessment of Apple’s divisions and priorities. It begins by warning him that the company’s design-led offices may not be as easy to navigate as expected. In a joke aimed at former Apple design chief Jony Ive, the message says the building contains no conventional door handles, describing them as “unsightly” under Ive’s design…

Everton have agreed a deal to bring Jack Grealish back from Manchester City on a season-long loan, with the England winger due to undergo a medical before Tuesday’s 23:00 BST transfer deadline. The 30-year-old spent much of last season at Goodison Park and is understood to have made Everton his preferred destination despite interest from other clubs, including his boyhood side Aston Villa. Grealish made 20 appearances for the Toffees during his previous spell, scoring twice and creating six goals before a foot injury ended his campaign in January. Everton chief executive Angus Kinnear said the club had “remained in…

A Cedartown police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after shooting and killing a pet donkey during an overnight search for a missing 12-year-old girl in Polk County, Georgia. The donkey, named HeeHaw, was killed at Elsberry Riding and Farm in Rockmart at about 12.45am on Sunday, August 30, while officers from the Cedartown Police Department and Polk County Police Department were searching the property. Police Chief Jamie Newsome said the missing child was found safely at a nearby church shortly after the shooting. The officer involved has not been named. Newsome said he had requested an independent…

Australians with hay fever have been warned to prepare for an earlier and potentially more severe pollen season, as hot, dry and windy conditions threaten to intensify symptoms across the country. The arrival of spring is already prompting many sufferers to rely on antihistamines for relief from sneezing, blocked noses and watery, irritated eyes. Some say the condition is so disruptive that they can spend hundreds of dollars each month on medication. Almost one in four Australians reported having allergic rhinitis — commonly known as hay fever — in the 2023 National Health Survey, according to the Australasian Society of…

JBL has launched the Cove speaker range, a new connected audio system designed to compete with Sonos and Bose in the whole-home market. The three models can be used individually, paired for stereo or linked over Wi-Fi to play music across multiple rooms. The range will go on sale from September 13 in black or white. US prices start at $229.95 for the compact Cove M1, rising to $399.95 for the battery-powered Cove P1 and $449.95 for the flagship Cove X1. The wired Cove M1 combines three 0.75-inch tweeters with a 4-inch woofer. The larger P1 adds Dolby Atmos support…