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Police investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found in a park in Worcestershire have said they are not seeking a third party. The girl, named locally as Miya Deamer-Jones, was reported missing at about 11.20pm on Sunday after failing to return home. Her body was later found near Elmley Castle Cricket Club. West Mercia Police said the circumstances surrounding the child’s death remained under investigation and were being treated as unexplained. The force said Miya’s family had been informed and was receiving support from specially trained officers. Detectives have asked people not to fuel speculation, adding…

Paramount Skydance has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating one of the largest media conglomerates in history under the new name Skydance. The deal, completed on Tuesday after more than a year of negotiations, brings together two of Hollywood’s most established film studios and almost one-third of basic cable programming. The combined company will trade on the stock market under the ticker symbol “SKYD”. Paramount Skydance completes Warner Bros. Discovery deal The acquisition followed repeated rejections, a bidding contest and scrutiny from regulators in the United States and Europe. A group of US state attorneys general, led by…

Wladimir Klitschko has asked for a law enforcement investigation into jewellery he believes was pawned by someone previously connected to Hayden Panettiere, according to court documents. The former boxer said the pawn shop had refused to provide details about the items unless contacted by police. He is concerned the jewellery and other belongings could be sold to third parties before they are recovered. Klitschko made the request as part of his application to become the legal guardian of Kaya, his daughter with Panettiere. He said recovering the actress’s property could directly affect her daughter’s inheritance. He is seeking specific authority…

Donald Trump’s push to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States has run into a Senate roadblock, with Republican senator Tom Cotton vowing to oppose the legislation over fears that children in Arkansas would be forced to travel to school in darkness during winter. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House of Representatives in July by 308 votes to 117, but it has no clear route through the Senate. Senators are not expected to return to Washington until after the November midterm elections, leaving the proposal stalled for now. Trump escalated the dispute on Saturday, October 3, by…

The Superquiz has been relaunched with a new format designed to make the daily general-knowledge challenge faster and easier to play on mobile devices. The quiz retains its familiar structure of 15 questions, while adding interactive features intended to show players how their results compare with those of other participants. Players can now see other scores in real time and share their results with friends and family through Facebook, X and WhatsApp. Further updates are also planned. The redesigned interface displays the total number of questions beside the progress bar, along with the player’s position in the quiz, such as…

Artificial intelligence is being developed too quickly and needs protective guardrails to prevent catastrophe, frontier technology whistleblowers have warned. Connor Leahy of ControlAI has weighed in on the concerns, focusing attention on the need for serious oversight of increasingly advanced AI systems. The warnings include the possibility that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, including the risk of extinction if adequate safety measures are not put in place.

A Devon mother with incurable breast cancer has held a solo wedding celebration so she could experience wearing her dream dress, surrounded by family and friends, rather than continue waiting for the “perfect circumstances”. Amanda Barnes, 49, from Totnes, was diagnosed with stage four cancer in October 2022 after the disease was found to have spread to her spine. She had previously been warned that she might not live beyond March 2023. Friends helped her arrange the occasion at the Ilsington Country House Hotel near Newton Abbot, where she was joined by 30 loved ones. There was no groom, but…

Memecoin trading on Robinhood Chain surged to $443 million in early September before collapsing by 96%, in a brief speculative wave that also drew in digital tokens designed to track individual companies’ share prices. The blockchain, launched by Robinhood this summer, saw virtually no trading in memecoin-stock-token pairs in July. Activity rose sharply in September, according to CryptoQuant, but the burst proved short-lived. The rush also prompted the creation of about 26,000 new tokens a day on the chain during September, with the daily total reaching almost 45,000 on September 8, according to Dune data. Most recorded little or no…

Ghosts actor John Hartman has said TMZ contacted people close to him, including his sister, claiming he had died. The 42-year-old, who plays Nigel Chessum in the CBS comedy series, addressed what he described as a death hoax in a video shared on social media. “Yesterday, TMZ called a number of people in my life, including my sister, and said I died,” Hartman said. He said the situation had since been resolved, adding: “It was all a misunderstanding. It got cleared up. Frankly, I didn’t know that TMZ cared if I was alive or not…. Did give people quite a…

A Houston foundation is staging a casino-themed fundraiser to raise money and provide scholarships for survivors of domestic violence. You Have a Purpose Foundation’s Bet on Her: Casino Royale will take place on Thursday 8 October at Momentum BMW on the Southwest Freeway, with support from Mega 101 FM, the law office of Domingo Garcia and Texas Technical Trade School. The event will run from 6.30pm to 9pm and feature casino-style tables, food, drinks and auctions. Organisers say the games will be for entertainment, with no real-money gambling involved. Proceeds will support the Houston Area Women’s Center and help fund…