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A nine-year-old Australian girl diagnosed with childhood dementia as a baby has reached school age without developing the devastating symptoms, after becoming the youngest person in the world to receive an experimental gene therapy. Tilly Page was three months old when her parents, Kate and Lachlan, were told to take her home and make memories because she was unlikely to live beyond 10. Doctors now say there is no evidence the disease ever took hold. Tilly is the only child in Australia to have received the treatment. She attends school, plays netball, roller skates, makes craft and reads to her…

Stacey Solomon is moving into a £2.5 million country manor, marking a dramatic change in fortunes for the television star who once relied on milk tokens and a weekly giro as a single teenage mother. Solomon is now regarded as one of television’s most bankable stars, having built a successful career after surviving financial hardship in her youth. The move represents a striking contrast with her earlier life, when she depended on welfare payments to support herself and her family.

Nicolas Jackson’s discipline has been criticised after the Aston Villa forward was substituted at half time during the 2-1 defeat by Nottingham Forest. Jackson, who joined Villa from Chelsea as part of the club’s efforts to strengthen their attack, was at risk of being sent off after a difficult first-half display. Manager Unai Emery removed him during the interval. The defeat leaves Aston Villa 19th in the Premier League after four matches, with the club still searching for goals and consistency at the start of the season. Jason Cundy condemns Nicolas Jackson discipline Former Chelsea player and pundit Jason Cundy…

A 29-year-old man has been injured and arrested after a fight at a gym in Chicago’s West Loop escalated into an exchange of gunfire early on Sunday. Officers were called to the 1300 block of West Randolph Street at about 1.51am, the Chicago Police Department said. Police said the man had been involved in a physical altercation with another man inside a business believed to be the West Loop Athletic Club. The dispute continued outside, where both men allegedly drew handguns and fired at one another. One of the men fled before officers arrived. The 29-year-old was found with graze…

Billy Slater has defended Scott Drinkwater following the Cowboys star’s performance in the semi-final. Slater stepped in to support Drinkwater after the match, backing the player despite scrutiny of his display.

Less than half of grammar school pupils are now white British, with their proportion falling from 66 per cent to 44 per cent in a decade, figures from the annual school spring census show. The sharpest declines were recorded in Kent, Greater Manchester, Essex, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire and West Yorkshire, as more pupils from Indian, Pakistani, African and Chinese backgrounds entered selective schools. At Reading School in Berkshire, applications from white British families fell from 49 per cent to 13 per cent this year. Head teacher Chris Evans said some parents feared their children would be “hot-housed” if they gained a…

Kelly Osbourne called off her relationship with former Slipknot member Sid in March, it has been reported. Osbourne, 41, and Sid, 49, share a three-year-old son, Sidney.

Billy Slater has defended Scott Drinkwater after the Cows star’s performance in the semi-final. Slater’s intervention came after Drinkwater’s display drew scrutiny, with the former player standing behind the North Queensland figure following the match.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a renewed commitment to peace as he marked 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The Chicago-born pontiff spoke in English from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St Peter’s Square, at the end of his traditional Sunday Angelus blessing at the Vatican. “I renew my prayers for those who lost their lives and for those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day,” Pope Leo said. He added: “At a time when conflict and violence afflict so many of our brothers and sisters, I invite…

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