Author: Darren Smith

News, Science & Sport Darren Smith is a freelance reporter specialising in general news, science, and sport. His work covers breaking stories, scientific research, and major sporting events. darrensmith@britanniadaily.com

Danny Tommo has accused journalists of turning up at his mother’s home following Daily Mail reporting on his background, including his 2016 attempted kidnapping conviction, sparking accusations from his supporters that the newspaper had “doxxed” his family after protests against small boat migrant arrivals in Dover and Portsmouth. Danny Tommo’s supporters have accused the Daily Mail of doxing his mother, after the newspaper published reporting on Tommo’s background following recent Patriot Platform protests in Dover and Portsmouth against small boat migrant arrivals. The Daily Mail’s coverage examined Tommo’s history, including his 2016 conviction for attempted kidnapping, and quoted his mother saying she wanted no involvement in his activities and no visitors at her home. In response, Tommo rejected mainstream media as “the enemy,” declaring “WE ARE THE MEDIA…

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Notebooks belonging to Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane, containing lists of explosives, references to the Manchester Arena bombing and disturbing claims about resurrecting people, were dismissed as having no evidential value by Nottinghamshire Police and kept hidden from a public inquiry for three years, it has emerged. Notebooks belonging to Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane, found in a holdall at his home shortly after he killed three people, contained lists of explosives that police dismissed as unimportant, a public inquiry heard today. The notebooks and an accompanying sketchbook also contained what were described as “deeply misogynistic” ramblings, references to the 2017 Manchester…

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Flights at Heathrow and Gatwick have faced significant delays after a technical fault in National Air Traffic Services equipment disrupted departures at both airports on Monday, in the latest of several separate aviation disruptions to hit London’s major hubs in recent days. Passengers at two of Britain’s busiest airports faced major delays today after a technical failure in air traffic control equipment disrupted flight departures. National Air Traffic Services (Nats) confirmed engineers were on site investigating the issue, which added to a day of operational disruption at both London Heathrow and Gatwick. A spokesman for Nats said: “We are investigating…

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to after a woman in her 30s was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man riding a bicycle in Gurnard Park, Portsmouth, last month. Police have released CCTV footage after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man riding a bicycle in a popular Portsmouth park. Officers launched an investigation following reports that a woman in her 30s was attacked during a late-night incident on 25 July. According to police, the man approached the victim on Colwell Road while riding a bicycle,…

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A knife-wielding attacker stabbed three men in the neck and face across Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighbourhood within roughly 25 minutes on Monday morning, just as J’Ouvert celebrations began ahead of New York’s West Indian American Day Carnival, with police now believing all three attacks were carried out by the same suspect. Three men were stabbed in the neck and face in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighbourhood just hours before New York City’s Carnival parade was due to begin, the NYPD said. The violence broke out at around 5.48am on Monday, with police now believing all three attacks were carried out by…

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Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, 95, has reportedly been detained by Portuguese authorities over the alleged illegal possession of a shotgun at Tires Aerodrome near Lisbon, marking the second time in just over four years that he has been held over a firearm at an airport. Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has reportedly been arrested for illegally carrying a shotgun at a Portuguese aerodrome. Ecclestone, 95, is understood to have been detained at Tires Aerodrome in Cascais, west of Lisbon, after landing there in his private jet. The reports, currently circulating via Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã, describe a…

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Kimberly Wyatt has suggested the Pussycat Dolls’ upcoming PCD Forever Tour, launching in Copenhagen this week, could mark the group’s final run of shows together, after the trio’s planned North American arena leg was scrapped over the summer. Kimberly Wyatt has hinted that the Pussycat Dolls’ impending reunion tour could be their last. The performer is preparing to reunite with bandmates Nicole Scherzinger and Ashley Roberts for the PCD Forever Tour, which kicks off in days in Copenhagen, Denmark. The trio will tour across Europe for just over a month, playing arenas in several countries before closing the run with…

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acknowledged that measles caused the death of a six-week-old infant in Pennsylvania, reversing his earlier suggestion that the state’s reported measles deaths may have been “fabricated,” after the county coroner formally concluded the virus was responsible. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has finally admitted that measles was the cause of an infant’s death in Pennsylvania, marking a significant reversal from his earlier public scepticism about the state’s reported measles fatalities. His acceptance follows a formal conclusion from Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, who reversed his own earlier assessment to state definitively: “The…

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The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to move away from the centuries-old Mercator world map in favour of the Equal Earth projection, which depicts Africa at its true size and reduces the UK and US, following a campaign led by African nations against what supporters call “cartographic colonialism.” The United Nations has voted to move away from the long-dominant Mercator world map in favour of a new projection that significantly enlarges Africa while reducing the size of the UK and US. The General Assembly’s “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, passed…

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Ariana Grande has offered fans a glimpse of her rekindled romance with Ricky Álvarez, sharing footage of the pair kissing during rehearsals for her Eternal Sunshine Tour, alongside a reworked “thank u, next” lyric suggesting she wants him to be her “last” partner. Ariana Grande has given fans a closer look at her relationship with boyfriend Ricky Álvarez in a new video recapping her Eternal Sunshine Tour. The singer wrapped up the 41-show run with her final performance in London on Tuesday, before sharing a black-and-white montage from the tour on Instagram on Friday. “This experience has meant more to…

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