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‘CLASSIC DEFLECTION’ – Social media erupts as progressive mayor plays race card. Continue reading …

FOOTAGE RELEASED – NYPD bodycam shows officer shooting man with knife as Mamdani calls for no charges. Continue reading …

PULLING THE PLUG – Amazon cancels ‘Melania’ movie screening at cinema after sign backfires. Continue reading …

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HEAT HAZARD – Dangerous TikTok trend leaves boy badly burned as doctors issue warning. Continue reading …

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BALLOT BATTLE – 11 Democrats running to keep blue-leaning seat in party hands as GOP House majority on the brink. Continue reading …

SEAL OF APPROVAL – Trump backs congressional candidate who dropped Senate bid to run for House. Continue reading …

OUT IN THE OPEN – Noem says government leaker caught, will be referred for prosecution. Continue reading …

FLYING HIGH – Bernie Sanders’ 2025 private jet habit exposed while preaching against ‘oligarchy.’ Continue reading …

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WALLS FOR ME – Pop star’s ‘stolen land’ stance questioned when reporter shows up at her property. Continue reading …

BOSS MOVE – White House echoes Sopranos line amid reports of Trump plan for Columbus statue. Continue reading …

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CHLOE COLE – The medical system pushed transgender surgery on kids — now it’s facing legal justice. Continue reading …

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REMARKABLE SURVIVAL – Man recounts how he endured 12 hours in freezing temperatures. See video …

 

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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed it is investigating 36 cases of children falling ill after being fed now-recalled batches of baby formula. 

Last month, food and drink giant Nestle recalled more than 60 batches of its SMA formula due to concerns about the presence of a heat-resistant toxin, cereulide, which can cause symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea.

Producer Danone also recalled one batch of its Aptamil formula.

Following the recall, which included powdered and premixed formulas for babies and toddlers, the UKHSA says it has “received 36 clinical notifications of children developing symptoms consistent with cereulide toxin poisoning across the UK, after consuming implicated batches”.

It added: “Given the widespread availability of the affected products prior to the recall and subsequent testing from the FSA identifying the toxin in batches of recalled formula, this is not unexpected.”

Investigations are ongoing.

Read more:
Father ‘wants answers’ after son was fed recalled baby formula
Mum of baby who fell ill after being given formula calls for probe

A Nestle spokesperson said: “We are very sorry to hear about these cases and our teams will work closely with any families who report these types of concerns to us.

“We continue to ask parents to check the batch codes of recalled products against our recall notice and thank all those who have contacted us so far.

“Quality and safety is non-negotiable and that is why we have acted quickly with this precautionary recall.

“We would remind anyone with any health concerns to contact a healthcare professional and apologise again that we have had to take this action.”

Sky News has contacted Danone for comment.

Recent storms washed away large sections of roads in the UK after sea defences were damaged. For residents, it was a shock. But for coastal scientists, it was not unexpected.

Parts of the A379 between Torcross and Slapton, in south Devon, collapsed leaving a 200-metre stretch of road broken apart and part of a nearby car park destroyed. Engineers say even steel-reinforced protection failed under repeated wave action.

The road runs along the crest of a shingle barrier beach, with the sea on one side and Slapton Ley, a freshwater lake, on the other. Recent monitoring shows the beach has become narrower and steeper as storms move sediment along and away from the shoreline.

With less material in front of it, waves now break closer to the road and can undercut the edge of the carriageway. In places like this, the problem is not a single extreme storm. Rather, it is the gradual loss and redistribution of beach material that leaves the road increasingly exposed.

Hard defences such as seawalls and rock armour are often the first response. They can hold the line for a while, but they do not remove the force of incoming waves. The energy simply moves elsewhere, often speeding up erosion further along the coast. The risk is diverted rather than resolved.

As sea levels rise and storms intensify, these defences simply cannot keep up. What they usually provide is time, not lasting protection.

Even the science used to inform coastal management decisions comes with caveats. Computer models help estimate how beaches might change in the future, but real coastlines are messy and constantly evolving. Small differences in the assumptions of these models can produce very different forecasts, which makes long-term planning difficult.

Natural ways to manage the coastline are increasingly put forward as alternatives. Restoring dunes, saltmarshes or wetlands can help absorb wave energy while supporting biodiversity and storing carbon. These natural landscapes can adapt, hard defences cannot.

However, they are not quick fixes. They take time and space to establish, and their protection varies. Studies show they can reduce wave energy, but often only modestly reduce flooding during extreme events.

Public expectations often pull the other way. In the UK, natural ways to manage the coastline are popular in principle, yet when storms threaten, people tend to favour hard defences because they offer immediate, visible protection, even if it does not last.

The economics add another layer.

Flood and erosion risks affect where people live and invest. When people see flood maps, they often look elsewhere and pay less for homes in exposed areas. Property prices and insurance costs reflect that. But these maps are usually treated as certain, even though they are not, so prices can fall suddenly after major storms.

In practice, that means money and development often remain concentrated in places that science suggests will become increasingly vulnerable.

A wake-up call

The situation at Slapton brings all of this into focus. Rebuilding the same stretch of road after every storm may not be physically or financially realistic.

Some shoreline plans already acknowledge this potential reality through policies such as managed realignment or “no active intervention”, allowing the coast to move inland and creating natural buffers such as mudflats and marshes. In some places, relocating development inland may simply be safer and cheaper than trying to defend an increasingly exposed shoreline.

But these decisions come with real trade-offs.

Roads may need to be rerouted. Farmland may flood more often. Homes and businesses may have to relocate. Existing habitats may be lost before new ones establish. In areas dominated by high-value waterfront properties or second homes, decisions about who receives protection, and who does not, quickly become political as well as practical.

The alternative is a costly cycle of damage, repair and rebuild, with less benefit each time.

Slapton is not simply an engineering failure. It is a reminder that coastlines are inherently dynamic and cannot always be pinned in place. Seawalls can buy time. Nature can help soften impacts. Better information can guide smarter decisions. But none of these removes risk altogether.

Long-term resilience means accepting how coasts really behave and being practical about where to defend, where to adapt and where it may be wiser to step back and let the shoreline reshape itself.

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He tried to cover up his crimes using fake WhatApp messages

A former head chef at a Michelin Star restaurant has narrowly going to prison after trying to cover up a sexual assault using a fake WhatsApp generator. Shannon White, 31, attacked a woman at the Chubby Castor in Peterborough Road, Castor, at around on October 18, 2024.

The victim, aged in her 20s, rejected his advances. White ignored her and put his hands around her neck, applied pressure, and whispered sexual comments. White sexually assaulted her, touching the victim several times and resisting her attempts to push him away.

After examining White’s phone, officers found he had used a fake WhatsApp generator to create a message pretending it had been sent by the victim to use as his defence.

At Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 26, White, of Verde Close, Eye, near Peterborough, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for 12 months, after being found guilty of sexual assault by a judge. He has also been handed a two-year restraining order against the victim.

DC Stacey Caley, who investigated, said: “White shamefully attacked the victim and then used a fake app in an attempt to cover up his tracks.

“Although the sentence was not custodial, I hope it reassures the victim that justice has been done. It also highlights how seriously we take all allegations of violence against women and girls. If you or someone you know has been a victim, we urge you to get in touch.”

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Newly single Millie Mackintosh broke cover on Thursday following her split from husband of seven years Hugo Taylor. 

The former Made In Chelsea stars, who share daughters Sienna, five, and Aurelia, four, confirmed their separation in January following what has been described as a ‘difficult’ start to the year. 

Venturing out in London, Millie, 36, looked downcast and concealed her wedding ring finger, after taking it off in previous days. 

She stepped out of her home alone minutes before Hugo left with one of their children this morning. 

Millie sheltered from the rain with an umbrella as she headed out in a white padded jacket, black leggings and Nike trainers. 

It’s understood that the couple have shared a series of discussions about their future. It’s also been claimed that Hugo has struggled with the star’s admissions about her sexuality. 

Millie’s outing comes two days after the couple quietly separated following a difficult start to the year.

She has recently shared a number of cryptic Instagram posts focusing on herself and explaining how she was prioritising her boundaries. 

The star also headed to India last week on a solo wellness retreat designed to ‘heal’ the nervous system. 

At the beginning of the year Millie hopped on the ‘What are you leaving behind in 2025?’ trend. 

Among a selection of snaps of herself she penned she would be leaving behind ‘relationships that cost me’ and ‘over-explaining my boundaries’. 

In now what appears to be a cryptic message she also added ‘not trusting my intuition,’ ‘guilt for choosing myself’ and ‘letting fear hold me back’ to her list. She concluded that 2026 would be the year of ‘calm, clarity and self-trust’. 

In another pointed post she wished her followers a happy new year as she gushed that she was ready to be ‘my own cheerleader’. 

In a lengthy caption she penned: ‘Wishing you all a very Happy New Year, I wanted to share some of the intentions I’m hoping to bring into 2026:

‘*Protecting my nervous system like it matters (because it does). *Saying no sooner. Saying yes more slowly. *Choosing consistency over intensity. *Building more of a connection with my audience . *Trusting myself without asking for permission. *Listening to my body, not overriding it.

Sadly, it seems like Millie and Hugo have been battling problems as a couple for a while. 

The TV star revealed Hugo threatened to divorce her three years ago during her battle with alcohol after a public row at a wedding.

While appearing on This Morning to promote her book – Bad Drunk – in January 2025 she spoke about the moment she decided to quit drinking.

She said: ‘It was making me really unhappy, it was really affecting my life, affecting my relationships, especially with my husband.’

Host Ben Shephard read out a quote Millie had previously made about an argument she and Hugo had at a friend’s wedding: ‘If you don’t stop drinking it’s going to end our marriage.’ 

Millie added: ‘It had got to the point where I had taken it too far and I’d really humiliated him. I was so embarrassed, and it was a couple of days after that when I got to the point where I said “enough is enough,” and that was two and a half years ago.’ 

She also admitted she used to ‘drunkenly snog girls’ at the height of her battle with alcohol. 

Having made the decision to go sober in 2022, Milie is said to have found being fully open ‘a lot to deal with,’ and insiders are now claiming that realising her sexuality led to a widening ‘gap’ in her marriage. 

They added to The Sun: ‘Part of her is always wondering if she missed out on a relationship with a woman and what that could have been like.’ 

Last year, in an interview on her pal Caggie Dunlop’s Saturn Returns Podcast Millie spoke openly about her drinking problems before going sober in 2022, and has since released a book about her struggles, titled Bad Drunk.

The TV personality revealed that during her teenage years, she struggled to express her attraction to women, and would only find the courage to ‘kiss’ them when she was drunk.

She went onto admit that she had developed ‘intimacy issues’ with women after being bullied at an all-girls’ school, and would upset her male partners by brazenly kissing girls when she was drinking.

Millie said: ‘As a teen when I would drink, I would make out with women, but that’s not something I felt confident to do when I was sober…

‘I had crushes on girls at school and I just didn’t have the awareness to go “I like girls as well”. I’d just have crushes and get all weird about them. I remember having sleepovers and going “I wonder if they’re going to kiss me”.’ 

Millie added that a lot of her struggles have been unpacked in therapy, telling Caggie: ‘I’ve explored a lot of my relationship to women, I was bullied so I definitely have intimacy issues with women, but there’s this attraction as well.’

She continued: ‘Obviously I’m married to a man, it’s not something that affects our relationship at all now, but looking back and realising that was one of the reasons I drank in a destructive way, because there was a part of myself I didn’t understand and I didn’t know how to express it and I felt scared to express it.

‘Every time I would drink I would just keep doing it, even if I was in a relationship.’

Sharing the moment she opened up to husband Hugo Taylor about her sexuality, she revealed that he was incredibly supportive. 

Sources close to the pair say they remain committed to co-parenting their young children, who continue to be their priority, and to maintaining a loving family life.

Millie and Hugo, who met as teenagers and first dated during E4’s Made In Chelsea, had been married since June 2018.

A source revealed: ‘Millie and Hugo are currently going through a separation and have sadly decided to split. 

‘They have known each other for many years, and in recent weeks, have had serious conversations about their future, ultimately deciding it’s better for them both to part ways. Their main priority remains their children and family life, and separating is not something they ever hoped would happen.

‘At present, they are considering what living apart might look like and how they plan to navigate co-parenting their young children. It’s been an incredibly difficult start to the year, and one they hope to continue managing in private.’ 

Millie first met Hugo as a teenager, and they began dating when she was 21, rising to fame together on the E4 reality series.

In 2013, the heiress married rapper Professor Green, 42, but the couple divorced in 2016, the same year she rekindled her relationship with Hugo.

The pair tied the knot two years later and welcomed their first daughter, Sienna, in 2020, followed by Aurelia in 2021.

In recent years, Millie has been open with her fans about her past struggles with alcohol, which led her to become teetotal and write the book Bad Drunk, as well as her journey in overcoming severe anxiety. 

Millie has spoken candidly about how she began binge drinking at a young age while at boarding school, using alcohol to cope with being away from home, bullying and her own insecurities.

1) A “talking stage” (37%)

2) An almost-relationship (23%)

3) An emotional situationship (20%)

4) A convenience situationship (11%)

5) A placeholder situationship (10%)

Hull KR coach Willie Peters has stated his interest in taking over as England boss for the World Cup.

The Australian is among the leading candidates for the position following the departure of Shaun Wane last month.

Peters led Hull KR to the treble of Super League, league leaders’ shield and Challenge Cup last season.

The 46-year-old told the Press Association: “Yes, I’m interested for sure. Certainly we should have conversations but when that happens, if it happens, I don’t know.

“I’ve been over here for a long time. I’ve been a player and a coach. I understand the game.”

Wane stood down following England’s 3-0 defeat to Australia in last autumn’s Ashes.

Peters was part of the Kangaroos backroom staff during that series and, from what he saw, believes England have the basis of a side that can challenge in the World Cup later this year.

He said: “I’m honest in terms of how I think we can all grow the game here and develop it and I don’t think England are too far off.

“The area, I believe, that needs work is around that spine. England’s never had any problems with completing, passion and effort, that type of thing.

“As long as they maintain that then they’ll put themselves in a position to have a successful World Cup.”

The Rugby Football League has indicated that the role of national team coach will revert to being a part-time position, allowing someone to take it up alongside club commitments.

Peters said: “If that’s the way they’re going to go, then there will certainly be some coaches putting their hands up.”

The 2026 World Cup takes place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea in October and November, after the domestic season finishes.

Newswise — ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan. 22, 2026) — A major winter storm is expected to bring dangerously low temperatures and heavy snow through the weekend across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the United States, from the southern Plains to the Northeast. 

The storm is expected to develop on Friday, creating a hazardous mix of heavy snow and ice that could cause power outages for millions of Americans and make roads impassable. 

Allison Finch, lead meteorologist at the University at Albany’s State Weather Risk Communication Center, is closely monitoring the storm. She says snow, freezing rain, sleet, gusty winds and dangerously cold temperatures are all among the hazards expected. 

“From Texas to the Mid-Atlantic states, this storm looks to bring snow and a widespread swath of ice,” Finch said. “Ice is a very impactful hazard to begin with, but when it occurs in areas that doesn’t typically experience it as often, impacts can be exacerbated. Among the impacts is the likelihood of power outages. Anyone who loses a heat source may be impacted since temperatures are not expected to rebound quickly after the storm.” 

Finch points to two main factors fueling the storm — cold air from Canada and moisture moving up from the Gulf of Mexico. 

“A powerful Arctic air mass is sweeping across the U.S. late this week and into next week, bringing temperatures well below average,” Finch said. “At the same time, a large plume of moisture originating from warm ocean waters is being drawn into that Arctic air. When that moisture gets wrapped into the cold air mass, it provides the fuel needed for a widespread and potentially high-impact winter storm.”  

Launched in 2023, the State Weather Risk Communication Center is a first-of-its-kind partnership between UAlbany and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services that leverages the University’s expertise in atmospheric sciences to help emergency managers prepare for and respond to severe weather events. 

The Center provides rapid, tailored, real-time weather information and custom weather services to New York state and local public-sector partners.  

Finch, along with other meteorologists at the State Weather Risk Communication Center, are available to share their insights on this weekend’s winter storm via phone or live/recorded interviews.    

For the latest conditions in New York, follow the NYS Mesonet, a statewide weather observation network operated by UAlbany, which provides real-time data from monitoring sites across the state. 

 

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