Jabbar did not mention anything about a trip to New Orleans, his younger brother said. Chris Pousson, Jabbar’s former classmate who reconnected with him on Facebook in 2015, told the Times the attack came as a surprise. Meanwhile, 70-year-old Marilyn Bradford, Jabbar’s former neighbor in Houston, told the Times he would often help her and offer to carry her groceries. “I said, ‘Oh, you are giving me something to remember you by?’ He laughed, like he always did,” she told the Times. open image in gallery A police officer patrols the street in New Orleans where officials say Jabbar rammed his truck into a crowd, killing at least 15 people ( Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

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Last year was the UK’s fourth warmest since records began in 1884 — the country’s ten warmest years have now all fallen this century. No year in the past decade has been cooler than the long-term average, leading the Met Office to say there is “clear evidence” of climate change’s impact on UK temperatures. Overall, last year had a mean temperature of 9.74C, meaning that only 2022, 2023 and 2014 were hotter. However, it was a record year in England for average minimum temperature, leading to mild nights and fewer frosts than normal. Heavy rains last summer brought widespread disruption YUI MOK/PAThe lack of frosts helped almond trees from the Mediterranean fruit for the first time at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey.

OpinionAs Isba turns 125 this year, it will step up efforts in its mission to create a transparent, responsible and accountable advertising environment. Anyone waiting for a return to “business as usual” will be cooling their heels for a long while. In such a fast-moving environment, Isba has sought to navigate change by holding on to our North Star: our purpose. In short, that’s to advocate for a transparent, responsible and accountable advertising environment. As the oldest advertising trade body in the world, we know what it’s like to adapt and change with the times.

Musk lead calls for justice over Pakistani grooming gangs. "Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice?" Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? He also posted a message in support of Tommy Robinson , a British journalist and activist currently incarcerated, who has long been a vocal critic of the grooming gangs. It’s not ‘grooming’ gangs, it’s rape gangs—mass rape gangs.

Lively has filed a separate federal lawsuit against Baldoni and others alleging harassment. The Baldoni lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday by the director, 40, and by other defendants named in the Lively lawsuit. Baldoni was dropped by his agency, WME, immediately after Lively filed her complaint and The Times published its story. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:12 Why is Blake Lively suing Justin Baldoni? Lively is not a defendant in the libel lawsuit against the paper.

Break out the bonnets and bodices — Jane Austen fans from across the world will be flocking to the UK this year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Pride and Prejudice author’s birth. The writer’s works draw tens of thousands of tourists each year to the places where she lived, worked and died but in 2025 there will be even more balls, exhibitions, festivals, talks and tributes than you can shake a roll of satin ribbon at. One of the most sought-after tickets will be admission through the door of No 8 College Street in Winchester, where Austen spent the final weeks of her life, which is opening to the public for the first time. No 8 College Street by Ben Appleton at Fine Line Illustrations, commissioned by Winchester College for the 250th anniversary yearThe house, owned by Winchester College, is where Austen

Russell Group vice-chancellors’ average pay packages have hit £400,000, despite the financial crisis in UK higher education. ADVERTISEMENTHowever, the final average vice-chancellor pay rise across all 24 Russell Group members – and across the sector as a whole – will not be known until early next year. The extent of the financial crisis in UK higher education is being laid bare by the publication of 2023-24 accounts, which reveal large deficits at a number of universities, including Russell Group members. ADVERTISEMENTThe university allocating the most to vice-chancellor pay out of the 19 analysed to date was the University of Leeds, which spent £694,000 on its two leaders during 2023-24. The median vice-chancellor salary paid by the 19 Russell Group members stood at £327,000 last year – up 3.5 per cent from £316,000 in 2022-23.

Video/InstagramThe CutBritish Royal Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has launched her first Instagram account since 2020. @meghan is her official account. The account has already gained over 500,000 followers.Meghan and Prince Harry , the Duke of Sussex, were married in 2018 and initially shared the @KensingtonRoyal Instagram account with Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales. In 2019, Meghan and Harry started their own account, @SussexRoyal , as they moved away from the royal family. "However, Meghan has also expressed hesitation about using Instagram due to concerns about harassment.

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after two pedestrians were hit by a car just after midnight on New Year's Day. A 23-year-old man was struck by the car at the junction of Regent's Park Road and Primrose Hill Road, but was only slightly injured. Then a second man, 59, was hit a short distance away at the junction of Primrose Hill Road and King Henry's Road. He was taken to hospital where his injuries were assessed as non-life changing. This is not being treated as a terrorist incident."

Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rain and floods battered large parts of north-west England, leaving cars abandoned and cancelling trains. Greater Manchester Police declared a major incident after torrential downpours across Stockport, Bolton, Didsbury, Harpurhey, Stalybridge and Wigan - with large parts of Lancashire and Cheshire also hit on New Year's Day. Flats at Meadow Mill in Stockport were evacuated with about 400 residents being moved to a council refuge centre at Holdsworth Mill in nearby Reddish. The Britannia Country House hotel in Didsbury, Manchester, understood to be housing asylum seekers, was also evacuated with 500 guests moved out, with the use of boats.

In his own lawsuit against The New York Times, first reported by Variety,, external Baldoni claims libel and fraud. Baldoni's lawsuit alleges that the Times relied on "cherry picked" and altered communications "stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead". "We published their [Baldoni and his team's] full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well." In her own lawsuit, Lively accuses Baldoni and his team of attacking her public image following a meeting to address "repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour". BBC News has contacted representatives for Lively, Baldoni and The New York Times for further comment.

Tasked with the deadliest jobs, Mickey dies over and over again, “reprinted” each time with most of his memories intact. “Sinners,” which Warner Bros. landed in a competitive bidding war, announced itself in a teaser that was simply blood and pizzicato strings. ‘Superman’ (July 11)David Corenswet in the movie “Superman.” (Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Comics)It’s a bird! The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio (sporting a handlebar mustache), Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim and Benicio del Toro. (Vianney Le Caer / Invision / Associated Press)With his Oscar-nominated romantic comedy “The Worst Person in the World,” director Joachim Trier put his distinctive twist on a familiar archetype — the late-20-something woman with the messy personal life.

An 18-year-old aspiring nurse, a New York trader and a father of two have been named by relatives as among the dead in the New Orleans terror attack. Fifteen people have been confirmed dead by the city coroner after Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan army veteran, ploughed his pickup truck through the crowded streets of New Orleans’s French Quarter. The victims have not been officially named, but relatives of Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, 18, from Mississippi, said she was among the dead. • New Orleans attack: Happy crowds thronged streets … then the truck struckShe was visiting New Orleans with two other 18-year-olds; her cousin and her friend Zion Parsons. Parsons said the trio had just left Voodoo Chicken & Daiquiris on Bourbon Street, near