August 2026
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Essential bank holiday guide: The shows, the comedy and the concerts in Harrogate district
If you are planning to go out this bank holiday weekend in the Harrogate district – or in the next month or so - here are the shows, gigs and comedy not to miss:
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Forty children who went missing from UK asylum hotels still not found
Dozens of people who went missing as children have still not been located
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Ukraine's president coos over a puppy, starting a new volley in his war of visuals against Russia
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has been captured on video cuddling a three-month-old American pit bull terrier named Freya
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Teen receives life sentence after pleading guilty to murdering 10-year-old cousin
A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday to the 2022 murder of his 10-year-old cousin in Wisconsin.
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Army plans to build nuclear microreactors at five bases as US seeks to ramp up nuclear power
The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid
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Newspaper headlines: 'Britons lost in Nepal flood' and 'Regal has landed'
The devastating flash flood and mudslides along the Nepal and Tibet border dominates Thursday's papers.
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Neighbour recalls woman ‘jumping from window’ during house fire which left two dead
A local resident described how she ran up and down the street, shouting to raise the alarm after the fire broke out in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough
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Nico Gonzalez: 'Mini Rodri' shown he will be loved at Newcastle
Nico Gonzalez is given a rapturous welcome before Newcastle's Carabao Cup win against West Brom following the £52m midfielder's arrival from Manchester City.
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Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45B deal with Nscale | TechCrunch
The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.
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Iran has caused ‘billions’ in damage to American intelligence assets, report says
CIA outposts in Saudi Arabia and Iraq have reportedly been struck by Iranian drones
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Mom of 7 shot dead while holding her infant, family says
Six of Shawanda Alston’s seven children were home at the time of the shooting
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Google's Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI | TechCrunch
Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture.
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Investigators sift for evidence at burned Montana home where 8 family members were killed at dinner
Investigators are sifting through the charred remnants of a Montana home where four generations of a family were killed as they gathered for Sunday dinner
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Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a 'global disruption' to its operations | TechCrunch
The company won't say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated.
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Carabao Cup third-round draw: Liverpool face Tottenham, Manchester United v Brighton, Ipswich v Arsenal
Liverpool face Tottenham in the third round of the EFL Cup, Manchester United play Brighton and Manchester City draw Norwich.
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Judge rejects Trump DOJ’s attempt to throw out Steve Bannon’s contempt conviction
The move from Jeanine Pirro’s office is ‘insufficient to justify’ tossing out a case against Bannon for defying January 6 committee subpoenas
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Last Word: Why don’t we sneeze when we are asleep? | New Scientist
Our readers don’t agree with this statement, and even broaden out their evidence base to their furry companions
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Security expert hijacks Apple's Find My network to share data with a Linux device
A 'trusted' Linux device can impersonate an Apple device and access already-shared Find My locations
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Café applies to place 24 chairs on narrow shopping street
A NEW dog-friendly café in North Yorkshire has applied to place dozens of chairs outside its business.
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A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products’ effects on young people’s mental health
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Protest to take place across UK over ‘financial impacts of parental leave’
Parents are set to join protests taking place across the UK, including at Downing Street
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Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. The economy says otherwise
President Donald Trump says the United States doesn't need Canada
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Woman suspected in death of US diplomat gets prison sentence for immigration charge
It's not clear whether she has been formally charged with murder, or even whether a murder investigation is still ongoing, a lawyer said
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New hope for pancreatic cancer patients after FDA approves drug to improve survival
Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms, largely because detection is difficult before malignancy spreads to other organs
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Girl, 13, among missing British citizens after flash flood in Nepal
More than 400 travellers are said to be missing after flood on Tibet border, including 33 Britons
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Trump has still not picked a Karoline Leavitt replacement days before she leaves
Some possible contenders include conservative commentator Scott Jennings and Katie Miller, the wife of White House official Stephen Miller
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London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour
Surgeons aided by real-time analysis of camera footage that identified critical anatomy in brain to be avoided
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Messy County Durham gardens lead to hefty fines as residents ignore council warnings
North East households have been fined up to £917 after failing to clear waste from gardens and ignoring Community Protection Notices.
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FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure
China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, the Justice Department, and more, according to the DOJ.
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The Humanoids at China’s Robot Games Were Faster Than Usain Bolt—but I’m More Impressed by Their Tweezer Mastery
Beijing’s endlessly delightful Robot Games featured tons of impressive stunts. But the most mind-blowing tricks challenged the humanoid’s brain, not its brawn.
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Farmer ordered to destroy his orchard after giving away free fruit
‘Boy, they’re not gonna take the trees out easily,’ the farmer has said
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Trump administration designates Palestine Action a terrorist group
The US government has confirmed it has ‘taken action’ against the UK-based group
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Football news: Uefa to push forward with plans to remove Gianni Infantino after dropping boycott threat
Uefa dropped their plans to boycott Fifa tournaments on Wednesday, but will still move forward with efforts to remove Gianni Infantino.
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Nvidia custom 'NVHBM' promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners
Not a replacement for commodity HBM, though.
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Burnham calls summit of first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
The announcement comes as Burnham holds his first official visit to Wales since becoming prime minster.
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Can 'quantum musical agents' really make a melody better? | New Scientist
Feedback wonders if a bum note is being struck in a new paper exploring "quantum teleportation in multi-agent systems for interactive music”
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5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Colombia, forcing evacuations
According to the Colombian Geological Survey, the quake hit at around 11:45 am local time on Wednesday, with the epicentre in Los Santos, in Colombia's Santander department.
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US designates Palestine Action a terrorist group
Supporting Palestine Action became illegal in the UK in 2025 after the government banned it under anti-terror legislation.
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The world's first dual-sensor CGM just got approved — FDA hails 'breakthrough' wearable for diabetes that could benefit 2.1 million Americans
The FDA has greenlit the first CGM wearable to monitor both blood sugar and ketone levels simultaneously.
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Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
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Moment Peter Kay gatecrashes North West Tonight weather
The comedian interrupted North West Tonight weather presenter Molly Brewer as she gave her report.
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Last Word: Why do we feel emotional about fictional characters? | New Scientist
Readers provide different perspectives to tackle the question of why humans so readily adopt fiction into our lives
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Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien: 'If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building, you build longer ladders' — a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing
The race to build a useful quantum computer is heating up
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Man with connections to two County Durham towns wanted on prison recall
A man with connections to Consett and Stanley is wanted by police on recall to prison.
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How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
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A June date on the calendar, but no hearing yet for Bryan Kohberger’s plea challenge
An Idaho judge has set the timeline for Bryan Kohberger's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the murders of four University of Idaho students
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Wouter Vrancken's side come of age as Hearts bid goodnight Rapid Vienna
After some early season setbacks, "proud" Wouter Vrancken believes Hearts are getting their rewards by securing Conference League progress.
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Gemini Live just got a major upgrade — now it can handle interruptions, visuals and multiple languages
Google just made Gemini Live feel much more human
