11+ min ago (849+ words) I'm a Celebrity's Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly warned there would be a punishment for one star breaking the rules. Campmate Alex Scott seasoned the rice with a packet of salt in Sunday's episode, but it didn't go unnoticed by the Geordie presenters. It's not known to what extent the campmates were aware of the rule break, with Lisa Riley exclaiming that the rice had been the tastiest it had been yet. Consequently, the whole camp were punished with one star knocked off their meal that Aitch had earned for them. Visibly shocked Scott was forced to give up her contraband. Shona McGarty also had no choice but to offer up her banned item, air freshener, too. The Geordie duo had revealed the punishment was coming. Earlier, Dec revealed on Instagram: "So we think it's a sachet of salt that…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (425+ words) A company that has developed technology that could replace car dashboard controls and transform the way appliances are operated has raised "3m in its latest funding round. Uniphy, which is based in Leeds and has a research and development centre in Swindon, secured the cash from existing investors NPIF II " Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), and Mercia's own funds. Uniphy's "smart surfaces' enable controls to be built into 3D panels of any shape so users can find the right function by touch alone. According to the company, it offers a safer option than car touchscreens as it allows drivers to keep their eyes on the road. South Wales compound semiconductor cluster aims to employ 6,000 by 2030 New jobs to be created at RMT Technology following major contract win The…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago (236+ words) (Reuters) -Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, triggering fires in "at least two residential buildings and killing one person," a senior official said. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital's "military administration, said one person was killed and seven were injured in the strikes, launched after 1 a.m. (2300 GMT Monday). Air defence units were in action around the "capital and the military "administration said both drones and missiles had been deployed. A new air alert was declared in "the capital after 5 a.m. (0300 GMT). Tkachenko, writing on Telegram, said one person died when a high-rise "residential building was hit in a district on the east "bank of the Dnipro River. Pictures posted by the emergency services showed firefighters on ladders training hoses on blazes on upper floors. Emergency services said there was serious damage on the sixth and seventh floors of…...

6+ hour, 18+ min ago (254+ words) A new fire prevention system could be installed at a recycling centre in Eastleigh following a rise in fires caused by lithium batteries. The move comes as lithium batteries, now found in a wide range of everyday products, continue to pose an increasing fire risk when incorrectly disposed of. The new fire suppression and prevention system will require the installation of external plant and machinery at the Biffa recycling centre in Tower Lane. The state-of-the-art equipment is designed for situations where traditional sprinkler and spray systems do not offer sufficient protection. Fully automated, the system does not rely on human intervention to detect a fire. Fire brigade gives out warning about battery fires over Christmas period New operations manager takes the helm at Calshot RNLI 'The "unwelcome sign" to this city is writ large everywhere' - Letter Additionally, the system uses…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago (554+ words) "I come from Ryukyu Province. I am not Japanese. Its name is not Okinawa and it does not belong to Japan. Ryukyu, Diaoyu Islands and Taiwan belong to China," reads simplified Chinese text superimposed on a'Douyin video shared on November 7, 2025. The 10-second clip shows a woman speaking in Japanese and was posted with a Japanese-language caption that largely repeats the overlaid text. A similar'Douyin clip shared on October 31 shows two Japanese-speaking women in front of a red wall with superimposed simplified Chinese text that reads: "I am Ryukyuan, not Japanese. Its name isn't Okinawa. It doesn't belong to Japan." The region now called Okinawa was at the centre of the Ryukyuan kingdom that paid tribute to Chinese emperors until it was absorbed by Japan in 1879. Some Chinese see historical ties as a basis for sovereignty and dismiss Japan's possession of…...

7+ hour, 18+ min ago (76+ words) Nicole Kidman has said she is "hanging in there" following her split from husband Keith Urban in a conversation with Ariana Grande for Interview magazine - which took place on October 19 and was published on Monday (24.11.25). Nicole Kidman has said she is "hanging in there" following her split from husband Keith Urban in a conversation with Ariana Grande for Interview magazine - which took place on October 19 and was published on Monday (24.11.25)....

10+ hour, 56+ min ago (849+ words) USA TODAY and Yahoo will earn commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Value City Furniture's parent company has filed for bankruptcy, announcing plans to sell company assets and close additional stores, this time in North Carolina and other states. The company, American Signature Inc., announced the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in a press release on Sunday, Nov. 23. The filings typically allow companies to reorganize with hopes of keeping businesses open and paying creditors over time, per the United States Courts. American Signature announced in October plans to close four Tennessee locations. The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including one in Charlotte, North Carolina. Court documents obtained by USA TODAY show that American Signature Inc, based in Columbus, Ohio, has over 1,000 creditors,…...

11+ hour, 15+ min ago (399+ words) Americans are planning to spend less money in Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales this year as the nation's economic outlook grows gloomier, new research suggests. A survey by the accountancy and business consulting giant Deloitte this month found that U.S. consumers expected to spend an average of $622 in the four days starting on Thanksgiving, compared to $650 last year. That 4 percent drop was a marked break with the trend between 2020 and 2024, when expected spending rose continuously by an average of 13 per cent per year. "Cost pressures and financial constraints are likely to result in more cautious Black Friday / Cyber Monday spending," the report's authors wrote. "Younger shoppers continue to sustain spending levels, but older generations signal greater caution." The drop was much sharper among shoppers earning less than $50,000 and those earning over $200,000, who said they planned to cut back their spending…...

11+ hour, 55+ min ago (427+ words) SCOTTISH salmon" has won protected status across the European Union. The new designation replaces the older protected geographical indication (PGI) of Scottish farmed salmon". It means that only salmon raised in the coastal region of mainland Scotland, Western Isles, Orkney, and Shetland Isles, can be sold as Scottish salmon" in the EU. Industry body Salmon Scotland said the change would have no impact on wild Scottish salmon as it is no longer commercially available for consumption. The industry body further welcomed the change, saying it would help to protect Scottish products for sale across the European bloc. France is the biggest single international market for Scottish salmon, accounting for 45% of all exports in the year ending June 2025. However, total EU sales dipped by 7% to "423m over the same time period, while non-EU exports surged 106% to "518m. To counter the EU slowdown, the…...

13+ hour, 48+ min ago (318+ words) Back in its 2010 series, TV presenter Gillian McKeith was voted for by the public to do the live trial called 'The Un-Fair Ground', which had a carnival theme. The trials are usually pre-recorded, and Gillian had been picked on by the public to do quite a few of them. By that point in the series, this would have been her seventh trial in a row. When it was revealed by Ant and Dec that she was selected for yet another one, she stood up quite gingerly beside them. A few seconds later, she then fainted, prompting medical personnel to come and give her oxygen before the show cut to a break. Former Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie stepped in to replace her. This caused some debate among fans on whether Gillian faked fainting or if it was real, but the…...