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AARON CHOWN/PA WIREKatie Price was previously arrested at Heathrow Airport after failing to attend a court hearingA hearing in which Katie Price was due to be questioned over her bankruptcies has been adjourned so she can attend a “private interview” instead.The former glamour model, 46, had been due to face questions in court from barristers after being warned by a judge that she must attend with “no ifs or buts”.She was arrested at Heathrow Airport earlier this month after failing to attend a previous hearing relating to her finances.But a judge agreed to adjourn the public hearing on Tuesday, with…

BBCChris, one of the trained counsellors at the service, says she would not end a call if she didn’t feel she had helpedPeople in crisis with mental health problems can now access services through NHS 111 in England, giving them another way to get urgent help. It means support is available for mental health issues, as well as for physical problems.The number connects to a local team of call handlers with mental health training, alongside nurses and clinicians who are available around the clock.The team can organise a mental health assessment, send out a crisis team and flag up help…

Getty ImagesThe former Paralympian said she waited for 20 minutes at the station before having to disembark herselfBaroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to “crawl off” a LNER train arriving at London’s King’s Cross.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the former Paralympian said she had initially booked assistance to help her off the 19:15 train from Leeds but missed it and went on the 19:45, as she journeyed to Paris for the Paralympics.She said she should have been helped off but after waiting for 20 minutes, no one arrived so she had to try to disembark herself.LNER has said it…

Getty ImagesPavel Durov founded Telegram in 2013Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, has been arrested in France.On Monday evening, the Paris prosecutor said in a statement that Mr Durov was being held in custody as part of a cyber-crime investigation. The statement mentioned 12 different offences under investigation that it said were linked to organised crime.These included illicit transactions, child pornography, fraud and the refusal to disclose information to authorities, the prosecutor said.Telegram said in a statement that “it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner is responsible for abuse of that platform”.Who is Pavel…

ReutersPeople sheltered in a metro station in Kyiv during the barrageAt least six people have been killed after Russia launched a massive attack across Ukraine, seriously damaging some power and water supplies.Explosions rang out in several cities including Kyiv on Monday morning, as more than half of the country’s regions came under attack from missiles and drones.Authorities in Zaporizhzhia, Lutsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr and Dnipropetrovsk regions reported people had died in the huge air raid.Russia confirmed it had targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure – one of its long-term tactics – and said all its targets were hit.The barrage of drone and missile…

GettyDefinitely, maybe? An Oasis reunion tour could be a huge money spinner for the band.Liam and Noel Gallagher have ramped up speculation that an Oasis reunion could finally be on the cards as the brothers teased that a band announcement could be made on Tuesday.A short clip in the same font and style of the band’s famous logo appeared on the brothers’ social media accounts on Sunday, as well as the official Oasis page.It shows the date “27.08.24” before flickering and then reading “8am”.Fans of the Manchester rock band have pleaded with the brothers to regroup since they broke up…

BBCMarina Waldron, 21, died of complications after being given the AstraZeneca Covid jabThe parents of a young woman who died after being given an AstraZeneca Covid jab have accused the NHS of failing to pass on known safety warnings about the vaccine.Marina Waldron, 21, visited hospital with excruciating headaches three times in the week before her fatal collapse from a brain haemorrhage in March 2021.Max and Liz Waldron said that despite her deteriorating condition, A&E doctors had seemed unaware of the emerging side-effects associated with the jab and warnings that had been issued.Another family whose son, Oli Akram Hoque, died…

ThalesDefence firm Thales won a £223m order for an anti-tank missile system from the UKAfter years of declining defence spending in many Western countries, the war in Ukraine since 2022 has led to a huge increase.While Nato member states are not directly involved in the conflict, support for Kyiv has ramped up production of weapons and other military equipment.And longer-term concerns about Russia has meant that Nato countries are continuing to increase their own armament stockpiles.For defence firms like the UK’s BAE Systems, it has meant a surge in sales over the past three years. This month the company announced…

A “right to disconnect” rule has come into effect in Australia, offering relief to people who feel forced to take calls or read messages from employers after they finish their day’s work.The new law allows employees to ignore communications after hours if they choose to, without fear of being punished by their bosses.A survey published last year estimated that Australians worked on average 281 hours of unpaid overtime annually.More than 20 countries, mainly in Europe and Latin America, have similar rules.The law does not ban employers from contacting workers after hours.Instead, it gives staff the right not to reply unless…

The Reuters news agency has said that one of its journalists covering the war in Ukraine is missing after a strike on an hotel in the east of the country. In a statement, Reuters said its six-person team was staying in Hotel Sapphire in Kramatorsk – a city under Ukrainian control but not far from the eastern front line – on Saturday night when it was hit “by an apparent missile strike”. It said two members of the team had been taken to hospital, with a further three accounted for – but was “urgently seeking more information” on the whereabouts…