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Dawson’s Creek actor Obi Ndefo has died at the age of 51, his family says.The American actor, who starred in the teen drama between 1998 and 2002, died on Wednesday after his “heart gave out during his longstanding battle against eating disorder orthorexia”, his sister Nkem Ndefo wrote on Instagram. “As his family we bring this news to bring attention to orthorexia’s severity and in the hopes that those suffering from this devastating disease receive the compassionate care they deserve,” she added. Orthorexia is an eating disorder which is characterised by an obsession with eating high-quality nutritious foods, often leading…

Shares in Rightmove, the online property portal, have risen sharply on confirmation of bid interest from an Australian rival majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.REA Group said early on Monday it was considering a takeover proposal to create a globally-focused real estate company. Any bid would likely comprise a cash and shares offer. No approach has been made to date, REA said.Money latest: Major bank to allow first-time buyers to borrow up to 5.5 times salaryREA is 61%-owned by News Corp, which has existing UK interests including The Sun and The Times newspaper brands under the company’s News UK arm.…

The bosses of the world’s biggest social media companies have typically avoided personal repercussions, even when their platforms have faced scrutiny over their duties to their billions of users. Social media companies including Facebook, X and TikTok have repeatedly come under fire from policymakers for failing to sufficiently tackle the spread of misinformation, but their founders have maintained their distance from content published by users on the platforms. In a rare instance of personal accountability earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg, who runs the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, apologised to families who said their children had been harmed by…

Oasis fans have scrambled for tickets for the band’s reunion tour, battling technical issues and waiting for hours in virtual queues.Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed the band’s long-awaited reunion on Tuesday, saying: “The great wait is over.” Tickets for the Oasis Live 25 tour sold out within hours, with the band posting on X at 7pm that tickets for all 17 shows across London, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin were gone.Oasis reunion: Fans complain after website crashesThe frenzy for tickets started way before they went on sale at 9am (8am for the two gigs n Dublin) as Manchester-based promoter SJM…

GE, one of the world’s best-known conglomerates has swooped to buy a British climate technology start-up in its quest to reduce the aviation industry’s environmental impact.Sky News has learnt that GE Aerospace has struck a deal to buy Satavia, a Cambridge-based company which helps to mitigate the warming effect of aircraft contrail clouds. Founded in 2013, Satavia was originally conceived in an attempt to protect aircraft engines from harmful substances such as dust, ice and volcanic ash.It now operates a software subscription service and carbon credits business model which aims to attract 25 airline customers before the end of the…

Three Scottish sites have been included in a new list of internationally important geological locations.The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, the Rum Igneous Complex, and the Barrow Zones have been selected for the International Union of Geological Sciences’ second list of 100 geological heritage sites. As with the first 100, these sites are deemed to be of high scientific value and are the world’s best demonstrations of geological features and processes.”They are the sites of fabulous discoveries of the Earth and its history,” NatureScot explained. Image: Glen Roy National Nature Reserve. Pic: NatureScot The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy can…

The “Love Island effect” is being blamed for a “dramatic increase” in the number of women, often young, seeking to have cosmetic surgery. The number of high street salons offering cosmetic surgery has also increased. One plastic surgeon told Sky News that younger women increasingly request dermal filler packages, explicitly asking for the “Love Island look”.A former contestant on the ITV dating show, Malin Andersson, believes cosmetic surgery can become an addiction.She told Sky News she started getting lip fillers in her late teens, but could not stop. Image: Younger women increasingly request dermal filler packages, explicitly asking for the…

A British hypersonic aviation campaign which has been hailed as a successor to Concorde is this weekend racing to avert collapse.Sky News has learnt that Reaction Engines has lined up PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the accountancy firm, to act as administrator if its quest to secure new funding is unsuccessful. The company is understood to be in detailed talks with the UAE state-backed Strategic Development Fund (SDF), one of its existing shareholders, about an injection of new capital.A number of Reaction Engines’ other investors are also said to be considering whether to assist with new funding for a company which has previously…

A judge has ordered social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, to be taken down in Brazil.Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes made the order after the site’s billionaire owner Elon Musk failed to name a legal representative in Brazil. The judge and Musk have been feuding in public for months after X did not comply with legal orders to block certain accounts accused of spreading fake news and hate.In the decision, the judge also ordered the payment of fines amounting to 18.5m reais (£2.5m).Anyone who uses virtual private networks (VPN) to circumvent the block and access X could…

Rod Stewart has denied reports he and his wife Penny Lancaster are facing “disharmony” in their marriage, telling fans they “could not be more in love with each other”.The 79-year-old rock star shared a black-and-white statement on Instagram, which he said was intended to “put the record straight”. The Do Ya Think I’m Sexy singer said he was countering earlier tabloid reports that the couple were arguing over leaving the US and returning to live in the UK. Image: The couple shopping in LA in 2020. Pic: Rex Features Stewart, who recently extended his Las Vegas residency into 2025, wrote:…