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A person has been apprehended after they sought to access Drake’s home.It comes a day after the Grammy-award-winning rapper’s security guard was shot outside his Toronto mansion. Toronto Police said in a statement to Sky News on Wednedsay that “officers were called after a person attempted to gain access to the property”.”The person was apprehended under the mental health act, and they were taken to receive medical attention.”A source familiar with Drake’s property told Sky’s partner network, NBC News: “The man didn’t break in. He was immediately confronted at the gate by security and turned over to the police.” Police…

Pubs will be able to extend their opening hours to 1am if England or Scotland make it to the Euro 2024 semi-finals this summer.Venues will be allowed to stay open for an extra two hours on match days if either or both teams reach the last four or the final, the government said. Most pubs shut by 11pm but ministers can make an order to relax licensing hours to mark occasions of “exceptional national significance”.Home Secretary James Cleverly said the move will “allow friends, families and communities to come together for longer to watch their nation hopefully bring it home”.It…

People who lost their money in FTX, once one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, are to be paid back, with interest. Billions were lost when the cryptocurrency exchange headed by convicted fraudster Sam Bankman Fried went bust in November 2022, with an estimated one million customers losing funds. Money latest: Struggling iconic tea brand spends £12m on adBut now the company has recouped more than enough to repay those customers and its creditors, it said.Paying people back If plans are approved by a US bankruptcy court, people who held cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, with the exchange will…

Police are investigating a shooting at the Toronto mansion of Canadian rapper Drake.A security guard, who had been standing outside the gates of the property, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after the attack. The shooting happened early on Tuesday morning, soon after 2am local time (7am UK time) near Bayview Avenue and Lawrence Avenue in the affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood.A suspect fled the scene in a vehicle, police said in a post on X. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission…

A Boeing cargo plane has landed at Istanbul Airport without its front landing gear, sending sparks flying along the runway.Social media footage on Wednesday showed the Boeing 767 belonging to FedEx Express using only its back landing gear to land, eventually dipping its nose onto the runway. The video shows sparks coming off the runway as the plane drags across it.The plane was on the last leg of its flight from Paris to Istanbul when its pilots informed the traffic control tower at Istanbul Airport that its landing gear failed to open, Turkey’s transport ministry said. Image: A view of…

Legislation dubbed the “Taylor Swift bill” has passed in Minnesota in an effort to help people buy concert tickets.The bill, officially called House File 1989 in reference to Taylor Swift’s hit album and the year she was born, was signed into Minnesota law on Tuesday. It will require sellers offering tickets to people in the state or tickets for concerts being held there to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket, among other measures.Minnesota State Representative Kelly Moller, chief author of the bill, pushed for the legislation after she tried…

High street bank TSB has announced 250 job losses and the closure of 36 branches.The job cuts will be in the fraud operations department of the bank, central operations and staff who work at the branches earmarked for closure. Trade union Unite said the decision was a “grave mistake” and customers would “undoubtedly suffer a downgrade in service from these job cuts”.Money latest: Tea brand spends £12m on ad but poll suggests Britons prefer rivalThe latest round of branch closures will start in September, and continue through to May next year. TSB will have 175 branches across the UK after…

She once sang Diamonds Are Forever – but Dame Shirley Bassey is now selling hers.The Welsh singer, 87, is auctioning some of her “meaningful” jewels, including a diamond ring given to her by Sir Elton John. But anyone who wants the diamonds on their Goldfinger had better be a Big Spender.Top lots from her collection include a diamond necklace, estimated to sell for between €270,000 and €320,000 (£232,420 and £275,460), and a diamond and gold parure (matched set of ornaments) created by Cartier, estimated to fetch between €200,000 and €250,000 (£172,170 and £215,210). Image: Pic: Sotheby’s/PA There is also a…

The high street billionaire Mike Ashley is closing in on a deal to become the new British partner of Ted Baker, the struggling fashion chain.Sky News has learnt that Frasers Group has emerged as the preferred partner for the chain following the collapse of No Ordinary Designer Label (NODL), Ted Baker’s existing UK licensing partner. Retail industry sources said on Wednesday that Frasers and NODL’s administrators hoped to reach agreement on a deal in the coming days.Money latest: Struggling iconic tea brand launches £12m ad campaignIf completed, it will add Ted Baker to Mr Ashley’s sprawling empire of retail brands,…

Reality star Georgia Harrison has told MPs how the leaking of a video of herself having sex with Stephen Bear – filmed without her consent – spread like a “house fire”.Former Celebrity Big Brother winner Bear left prison in January, having served 10-and-a-half months of his 21-month sentence for sharing a film of him having sex with Harrison on his OnlyFans site.Harrison told MPs on the Women And Equalities Committee the video – recorded without her knowledge – “went viral to a point I can’t explain” as it spread round multiple sites and was circulated on WhatsApp.She added: “It absolutely horrified…