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A BRITISH Army deserter and Escape To The Chateau: DIY star has been found guilty of stealing artefacts from French churches to sell in the UK. Greenwich man Billy Petherick, 34, was convicted alongside his wife at Rennes criminal court in Brittany, northwest France on Monday. 7Escape To The Chateau: DIY stars Billy Petherick and his French wife GwendolineCredit: Channel 4 7Billy Petherick has been jailed from stealing artefacts from churches across FranceCredit: Channel 4 7Petherick appeared on the Channel 4 show while renovating his £890,000 French chateauCredit: Channel 4 Both Petherick and his French wife Gwendoline, 37, were found…

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SOMEONE is told they have cancer every two minutes in the UK. Buckingham Palace has disclosed that King Charles is among the thousands of Brits who have started 2024 with a scary diagnosis. 4King Charles has been diagnosed with cancerCredit: PA 4All the early signs of cancer men need to be aware of The type of cancer has not yet been revealed – it is not prostate cancer but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. Spotting cancer by chance, as the King’s doctors did, suggests it may have been caught early enough that it did not…

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THIS mind-boggling optical illusion has left puzzle fanatics scratching their heads searching for the answer. Test your IQ and observation skills by trying to find the carrot hidden somewhere amongst the giraffes in this picture – yes, there is a carrot. 8Can you see the carrot hiding amongst the giraffes?Credit: jagranjosh Participants have been told that they could have 20/20 vision and the IQ of a genius if they manage to find the carrot in just seven seconds. Grab a timer, set it to seven seconds, and prove your puzzle-solving skills. Although it may seem like an ordinary image, this is no easy feat, and it takes…

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PRICE rise after price rise has turned many off Netflix and other mainstream streaming apps. And most people can’t see beyond the big six apps that dominate the streaming sphere: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV, Now and Paramount – but they’re missing out. 1Aftersun, starring Paul Mescal, will return to Mubi in JulyCredit: Mubi There’s several high-quality streaming apps to check out – and some are even free. And if you’re sick of scrolling through the same movies on mainstream apps – you’re going to need to branch out. That’s where Mubi steps in. Mubi is a streaming service…

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EVERYONE loves an ice slushy on a hot, sunny day. Yet, the popular frozen drinks can be very dangerous – so much so, that parents have been warned not to let toddlers near them. 6One 350ml drink with the highest glycerol levels could potentially cause a problem for a four-year-oldCredit: Getty 6Slush-style drinks can have harmful amounts of sweetener in for small childrenCredit: Getty In August, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said children under four could suffer headaches and sickness due to high glycerol levels, a sweetener in the child-friendly drinks sold at cinemas and play parks. People who sell…

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NATO has revealed plans for its largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War that will see 32 countries prepare for a Russian attack. Steadfast Defender 2024 is now underway across thousands of miles of Europe as armadas, fighter jet fleets and 90,000 troops conduct land, sea, air, cyber and space operations. 9Royal Marines taking part in training in Norway as Steadfast Defender kicks offCredit: Ian Whittaker 9 9Some 20,000 Brit troops will take part in the huge war drill across EuropeCredit: Getty 9A top Nato general said today that Steadfast Defender will send a ‘clear message’Credit: Getty…

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EXPOSURE to deepfakes will leave us with a warped sense of reality and the problem’s only getting worse, warns an AI expert. AI and disinformation expert Wasim Khaled told The U.S. Sun that deepfakes are a so-called Pandora’s box, and the worst is yet to come. 1Taylor Swift recently faced a deepfake nightmare when explicit AI-generated images of her went viral on TwitterCredit: Getty Khaled is the CEO and co-founder of Blackbird.AI, an AI-driven risk and narrative intelligence platform that’s fighting against disinformation. “Unfortunately, it’s very much a Pandora’s box situation,” he told us. “The ability for people to drive…

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A WOMAN with a rare disorder which causes her to have up to 17 seizures a day says it has “taken her life away”. Blissica Pearson, 22, woke up in September 2023 with “excruciating” stomach pains and was rushed to hospital. 7Blissica Pearson was diagnosed with a rare neurological conditionCredit: SWNS 7The 22-year-old having one of her 17 seizures a dayCredit: SWNS But after a CT scan and chest X-ray, doctors couldn’t find anything wrong and she was discharged. The pain returned the following day but medics were still unable to find a clear cause so sent her home with…

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A COMPUTER scientist who claims to be the mythical founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been spotted arriving at court. Dr Craig Wright, 53, arrived at London’s Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday for the second day of a bombshell trial to unravel crypto’s biggest mystery. 5Dr Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building in London on TuesdayCredit: Getty 5The court case seeks to determine whether Wright invented BitcoinCredit: Getty The Australian-born, English-resident IT expert claims he developed Bitcoin – the world’s first decentralised cryptocurrency – and authored the 2008 white paper under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. But the Crypto…

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A SIMPLE PlayStation mistake might be making your controller worse. There’s a microphone setting that affects how strongly your PS5’s DualSense controller will vibrate. 1Make sure you’re not accidentally making your controller worseCredit: Sony PlayStation It’s free to resolve this strange quirk, so you can get the full PS5 “haptic” effect in seconds if you know what to do. The trick was revealed in a Reddit thread that earned hundreds of upvotes. “I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere before,” the PS5 owner explained. “I just went into the controller setting for the first time in about a year of owning…

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