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The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Another Brit vanishes in Peru as Jamie Cooke isn't seen in 3 days & family fly out for search – amid Hannah Almond case
A DESPERATE hunt has been launched to find a missing Brit who suddenly disappeared in Peru just days after Hannah Almond was found in the country. Jamie Cooke, 39, was last seen in the city of 6 Brit man Jamie Cooke has disappeared in Peru Credit: Facebook 6 He was last seen in the city of Miraflores on Monday Credit: Facebook 6 His family have now launched an urgent hunt for the missing Brit Credit: Facebook His family has now It comes as Brit backpacker Hannah Almond, who also disappeared in Peru, was Sister Jade McKay said she flew out to Peru with her partner in a bid to find her missing brother. In a public posting urging people to help find Jamie, she wrote: "My brother, Jamie Cooke, 39 years old, is missing in Peru. read more world news "I have travelled from the UK to search for him and am currently in Miraflores with my partner. "We are very worried and would appreciate any information from UK citizens travelling in the area. "Please share and contact us if you have any news." Ms McKay shared two pictures of Jamie as part of her appeal to find him. And anyone with information about the Brit's disappearance has been urged to come forward as soon as possible. Most read in The Sun An FCDO spokesperson told The Sun: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported as missing in Peru and are in contact with his local authorities.' The Sun has reached out to Jamie's family for further details. Mum of missing Scots teen Cole Cooper, 19, reveals living 'nightmare' in heartbreaking interview over his disappearance It comes as Brit woman Hannah Almond continues to live on the streets after she became too terrified to trust anyone. Ms Almond, 32, The yoga-loving fashion graduate from Grimsby had Locals torched her few remaining belongings in a sickening attack. After three days without contact, friends feared the worst. But a man she met briefly in Lima caught a flight to Cusco and 'just started wandering the streets asking after her' until he found her slumped on the pavement. Despite being located, Ms Almond is still sleeping rough and refusing support – including food, shelter, and help from the British embassy – due to trauma from the robbery that's left her terrified of strangers. One of her pals has now flown from the UK in a desperate bid to persuade her to return home before she disappears again. Piero Villanueva, the man who found the Brit, revealed their emotional reunion and said she immediately recognised him and began crying. He told local media: 'I have just found her. She is safe and well. 'Hannah recognised me and approached me crying and I asked her to leave with me. Thanks God she's safe.' 6 Hannah Almond has been found after she was feared missing in Peru Credit: Instagram 6 Piero Villanueva, who briefly met Hannah in Lima, managed to track her down and find the Brit backpacker Credit: LR Noticias en Cusco Piero, who met Hannah briefly in Lima earlier in her trip, travelled to Cusco after seeing news of her disappearance on social media. 'I decided to travel to Cusco at the request of her friends and family,' he said. 'I wanted to come and help find her and assist her because she didn't have money or her passport and other documents because she had been robbed.' He confirmed he is in touch with Hannah's family, the British Consul, and a friend flying in from the UK. 'A friend of Hannah is arriving in Cusco today and I'm talking with him to be able to assist her,' he said. 'We have to see now what's going to happen, talk with Hannah's mum and see what she wants to do,' he added. 'Hannah and her mum haven't spoken yet. I'm talking with her mum but she's an elderly lady and we don't want to worry her anymore.' 6 Footage from local media shows the pair together walking through Cusco together shortly after their reunion Credit: CuscoNoticias CTV47
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Will Smith Music Video Makes Union Deal With IATSE After Strike
Producers of a Will Smith music video have reached a deal with IATSE over a union contract after facing a picket line from dismissed workers. The shoot, which was taking place at Quixote's West Hollywood studios, fired workers on Thursday night after they attempted to unionize the project, sources told The Hollywood Reporter. The workers responded by picketing the Breathe Entertainment production on Friday morning. Non-union crew members that had been brought in to replace the dismissed workers also joined the picket line. More from The Hollywood Reporter This Week in Sean "Diddy" Combs' Trial: Freezer Meat, DNA Evidence and Kompromat How to Watch the 2025 American Music Awards Online Without Cable for Free Different President, Same Song: Trump Pulls a Nixon in His Battle Against The Boss As of Friday afternoon, at least some members of the original crew had been allowed to return back to work on the shoot in a sign that the union and the production were collaborating. A few hours later, the union and the producers reached a deal allowing the 35-member crew to continue work under a contract that allowed for health and pension benefits. In a statement, Breathe Entertainment creative director Stephen Trivieri said he was 'just excited to release this video and showcase the work of some of LA's finest crew.' With their unionization push, crew members were focused on gaining union pension and health benefits. When a show 'flips,' or turns from a non-union to a union project, workers can apply their hours worked on the project toward the threshold that is required to have access to the union's health plan and the production helps support the unions benefits plans. At a moment when production work is down in Los Angeles, with one IATSE union leader recently saying that some Locals are at nearly 50 percent unemployment, even short shoots can make the difference for crew members seeking to stay on their unions' health plans. IATSE went public with the strike on Friday morning, posting on the social-media platform X that the crew would be picketing at Quixote Studios 'unless a fair contract is offered to the crew.' The union also informed members not to accept work on the shoot, as it became a struck production. Smith, whose film and television career is still recovering from the 2022 Academy Awards, where he slapped presenter Chris Rock following a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith, released his first album in two decades in March. Titled Based on a True Story, the album addresses the controversy several times in songs like 'Int. Barbershop' and 'You Lookin' for Me.' May 23, 2:28 p.m. Updated with news that a deal had been reached. May 23, 5:12 p.m. Updated with Stephen Trivieri statement. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man killed, woman injured in double shooting outside San Marco bar
A man is dead and a woman was wounded early Monday in a shooting outside of a bar in San Marco. Jacksonville police said they were called to the 1200 block of Kings Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. in response to a shooting. Officers arrived to find a man and a woman in their 30s shot. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Investigators determined that there was a fight outside of Locals, 1216 Kings Ave. after the bar had closed, police said. The fight escalated and the victims were shot, police said. Multiple people were detained and are being questioned by police. Officers were canvasing the area and businesses Monday morning seeking out surveillance video, police said. The identities of the victims were not released. No arrests were announced. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
