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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Kamikaze drones so lethal that if you're spotted by one, you're dead: These new un-jammable weapons are devastating, reveals RICHARD PENDLEBURY. No wonder Ukrainians call them 'The Monster'
It's like the monster from your dreams, soldiers here say. The one you can't escape, however hard you try. If you're chosen as the target, well, that's it for you, game over. A favourite tactic of this recently introduced, but already widely feared, predator is to lie in wait in a field beside a road.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Huntsville man dies in Morgan County wreck
May 24—A Huntsville man died in Morgan County on Saturday morning in a single-vehicle wreck, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Jeremy S. Lumpkin, 39, was fatally injured when the 2009 Lexus RX SUV he was driving left the roadway, overturned and struck a tree. Lumpkin, who was not using a seat belt, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene, ALEA said. The crash occurred at 10:55 a.m. on Alabama 67 near Ryan Loop Road, about 3 miles north of Hulaco. — eric@ or 256-340-2435
The Guardian
24-05-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Tim Dowling: let my tortoise's humiliating mishap be a lesson to him
After an hour's work on a hot morning I leave my office shed and return to the kitchen for a coffee. Halfway there I find the tortoise lying on his back on the path. He can't have been there for more than an hour, as he wasn't there when I came out. 'What happened to you?' I say, setting him on his feet. But it's pretty obvious what happened: he tried to exit the garden bed by climbing over the border of diagonally laid bricks and overbalanced. It's an obstacle he surmounts without difficulty between five and 10 times a day in the warmer months, but occasionally – perhaps once every four years – he puts a foot wrong. So far, I have always been there to turn him back over. The mishap comes less than a week after he made his first serious escape bid in about a decade, slipping out through the open side door and getting all the way across the street before some estate agents found him. It's easy to think of the tortoise as being self-regulating and largely content, when in truth he is simultaneously vulnerable and wily – always probing the garden's perimeter for security weaknesses. 'Let this be a reminder of how poorly you'd fare out there,' I say, pointing towards the road. Then I walk away, because the tortoise always gives the impression of preferring to be left alone with his humiliation. In the kitchen I find the oldest one drinking a large coffee and staring at his laptop. He works from home on certain unspecified days of the week, this apparently being one of them. 'Hey,' I say. He watches as I go to the coffee machine, empty out the old grounds and fetch myself a cup. 'There's no milk,' he says. 'Ugh,' I say. 'Now I have to put on shoes.' Stomping to the shops, I think about the sudden spike in our milk consumption. The oldest one has returned home indefinitely. Because of this his brothers drop by more often, generally without warning. Supper plans get changed, beers are opened and the evening is suddenly dominated by frankly insane arguments about the middle ages. It's not that I don't enjoy the sound of a house filled with merry laughter and clinking glasses, it's just that I've got used to having all that by prior appointment only. The shop is out of two-litre containers of milk, so I buy two one-litre containers. I have a strong urge to write my name on one of them. In the afternoon the day turns hotter still. The tortoise sits outside my office door in the shade of a rosemary bush, perhaps imagining for a moment that he's back home in Greece – a place, I would like to remind him, where I've seen lots of empty, bleached, upside down tortoise shells lying around. The sky turns hazy and the air grows close, as if presaging a coming storm. But then the sun comes out again. I start thinking about supper, but this raises a question I can't answer: how many will we be? The tortoise has pushed himself deeper into the rosemary, which is where he'll spend the night. I head to the house to assess the situation. My wife and I arrive in the kitchen at the same moment, from opposite directions. 'What are you doing in here?' she says. 'Never mind that,' I say. 'What are you doing in here?' There is a thoughtful pause. 'Can't remember,' she says. A key turns in the front door lock, and the middle one walks in. His hair is matted to his head, his sleeves are dripping on to the floor, and his shoes squelch as he walks. 'You're soaking wet!' my wife says. 'I just got caught in the worst downpour I've ever seen,' he says. 'But it hasn't rained here at all,' I say. 'Hail, lightning, flash floods, everything,' he says. 'It was crazy.' 'Take everything off and put it in the dryer,' my wife says. 'Not a drop,' I say, 'I was going to water the garden later.' The oldest one walks in. 'What happened to you?' he says. 'Do you want to stay to supper?' my wife says. 'Yeah,' the middle one says, a puddle forming under him. 'So that's four,' I say. 'No, I'm going out,' the oldest one says. As I stare into the fridge it occurs to me that the more often people are here, the more likely it is someone will find me when I end up on my back on the garden path.
The Sun
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Hallow Road film review: High-tension thriller is suspenseful but plays out like audiobook
HALLOW ROAD (15) 80mins ★★★☆☆ 4 4 HOW far would you go to protect your child? That's the question posed by director Babak Anvari in this high-tension thriller with a scenario which would be any parent's worst nightmare. Nineteen-year-old Alice (Megan McDonnell) has fled behind the wheel of dad Frank's car following a family argument. Unable to reach her since, Frank (Matthew Rhys) and wife Maddie (Rosamund Pike) are fraught. The domestic scene we find them in, with its audibly ticking clock, shattered glass on the floor, beeping smoke alarm, and unfinished dinners on the table feels tense and unsettled. Despite expensive interiors and family photos, the atmosphere feels off-kilter and it is as though we are being shown a crime scene. When Alice, who we will only ever hear as a voice down the phone and never see in person, calls her mum in hysterics at 2am everything implodes. Driving alone at night through a forest she has hit a person who appeared suddenly in the road. Maddie, a trained paramedic, talks Alice through performing CPR. But she is unable to resuscitate the body. From this moment onwards Frank and Maddie's sole focus is to reach and to protect their daughter. Whatever it takes. From inside the confines of Maddie's unhelpfully unreliable older vehicle events now begin unfolding almost in real time as we travel with them on their journey to her. Huge blow for action movie legend as new film lands 0% Rotten Tomatoes score as critics brand it 'laughably bad' Static camerawork means every lurch and pothole, every indicator flash and every brake screech are felt or heard. Frantic phone conversations with Alice take place as the satnav shows us the painfully slow time it will take them to reach her. Trapped together in fear as Maddie and Frank drive, other marital revelations are also disclosed. Even in the hands of these talented actors there is a lot of in-car dialogue, which can start to feel a little like a radio play or audio book at times. But suspense and panic builds as they consider ways to stop the hit-and-run destroying all their futures. Accelerating towards its climax, events suddenly take a very unexpected turn. To say more would give away the twist. But do ensure you keep your eye on the end credits. Is parenting a road to hell? You may well be left wondering for some time. MAGIC FARM (15) 93mins ★★☆☆☆ 4 THIS second feature film from Argentine-Spanish director Amalia Ulman (following El Planeta), is a visually rich but tonally uneven satire about a clueless American film crew lost in rural Argentina. Starring Chloë Sevigny as Edna, a frazzled TV host, and Simon Rex as her shady producer-husband, the story centres around their misguided attempt to document a global subculture – only to realise they're in the wrong country. Despite the setup begging for comedic chaos, the humour sadly falls flat, often relying on tired old stereotypes and tropes about arrogant Americans abroad. Sevigny manages a few sharp moments, but the script gives her very little to work with. The supporting cast, particularly locals like Camila del Campo and Valeria Lois, bring much-needed natural charm and understated wit. Yet despite its eccentric aesthetic and surreal interludes, Magic Farm feels oddly empty. Its attempt at absurdity rarely lands, leaving behind a project more self-indulgent than insightful. For some it works, but just not enough for it to be in any way memorable. THE MARCHING BAND ★★★★☆ 4 EMMANUEL COURCOL presents a heartwarming French-language comedy-drama brought to life by two charismatic lead performances and a familiar yet rewarding storyline. Benjamin Lavernhe stars as Thibaut, a refined Parisian orchestra conductor whose life is upended by a shock leukaemia diagnosis. In search of a bone marrow donor, Thibaut discovers a biological brother he never knew: Jimmy, a divorced factory worker played with charm by Pierre Lottin. The pair couldn't be more different – class, lifestyle, and worldview divide them – but a shared love of music brings them closer. Jimmy's passion for trombone and jazz offers an interesting counterpoint to Thibaut's polished classical world, and soon Thibaut finds himself stepping in to help conduct Jimmy's boisterous factory band. While The Marching Band occasionally leans a little too heavily on predictability the climactic concert scene hits all the right emotional notes. This film may not surprise, but it's a sincere and uplifting tale that is in tune with the spirit of underdog crowd-pleasers Brassed Off and The Full Monty.
The Independent
12-05-2025
- The Independent
Moments before driver deliberately rammed e-bike rider, killing him, caught on CCTV
The moments before a driver deliberately rammed his Seat Leon into an e-bike rider, then left him to die on the roadside, have been captured on CCTV. Abdirahman Ibrahim, 21, was jailed for life on Monday for the murder of Liam Jones. The CCTV footage, captured on August 1, 2023, shows the driver pursuing Mr Jones and his friend Tayzhon Johnson in his car as they ride their e-bikes down the street, switching lanes to get closer to them. It also shows Ibrahim entering a convenience store and looking at drinks shortly after the fatal ramming.
