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UFC 330 goes down this Saturday from Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Two title fights top the card, with Ian Machado Garry challenging for Islam Makhachev’s welterweight title and Mackenzie Dern defending the women’s strawweight championship against Gillian Robertson.Makhachev, the pupil of former lightweight champion and UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov, has built one of the best resumes of the modern era. A win on Saturday not only marks the first defense of his second divisional title, but it would break the record for most consecutive UFC victories held by Anderson Silva at 16. The native of Dagestan has…

Ramsey stars in a new film about a cancer survivor who attends “chemo camp” and finds friendship, love and freedom.

Brioche is a fabulously luxurious dough enriched with eggs and copious amounts of butter (often 25% or more of the total dough). Supermarket brioche buns, however, are a little different: the best products contain about 6-11% butter at most and some, surprisingly, contained none at all, using replacements such as palm fat and rapeseed oil instead.But all is not lost: even the most processed products were passable, and the best were quite delicious. I tested these straight from the packet, analysing the egg wash, type of crumb and texture. I scored on flavour, value, processing, sustainability (though most products lack…

Those hoping to snare a glimpse of the Bayeux tapestry when it comes to the British Museum this September faced nine-hour online queues, with the £33 tickets sold out within a day.But the monied guests of a five-star hotel in Covent Garden have not had to go to such arduous lengths to get a view of the nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of William the Conqueror’s victory over King Harold II of England at Hastings in 1066.Those staying at One Aldwych, where rooms cost more than £1,000 a night, are able to get tickets to the tapestry exhibition through a corporate partnership…

The death of an Irish teenager, electrocuted while taking a shower in a holiday home in Greece, has led to calls for tighter checks on appliances at tourist accommodation.Alex McKee, 17, is said to have died instantly when picking up the showerhead in a bathroom described as “outdoor and rudimentary” on Kimolos.“We are lucky there weren’t two deaths as a result of electrocution,” Agapitos Xanthis, a doctor on the island told Greek TV, recounting how the boy’s mother had described feeling a similar surge when she called him for help. “I told her to immediately turn off the mains.”McKee, from…

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Berkshire added $17 billion of Alphabet shares in Q2Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsRoughly 60% of the 48.1 million shares added during the quarter were purchased by Berkshire directly from Alphabet in a $10 billion private placement sale announced by the companies in early June.That suggests Berkshire bought around $7 billion of Alphabet shares on the open market.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsAlphabet is, by far, the biggest addition of the quarter…

Since the end of last month, several water utilities in the United States have been hit by cyberattacks, causing alarm in the country.  For years, water utilities and other critical infrastructure facilities in the power sector, for example, have been targeted by hackers, whether government-backed or individuals. What makes these recent attacks — allegedly carried out by Iran — particularly concerning is how widespread they were, hitting targets in around a dozen states.  The U.S. has more than 150,000 water systems, some of them run by local companies. In theory, that should make it harder for hackers to target several…

“This time last year Farage had the highest approval of the main party leaders,” says pollster Luke Tryl from the organisation More in Common. “Yet earlier this month he fell to his worst score since the general election.””What will worry Farage is not only that his negative approvals have risen, which may signal greater willingness to vote tactically against the Reform leader, but there are also fewer people expressing a positive view suggesting an erosion in his base,” Tryl says.More in Common’s research suggests around 80% of voters are aware of questions around Nigel Farage’s finances, but opinions on them…

He said: “When I heard the penguins loved sardines but that the park thought they couldn’t get them, I thought: ‘Well, I might be able to help with that.'”Lambourn said it was “great to see a local catch being used locally” and added: “They’ve got excellent taste.”The new arrangement has proved popular with the penguins, including 38-year-old Spneb, who is believed to be the world’s oldest Humboldt penguin. She recently marked her birthday with a meal of her favourite food of Cornish sardines.David Woolcock, curator at Paradise Park, said staff were pleased to be sourcing the fish locally.He said: “It’s…

LONDON, ENGLAND – Sunday, August 6, 2023: The trophy on display before the FA Community Shield match between Manchester City FC and Arsenal FC at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal won 4-1 on penalties. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda) Manchester United are the most successful club in the history of the FA Community Shield, having won the competition 21 times. The Red Devils became the first club to lift the trophy when they defeated Queens Park Rangers in the inaugural edition in 1908. The first meeting between the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw on April 27, 1908, forcing a replay several…