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Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA) is a celebrated animated series in terms of its setting and rich premise. This also applies to world-building and characters which add depth and gravity to its overall premise. It introduced several characters, yet there is a bone of contention within the fandom. Particularly, this has to do with the villains […]
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2 days agoNews 1Comments Off on Met Eireann warn of ‘heavy’ showers & thunderstorms TODAY as Ireland braces for temps to fall to -1C & freeze pinpointed
IRELAND is bracing for “heavy, thundery” showers to batter before temperatures plummet to a freezing -1C.
Met Eireann has promised “sunny spells” will hit Ireland this week but warned conditions will be “far from dry”.
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MeteologixTemperatures will get right down below freezing Wednesday night[/caption]
It will be a “blustery day” today across the country, with showers gradually building throughout the day.
Met Eireann confirmed that Ireland can expect “good spells of sunshine” at first, but “widespread heavy showers” will move in towards the afternoon.
Met Eireann’s Aoife Kealy added: “Some of those will be of hail, with scattered thunderstorms possible.
“Those showers will ease a little again towards evening.
“Highs today 9C to 12C in moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly winds.”
And weighing in on today’s forecast Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather said: “A few showers this morning but good bright spells developing before cloud and showers increase around lunchtime.
“Some heavy thundery local downpours are possible.”
Tonight will see “heavy” showers in the west and north with hail and isolated thundery storms still possible.
There will be long clear and dry spells further east and south in 1C to 7C temperatures.
Tomorrow will be another mix of sunshine and “heavy” showers.
Showers will be confined to the western half of the country in the morning but will become more widespread as the day moves on.
There is still a chance for some of those showers to present as hail on Tuesday.
Daytime temperatures will sit at highs of 7C to 10C, while overnight there will be lows of 1C to 4C.
And again a mix of heavy downpours and some hail through the night.
‘COLD’ NIGHT
Wednesday will take a colder turn with temperatures dropping right down overnight.
Scattered showers will fall throughout the day with sunnier spells dotted through.
Highs during the day will sit at 6C to 9C but it will be quite breezy with northwesterly winds building.
Overnight Wednesday then temperatures will drop below freezing.
Met Eireann advised: “A cold and largely dry night with clear spells, though isolated showers will continue in parts of the west and north.
“Westerly winds will ease light to moderate with lowest temperatures of -1C to +3C.
It will be mostly dry and bright on Thursday with just a few “well scattered” showers.
And temperatures will be back up to 7C to 10C after the plummet into the minuses on Wednesday night.
Friday will start dry and sunny with just isolated showers, however it will turn cloudier later in the day.
And rain will be possible on western coasts towards evening.
2 days agoNews 1Comments Off on Brit found dead in Costa del Sol marina after Spanish cops pull lifeless body from water ‘where he owned boat’
A BRITISH man has been found dead in the water at a Costa del Sol marina.
Firefighters spent around an hour recovering his body after it was spotted between boats at popular Duquesa Port near Estepona around 4.30am on Sunday.
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Emergency responders could not save the man, said to be aged around 60, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Civil Guard officers are probing the circumstances surrounding the Brit’s death.
It is believed the man, who was fully-clothed, owned a boat in the marina.
Well-placed sources said there were no obvious signs of any injuries pointing to a crime having taken place.
But a post-mortem that could reveal more details is due to take place.
A spokesman for the force said: “I can confirm the dead man is British.
“The death is still being investigated but at this stage everything is pointing to it being an accident.”
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency response coordination centre said late yesterday: “The emergency services have recovered the lifeless body of a man found in the water at La Duquesa port in the municipality of Manilva.
“The alarm was raised just before 4.30am on Sunday.
“Local police, Civil Guard and firefighters were among the emergency responders mobilised.
“The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
In January a British man’s body was found floating in the water at a marina in Calpe north of Benidorm following a suspected accident.
He was described at the time as a 53-year-old who had moored a boat he lived on in the pleasure port after arriving from the nearby town of Altea.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Alicante said at the time: “I can confirm we have recovered the body of a 53-year-old British man from the water at Calpe port.
“We were informed by an emergency response coordination centre around 9.40am yesterday and mobilised specialist divers from our GEAS unit.
“There was nothing we could do to save him. He was already dead by the time police divers reached him.”
La Duquesa port is between Sotogrande to the west and Estepona to the east, filled with bars and restaurants.
2 days agoNews 1Comments Off on Bomb goes off inside Russian consulate in France on third anniversary of Ukraine war as cops lockdown building
A BOMB reportedly went off inside the Russian consulate in France sparking a loud explosion.
At least 30 emergency workers were seen dealing with the fire while special forces police and soldiers secured the perimeter of the building in the southern French city of Marseille.
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The Russian Consulate in Marseille
The Russian Consulate in Marseille was in lockdown following an explosion inside.
A local source told La Marseillaise newspaper: “The Russian Consul General confirms” that “the explosion took place inside the consulate and that firefighters entered.”
An initial reporter claimed that two unknown people reportedly threw Molotov cocktails into the garden of the building.
A stolen car was also found near the scene of the explosion.
The blast came on the third anniversary of Russia’s ground invasion of Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron is in Washington for an emergency meeting about the war with President Donald Trump.
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2 days agoNews 1Comments Off on ‘If I didn’t get out, everyone would die’ – Hero Southport teacher relives bid to save girls after being stabbed 5 times
A HERO yoga teacher who relived her desperate bid to save girls from the Southport killer said “if I didn’t get out, everyone would die”.
On July 29 last year teenage killer Axel Rudakubana burst into a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at The Hart Space armed with a knife.
BBCLeanne Lucas relived the moment she saved children from the Southport killer[/caption]
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He murdered Elsie, seven, as well as Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Bebe King, six, and injured several others.
Rudakubana, 19, was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 52 years in prison last month.
Yoga teacher Leanne Lucas, who had organised the dance class, was knifed five times while she bravely protected children as the horror unfolded.
She was able to help several girls out and shield them from the attacker – while she bled from stab wounds to her spine, head, lung, ribs, and shoulder blade.
Speaking to the BBC’s Panorama, the heroic teacher said: “I just knew that if I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die.
“He was bigger than me. And I just thought: I need to get some help.
“So we all run towards the door. We were shouting ‘run!’ I called 999 on the landing and I asked for the police.”
She recalled how the monster was grabbing the children before she shouted “who is that”.
To her horror, Rudakubana then set his focus on Leanne.
“I just felt something go in my back. My brain just said ‘he’s got me’,” said the dance teacher shaking.
Once Leanne had escaped, she begged members of the public to “go and get the children”.
She told how she felt her body failing her, while her mind was still “going 100 miles and hour”.
Another Southport killer survivor, a 14-year-old girl who has been called Sarah to protect her identity, has also broken her silence.
The teen recalled how she pushed children down stairs to help get them out.
“I thought that he wasn’t going to stop until he killed everyone. I thought that he wanted to kill us all,” she added.
Leanne’s quick-thinking colleague Heidi Liddle also escaped uninjured after locking some of the children inside a toilet.
And, businessman Jonathan Hayes who was working in the office next door, was attacked after he ran inside and bravely tried to stop the carnage.
Leanne said she has been affected both physically and mentally by the horror and has been left with scars that serve as “visual daily reminders” of what Rudubakana did to the victims.
She also revealed how she had to endure three stays in hospital and undergo multiple surgeries.
Leanne continued: “The trauma of being both a victim and a witness has been horrendous.
“There are times when I will spiral into trauma and the effect this has had on those close to me is unforgivable.
“The impact this has had on me can be summed up by one word: trauma.
“He targeted us because we were women and girls, vulnerable and easy prey.
“To discover that he had always set out to hurt the vulnerable is beyond comprehensible.”
FAMILY HANDOUT/UNPIXSElsie Dot Stancombe was tragically killed[/caption]
Alice da Silva AguiarFAMILY HANDOUT/UNPIXSFAMILY HANDOUT/UNPIXSBebe King was the youngest of the three victims[/caption]
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Bebe’s dad cast his mind back to the horror.
He said after hearing news of the attack, he thought Bebe might have still been at home safe.
The 43-year-old, who works for HM Revenue & Customs, said: “We had given people Bebe’s description. When that person came towards me, I could feel the blood drain from me and I went cold.
“I knew she was going to tell me something. And she did. ‘Are you Bebe’s dad?’ As soon as I said yes she said she had passed away.”
Bebe’s mum recalled how she was in Marks & Spencer when her husband called to tell her.
She ran outside and got into a taxi, which dropped her to the scene.
When she heard the devastating news, she fell to her knees screaming.
Also speaking to the Sunday Times, Elsie’s mum, Jenni Stancombe, recalled the unthinkable events.
She and her husband David dropped Elsie, a passionate Swiftie, off at the class at 10am.
The parent of another girl in the class had offered to have Elsie round to play afterwards, and agreed to drop her back round at 3pm.
Shortly before midday, Jenni got a call from the other mum who said: “Something awful has happened. Somebody’s stabbed the kids.”
Jenni bolted in her car to the studio, beeping her horn and running red lights to get through traffic.
She abandoned the car in the middle of the road once she saw the chaotic scene but police stopped them from entering.
The parents were later told Elsie had died inside the studio during the attack.
Dad David said: “No human being should ever have to witness what we witnessed on that day.”
Bebe and Elsie’s killer – who also attempted to murder eight other children at random – was jailed for life with a minimum of 52 years last month.
In their first TV interview, the parentstold of their heartbreak and said they would give anything to swap places with their daughter.
Asked about what they want to come out of the inquiry into the failings that led to Rudakubana slipping through the cracks despite being flagged up as a danger, Jenni said: “An element of accountability.”
She continued: “So someone has made a decision that has resulted in an element of failure, then there needs to be accountability for that.
“And I believe that the announcement of the inquiry will do that and it will hold people to account for some of the decisions that they’ve made.”
It comes after a damning Government report confirmed earlier this month that counter-extremism police three times closed investigations on twisted Rudakubana prior to the Southport murders.
A separate review of the entire scheme is being conducted to see how it can stop more atrocities.
As well as murdering Elsie, Bebe and Alice, Rudakubana also attempted to murder eight other children, as well as class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
Among other atrocities, the report said he was fascinated by the Ariana Grande concert bombing in 2016 which killed 22 people, including children.
He is also said to have asked during a 2019 art lesson why he was able to draw images of guns but not search them on the internet.
He then asked “can we have a picture of a severed head then”.
Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the killer was reported to Prevent three times but not referred for further monitoring.
Timeline of events related to the Southport stabbings
AXEL Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Here is a timeline of events relating to the case:
2002: Rudakubana’s father Alphonse moves to the UK from Rwanda, according to an interview he gave to his local newspaper in Southport in 2015.
August 7, 2006: Rudakubana is born in Cardiff, Wales.
2013: The family – including Rudakubana’s father, mother and older brother – move from Wales to Banks in Lancashire, a few miles from Southport.
July 29, 2024: Shortly before midday, a knifeman enters a dance class at The Hart Space in Hart Street in Southport.
Bebe, Elsie and Alice are fatally wounded. Eight other children are injured, as are instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
Police say they have detained a male and seized a knife.
Within hours, claims spread online that the suspect is an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat in 2023.
Some claims include an alleged identity.
July 30, 2024: In the evening, a peaceful vigil is held outside Southport’s Atkinson arts venue, where flowers are laid in memory of those who died.
Shortly after the vigil, a separate protest begins outside the town’s mosque in St Luke’s Road.
People throw items towards the mosque, property is damaged and police vehicles are set on fire.
July 31, 2024: Demonstrators gather in Whitehall, London, for an “Enough Is Enough” protest.
Flares and cans are thrown at police and more than 100 people are arrested.
Disorder also breaks out in Hartlepool, County Durham, and Aldershot, Hampshire.
August 1, 2024: Police announce that Rudakubana has been charged with the murders of Bebe, Elsie Dot and Alice, 10 counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.
He is not named by police because of his age.
He appears in court in Liverpool and Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC rules he can be named, as he is due to turn 18 in a week.
He initially smiled on entering the courtroom – then kept his face covered by his sweatshirt for the remainder of the proceedings before the case was adjourned.
Later that evening, demonstrators gather outside a hotel in Newton Heath, Manchester.
August 2, 2024: Three police officers are taken to hospital after disorder in Sunderland.
August 3, 2024: There are scenes of violence during planned protests across the UK, including in Liverpool, Hull, Nottingham and Belfast.
August 4, 2024: Disorder continues, including outside a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where masked demonstrators launch lengths of wood and sprayed fire extinguishers at police officers.
August 5, 2024: The Government holds an emergency Cobra meeting in the wake of the disorder and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vows to “ramp up criminal justice”.
That evening, a peaceful vigil is held in Southport, a week on from the killings. Police deal with disorder in Plymouth, Devon and Darlington, County Durham.
August 7, 2024: Prison sentences for those involved in the unrest begin to be handed out. Derek Drummond, 58, is the first person to be jailed for violent disorder at Liverpool Crown Court, where he is sentenced to three years.
More than 100 protests are planned for across the country, with counter-demonstrations taking place, but the majority of police forces report very little trouble.
October 29, 2024: Merseyside Police announces Rudakubana will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink the next day charged with production of a biological toxin, Ricin, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism.
October 30, 2024: Rudakubana appears at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink from HMP Belmarsh to face the two new charges.
He holds his sweater over the bottom half of his face and does not respond when asked to confirm his name.
November 13, 2024: Rudakubana appears at Liverpool Crown Court via videolink. He covers his face with his grey sweatshirt and does not speak throughout the hearing.
About 20 family members of victims sit in the public gallery. The case is adjourned until December 12, when a preparatory hearing will take place.
January 20, 2025: Rudakubana appears at Liverpool Crown Court for the first day of his trial where he pleads guilty to all 16 charges, including the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.
Jenni and David, parents of Elsie Stancombe, who lost her life in the Southport attack last July
2 days agoNews 1Comments Off on SES and Quvia to Codevelop New-Generation Multi-Orbit Solutions to Enhance Quality of Experience
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