Author: Truth Times News Desk

Scientists have detected a contagious cancer decimating soft-shell clam populations in Washington’s Puget Sound, with infection rates reaching 75 percent in one area, marking the first time the disease has ever been recorded on the West Coast. Soft-shell clams in Washington state’s Puget Sound are being ravaged by a contagious and lethal cancer that scientists have now confirmed for the first time on the West Coast. According to the Pacific Northwest Research Institute, the outbreak has hit especially hard in a large watershed known as Triangle Cove, where researchers estimate around 75 percent of sampled clams were infected, one of…

American drivers saw gas prices climb by five cents a gallon on Thursday, the sharpest single-day rise since early May, after President Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over” and ordered fresh military strikes, reversing a month-long run of falling prices at the pump. The average price of petrol across the United States jumped by five cents a gallon to nearly $3.85 on Thursday, according to AAA data, marking the largest one-day increase since 6 May and abruptly halting more than a month of steady declines at the pump. The spike followed President Donald Trump’s confirmation that he now considers…

Criminals are using the UK’s ongoing heatwave as cover for a fresh wave of “Hi Mum” and “Hi Dad” impersonation scams, with fraudsters claiming their phones have broken in the heat before persuading parents to hand over money, in some cases totalling tens of thousands of pounds. Scammers are exploiting the current heatwave to run a new variant of the long-standing “Hi Mum” text fraud, targeting parents with messages that claim their child’s phone has been damaged by the hot weather. The scam typically begins with a text or WhatsApp message from an unknown number opening with “Hi mum” or…

Vickrum Digwa, already convicted in connection with the killing of Henry Nowak, has appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court alongside his brother Gurpreet Digwa and father Moga Singh, with all three denying multiple weapons offences that are being prosecuted separately from the homicide case. Vickrum Digwa, Gurpreet Digwa and Moga Singh appeared before Southampton Magistrates’ Court, where all three entered not guilty pleas to a series of weapons charges. The brief hearing concluded with the case being sent to the Crown Court for further proceedings, and all three defendants were remanded in custody pending their next court appearance. Charges Kept Separate…

The New York Times, the Daily News and several other news organisations have filed a motion asking a federal judge to sanction OpenAI, accusing the company of concealing evidence about how ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted journalism, in a case that could shape the future of a struggling news industry. A coalition of news publishers has asked a federal judge in Manhattan to punish OpenAI over what they allege is deliberate obstruction of evidence in a landmark copyright lawsuit concerning how the company built its AI systems using millions of news articles. The New York Times, the Daily News and…

Andy Burnham has been quietly planning his path to Downing Street for at least a year and already has a blueprint for his first 100 days as Prime Minister, according to close ally Louise Haigh, as his path to the Labour leadership became all but certain on Thursday when nominations opened to replace Keir Starmer. Andy Burnham’s team has already begun laying the groundwork for government, with allies holding informal talks with senior civil servants to ensure preparations are in place should he become Prime Minister. The revelation, made by former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh on the BBC’s Political Thinking…

Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed its fifth celebrity for the 2026 series, Love Island winner Cach Mercer, as the BBC show enters a new era with three fresh hosts and a significantly reshuffled professional dancer line-up. Strictly Come Dancing has begun revealing its 2026 cast, with the show heading into what bosses hope will be a fresh, scandal-free chapter for the BBC’s flagship dancing competition. The new series follows last year’s win for Lioness Karen Carney and her professional partner Carlos Gu, and arrives alongside major changes behind the scenes: Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have both stepped down as…

Paddy Pimblett has dismissed years of speculation that Conor McGregor once tried to lure him out during a wild night in Liverpool, as the pair prepare to share the same card at UFC 329 this weekend in what will be McGregor’s first fight in five years. Paddy Pimblett has moved to shut down a long-standing rumour that Conor McGregor once showed up at his family home during a night out in Liverpool, calling the story completely untrue. The claim dates back almost a decade to McGregor’s visit to the city for the Grand National, when the Irishman arrived bare-chested in…

Ray Cowen, an 88-year-old from Blackpool, has died two days after being pushed into a parked car during a robbery outside his holiday home in Los Cristianos, Tenerife, with three suspects now arrested and police stepping up patrols amid growing concerns from local residents. A British pensioner has died after a violent struggle with muggers outside his holiday home in Tenerife, in an attack Spanish police are now investigating as robbery with violence resulting in homicide. Ray Cowen, 88, from Blackpool, was pushed against a parked car and struck his head as he fell during a confrontation with two men…

A consultant doctor who concealed a string of stalking and death threat convictions from regulators has been erased from the UK medical register, after a tribunal found he had deliberately and repeatedly lied to secure work within the NHS. Dr Salah-ud-Din Taj, who qualified from the University of the Punjab in Pakistan in 1996, has been struck off after a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel found he had “intentionally misled” the General Medical Council by concealing 14 previous convictions when applying to work in the UK. The offences, which included stalking and threatening to kill, were committed in Australia, where…