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World's largest Sean Connery-era James Bond poster collection up for sale The 81-strong haul of original 007 posters - including a 1962 Dr No image of Sean Connery making his Bond debut - is expected to fetch almost £500,000 when it goes under the hammer

Trouble may be brewing for heavy tea drinkers, a dementia study found. Cuppa fans supping more than 13 a day may raise their risk of developing Alzheimer’s. The Chinese University of Hong Kong team said each extra cup ­“significantly decreased grey matter” in the brain, which “indicates over-drinking tea might lead to a decline in language and memory functions.” They added: “Our results shed light on a novel possible mechanism of tea intake to increase the risk [of Alzheimer’s] by ­reducing brain volume.” However, they also found one to six cups of tea a day may actually cut the risk of dementia.

Special Air Service top brass want female troops to join the Army’s elite regiment. They believe women will add a new dimension to the fighting force with the motto “Who Dares Wins”. One in ten of the armed forces are women but there are none in the SAS or its sister regiment the Special Boat Service. In an unofficial recruitment drive, the regiment has visited the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berks, and the Infantry Battle School in Wales. But sources warn any female hopefuls will face the same gruelling six-month selection as male troops. Around 100 volunteer each year but only ten pass. So far, only two women are believed to have tried.

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A US F-22 stealth fighter jet has shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada - the second incident of its type in as many days. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the latest shootdown had occurred over the mountainous and sparsely-populated territory of Yukon in the northwest. Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand would not speculate on where the object came from. She described it as cylindrical in shape but said it was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina in the US a week ago. It was flying at 40,000ft and posed a risk to civilian air traffic when it was brought down about 100 miles from the border at 3.41pm EST (8.41pm GMT), she added.

The emblem for King Charles's coronation, created by former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive, has been unveiled. The design guru created the insignia taking inspiration from His Majesty's "love of the planet, nature, and his deep concern for the natural world". Sir Jony - who is credited as the creative mind behind the iPhone - and his creative collective, LoveFrom, have produced the image to honour Charles's reign.

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It looks like a self-storage park: rows of shipping containers in a patch of Merseyside waste ground. But appearances can be deceptive as this is the first step in saving billions of pounds off bills and millions of tonnes of carbon. It's a mega-battery. Let's take a step back. One of the great advantages of fossil fuels, and one we take largely for granted, is they are so easy to store. Piles of coal, drums of oil, tanks of gas. They just sit there waiting for a deliberate spark. Renewables are different: you can't hold the wind or bottle the sun. As the proportion of green power on our grid grows so does this inconvenient truth

Dramatic moment Russian drone boat packed with explosives smashes key Ukrainian bridge as Putin unleashes new war weapon that Moscow hopes will turn tide of war The unmanned object is seen in the water approaching the bridge at-speed Some reports say it was underwater, while others say it was a surface drone

Preparations are underway in New Zealand for a severe storm that threatens to hit parts of the country already damaged by deadly flooding. Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to hit the country's North Island from Saturday night - potentially bringing strong winds and further heavy rain. Residents have been told to ensure they have enough supplies to last three days in case they are trapped at home. The storm comes weeks after torrential rain inundated the city of Auckland. Tens of thousands of sandbags have been distributed there due to concerns the sodden ground and weakened infrastructure have made homes more vulnerable to flooding. Evacuation shelters have been set up once again and Air New Zealand, the national carrier, has cancelled several domestic flights ahead of the cyclone's arrival. Photographs and videos posted on social media showed long queues at supermarkets and bare shelves as people prepared for more severe weather.

Jeremy Renner is looking on the bright side after his traumatic snowplow accident. The Marvel actor is on the road to recovery after nearly being crushed to death in January by a snowplow that weighed over 14,000 pounds, and he proved on his Instagram Story that despite everything, he’s managing to stay positive. He shared a photo of snow melting outside his home with a clear visible pathway, captioning it "This melt brings HOPE … And a new entrance into my house it seems .. Right in the front !?!?" JEREMY RENNER WAS TRYING TO SAVE NEPHEW BEFORE BEING CRUSHED IN SNOWPLOW ACCIDENT: SHERIFF'S REPORT In the picture, a house with wooden beams is seen with two American flags posted near the entrance. Mountains of snow are piled on either side, but, as he wrote, a large pathway was made directly to his front door as the snow melted.

The last batch of documents with the names of those associated with deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein will be unsealed in the near future, according to media reports. The Daily Mail reported that the material is expected to be made public in the coming months, nearly four years after Epstein took his own life while incarcerated in a New York federal correctional facility. The documents are expected to contain the names of associates, victims, and employees connected to Epstein. They refer to "alleged perpetrators" or those accused of "serious wrongdoing" as well as law enforcement officers and prosecutors. Epstein was associated and friends with many public figures, including Bill Gates and former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. It was not clear if those names will be mentioned in the material. Prince Andrew who is accused of having sex with Epstein victim Virginia Roberts, now Virginia Giuffre, underage, and attorney Alan Dershowitz, are understood to be among the individuals mentioned in the papers, according to the Daily Mail report.

A one-legged British organised crime boss has been arrested in Thailand after being on the run for five years. Richard Wakeling, 55, from Brentwood, Essex, tried to import £8m of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April 2016. He fled in 2018 before his trial was due to begin and was sentenced to 11 years in his absence at Chelmsford Crown Court. Wakeling, who has a prosthetic lower right leg, was placed on the National Crime Agency (NCA)'s "most wanted" list. Appeals were later issued for information to help trace him. Officers from the Royal Thai Police arrested the fugitive at a Bangkok garage on Friday where he had been collecting his car after repairs, the NCA said.

CNN — The remains of more than 200 German soldiers who were buried alive in a tunnel in northeastern France during the World War I will not be recovered. The German government has instead decided to declare the burial site a war memorial and put it under state protection. Germany’s war grave commission, the Volksbund, and the French government announced the decision at the Caverne du Dragon museum in northeastern France on Friday afternoon. “Rescue efforts to reach the remains in 2021 and 2022 had proven very difficult,” a spokeswoman for the Volksbund told CNN on Friday, adding that there had been “several attempts” to open the “very deep and very long” tunnel, which is located in a nature reserve with “sandy ground still contaminated with ammunition.”

CNN — South Dakota is set to prohibit nearly all forms of gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors after a proposed law gained sweeping approval through its state legislature. The state Senate passed a House bill banning surgical and non-surgical gender-affirming treatment for minors on Thursday in a 30-4 vote, advancing the legislation to Gov. Kristi Noem’s desk. Noem will sign the bill into law, a spokesperson for the Republican governor told CNN on Friday. The legislation bars puberty blocking medication in patients under the age of 18, as well as sex hormones and surgery related to gender transition.