Britain to be as hot as the Canary Islands this weekend with temperatures set to hit highs of 28C

Britain is set to bask in sizzling sunshine this weekend with temperatures expected to hit highs of 28C

Hot weather expected to trigger school holidays' biggest beach rush with millions of visitors heading to coast

Mercury is expected to rise to 28C in London and other parts of the south east on Saturday and Sunday

Bookmakers have slashed odds on August being the hottest on record in the UK amid scorching temperatures



Britain is set to bask in sizzling sunshine this weekend with temperatures expected to hit highs of 28C, pictured hundreds of people relax and sunbathe on Brighton beach today






The improved weather this weekend will be a welcome boost for those holidaying at home, pictured people punting on the River Cam

Much of the country will bask in temperatures of around 25C or 26C over the weekend, pictured tourists in Cambridge today

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Corruption: Kano governor to renovate deputy’s office for N180milion

...four months after it was built for N303 million

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Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday approved the termination of the employment of 2,620 sanitation workers on N10,000 stipend, just as he ordered the release of N180 million for the renovation of the office of the deputy governor.

The office, built at the cost of N303 million, was commissioned by the immediate past governor of the state, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on March 13.

Addressing reporters on the outcome of the weekly Executive Council Meeting, the state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Mohammed Garba, said the decision to lay off the casual workers was prompted by government’s resolve to ensure probity in their payroll.

Although he didn’t give reasons for the office renovation, the commissioner explained that most of the sacked workers were redundant as they hardly report to their duty posts.

Mr. Garba, a former president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said the state government plans to start the recruitment exercise afresh in order to select diligent workers for quality service delivery.

The commissioner also disclosed that the state governor approved the sum of N12 million for renovation of a ruptured bridge in Yaryasa village in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of the state

Read What Senator Shehu Sanni Had To Say About Governor El-rufai

“He is a technocrat, while I’m an activist and a revolutionary. So, my power base is the common people the masses who constitute my strength. They are the people I have lived with and fought for over the years. The way the governor is running the affairs of government in Kaduna State is the one which, if care is not taken, we will all sink.

“He has to take consideration of the fact that he met people that were impoverished, that were muscled, harassed and demoralized by the government of the PDP. So, first of all, they don’t need harsh policies that will further impoverish and alienate them. We need to carry them along, taking cognisance of the situation which we find them in. I fundamentally differ with him on that issue. For that reason, he has decided on his own not to even appoint people who identify with me in anyway and who are also seen to be from my camp.

The Senator said Mr. El-Rufai is ignorant of the needs of Kaduna residents and is in the process of plunging the state into ruins.

“Kaduna is a place I have I lived all my life and since I came out of prison in 1998, I have never been out of Kaduna for more than two weeks and I’ve never been appointed to any public office which I will live in Abuja and not know what is happening in Kaduna. So, I can tell you that within Kaduna North, Kaduna South and metropolis of Kaduna, there is hardly any street that I don’t know anybody.

“He is running the state in such a way that he will end up ruining all of us, which I will not be part of. He has taken some steps which have only attracted anger from the general public against him.

In what appeared to be an ego duel, Mr. Sani said he and governor have similar statuses.

“He is a governor, I’m also a Senator. He is not bigger than me, neither am I bigger than him.

“So, as far as I’m concerned, whether El-Rufai is a governor or whatever, anything which he does that does not tally with what is supposed to be done, I will certainly tell him,” Mr. Sani said

Mr. Sani objected to the recent ban of street begging announced by Mr. El-Rufai in July.

Kim Kardashian gets so excited about meeting Hillary Clinton.

...see her tweets and selfies;



Oops! Kim Kardashian misspelt Hillary Clinton's name as she appeared to endorse the Democrat

And again! Unfortunately once she got a selfie with Hillary, and husband Kanye, she then misspelt President 

Correction: It was not long before Kim managed to send out a corrected version of the message on Twitter

Also corrected: Kim had to delete the first selfie to correct it, since the edit function she wants doesn't exist




Kim Kardashian at book event ahead of meeting Hillary Clinton




One she wore earlier: It seems Kim did not have time to change after her book signing earlier in the day

A Mom Wrote Her Daughter A Letter After Adopting Her And Gave It To Her On Her Wedding Day

Sherry Blackledge saved the letter for 20 years.

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When Sherry Blackledge’s daughter, Brooke, was 18 months old, she wrote her a special letter.

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The Blackledges were unable to have biological children, and so they adopted Brooke and her brother as babies. “God sent her to us,” Sherry Blackledge said.

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Sherry Blackledge wanted to make sure her daughter knew how much she loved her, so she decided to write her then-toddler a letter to open on her wedding day. She wrote the letter on a piece of her own wedding dress, and saved it for 20 years.

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In March, Blackledge finally gave her daughter the letter on the day she was marrying her fiancé, Tyler Zugg. The special moment was caught on tape by the wedding videographer.

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The Huffington Post reported the letter reads in part, “We just want you to know how much love and happiness you’ve brought to our family.”

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“Before me and Daddy were married we always said we wanted a little boy and a little girl.”

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“When we were dating, we said if we had a little girl she would be a little Brooke. You are our little Baby Brooke.”

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Needless to say, it was the perfect gift.

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Trump lost up to 10 points in debate: Ex-WH aide

Donald Trump has courted controversy with his outspoken views on immigration and fellow Republicans, but the billionaire businessman may have been too reserved in his first GOP presidential primary debate, a former White House aide to George H.W. Bush said Friday.

"Donald Trump may have lost as many as 10 points some of my friends think," Joe Watkins told CNBC's "Squawk Box." "Donald Trump is best when he is unfiltered, and he wasn't as unfiltered last night as I thought he might be."

Donald Trump

Much of the attention in the first GOP presidential debate of the 2016 campaign was on Trump, who has rocketed to the top of the polls. Before Thursday night's debate, Trump commanded a 21 to 26 percent lead in a number of polls, according to Real Clear Politics.

Trump has both come under fire and surged in polls after saying many Mexican immigrants in the United States are criminals and rapists and insisting that Republican Sen. John McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was not a hero.

But that brashness was not on display Thursday night, Watkins said. He noted that Trump articulated his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal instead of offering an incendiary response to a question regarding the reported meeting between an Iranian general and Moscow in violation of U.N. sanctions.

Still, the other candidates showed they are a little afraid of Trump and were "fawning" over him, said Sara Fagen, chief political strategist at DDC Advocacy Partners. She noted that Sen. Ted Cruz "awkwardly" hugged him during a commercial break and Ohio Gov. John Kasich acknowledged the spirit Trump has captured within the Republican party.

However, she said she doesn't expect Trump's lead to last.

"Ultimately I think he's going to do two or three more of these debates and he will likely not have much substance like he did not last night, and ultimately that will catch up with him," she told "Squawk Box." "But for now he puts on an incredible show."

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North Korea creates Pyongyang Standard Time in snub to Japan

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in an undated photo released April 26, 2015, by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea is creating its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule, the official KCNA news agency said on Friday.

North Korea is in the same time zone as rivals South Korea and Japan, nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.

The change to what it calls "Pyongyang time" will become effective on Aug. 15 and return it to the time zone used across the Korean peninsula before Japanese rule.

"The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5,000 year-long history and culture and pursuing the unheard-of policy of obliterating the Korean nation," KCNA said.

Korea had used 127 degrees 30 minutes east - the longitude that KCNA said would be used for the new time zone - when it first introduced the concept of an official time zone in 1908.

Japan ruled the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945. A decree by colonial Japan in 1912 moved the time line to where Korea Standard Time is currently set, 135 degrees east longitude.

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Husband takes his wife’s wee from the toilet to surprise her with her own pregnancy

Surely this is one of the first times in history that a man announced to his wife that SHE is pregnant?

But how did the crafty Sam manage to figure out Nia was pregnant before she did?

Well, it involved a toilet, an early wake up, and a high tolerance for a loved-one’s urine.

Basically Sam, knowing that Nia pees throughout the night but doesn’t flush for fear of waking up their kids, nipped into the bathroom early one morning and (here’s the gross bit) stole some of her urine from the toilet.

A true test of love (Picture: Sam and Nia/Youtube)

After conducting the pregnancy test Sam learns he is going to be a Daddy again – his reaction is pretty priceless

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Yep, that’s the face (Picture: Sam and Nia/Youtube)

He toys around with Nia for a few minutes before breaking the news – her reaction is equally priceless.

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If Sam and Nia look familiar, that’s because they were the Texas couple who gave a perfect lip-syncing rendition of Love is an Open Door from Frozen while their daughter looked bored in the back seat.

Woman has been carrying a foetus in her womb for the last 60 years

Estela (Picture: CNN)

This is 91-year-old Estela Melendez.

Doctors treating Estela in La Boca, Chile, believed she had a huge tumour growing inside her stomach and sent her for an X-ray.

But after the X-ray medics discovered the large mass was actually a calcified foetus in her womb – which posed no health risk

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The foetus (Picture: CNN)

Estela, who had no idea she had become pregnant, had been carrying the child for at least six decades.

‘The doctor said I had a tumour and that they needed to operate on me,’ she told CNN.

Estela (Picture: CNN)

Estela had been married to her husband Manuel Gonzalez for 74 years but the couple had been unable to have children together.

She said they had both ‘suffered tremendously’. Manuel died in January aged 91.

Estela and Manuel (Picture: CNN)

Since the discovery of the foetus, Estela has said she now considers it a reminder of the baby the pair longed for.

Doctors have decided not to remove the foetus as it is too risky operating on a woman of Estela’s age.

Estela and Manuel (Picture: CNN)

Football: Arsene Wenger discusses title challenge, Alexis Sanchez and huge transfer

Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea are worthy favourites for the title (Picture: Getty)

Arsene Wenger has spoken to the press ahead of the start of the new Premier League season.

Arsenal take on West Ham on Sunday in their opening fixture and the Emirates gaffer has offered his views on a range of topics, including the Gunners title challenge, the fitness of Alexis Sanchez and Jack Wilshere and the links with Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.

Here’s what he had to say:

On Arsenal’s title challenge:

‘Our ambition is to win the Premier League. We have to set our targets high if we are to make progress from last season.

‘We are ready to fight for the championship – preparations could not have gone better for us.

‘We enjoy [pressure of being talked of as title winners]. Before, no one talked about us like that. We’re past that period.’

Wenger still believes Chelsea are favourites to win the league (Picture: AP)

‘Chelsea won it by a margin last year so they must be favourites.’

The 65-year-old provided an update on Alexis Sanchez and Jack Wilshere:

‘Alexis came back in good shape and should be available to play in 10 days.

Sanchez will miss Arsenal’s opening game against the Hammers (Picture: Getty)

‘[Wilshere’s injury] is bad luck and purely accidental. He’s down but he’s coping with it.

‘There is minimal damage apart from the bone damage – there is no damage at all apart from that. It was a collision in training and it was all completely accidental.’

Wenger also discussed new signings and rumours surrounding Karim Benzema:

‘I’m very happy with the squad I have. We look to strengthen… But think it’s enough to win title if we develop, don’t stand still.

‘The media spoke about this, I never came out on Karim Benzema. I’ve never spoken on Benzema.

 You do all the thinking about that.

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Wenger thinks Arsenal can challenge for the title (Picture: Reuters)

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‘What can I do to cure my gay son?’ A mum asked the internet

...Internet responds accordingly

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The mum posed her question on Reddit (Picture: Getty)

A devout Catholic mother turned to the World Wide Web to keep her homosexual son ‘on the right path’.

And, the web was pretty united in its response.

Posting on Reddit, the parent asked: ‘What else can I do to make sure my son with SSA (same sex attractions) remains on the right path?

‘How can I stop being afraid for him?’

The post also reveals that her son (of high school age) has been pulled from the basketball team because ‘the locker room would just be an unnecessary temptation’.

Users were pretty horrified by the post (Picture: Reddit)

He’s also been forbidden from dating and warned that should he ‘not live up to God’s standards for sexuality’ he will not be financially supported by his parents through college.

The post – which was posted in a religious thread seven days ago and then shared again yesterday in the in an atheist section – so unbelievably anti-gay that some Redditors believe it was written by a troll.

Other users delivered some serious real talk to the offensive question.

The top commenter ranted: ‘Regardless of your view on homosexuality, what you are doing to your son is abusive. You are teaching him that he’s inherently bad. If your priest has signed off on this, he needs better counsel – preferably from a legitimate, licensed mental health professional. Not for being gay, but for having parents who decided to treat him like a dangerous criminal instead of a vulnerable child.’

Another added: ‘How about not adhering to an assbackwards mythology that turns gay kids depressed, lonely, confused and instead accept your own f***ing child for what he is and let him pursue safe and meaningful relationships.’

Coast Guard Busts Homemade Submarine, Seizes $181M Worth of Cocaine

Coast Guard Seizes 16,000 Pounds of Cocaine From Homemade Submarine 1:24

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a homemade submarine and seized a cocaine haul worth at least $181 million off the coast of Mexico, officials said.

The bust last month is the biggest of its kind in Coast Guard history.

The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton intercepted the 40-foot "self-propelled semi-submersible" in the Pacific Ocean 200 miles south of Mexico on July 18 and arrested four alleged smugglers, officials said. The Guard seized 275 bales of cocaine.

"Every interception of these semi-submersibles disrupts transnational organized crime networks and helps increase security and stability in the Western Hemisphere," Coast Guard Vice Admiral Charles W. Ray, commander of the Pacific area, said in a statement.

The Stratton tried to tow the semi-submersible to shore, but it sank and took 4,000 pounds of cocaine with it, the Coast Guard said. The Guard recovered 12,000 pounds of drugs before the vessel sank.

A U.S. Navy plane spotted the blue-colored semi-submersible and notified the Coast Guard, officials said. The boats have become a favorite of Colombian smugglers, who have been using them for a decade.

"All that you can see is the exhaust pipe and the cockpit from air, so they're very difficult to see," U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy said.

The July 18 bust is not the first time a semi-submersible has been intercepted by the Coast Guard. At least 25 such vehicles have been stopped in the Eastern Pacific since November of 2006, the Coast Guard said.

On June 16, the Stratton busted another semi-submersible carrying 5,460 pounds of cocaine, the Coast Guard said

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