LAS VEGAS (July 2, 2024)—The Las Vegas Aces (11-6) prolonged their successful streak to five video games with an 88-69 defeat of the Indiana Fever (8-13) at residence Tuesday evening in T-Cell Enviornment. Kelsey Plum scored a game-high 34 factors to guide the Aces in scoring, whereas A’ja Wilson added 28 factors and 9 rebounds, Jackie Younger had a double-double with 15 factors and 10 assists and Kiah Stokes grabbed a team-best 12 boards.

Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 23 factors, and Caitlin Clark had 13 factors and 11 assists.

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First Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas  26, Indiana 24)

The Aces went up 9-3 to open the sport, however 6 consecutive from the Fever evened the rating at 9. The Fever held a 13-11 edge halfway by the quarter, however after a Plum 3-pointer at 4:06 the Fever by no means once more led within the sport. Plum led the Aces with 9 factors and Mitchell matched that for the Fever. Each groups hit on 42.9% of their pictures from the sector, the Aces have been 6 of 14 and the Fever 9 of 21. The Aces swished in 12 of 13 from the road whereas the Fever went 5 of 5 from the charity stripe.

Second Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas  46, Indiana 37)

The Fever have been nonetheless inside 2 factors at 6:31, however the Aces slowly elevated their result in 10 factors, 44-34, with 1:43 to play earlier than halftime and headed to the locker room up 9.  Wilson paced all scorers within the body with 10 factors, whereas Aliyah Boston’s 4 led Indiana. The Aces hit 9 of 19 from the sector and a couple of of 5 from 3-point, whereas Indiana made 6 of 18 of their subject objective makes an attempt and 1 of seven from distance.

Third Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas  65, Indiana 59)

The Aces expanded their result in 11 early within the third quarter, however the Fever scored the sport’s subsequent 6 to slice it to 49-44. The hole remained within the single digits by the rest of the interval. The Fever outrebounded the Aces 16-7. Indiana dedicated 4 turnovers which the Aces flipped into 8 factors whereas the Fever didn’t flip both of Las Vegas”s miscues into factors. Plum and Younger scored 8 and seven factors, respectively. The Fever have been led by 8 from Caitlin Clark.

Fourth Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas  88, Indiana 69)

A 12-0 run over the primary 4 minutes of the ultimate body, 10 factors of which got here from Plum, put to relaxation any upset hopes the Fever had. The Aces outscored the Fever 23-10 within the quarter by netting 47.4% from the sector, whereas holding Indiana to 26.7% of their subject objective makes an attempt. Plum completed the quarter with 12 factors and Mitchell had 6 for the Fever.

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It has been 1,572 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered. In 2022, three officers have been federally charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and civil rights violations. One of many officers later pleaded responsible to 2 counts of conspiracy, marking the primary conviction within the case. A second officer went to trial on October 30, 2023, however the jury was unable to succeed in a verdict and a mistrial was declared. Expenses have been refiled, and the brand new trial is scheduled for October 14, 2024.

The ACLU is presently monitoring 527 anti-LGBTQ+ payments in the US, up from 515 firstly of the 2024 WNBA season.

The Aces went 15 for 17 from the free throw line, whereas Indiana made 7 0f 13.

Las Vegas made 9 of 25 (.360) 3-pointers whereas the Fever made 6 of 26 (.231). The Aces additionally linked on 45.1 % of their subject objectives (32 for 71) whereas Indiana made 36.4 % of theirs (28 for 77)

Las Vegas turned 16 Fever miscues into 19 factors, whereas Indiana flipped 10 Aces turnovers into 6 factors.

The Fever outrebounded the Aces 44-38, together with 13-7 on the offensive finish, and outscored the Aces 21-12 on second-chance factors.

GAME NOTES

Wilson grabbed 9 rebounds and now has 1,823 for her profession and is inside 3 boards of shifting into thirty third place on the WNBA’s profession rebound record (Wendy Palmer, 1,825). Natalie Williams (thirty second, 1832), Plenette Pierson (thirty first, 18,34) and Cheryl Ford (thirtieth, 1,907) are subsequent up on the record.

Wilson had 5 blocked pictures and now has 385 for her profession—tied with Tamika Catchings for the 14th most in WNBA historical past. Tina Charles is thirteenth with 395.

Grey handed out 4 assists, and now has 1,520 for her profession—the ninth most in WNBA historical past. Cappie Pondexter is eighth on the record with 1,578.

Plum entered the sport with 2,968 profession factors and scored her 3,000th on an 8′ driving floater with 6:07 to play within the sport. She now has 3,002 profession factors.

Plum’s 34 factors marked the first time she’s scored not less than 30 factors this season and the sixth time in her profession.

Younger’s 15-point, 10-assist double-double is her third level/help double-double this season, and third of her profession.

The Aces welcomed 20,366 followers to T-Cell Enviornment, which is the fifth-most attended sport in WNBA common season historical past and probably the most since 1999. Eight of the franchise’s prime 10 attendance marks since shifting to Las Vegas have are available 2024.

The Aces have been with out the companies of Tiffany Hayes who was not with the crew (private).

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Las Vegas stays at residence for a Thursday, July 4, rematch towards the Washington Mystics (5-15) on June 29. The sport suggestions at 7 pm PT, and will probably be telecast nationally on Amazon Prime and domestically on the Silver Stats Sports activities & Leisure Community.

A housebuilder owned by the funding agency Elliott Advisors has tabled a secret takeover supply for Crest Nicholson, its London-listed rival.

Sky Information has learnt that Avant Properties, which is run by former Persimmon chief Jeff Fairburn, made an all-share proposal to the board of Crest final month.

The bid, which Metropolis sources stated had been rejected by Crest’s board within the final 10 days, would have seen Elliott grow to be the most important shareholder within the mixed group, based on insiders.

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One stated the mixture risked representing an unattractive prospect for some Crest Nicholson shareholders.

Avant’s curiosity comes weeks after Crest rejected a bid from Bellway, one other London-listed housebuilder, that might have valued the goal at about £665m.

Bellway now has a deadline set by the Takeover Panel to make a proper supply for Crest of subsequent Thursday.

It’s unclear if it intends to submit a revised supply.

“The board of Crest Nicholson evaluated the Revised Proposal with its monetary advisers and concluded that it considerably undervalued Crest Nicholson and its future standalone prospects and was not in the most effective pursuits of Crest Nicholson’s shareholders,” it stated final month.

“The board due to this fact unanimously rejected the revised proposal on 14 Could 2024.”

A potential bidding battle for one in every of Britain’s largest housebuilders would thrust an business that can be on the centre of the brand new Labour authorities’s coverage agenda again into the Metropolis highlight.

Labour pledged in its manifesto to construct 1.5 million properties throughout its first five-year time period.

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Housebuilding shares responded positively to Labour’s landslide victory on Friday morning, with positive aspects for Persimmon, Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey.

Persimmon is already considering a bid for Cala Group, which is owned by Authorized & Normal, whereas Barratt and Redrow agreed a £2.5bn merger earlier this 12 months.

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On Friday morning, shares in Crest Nicholson have been up about 1.4% to 248p, giving the corporate a market capitalisation of £628m.

Avant is chaired by Mr Fairburn, who left Persimmon in 2018 amid a Metropolis outcry over his huge pay package deal.

Elliott engineered a deal to purchase Avant via Berkeley DeVeer.

HSBC and Financial institution of America are advising Avant on its curiosity in Crest, which is being suggested by Barclays and Jefferies.

Elliott and Crest each declined to remark.

My ache is below management and I am terribly completely happy – it sounds bizarre to say, however I am as completely happy as I’ve ever been in my life.

I used to assume I might relatively be hit by the proverbial bus, however having a few months understanding that is coming has actually helped me each do the boring ‘death-min’, but in addition get my ideas and put together myself, and really feel so accepting of what is to come back.

It has been such an amazing bonus, truly.

The guide is known as A Newbie’s Information to Dying, however actually what I am making an attempt to convey is how having fun with life to the total form of prepares you for this.

In some methods I used to be fortunate that my life and my profession have taken me to numerous locations the place dying is extra part of life than it’s for us within the West.

I spent my life as an help employee – rather a lot with the UN – and I’ve lived in locations the place dying is one thing that not simply exists within the background, however is imminently potential.

I spent three years operating a UN workplace within the Gaza Strip. I spent a variety of time in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and I have been working in Ukraine. Seeing folks there for whom dying is such part of life – they lose youngsters, they do not know the place the subsequent meal is coming from – has actually helped me.

I’ve additionally been a Samaritan for the previous 4 years. In some circumstances you might be on the road whereas folks finish their lives, so I feel dying has been extra part of my life than for many individuals.

It does us all good to consider it.

That is not in a dismal manner… by form of realising it is inevitable and it is part of life, it truly throws life into perspective and lets you get pleasure from it extra and prioritise the vital issues.

My household are about to undergo probably the most troublesome factor of their lives. My pretty spouse, Aurelie, and my mother and father… are effectively surrounded, and I hope that my cheerfulness within the leaving of life would possibly maybe assist them within the subsequent few years…

All our lives are little books – however they are not another person’s full guide. You are a chapter or a web page or a footnote in another person’s life and they’re going to maintain writing lovely chapters when you find yourself gone.

And people inexperienced shoots can develop round grief and put it in perspective. I hope folks will assume, “I am glad I learn that – Simon’s story”. And simply because it is over, does not imply it is gone.

You need not have been a politician or a mover and shaker or an help employee or something in life. All of us make an enormous distinction.

I like this quote from George Eliot’s Middlemarch:

“The impact of her being on these round her was incalculably diffusive: for the rising good of the world is partly depending on unhistorical acts; and that issues aren’t so unwell with you and me as they may have been, is half owing to the quantity who lived faithfully a hidden life, and relaxation in unvisited tombs.”

All of us make an enormous distinction in life. I like the concept that most movies about time journey revolve round altering one tiny factor prior to now, and naturally they arrive again to the current and all the pieces is completely different.

When you undertaking that ahead, you may change enormous quantities of issues into the longer term.

All our tombs will likely be unvisited in just a few years – all our actions will largely be unremembered – however the smile you gave the checkout girl or the type phrases you gave to a stranger on the street may nonetheless be rippling ahead.

All of us have that chance and it is an enormous energy. And I would like everybody to grasp how particular and valuable they’re.

I like melted cheese. Sadly I have never been in a position to eat since Christmas. The chemotherapy killed my style buds and the radiotherapy killed my salivary glands.

So, sadly, melted cheese and all of the issues I beloved are off the menu.

Nonetheless, I have been given full permission by my oncologist and my hospice staff to get pleasure from as a lot Muscadet and as many cheeky rollups as I would like – and I shall definitely be indulging in these and spending time with my household.

I am form of – not wanting ahead to my ultimate day – in fact that is the incorrect option to see it. However I am form of inquisitive about it, and I am completely happy and I am prepared.

As Julian of Norwich mentioned: “All shall be effectively, and all shall be effectively and all method of issues shall be effectively.”

The First Descendant had a midway first rate launch on day one with minimal server points, in comparison with the broader market of those sorts of on-line releases. However day two? It’s been extraordinarily tough, and the sport has been down a lot of the day. Nexon says Microsoft servers are largely responsible.

As of 8 PM ET, The First Descendant has been offline for the higher a part of the day, getting knocked off within the morning, briefly returning, then going offline once more. That’s the place we’re in the meanwhile, with the replace the sport was going into “upkeep” mode beginning at 5:30 ET. Three hours later, we nonetheless don’t have an finish time. Right here’s what Nexon stated concerning the server concern:

“We have now discovered that Connection concern is especially on account of MS Community error and we’re ready for MS to get better. We are going to make discover as soon as it’s recovered.”

This could be Microsoft Azure servers, the place the sport is hosted. Xbox Reside not too long ago skilled prolonged downtime inside the previous day or so, and I do surprise if it could possibly be associated. 4 hours in the past Nexon stated the MS concern was opened however “not fully recovered” after which the sport went into upkeep.

It’s unlucky, because it has disrupted what are actually stable launch numbers for the sport. The First Descendant was about to cross its all-time excessive from launch day proper when the server crashed (that will have one thing to do with it) after which it virtually recovered proper again to that time once more after they briefly got here again on-line. Now, there appears to be about 30,000 gamers simply sitting on the title display ready for it to work. And that’s simply on PC, as the sport can also be being broadly performed on consoles. It’s cracked PS5’s prime 10 record, for starters.

It’s in fact commonplace that an internet sport has a problematic launch and it’ll get labored out. I’m much less apprehensive about downtime and extra apprehensive about latency and stability, because it was a lot, a lot jankier to play up to now two days than different on-line shooters due to these points.

I do discover it considerably amusing that Nexon gave out “apology” items to gamers for a mildly tough launch day. They’re boosts that routinely get activated when declare, however three days of boosted XP and supplies is now down to 2 due to these outages. In the event that they gave these form of items for this, I ponder what gamers might get for a whole day of downtime.

Hopefully it is going to be again on-line earlier than too lengthy, and positively for tomorrow, the Fourth of the July within the US the place folks might have extra time to play being off from work or faculty. I’ll replace this put up with something new that is available in.’

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The mom of an adolescent who went lacking throughout a vacation in Tenerife has stated phrases can not describe the “ache and agony” her household are experiencing.

Debbie Duncan described 19-year-old Jay Slateras a phenomenal boy who had his entire life forward of him.

“We simply wish to discover him,” she stated in a press release, condemning as “vile” among the wilder on-line hypothesis and conspiracy theories.

Slater, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went lacking on Monday 17 June after attending a weekend rave within the island’s Playas de las Americas resort with buddies.

He was final heard from at about 8.15am when he instructed a good friend, Lucy Legislation, that he deliberate to stroll again to his vacation lodging after lacking a bus, a journey that might take him 10-11 hours on foot.

Slater additionally stated he was thirsty, had 1% of cost left on his cellphone and didn’t know the place he was.

For practically two weeks, emergency providers, mountain rescue groups, sniffer canine, drones and helicopters have taken half in coordinated searches for Slater.

It culminated in what was described as a “búsqueda masiva” – huge search – on Saturday. That was unsuccessful and the next day the Guardia Civil in Tenerife stated the search operation for Slater had completed, however the case remained open.

There have been few new developments for the household to know on to.

In her assertion, by way of the British abroad lacking individuals charity LBT International, Duncan stated:“Jay is a standard man who’s in his third yr of an apprenticeship, and he’s a very fashionable younger man with a big circle of buddies.

“We’re a really shut household and are completely devastated about his disappearance. Phrases can not describe the ache and agony we’re experiencing. He’s our lovely boy along with his entire life forward of him and we simply wish to discover him.”

Duncan thanked Spanish authorities who’re persevering with to observe traces of inquiries.

The search has been accompanied by giant media consideration. Duncan stated: “We wish to say to the press/information/reporters, that though we don’t wish to lose the momentum of Jay’s disappearance, we actually wish to keep our privateness and crucially let the Spanish police get on with their investigations with out hindrance from press.”

In addition to coping with the misery of a lacking cherished one, the household and buddies of {the teenager} say they’ve needed to take care of a lot of “on-line noise” across the case, together with hurtful accusations, rumours and conspiracy theories.

“We’re conscious of the conspiracy theories and hypothesis on social media and a few web sites, and might solely describe this as vile,” Duncan stated. “The unfavorable feedback are extraordinarily distressing to our household.

“We additionally embrace the love and help we’ve got obtained from throughout the globe. It has not gone unnoticed, particularly his residence city in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.”

Slater and his buddies had been at three-day NRG Tenerife Weekender pageant in Tenerife. Within the early hours of Monday morning, Slater left the resort in a automotive with two British males and headed to an Airbnb property in Masca, a distant hilltop hamlet within the north-west of the island.

The authorities in Tenerife stated that they had spoken to the 2 males and so they had been “not in any means related to the case”.

Creativity, constitutional freedom, craftsmanship, inclusion and sustainability – these are the values underlying the partnership between Fedrigoni and Progetto Quid, a Veronese social enterprise set to assist ladies from marginalized backgrounds with new job alternatives. At the moment, 82% of Progetto Quid is made up of girls who work within the manufacturing of equipment and tailor-made clothes by making use of extreme or recycled supplies offered by corporations within the textile sector.

Progetto Quid’s mission aligns nicely with that of Fedrigoni, one of many world’s main producers of particular papers, premium self-adhesive supplies and RFID options. For over 20 years, Fedrigoni has devoted nice consideration to ESG efforts, significantly with regards to decreasing sources utilized in its manufacturing course of, rising recycling and reuse of supplies, in addition to fostering variety and inclusion – not solely inside the firm, but additionally amongst its provide chain.

This was the place to begin for the collaboration with Progetto Quid, which culminated within the manufacturing of stationery merchandise beneath Fabriano – a Fedrigoni Group heritage model famend for its merchandise for the positive arts, colleges and inventive functions.

“We now have been very impressed by what Progetto Quid achieves each day”, says Jacques Joly, Fabriano’s Managing Director. “Combining the cathartic energy of creativity with actual alternatives for redemption generates necessary outcomes, each on an inventive and, above all, human degree. Fedrigoni additionally strongly believes within the rules of inclusion and equality in variety, and expresses this by attentive and lively insurance policies in the direction of its folks, simply because it implements all doable methods to cut back consumption and waste, to the purpose of ennobling waste. The range of shapes, colours and supplies is what makes our provide so particular: due to this new collaboration, the Fabriano product vary may have that quid able to making it much more distinctive and unique”.

“In a world that produces and throws away directly unthinkable speeds, at Quid we assist the concept of restoration, upcycling and waste discount”, says Anna Fiscale, President of Progetto Quid. “In our workshops, that are strongly female-dominated, we provide employment and coaching alternatives to folks most vulnerable to exclusion from the labor market: men and women who’ve been trafficked, subjected to violence and discrimination, or otherwise abled, to attempt to change the tradition of labor ranging from style, strongly believing that workplaces might be locations able to reworking our future, due to paths that may improve the expertise and energy of every individual, regardless of their fragility. We wish to say that limitations are our beginning factors.  In Fedrigoni we’ve discovered a superb companion, able to welcoming and giving voice to our mission by its merchandise, which might accompany the creativity and self-expression of many, and which like us works on sustainable tasks enhancing folks and the atmosphere”.

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The mom of lacking Jay Slater has issued a passionate response to trolls who’ve questioned the spending of cash raised for the search.

In a submit on the official Jay Slater Lacking Fb group, Debbie Duncan stated: “My lovely son Jay continues to be lacking and imagine me that is no vacation.”

Ms Duncan flew out from the household residence in Lancashire to Tenerife to hitch the search together with her household after the 19-year-old went lacking on 17 June.

Almost £50,000 has been raised on a GoFundMe web page to search out {the teenager}, and the cash can be used to help searches, paying for lodging, tools and different necessities.

After some questioned the spending of cash, Ms Duncan responded on Fb.

“For these of you who’re extra involved across the Gofundme web page I can guarantee you that to this point it has not been used and our keep to this point has been financed by ourselves,” she stated.

Mr Slater had attended the NRG music pageant on the Canary Island on Sunday June 16, earlier than he went again to an AirBnb round an hours drive from the pageant with two males he had met.

He left the property early on Monday morning and referred to as his pal at 8.50am to say that he was misplaced within the Rural de Teno park with no water and solely had one per cent battery on his telephone

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Jay’s mom hits again at trolls

Final week, the mom of lacking Briton Jay Slater stated donations reaching virtually £50,000 can be used to help volunteers serving to to search out her son in Tenerife.

Debbie Duncan wrote that a part of the funds can be used to help volunteers looking for Mr Slater within the mountains close to to the place his final telephone name was traced.

Nevertheless it seems she’s come underneath assault from trolls over the spending.

In response, in a Fb submit posted on an official Fb web page for the search, she stated: “It appears by means of no fault of my very own you’ve got all determined to make up your personal minds.

“It’s actually unhappy I’ve felt the necessity to do that. My lovely son Jay continues to be lacking and imagine me that is no vacation. He got here on his first vacation to Tenerife to attend the NRG music occasion.

“We as a household are really devastated.”

She added: “For these of you who’re extra involved across the GoFundMe web page I can guarantee you that to this point it has not been used and our keep to this point has been financed by ourselves.

“I do have proof of transactions and transfers to different individuals however I mustn’t should justify this. So you can also make up your personal minds.”

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‘ I’ve been residing off BBQ Doritos and Appletisers’

With some nonetheless trying to find Jay Slater in Tenerife, we spoke to at least one, TikToker and hiker Callum Fahim, who has been on his personal private seek for the previous two weeks.

“Essentially the most sleep I’ve had is about two hours as a result of I’ve to plan all of the routes in a single day,” he stated.

“I haven’t been in a position to eat correctly; I’ve been residing off BBQ Doritos and Appletisers.

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Full story: Jay Slater might nonetheless be alive ‘consuming rainwater and consuming vegetation’, detective says

A personal investigator has urged Jay Slater’s household “not to surrender hope”, claiming the lacking teenager might nonetheless be alive “consuming rainwater and consuming vegetation”.

His disappearance sparked big nationwide curiosity and an enormous search operation however following a gruelling 13-day search, the Spanish Civil Guard referred to as off its operation on Sunday.

Nevertheless, personal investigator and armed forces reservist Juan García, 53, stated that it was too early to halt the search.

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Athena Stavrou5 July 2024 07:00

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Jay Slater’s dad wonders if son was making his approach to sea

Jay Slater’s father Warren, 58, has been looking out a path at Jay’s final recognized location at Rural de Teno Park on Wednesday.

Requested if he thinks Jay might have been heading in the direction of the ocean, which was seen within the distance, Warren instructed the Manchester Night Information: “Perhaps”.

“I’ve performed this path now twice. Each step I’ve took there’s been a gap. In the event you land on a kind of cactus’ you’re not shifting. Certainly any individual’s gonna discover you after two weeks.”

Talking concerning the space beneath him, he stated: “It’s a whole lot of sq. ft of this little bushy stuff. You may’t clarify this to any individual except they see it. You may take {a photograph} or movie it, however till you’re right here…”.

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Jay knew males whose AirBnb he went again to ‘by means of pals’

The person whose AirBnb Jay Slater visited earlier than disappearing stated they knew one another by means of pals.

Ayub Qassim is believed to be one in all two males who invited Jay Slater again to their vacation lodging in Masca within the early hours of Monday morning.

Jay left the Airbnb at round 8am however having missed the bus again right down to his personal lodging in Playa de Las Americas, he tried an 11 hour journey by means of the distant and difficult terrain of Rural de Teno park.

Mr Qassim stated Jay left the home “alive” and stated he knew Jay “by means of pals”.

“I do know Jay, by means of pals, I’m not going to convey somebody again to mine if I don’t know them,” he instructed the MailOnline. “I don’t know if he had beef elsewhere as a result of I don’t know him that nicely, I solely know him by means of pals.”

He added: “He’s a cool man, Jay. He ain’t obtained an issue with me, I haven’t obtained an issue with him or his mates. We simply all speak to one another and every thing was candy.”

Athena Stavrou5 July 2024 05:00

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Forensic officers noticed inside AirBnb rental property

Forensic officers have been noticed on the AirBnb in Masca on Tuesday, the Manchester Night Information studies.

Two cops have been seen inside the vacation rental residence the place Jay stayed the night time earlier than his disappearance. The boys, who have been each carrying plain garments, exited the property shortly after 11am carrying forensic model blue slip-ons over their sneakers.

They have been then seen taking the slip-ons off earlier than chatting with a neighborhood, who had allow them to into the property with a key.

Athena Stavrou5 July 2024 03:30

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Mates instructed Jay Slater ‘head again to AirBnb’ earlier than disappearance

A TV detective investigating Jay Slater’s dissapearance has stated {the teenager} was instructed by pals to move again to an AirBnB the place he had stayed the night time earlier than he went lacking.

Mark Williams-Thomas – who additionally investigated Nicola Bulley’s disappearance – has been aiding Jay’s household of their seek for the 19-year-old in Tenerife.

Jay seemingly left the Veronica’s social gathering strip within the south of the island within the early hours of Monday morning with two males he had met, earlier than taking an hour-long drive to

They travelled an hours drive again to their vacation lodging in Masca, which Jay left a number of hours later and having missed the bus, tried to stroll 11 hours again in the direction of his personal lodging.

Mr Williams-Thomas highlighted Jay’s unusual choice to embark on the stroll by means of difficult terrain fairly than return to the AirBnb.

He stated: “He was instructed to return to the rental. He stated he couldn’t try this and that he had already been strolling half-hour and that he was now off the street and strolling on a monitor, the place there have been free stones.”

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The vanished of Tenerife: Different individuals who disappeared on the island the place Jay Slater went lacking

From the social gathering vibes of the neon-lit strip of Playa De Las Americas to the non secular hikes throughout cacti-infested ravines within the warmth, there’s something for everybody.

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Man whose AirBnb Jay Slater went again to breaks silence

The person who invited Jay Slater again to his AirBnb earlier than he disappeared has damaged his silence.

The 19-year-old went lacking after he left the vacation lodging early on Monday morning to catch a bus again in the direction of his personal lodging on the opposite aspect of the island.

Ayub Qassim invited Jay again to the distant vacation cottage close to the village of Masca after an evening out in Playa de las Americas.

“He got here to my Airbnb alive and he left my Airbnb alive,” he instructed the MailOnline.

He added: “I let the geezer keep at mine as a result of he had nowhere else to go, his pals had all left him. I do know Jay, by means of pals, I’m not going to convey somebody again to mine if I don’t know them.

“I’m doing the geezer a favour and now my face is all around the information. It’s a bit psychological. I haven’t even performed something.”

He insisted that they had no argument and he had even given Jay a blanket to sleep in. He and his pal – who was additionally staying on the AirBnb – prolonged their journey for a day to talk with police earlier than travelling again to the UK.

Spanish police have described the pair as “irrelevant” to the investigation.

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Jay Slater is a ‘regular man’ with a big group of pals, say household

In an emotional assertion, his household described him as a “lovely” boy who had been finding out for an apprenticeship on the time he disappeared.

They stated: “My son, Jay Dean Slater, got here to the vacation island of Tenerife on 13 June along with his pal to attend a music pageant.

“On 17 June after not returning to his residence he was reported as a lacking particular person.

“Jay is a standard man who’s in his third yr of an apprenticeship, and he’s a extremely popular younger man with a big circle of pals.

“We’re a really shut household and are completely devastated about his disappearance.

“Phrases can’t describe the ache and agony we’re experiencing. He’s our lovely boy along with his entire life forward of him and we simply wish to discover him.”

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Neil Gaiman, the best-selling writer, has denied allegations of sexual assault in opposition to two younger ladies.

In an investigation for the Tortoise podcast co-hosted by Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris Johnson, two ladies declare that Gaiman engaged them in sadomasochistic acts and informed them to name him “grasp”.

Gaiman strenuously denies the allegations and mentioned all intercourse with the ladies – one who briefly labored because the household nanny and one other a fan whom he met at a e book signing – was consensual.

The primary girl mentioned she was employed by Gaiman’s then-wife, the musician Amanda Palmer, in 2022 to take care of the couple’s son.

The lady, named Scarlett, claimed that Gaiman sexually assaulted her inside hours of their first assembly, stripping bare and becoming a member of her within the tub. She was 22 and he was 61.

Gaiman mentioned the incident amounted to solely “cuddling” and “making out” and that he had established consent for this.

On one other event, Scarlett alleged that the intercourse between them “was so painful and so violent” that she misplaced consciousness.

“The ache was celestial,” she mentioned. When she requested him to cease, Scarlett mentioned, “he laughed and mentioned I wanted to be punished and used his belt on me”. Gaiman denies the allegation.

The connection continued for an additional month earlier than Gaiman left New Zealand for the UK, the lady mentioned.

Throughout that point, she despatched him quite a few messages indicating that she consented to the sexual exercise.

She additionally claimed she was required to signal an NDA after she stopped working because the household’s nanny.

The second girl, an American identified solely as Ok, was an 18-year-old fan of Gaiman’s writing when she first met him at a e book signing in Florida in 2003.

She maintained contact with him and a sexual relationship started when she was 22. He was then in his 40s.

Ok alleged that in a visit to Cornwall in 2007, she informed Gaiman that she didn’t wish to have interaction in penetrative intercourse as a result of she had a urinary tract an infection, however he went forward and the act left her “screaming” in agony. Gaiman mentioned the allegation is fake.

She maintained pleasant contact with Gaiman after their relationship resulted in 2008 however informed the podcast: “As I received older, I realised that 18-year-olds and 20-year-olds, whenever you’re in your 40s, appear like children.” She added: “Because the #MeToo stuff grew to become extra nuanced, that was once I was like, wait a minute, one thing like that occurred to me.”

Ok didn’t report Gaiman to the police. 

Scarlett did in October 2022, eight months after her transient relationship with the writer ended. 

New Zealand police didn’t transfer ahead with an investigation and didn’t interview Gaiman, though he informed the Tortoise podcast that he had provided to satisfy with officers.

The Tortoise investigation started after Scarlett received in contact with Ms Johnson through Instagram and informed her model of occasions.

Tortoise mentioned that the investigation regarded into “the greyest of gray areas with regards to our intercourse lives – the world with the scope for real misinterpretation, but additionally the potential for critical abuse”.

The 63-year-old writer is globally famend for works together with The Sandman, American Gods and Good Omens, in addition to many widespread works for kids. His books have been tailored for movie and tv.

He and Palmer introduced their break up in 2022. Beforehand they’d spoken of getting an open marriage.

After a troublesome battle, the match led to a draw which topped Colombia the kings of Group D. The Colombian squad had already certified for the subsequent stage of the match previous to the match, and can face Panama subsequent.

Brazil, who completed second in Group D with the draw, will now head to the quarterfinals the place they may meet Uruguay.