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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Man arrested in connection with ‘exposing himself and performing lewd act' on Mass. beach
Carver police arrested a Marion man over the weekend who they say exposed himself at a town beach. John Senna, 36, pleaded not guilty to a charge of open and gross lewdness during his arraignment in Wareham District Court on Monday, according to court records. On Friday, June 20, around 5:40 p.m., Carver police received a report that a man had exposed himself and performed 'a lewd act' at the Sampson Pond beach on Lakeview Street, the police department said in a press release. Officers responded to the area, but soon learned that the suspect had fled. Carver police then issued an alert to nearby law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the suspect, the police department said. Within 25 minutes, Marion police located and identified him as Senna. Carver police obtained an arrest warrant for Senna and arrested him Saturday morning, the police department said. He was released on personal recognizance bail during his arraignment on the condition that he stay away from Sampson Pond beach, according to court records. Senna is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on Sept. 10, court records indicate. No further information about the incident has been released. Police arrest Worcester man accused of crashing stolen truck four times Man admitted to Worcester shooting that left another man dead, police say Former Haitian mayor sentenced to US prison after lying about violent killings First of two men charged with murder in 2021 Seekonk fatal shooting found guilty Man charged with assault with intent to murder after Worcester fatal shooting Read the original article on MassLive.
Hindustan Times
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Ajith Kumar adds McLaren Senna to his garage. Here's what is special about the supercar
Actor and motorsport enthusiast, Ajith Kumar, has recently acquired a new McLaren Senna. Ajith Kumar, a popular Tamil actor and motorsport enthusiast, has just added a very rare supercar to his collection: the McLaren Senna. One of the only 500 units produced, the celebrity's new supercar sports a Marlboro livery with Ayrton Senna's autograph. Ajith Kumar is also well known for his participation in motorsports and owns a racing team called 'Ajith Kumar Racing'. The McLaren Senna supercar is track-focused, most likely bought to participate in the upcoming racing events. The purchase was posted on social media by his where the actor was seen checking out his new ride. Not just this, but the actor also owns multiple other high-value cars such as the Ferrari SF90, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and McLaren 750S. The Mclaren Senna also gets more hardcore track versions such as the Senna GTR and the Senna LM (Le Mans). The GTR is even rarer with only 75 units produced while only 35 units of the LM have been built till now. Also Read : Actor Ajith Kumar buys swanky new Porsche 911 GT3 RS worth over ₹ 3.5 crore, wife posts photo over social media Ajith's motorsport background Ajith Kumar has a long-standing history in motorsport, having previously competed in international events, including the 2004 Formula Asia BMW F3 Championships and the 2010 Formula 2 Championship. His return to competitive racing comes after a significant hiatus from the sport. According to Chandra, the newly formed team also aims to support young drivers by providing them with a structured racing program. This initiative aligns with the broader goal of encouraging more talent in the international motorsport arena. Also Read : Actor Ajith Kumar spins out and crashes Porsche while racing in Dubai McLaren Senna: Engine and performance Ajith's new Senna gets a 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8 engine punching out 778 bhp of power and 800 Nm of peak torque. This unit is mated with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission for laser-quick shifts. With these specs, the Senna is claimed to reach a top speed of about 350 kmph. To handle this much power properly, the manufacturer has also designed the car to deliver a downforce of 800 kg. Check out Upcoming Bikes In India. First Published Date: 06 Jun 2025, 09:44 AM IST
New Indian Express
05-06-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Kerala turns to forest restoration amid rising threat from wildlife
KOCHI: As human-wildlife conflict escalates in Kerala—with 27 people killed in five months—the forest department is undertaking a quiet but crucial shift: restoring degraded plantations into natural forests to address the root cause of these confrontations. So far, 1,700 hectares of forest plantations have been converted into natural forests, and efforts are on in another 5,000 hectares. A top forest official said, 'We have grown acacia and eucalyptus in 72,000 hectares and these species will be completely replaced.' However, the forest department still relies on timber revenue, with 534 hectares of new plantations added in 2023–24. Critics say this focus, along with invasive species, is degrading habitats and pushing wildlife into human areas. Senna spectabilis now covers 123 sq km in Wayanad, while creepers choke vegetation in Nilambur. Conservationists urge restoring grasslands and converting plantations to reduce conflict. 'Habitat restoration and rehabilitation of forest dwellers can ease the conflict,' said conservationist S Guruvayoorappan.
Daily Mail
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE A furious wife hurling his clothes into Indian Ocean, sex at county shows and all-nighters in immaculate riding gear: How Jilly Cooper's saucy showjumper Rupert Campbell-Black has got nothing on real life star Nick Skelton
Once the undisputed enfant terrible of show jumping, Nick Skelton has long put his wild days behind him. Boozy hi jinks, sexual shenanigans, punch ups with rivals, he was guilty of the lot in his time, his antics often eclipsing those of Jilly Cooper's fictional bounders. 'I'm too old for all that,' he sighs. 'They were fun times but I'm 67 now.' Age was never previously a barrier, though. Not for this old stager, the superstar horseman who broke his neck in a horrifying fall and was told he would never ride again - only to jump back in the saddle and win Olympic gold at the age of 58. We're discussing a documentary feature film about his colourful life and career - Big Star: The Nick Skelton Story - while sitting in a gazebo overlooking the arena at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, the stage where he took his final bow in 2017, when, to cheers and tears, steed at his side, he raised his arm aloft as these words rang out over the public address system: 'The greatest show jumper the world has ever seen!' It is little surprise that a Hollywood producer came calling. One wonders why it took so long. 'It's been in the making for the past seven years, Covid got in the way,' Skelton explains. Like others of its ilk - an obvious comparison is Senna, a film about the life of Brazilian motor racing champion Ayrton Senna - the final result is a compelling story that demands of its audience no previous knowledge of, or interest in, the sport in question. A bit like a Jilly Cooper bonkbuster then. Well, not exactly. For one thing, comparisons between Skelton and her anti-hero Rupert Campbell-Black, the upper class show jumper who seduces his way around the countryside in fictional Rutshire, only go so far. The son of a chemist, Skelton projects unpretentious ordinariness. His Warwickshire burr, unchanged despite years of hobnobbing with royals, somehow makes the outstanding sporting achievements he recounts seem even more dazzling. He lists the injuries he suffered. I lose count. It seems he broke almost as many bones as equestrian records. As someone in the film notes: 'He has more titanium in his body than a Space Shuttle.' Today, wearing a cap and body warmer, he has the air of a man who's popped round to quote for a patio. Indeed, if he wasn't a professional show jumper he says he'd have been a builder. No, he's certainly no Campbell-Black, the blue-blooded cad who, in the opening scene of Disney's adaptation of Rivals reaffirms his membership of the mile-high club as Concorde hits Mach 1. Skelton is an earthy soul, too, but determinedly down to earth. In his autobiography, Gold, he recalls the racy delights of the county show circuit: 'There would be beer everywhere, farmers in their wellies and a few birds about.' On one occasion 'one of the lads pulled a bird who showed donkeys. They went off behind the hot-dog van to do whatever came natural to them and while they were at it the van packed up and drove off, leaving him with his backside going up and everyone cheering him on!' More redolent of Jilly Cooper novel was the time, much later, when his first wife locked him out of their Mauritius hotel room and threw his clothes into the Indian Ocean after discovering he was having an affair with the wife of a Swiss equestrian rider. Skelton tells me the sport has changed immeasurably in recent years and has 'got a lot more serious because of the huge prize money and sponsorship. The sponsors want their pound of flesh.' With a hint of regret, he says of today's show jumpers: 'You're more likely to find them in the gym than the bar.' The film - the Big Star in the title is the wonder horse who helped Skelton win gold - goes on general release at cinemas across the country next month. 'It feels really humbling,' says Skelton. 'It's great for the sport and I hope it will inspire others and make them realise, that its not just horse and rider, that there's a lot that goes on behind the scene.' And not just grooming, training and mucking out. As a fellow competitor notes of Skelton and his British teammates: 'Those guys together, they'd get themselves into trouble.' Skelton's partner for the past 19 years, US show jumper Laura Kraut, adds: 'They were just fun, you'd meet them in the bar and they had this uncanny ability to stay up all night then show up at eight o'clock next morning and go and win.' After graduating from the beery county shows, Skelton continued to ride hard and play hard. Once, an all-night drinking binge in Dublin earned him a dressing down from the manager of the Great Britain team, who threatened to report him to the stewards if his behaviour did not improve. During the course of a riotous night, Skelton had gone from the bar at a horse show to the Embassy, then to a party and, still clad in his boots and breeches from the previous day, back to the showground where he was due to compete later that day. 'We used to celebrate, of course we did, we were good at that,' laughs Skelton. Midway into the film, which includes contributions from mainly horsey folk, Bruce Springsteen and his singer-songwriter wife Patti Scialfa make an incongruous appearance. It turns out Skelton is a friend and coaches their daughter Jessica, an Olympic silver medallist. 'Nick is a rock star, only he rides a horse instead of carrying a guitar around,' says Patti. It is her husband who, of all the film's contributors, best articulates Skelton's iron will power and determination. Springsteen says: 'You've got to have a hot fire in the furnace in order to take you where you want to go. Nick has that, he's one of those guys... it's almost as if he wills his wins.' If Skelton's career had ended in 2000 when he suffered what was believed to be a career-ending neck injury, he would still be considered one of the sports all-time greats. But against the odds, he achieved so much more, including Olympic gold medals at London 2012 and in Rio four years later. In a fall at a show in Cheshire, he broke his C1 vertebra in two places and snapped a ligament which tore away a piece of his spine. Months in a metal neck brace followed and he was advised by surgeons to give up riding or risk a fatal injury. Reluctantly, he retired from the sport in 2001 but to the amazement of many, the following year he was told by a German specialist that the bones in his neck had healed beyond expectations so he returned to the saddle - and competing at the very top. It allowed him to continue a career that has spanned four decades and seen him win five World Championship medals and nine European medals as well as holding the British record for jumping the highest fence ever cleared over 7ft 7in in 1979. Does he miss competing? 'No, not really. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve.' These days he trains young riders and horses and keeps a keen eye on the careers of his partner Laura and sons Harry, a champion jockey and Dan, a top trainer. He says: 'Just the other day I was coming out of a reception at Windsor Castle and of the security guy's said, 'You're Dan Skelton's father, aren't you?'. I thought that was quite funny.' * Big Star: The Story of Nick Skelton will be in cinemas from June 6. 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Metro
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Metro
F1 25 review
Codemasters' latest Formula One sim includes the return of Braking Point mode, a movie tie-in, and the introduction of reverse tracks. This year's instalment of EA's officially licenced Formula One game arrives just as the real-life F1 season is starting to get into its stride. As is customary, the game, like last year's F1 24, was crafted in the exotic climes of Birmingham by veteran racing game specialist Codemasters. And while it remains as startlingly realistic as ever, F1 25 goes much further in adding elements of fantasy, that fit in surprisingly well. Perhaps the headline inclusion in F1 25 is the return of Braking Point, the story mode which returns for a third time, after a two year hiatus. Braking Point 3 is surely the best instalment yet, of the Konnersport story, with a twisty storyline that feels like a big budget TV soap opera. Its action is cleverly varied, too. At times, for example, you might have to hold up the cars behind you without being passed, while your teammate catches up on new tyres after a pit stop, or you have to set a sequence of fastest laps to reel in and pass the rampant Red Bull cars. With 15 – albeit sometimes short – chapters, it's quite meaty, too. Like the other recent F1 games, F1 25 is pretty complex in structural terms, offering a bewildering variety of play modes. This year, these modes have been arranged in a more logical manner and Codemasters has turned most of its attention to the key My Team Career mode, giving it such a major revamp that it decided to call it My Team 2.0. You still take on the role of the owner of a new team, but this time around you don't drive the car yourself, but can jump into each race as either of the two drivers you have hired. Which makes much more sense – and in general, My Team 2.0 feels much more logical and authentic than it used to. You can opt to start from scratch or with a more established factory, and as you improve your factory facilities (a key mechanic in the game) you actually see them grow more sprawling. Separating research and development, so that you often have to choose which driver gets upgrades, also aligns more with the real world. The Driver Career mode is more or less unchanged, although the addition of specialists – in subjects like manufacturing or strategy – gives you additional goals, bringing further perks as you seek to get one over your teammate. This time round, you can also play as a number of iconic drivers, including Button, Senna, and Schumacher, as well as fictional ones from Braking Point and the upcoming F1: The Movie. There's also a whole new Career mode entitled Challenge Career, which lets you work through scenarios which are available for a limited time and post your best effort to compete on a global leaderboard. Pre-launch, the only such scenario involved steering Lewis Hamilton in a Ferrari through three race weekends, so the jury is somewhat out on whether Challenge Career might develop into something compelling. Speaking of Jerry Bruckheimer and Brad Pitt's F1: The Movie, F1 25 lets you play through scenes from the film, starting with Pitt testing his fictional car at Silverstone. Like Challenge Career, various playable episodes will be added after launch. The fun of a Formula One game is that it cannot only simulate the reality of the current season but also what-if scenarios of varying degrees of plausibility. F1 25 takes that fantasy element to a new dimension with the ability to drive around three tracks – Silverstone, Zandvoort, and the Red Bull Ring in Austria – in the reverse direction. More Trending That's something that isn't allowed in real life and involved more work than you might imagine, since pit lane entries, exits and so on had to be virtually remodelled. But the effect is stunning; the tracks' characters completely change when you drive the wrong way around them. Silverstone becomes even more high-speed, feeling like a longer version of Thruxton, while Zandvoort, with its banked corners, is bonkers in reverse. All the essential building blocks of a Formula One game feel impressively solid in F1 25. The cars' handling and tyre modelling is fantastically realistic – after a wobble in F1 24, when Codemasters improved the physics but had to make some tweaks when the game was released. And it looks simply magnificent, some tracks scanned in using Lidar technology, bringing a new level of ultra-realism to them. This year's game has the best Braking Point yet, the tweaks to My Team Career work beautifully, the Challenge Career is intriguing (albeit unproven), and the reverse tracks should prove irresistible to Formula One fanatics. It's difficult for any yearly sequel to truly break the mould but F1 25 provides a heady mix of both realism and fantasy, to appeal to every kind of Formula One fan. In Short: Startling realism mixed with clever fantasy elements create one of the most compelling motorsport games of the current gen. Pros: Great new Braking Point mode and astutely tweaked My Team options. Looks and feels fantastic, with more iconic drivers than ever. Reverse tracks work great. Cons: The jury is out on Challenge Career and the overwhelming number of options and complex handling can be intimidating for inexperienced players. Score: 8/10 Formats: Xbox Series X/S (reviewed), PlayStation 5, and PCPrice: £69.99Publisher: EADeveloper: CodemastersRelease Date: 30th March 2025 Age Rating: 3 Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. 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