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Two Weeks in August is right – a friend-group trip to paradise can be hellish

IN FOCUS: A new BBC drama about a gang of university friends holidaying together in a Greek villa perfectly captures the fraught dynamics of the group holiday with mates that often ends up in a fug of frostiness, money tension, and silent flights home, says Katie Rosseinsky

The Independent UK

‘Gut instinct plays a big part’: how human intuition and AI can reduce online fraud

Mastercard is using AI tools to identify scams in their early stages and stop threats in their tracks – but the role for human agency and intelligence remains essential

The Guardian - UK

Blue Lights season 2 recap: Everything to remember ahead of season 3

It feels like a very long time since Blue Lights season 2 aired, so we've got a handy guide to everything that happened, ahead of the season 3 premiere

Woman & Home

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Tourists are Fighting Back: Is Hair-Pulling the New Way to Stop Pickpockets in Europe?

A look at how tourists in Europe are fighting back against rising pickpocketing, hair-pulling and other defensive strategies are emphasized amid soaring theft statistics in Italy, France and Spain.

International Business Times UK

I’m 32 and making friends has never been harder – or more embarrassing

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Making friends feels effortless in childhood. But when you’re an adult, it can be an arduous and cringe-inducing process. Katie Rosseinsky explores why finding new pals is so tough for grown-ups – and finds out what we can do to make it a bit less awkward

The Independent UK

Blue Lights recap: series two, episode five – air punch moments, and a killer cliffhanger

Annie decking Canning was the most satisfying moment of the series. But disaster quickly struck again with a gunshot fired at Grace and Stevie. This could be the end for one of them

The Guardian - UK

Blue Lights recap: series two, episode four – no, Tommy, no!

Gruesome twosome Canning and Shane throw poor wee Tommy to the lions to ‘get results’. But they should know better than to mess with one of this loyal lot

The Guardian - UK

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Blue Lights season 2 ending explained: What happened to Lee Thompson?

Blue Lights season 2 ending explained — will the police be able to bring down the new loyalist kingpin on the Mount Eden Estate?

WhatToWatch

Blue Lights season 2 episode 3 recap: Love knows

In Blue Lights season 2 episode 3 Lee Thompson strikes a chord with the community as he steps into Dixie's shoes

WhatToWatch

Blue Lights recap: series two, episode one – a blistering comeback

Welcome back, peelers! The Belfast police drama returns in heart-stopping style, with petrol-bombs, pharmacy stick-ups … and good old-fashioned romance

The Guardian - UK

Blue Lights: getting up to speed with season two, from cast, to plot, to filming locations

The excellent Belfast-based police-drama, which has picked up nothing but rave reviews, is back for more nail-biting action. Here’s what to know

Evening Standard

Blue Lights season 2 episode 2 recap: Iceberg

In Blue Lights season 2 episode 2 Constable Annie Conlon finds a connection with new recruit Shane Bradley

WhatToWatch

Blue Lights season two: who plays who in the hit police drama?

From Siân Brooke to Martin McCann, we break down the cast

Evening Standard

Lonely No More: Brit’s NYC Friend-Making Mission Pays Off

British man goes to extreme lengths to make friends in New York, handing out resumes and holding up a sign.

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Daily Mirror

'I run group holidays for the lonely - if someone's not right we try to put them off'

Husband and wife team Lee Thompson and Radha Vyas have set up Flash Pack, a group holiday company that takes people in their 30s and 40s on luxury breaks around the world

The Guardian - UK

‘The kids loved it’: readers on taking part in National Grid energy-saving trial

More than 1m households and businesses have signed up to get paid to cut back on power usage

Liverpool Echo

Faces of 41 criminals jailed over the last month in Liverpool

Killer who stabbed burglar to death and paedophile who raped boy at water park are among those locked up

Liverpool Echo

Faces of ten people jailed in Merseyside this week

An overview of cases heard in our region's court this week

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Liverpool Echo

Thieves stole £300 worth of charity items in early morning raid

They also caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage inside the college

Evening Standard

Lee Thompson: the PR guru hoping to future-proof the Cambridges’ public image

A comms global power player and former Team GB triathlete — meet the man tasked with leading “The Cambridge Way”

Daily Mirror

Prince William appoints Team GB triathlete as new PR chief in major overhaul

Lee Thompson, a highly-flying executive at US media company NBC, has been appointed the Duke and Duchess's new PR chief following a "tone-deaf" Carribean tour last year

Leeds Live

William and Kate hire high-flying Leeds University graduate as new PR chief

Lee Thompson has represented Great Britain as a triathlete and has been lured away from his job at a US network

ABC News

Selling old clothes is a $175 billion industry. Now brands that make the garments want a cut

Second-hand clothing has emerged as a $175 billion global business. Now the brands that make the clothes being re-sold want a cut of the action.

Nottingham Post

65 offenders brought to justice this year for crimes with links to Nottinghamshire

The courts have been busier than ever

Nottingham Post

Locked up in February: More than 20 offenders brought to justice in Nottingham

The courts were busy last month

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