What happened
A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 40s was fatally injured in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey. Police and an air ambulance were called to Warden Bay Rd shortly after 7pm on Sunday following reports of an assault. The man died at the scene and his next of kin have been informed.

Who said what
According to The Sun, locals said the man was "hit with stones and rocks" before he died. Holidaymakers were "heralding a resident called Dean as 'the island hero'", said The Telegraph, after he tried to save an injured man's life. Tourist Andrew Owen said Dean confronted someone who ran past shouting "I've done him", shouting back "you haven't just done him, you've fucking killed him".

What next?
The three teenagers are in custody as inquiries continue. A police cordon remains in place around a clearing and caravan park near the beach, with officers searching for evidence. Kent Police has appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.

What happened
DNA testing has identified a skeleton discovered in melting Antarctic ice as belonging to a British meteorologist who vanished beneath the snow in 1959. Dennis Bell was 25 when he fell into a crevasse on a surveying expedition. A colleague attempted to winch him out, but the belt to which the safety rope was attached snapped, plunging him into the deep chasm. The remains, accompanied by about 200 personal items, were spotted by a Polish research team "among rocks exposed by a receding glacier", said The Times.

Who said what
"I had long given up on finding my brother," Bell's brother David, now aged 86, told the BBC. "It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it."

"This discovery brings closure to a decades-long mystery and reminds us of the human stories embedded in the history of Antarctic science," said Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey.

What next?
Bell's remains were brought to London via the Falkland Islands. His family will now decide how best to honour his memory.

You might not find a full casino at US military bases, but that doesn't mean gambling isn't happening. Much of the gambling is sanctioned and encouraged by the US armed forces in the form of slot machines on the bases. As a result, researchers say gambling addiction in the military has reached critical levels, with many soldiers stationed overseas finding a dangerous solace in the habit.

The machines are coordinated by the Army Recreation Machine Program (ARMP) and are located on military bases across the world (ARMP runs slot machines for the US Army, Navy and Marines, while the Air Force has its own program). The exact number of slot machines is unclear. Officially there are "1,889 slot machines in 79 locations abroad, including Korea, Japan and Germany", Neil Gumbs, the general manager of the ARMP's installation program, told Wired. But the National Council on Problem Gambling claims that there are more than 3,100.

While there are no table games for gambling at these bases, the military has more than made up for it in profit from the slot machines. In 2023, the ARMP "brought in $64.8 million (£48.2 million) in revenue, with $48.9 million (£36.4 million) in net proceeds".

The problem is that the slot machines are causing widespread gambling addictions among soldiers, experts say, and "gambling is a blind spot in the military's approach to mental health", according to military news site Task & Purpose. Despite the push for betting research, the US Department of Defense "rarely focuses on the behavioural health aspect of the disorder", former Army Staff Sgt Dave Yeager told another forces site Military.com. Without a behavioural health referral, soldiers with gambling problems should "seek out an anonymous 12-step program or substance abuse treatment".