Tony Bloom has reiterated that he would be "really disappointed" if Hearts fail to win the Scottish Premiership within a decade.

The Brighton chairman completed a near £10m investment in the Tynecastle Park club last summer and instantly vowed to "disrupt the pattern of domination of Scottish football".

Mikey Lewis has been left out of England's squad for their Rugby League World Cup opener against Tonga, while Jack Welsby has been named on the bench by head coach Brian McDermott.

Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer are set to return to action for England's white-ball tour of Australia, starting in November.

Bethell is fit again following the knee injury he sustained during the ODI Series win against India in July that also saw him miss the subsequent Test series against Pakistan and white-ball series against Sri Lanka in August and September.

Bored of darkness

Rose Belmont is not her father. Rose is something new: the next generation of the legendary vampire hunters spending her life trying to step out of Trevor's shadow, to be seen as the self-reliant woman she is. Any monster that faces her is surprised to see a young girl, not the grizzled old man they've grown used to. But, despite these expectations, despite the long shadow her family tree casts, Rose tries to prove herself. She will not rely on, or be saved by, what came before. She will blossom into something all her own. This is her story, not his.

Character.AI, the chatbot startup founded by former Google researchers, has filed for bankruptcy.

A sign encouraging participation in the U.S. Census lies on a sidewalk in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., August 4, 2020.

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Congressional Democrats and civil rights groups are concerned about a proposed Trump administration change to the U.S. census that would exclude noncitizens without permanent resident status, altering congressional representation and potentially how federal funding is distributed.

The U.K. may have been slower than other markets to jump onto the boom in short-form vertical media, projected to generate $150 billion in revenue in markets outside China this year, but it is now getting its own dedicated festival.

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France's parliament begins debate on the 2027 budget Tuesday as high deficits, rising debt and student protests sharpen the political cost of fiscal consolidation.