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In the heart of the vibrant nightlife of Pattaya Beach, a scene unfolded in the early hours of July 3, that was simultaneously bizarre and regrettably becoming all too common. A local Thai man, with his trusty smartphone in hand, became an unexpected social media sensation when he decided to film a practice that many would prefer remain unseen. He captured a group of foreign tourists, believed to be Indian nationals, seemingly unembarrassedly urinating in the serene waters of the beach. The video, promptly shared on his Facebook account, served as a wake-up call to locals and tourists alike, highlighting both cultural clashes and the ongoing need for more public amenities. The video did not just capture the tourists’ indiscretions but also a broader narrative of the sometimes tumultuous relationship between locals and visiting foreigners. Taken at about 1 a.m., the footage showed the group, two of whom were directly…

The recent decree to elevate the minimum wage has lit a firestorm of contention, particularly within Thailand’s hospitality industry. As the festive fervor of Bangkok governmental halls crescendos, a starkly different melody plays in the less bustling corners of the nation. For hoteliers in regions like Khon Kaen, this decision feels more like a death knell for their struggling businesses than a boon for the workforce. On the fateful Tuesday of July 1, the Royal Gazette swiftly codified the Cabinet’s approval of a 400 baht daily minimum wage for hotel employees. While metropolitan giants thrive on the tourist tide, Khon Kaen’s hotelier Chatchai Kosawisut sees only storm clouds looming over his local enterprise. “This isn’t reform,” Chatchai bemoans, despair etched across his face like aged parchment. “It’s sheer punishment.” His Kosa Hotel, a 180-room sanctuary for modest meetings and corporate training, has been clawing its way up the slippery slope…

Holidaymakers were left rattled this week after a bizarre social media frenzy warned of a massive tsunami hitting southern Thailand tomorrow, July 5. But the country’s top weather experts have poured cold water on the scare, insisting the “quake prophecy” is nothing more than a comic book fantasy. The bogus warning claimed that deadly waves …

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MANILA, Philippines — Several family members of the missing sabungeros (cockfighting aficionados) were not surprised at all by businessman Atong Ang and actress Gretchen Barretto’s alleged involvement in their kin’s disappearances over three years ago. READ: Remulla: Atong Ang, Gretchen Barreto to be named suspects in missing sabungeros’ case Family members of the sabungeros expressed

PARTS of Ireland are set to see wet and cloudy weather conditions persist over the weekend before dry conditions hit.

Another “unsettled” weather front with rain and clouds has hit Ireland again and will persist over the coming days, with no heatwave on the horizon as Europe battles with scorching temperatures.

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The unsettled weather conditions will remain for a few days[/caption]

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Temperatures ranging from 14 to 22 degrees this weekend[/caption]

Taking to X, Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather said: “Here comes the rain again. Rain has arrived in parts of West and North and will slowly move down the country but weakening as it does.

“Wind increasing through the morning with a very breezy afternoon ahead. Weekend will be breezy and cloudy with patchy spells of rain.”

Met Eireann’s Linda Hughes warned that the weather will remain “fairly unsettled” today and at times during the weekend.

She said: “The weather will be fairly unsettled today and at times during the weekend, but it will improve gradually through Sunday and for the start of next week.”

This morning, there will be some bright spells occurring in the East and South at first, but outbreaks of rain and drizzle are expected in the North and the West, which will spread south-easterwards through the day.

The weather expert revealed that the rain “will turn heavy” in the west, and it will become quite windy with a moderate to fresh, occasionally strong and gusty south-westerly wind developing.

Temperatures will reach the highs of 14C to 20C, with the south being the warmest spot across the country.

Linda added: “Tonight will be cloudy and misty with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. There’ll be some hill and coastal fog too.

“Breezy at first with a moderate to fresh and gusty West to south-west wind, easing light to moderate over night. Lowest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees.”

Tomorrow is set to be a “mostly dull day” with patchy light rain and drizzle on the cards for the country.

Linda revealed that the south and east will be the best areas to get sunny spells, where it “will be warm and humid” tomorrow amid the unsettled weather conditions, with cloudy conditions forecasted.

Highest temperatures will range between 14C in the north-west and 22C in the south-east in a moderate westerly breeze.

Sunday will be cloudy to begin with, some scattered outbreaks of rain or drizzle, before it brightens up through the afternoon and evening with sunny spells and scattered showers.

It will reach the highs of 14C to 20C before dropping down to temperatures of 9C to 13C.

WEATHER SHAKE-UP

In a major weather shake-up, nearly dry conditions are expected on Sunday night and will remain throughout the beginning of the week, with some isolated showers.

Most places will stay dry on Monday, but it’ll be rather cloudy with occasional sunny intervals.

The highest temperatures range from 14 to 20 degrees before dropping to 9 to 12 degrees.

And Tuesday is expected to be another dry day with cloudy conditions, with Linda warning there may be a “few isolated showers”.

Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees with a light to moderate west to southwest breeze.

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THE secret to perfect, fast growing hair is in your kitchen cupboard, one woman has revealed.

Taty is constantly bombarded with questions about how she got her locks so “perfect”, shiny and long.

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The secret can be found in your kitchen cupboard, she said – as it’s rice[/caption]

And in a video on her TikTok page, she opened up about the top tip she’s used to transform her hair.

“Everyone’s always like, ‘Taty, how is your hair so long and beautiful, Taty, how is your hair so perfect, how did you grow your hair so fast?'” she began.

“Okay, I’m gonna tell you because I don’t want to gatekeep anymore.”

She then revealed that the secret she swears by is homemade rice water.

Taty showed how she got a container and some rice from the kitchen cupboard – insisting it doesn’t matter what kind of rice you use.

She covered the rice in water, before letting it soak for a day.

And once she’d drained the water off, she transferred it to a spray bottle.

Taty then went on to explain she uses the spray liberally on her locks before washing them, noting that it “smells really, really bad”.

“Spray it all over your roots and your ends and then put it up, leave it soaking wet, for like 30 minutes or an hour before you wash your hair,” she explained.

She added that consistently using the rice water will make your hair “grow so fast”.

“I better see all your hair grow 40 inches!” she jokingly wrote in the video caption.

“I’m gonna try this and hope you’re telling the truth and hope it works because I hate my hair,” one person wrote in the comments.

“I’ve been trying to grow my hair out for ages because it wouldn’t grow.

“I tried rosemary oil but it made my hair so greasy so I don’t know what to do anymore.”

“You can also put a few drops of essential oils or something for the smell if you don’t wanna wash your hair after every time,” another suggested.

“During covid I put rice water in my hair every day and my hair was LONGGGGGGG, this def works,” a third insisted.

“You just have to be dedicated!”

“Wash the rice first and put it in the fridge so it doesn’t grow mould,” someone else wrote.

“You’re young, that’s what it is,” another sighed.

“We all had long hair like this when we were young not in our 60s.

“It’s harder to keep our hair healthy for what happens to our hormones.”

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The trick works a treat if you’ve got damaged hair which won’t grow[/caption]

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A former Premier League club has been hit with a transfer embargo just weeks after the window opened.

And the ban has been bestowed upon the Championship club less than a MONTH after their new manager was appointed.

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The Tigers won’t be able to sign players until the 2027 January transfer window[/caption]

Hull City have been slapped with a three-window transfer embargo for their failure to pay a loan fee.

The fee in question was the £1million they owed Aston Villa for Louie Barry‘s services.

The EFL informed the Tigers of their punishment, which comes into effect today, on Monday.

The three-window ban means City won’t be able to sign players until the 2027 January transfer window.

Hull chiefs are set to appeal the decision, which has seen them join Championship rivals Sheffield Wednesday on the transfer ban list.

They’re confident the EFL will reduce the sanction upon reviewing the necessary paperwork and reading their explanation for the non-payment of the fee.

The transfer embargo means Hull won’t be able to sign players unless they’re free agents or included in deals which don’t involve a fee.

Hull, who beat the Championship drop last season by goal difference, have yet to issue a statement on the embargo.

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Hull owner Acun Ilicali plans to appeal the EFL’s decision and is hoping a reduced punishment will be imposed[/caption]

The transfer embargo will be a major headache for new Tigers gaffer Sergej Jakirovic, who replaced Ruben Selles in June.

Tigers chairman Acun Ilicali said of the appointment: “After a thorough and extensive recruitment process alongside Mustafa Yokes, Jared Dublin and Martin Hodge, we are delighted to secure the services of Sergej.

“We believe in the football that he will bring to the MKM Stadium for us and importantly, he has proven himself to be a winner throughout his career.

“My dream for our club has never changed from the first day I took over, and I believe in Sergej as we look forward to the 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship campaign together as one family.”

Thailand is about to crank up the volume. The world’s most famous electronic dance festival, Tomorrowland, is finally coming to Asia — and Chon Buri is set to become the epicentre of a billion-baht party. Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), confirmed the blockbuster news this week. “Tomorrowland has decided to …

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THE mum and daughter killed in a horrific road crash tragedy in Co Donegal on Wednesday evening have been named locally.

Ella McLaughlin, aged six, and mum Natalie McLaughlin, aged in her 20s, died in the crash between a car and a van on the Inishowen Peninsula.

Little Ella was fatally injured in the crash, which took place shortly after 6.30pm on Wednesday, and pronounced dead at the scene.

Her mother was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital following the crash and later transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, where she died yesterday evening.

Ms McLaughlin, who was in her 20s, was well-known in her native Carndonagh where she worked as a nurse in a local doctor’s surgery.

She qualified with a Bachelor of Science in Adult Nursing from Ulster University and began working as a Registered Nurse in 2022.

Ella’s father, who is in his 30s, and her two-year-old sister are being treated in hospitals in Derry and Belfast for non-life threatening injuries.

It is understood the driver of the van, a man aged in his late teens, did not sustain serious injuries.

Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal Authority, Councillor Martin McDermott, who knows the family personally, said the loss of both a young girl and her mother is particularly poignant.

He said: “Words fall short at this time, what can anybody say? They are such a lovely family and so well respected in our local community.

“It’s just devastating. The loss of anybody on our roads is difficult for any community to take.

“But the loss of a mother and daughter, particularly given the fact that they are so young, is even more poignant and more difficult to accept.

“People are just numb and there is very little I can add to that other than to keep them all in our thoughts and prayers.”

Donegal Councillor Joy Beard told how it’s the kind of news that “stops you in your tracks and breaks your heart in two”.

‘SHOCK & DISBELIEF’

She added: “This is an unimaginable loss for their family, friends and all who knew them and for our wider community.

“Inishowen is once again plunged into grief.

“Please keep their loved ones in your heart, thoughts and prayers as they face this unbearable sorrow.”

Parish priest of Carndonagh, Fr Con McLaughlin, went to the hospital in ­Derry yesterday to meet relatives of the crash victims. ​

He said: “In the community there is a shock and a disbelief. One can only imagine what the family are going through and I witnessed that pain in the hospital last night.

“The scene in the hospital was just so, so sad. You had doctors and nurses running around trying to do their best to help these poor helpless people. It is something I will never, ever forget.

“I just wanted to be a presence there for the family and I did not speak too much but I just wanted them to know that we are all there for them.”

‘OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN’

Road Victim Support Northern Ireland-­Donegal also extended its sympathies to the family and the wider community.

It said: “Our hearts are broken for this young family, for their loved ones, and for the entire Carndonagh and Inishowen community, who are now grieving the unimaginable loss of both a mother and child.

“There are no words that can ease the suffering of a family or community facing such a profound tragedy. We can only stand with them in their grief and offer our continued support.

“We also extend our thoughts to all those affected by this collision, including the other individuals involved, emergency responders, medical teams, and the wider community who are struggling to come to terms with this loss.”

The group said it is on hand to offer emotional, practical, and advocacy support to individuals, families, and communities impacted by the tragedy.

It added: “Let us all hold this grieving family in our hearts tonight and in the difficult days ahead.”

INFO APPEAL

Gardai continue to investigate all aspects of the collision and are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the crash to come forward.

Head of the Garda Traffic Corps in Co Donegal, Inspector Sean McDaid asked any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were traveling in the area between 6pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday 2nd July, 2025, to make this footage available to investigating Gardai.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Buncrana Garda Station on 074 932 0540, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

The R240 is one of the main thoroughfares connecting north Inishowen and Co Donegal and reopened yesterday evening following a technical examination of the crash scene.

The tragedy comes after four people – three men and a woman – were hospitalised following a two-car crash outside Carndonagh on the same road in January.

The collision took place on Thursday, January 2 just before 7pm, close to Glentogher National School.

Late last year, Donegal teen Tiernan Doherty-Kelly, 18 was killed when the car he was driving left the road near Buncrana on the Inishowen Peninsula at around 5am on the morning of Sunday, December 1.

He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene on the R244, known locally as the Mountain Road, at Ballinlough in Donegal.

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