5 minutes ago ‘Eunuch maker’ extreme body modification ring can challenge sentences, court rules

Warning distressing content: Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes jailed earlier this year after carrying out ’grisly and gruesome’ procedures on unprecedented scale

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11 minutes ago Council workers start clearing tents at Park Lane traveller site opposite £1k

The patch of grassland at the heart of the capital, where the average property price is around £12million, has been frequented by tents for more than a decade.

Economics

12 minutes ago Airline testing new boarding method to catch out controversial travelling habit

A popular airline is testing a new boarding process which aims to catch out sneaky travellers who attempted to board with an earlier group than their designated one

Politics

21 minutes ago No 10 says Starmer ‘shares public anger’ at early prisoner releases but system facing paralysis without it – UK politics live

Downing Street says government ‘shocked’ at inheriting prisons crisis as hundreds of prisoners get early releaseThe funeral of Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister who died suddenly earlier this month after delivering a speech in North Macedonia, will be held on Tuesday 29 October, his family has announced.The funeral will be at Strichen parish church in Aberdeenshire. It will be conducted by Rev Ian McEwan, a friend of the family, and only family and close friends are invited. Salmond will be laid to rest in Strichen cemetery.According to the Eurostat data, England and Wales had 144 prisoners per 100,000 head of population, the 8th highest rate among EU countries and the highest amongst western European jurisdictions. Scotland had the 9th highest with 137 prisoners per 100,...

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41 minutes ago This Morning's Deidre Sanders gives update on breast cancer diagnosis as she awaits results

This Morning agony aunt Deidre Sanders has given fans a health update after undergoing surgery for breast cancer, which she announced had returned earlier this month

Science

70 minutes ago Odyssey passengers complain of horrendous smell after toilets stopped flushing at start of cruise

The water and flushing issues have since been fixed onboard the Odyssey

Politics

1 hour ago Secondary school teachers demand earlier period education as kids left in the dark

Secondary school teachers across Britain are urging for improved and more timely period education, expressing concerns that students are entering year seven without vital menstrual health knowledge.

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1 hour ago Female teacher 'who had sexual relationship with teen' smiles in bizarre mugshot

Angela Barnes, 45, smiled awkwardly in a mugshot taken by police as she was booked in Keller Regional Jail on charges of sexual assault of a child and improper relationship between educator and student

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2 hours ago Carrie Bradshaw's dark taste in literature revealed! Sarah Jessica Parker clutches copy of hit 1977 novel while filming And Just Like That in New York (and it's not exactly a beach read)

Earlier this week, Sarah Jessica Parker, 59, was pictured filming And Just Like That ...in New York City with her co-star Cynthia Nixon.

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2 hours ago Giovanni Pernice ‘wouldn’t change’ teaching style after BBC Strictly Come Dancing probe

Amanda Abbington made allegations against the Italian dancer earlier this year, claiming he subjected her to ‘inappropriate, mean, nasty bullying’

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