94 minutes ago He used and abused me until there was nothing left. I didn’t feel like I was human or even living

This evil abuser strangled his former partner in front of their baby - now she can finally tell her story

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2 hours ago Man, 42, admits conspiring to rob £120,000 of jewellery from celebrity antiques dealer Ian Towning

In the attack, Posh Pawn star Mr Towning, 76, was left bleeding after being hit on the head with a hammer at his store in London 's Chelsea.

Economics

3 hours ago Minister confirms talks under way to return surviving Bali Nine members to Australia

Five remaining members would continue to serve sentences upon returning under proposal, trade minister Don Farrell saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTalks are under way to return members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring to Australia, the federal trade minister has confirmed, saying they would continue to serve their sentences and not be released.The Australians were arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle heroin out of the Indonesian resort island.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Politics

6 hours ago Gran, 54, collapses and dies on holiday after 'drinking tea laced with psychedelic drug'

Maureen Rainford died an hour after drinking Ayahuasca in a tea while in the Bolivian Amazon.

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6 hours ago A mother who stabbed her baby to death believed she was ‘pouring’ evil in while breastfeeding

Prosecutors claimed Chloe Driver, 24, murdered her 13-month-old daughter because she wanted her husband Benyamin Ben Michael all to herself. But defense attorneys said it was her mental illness, combined with extreme cult beliefs, that resulted in the baby’s death. Andrea Cavallier takes a look inside the bizarre and tragic case

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7 hours ago Justice Secretary says assisted dying ‘slippery slope to death on demand’

Shabana Mahmood said she was ‘profoundly concerned’ by the Bill.

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9 hours ago UK justice secretary attacks assisted dying bill as ‘state death service’

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons voteMPs will be placing the country on a “slippery slope towards death on demand” if they back legislation on assisted dying in England and Wales this week, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has said in a letter to constituents before a historic Commons vote on Friday.Mahmood has received numerous letters about the bill from people in her Birmingham Ladywood seat, which has a big Muslim population, and sent out replies saying that she was “profoundly concerned” about the legislation, not only for religious reasons but also because of what it would mean for the role of the state if one of its functions became helping people to die. Continue reading...

Events

11 hours ago New colourised Doctor Who episode to show second Time Lord regeneration

Originally airing as part of the War Games story arc in 1969, the episode marked the transition between Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee.

Politics

12 hours ago 'I had friends who were DJs, doormen and drug dealers... things escalated very quickly'

Steve Wyatt was drinking 15 pints a day

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