2 hours ago New York's governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in inmate's fatal beating

New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen state prison staffers fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month

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3 hours ago Annie Kilner speaks out after Kyle Walker's pals demanded Lauryn Goodman be 'removed' from bar

Kyle Walker's wife Annie Kilner shared an update with fans on social media over the weekend following reports that some of his pals partied with Lauryn Goodman earlier this month

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3 hours ago Tyson Fury has nearly half of £60m prize money taken off him after Usyk fight

Tyson Fury is expected to earn around £60million from his highly-anticipated rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia - but the Gypsy King will still lose out on a huge amount of earnings

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4 hours ago 'I used to sit out at night and see dealers and junkies on the steps. Things are better now'

Police imposed the closure order at the beginning of last month following numerous reports of crime and antisocial behaviour

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5 hours ago Shamed Premier League ref David Coote plans 'fortune' with new £10,000

Former referee David Coote, who allegedly made derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club's former manager Jurgen Klopp, is planning a new career earning £10,000 a time

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5 hours ago Police crackdown as gang of youths terrorise members of the public in busy city centre

North Wales Police say a group of around 25 youths have been attacking people, causing criminal damage and racially abusing members of the public in Wrexham

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6 hours ago ‘Resistance was not a choice’: how Syria’s unlikely rebel alliance took Aleppo

An Islamist commander retraces his brigade’s march to seize the Syrian city Abu Obeida, the commander of the Northern Storm Brigade, left his mud-camouflaged Toyota running as he got out to inspect the dirt road running through the no man’s land that separated his rural base north west of Aleppo from a Hezbollah position 200 metres away.A month ago, this front against the Lebanese group was where the Islamist rebel offensive that changed Syria for ever began. The 25-year-old’s unit was supposed to sweep for landmines and unexploded ordnance among the olive groves in the aftermath of the opposition’s stunning 12-day rout of Bashar al-Assad and his Russian, Iranian and Lebanese allies. It quickly became apparent that, amid many other more pressing tasks, his people hadn’t been thorough enough. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Coy Jota confession, Carney Chukwuemeka door opened and £11m man reveals exit 'plan' – Celtic transfer state of play

It's shaping up to be a busy January window for the Hoops

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6 hours ago I’m one of millions working in retail. This Christmas, don’t ask how we are – or we may tell you | Andrew Herrick

So far today I have dealt with 200 customers. I have smiled 200 times, but that’s getting harder. Consider me a checkout robotGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYou decided to do it differently this year. You usually buy online, with high-minded principle, from a company owned by the least-loathsome billionaire you can find. Instead, this Christmas you gritted your teeth and drove in a hot car to a local business where you (finally) found a park. Then you steadfastly hunted down the gifts that your family members simply must have, worked your way up the cattle race to the counter, upon which you triumphantly spread your purchases. With luck you’ll be out of here and home before the roads get too busy. That man behind the counter doesn’t look happy; who cares: as long as he’s efficient.That’d be me. I’ve been standing in one spot for the last six hours (OK, one toilet break) and have another three to go. I’ve worked in retail for 14 years, and so far today I’v...

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6 hours ago Peaches: ‘Who should play me in the biopic? Amy Taylor from Amyl and the Sniffers’

The electroclash musician on living with Feist, her love of stinky hard cheese, and an embarrassing encounter with KelisWhat has been your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity?Oh my god, so many. Here is a story I’ve never told. Kelis asked me to come to her studio and work on a beat for her – this was in her Bossy era. I had a bit of a cold but I was not giving up this opportunity. But I had only one beat to play. She got there, she listened and said, “This is cool.’” She recorded it, did some vocals on it. Then she went, “Do you have any more?”The documentary Teaches of Peaches will be released on DocPlay in Australia on 30 December. Continue reading...

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