61 minutes ago Suspect arrested in the killing of woman set on fire on New York subway

Crime Commissioner Jessica Tisch said attacker committed ‘one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being’

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68 minutes ago Court sentences Cambodian businessman to 31 years in prison for killing of young couple

A Cambodian real estate entrepreneur, whose killing of a young couple sparked public outrage, has been sentenced to the maximum 31 years in prison

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97 minutes ago Trusted worker who fleeced employer out of £370,000 walks free because she's pregnant

Danielle Longstaffe abused her position of trust to steal enormous sums of money

Economics

1 hour ago Biden cheered by Democrats and civil rights groups for commuting dozens of death row sentences

Biden’s announcement leaves Democrats breathing easier after Hunter, ‘Kids for Cash’ clemency news

Politics

2 hours ago War widow weeps in court as she is spared prison over 'relentless' attack on her second husband at their £1.5m mansion

Christina Plumb was today given a 12-week suspended sentence after scratching and biting property developer Adam Plumb during a fight in September last year.

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2 hours ago Man filmed himself raping children aged two and younger and shared videos globally

Colin Morris, 48, was said to be part of a 'global group of paedophiles' and spoke to members as far as Florida - during which he 'boasted' about the abuse he inflicted on his victims

Culture

2 hours ago Grinch event cancelled after one day as parents moan it's not worth £20 per child

Pub managers hit back at the waves of negative commenters, saying staff at the Balfour Arms in Sidmouth, Devon, were told things "that should never be said to anyone"

Society

3 hours ago 'My boyfriend almost beat me to death but I was so under his control it took me years to break free'

While Emmerdale's Belle Dingle saw her abuser jailed, for Esther Garrity who was beaten so badly she had an imprint of her boyfriend's boot on her face, it was the only the beginning of her nightmare

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4 hours ago The kindness of strangers: on a stressful day, I reversed into another mum’s car – and she told me not to worry

Perhaps she could hear a child’s shrieks over the blasting Baby Shark, but in that moment she chose mercyThis is the first in a series of stories on the kindness of strangersLast year, on a hot afternoon just before Christmas, I was picking my daughter up from childcare. That in itself is usually a pretty stressful situation. But on this day my seasonal anxiety was compounded by a toddler’s sleep regression and a family fight that, after decades of simmering tension, was at last boiling over.Out of respect for involved parties – and fear of setting off round two – I’ll skip the details. But for the sake of this story all you need to know is that I was trying to back out of a very busy car park while a child screamed and I wondered if the people I loved most in the world would ever speak to each other again. Somewhere in that fugue of emotional and auditory anguish I backed right into another mum’s car. Continue reading...

Politics

5 hours ago Labour's economic plans are 'putting women in danger': Rape and domestic abuse charities warn funding cuts and Budget tax rises will see services axed

Five leading organisations have written to the PMwarning that funding cuts and an increases to employers' National Insurance Contributions could result in them 'closing our doors'.

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