27 m. ago Prison officer pleads guilty over illicit calls to brutal machete attacker inmate

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, was working at HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire when she made the illicit calls to 31-year-old Joseph Hardy, who is serving a 14-year stretch for GBH

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41 m. ago Migrant deported to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal returns to UK

Home Office says it will not ‘accept abuse of borders’ after man re-enters Britain on small boat

Economics

67 m. ago Family of Scots lawyer murdered in US speak for first time as body flown home

The 37-year-old's husband has been charged with her murder.

Society

76 m. ago Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly admits 'I was a crap mum' in fresh bid for freedom from prison

Tracey Connelly is making a fresh bid for freedom

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96 m. ago Migrant deported to France under 'one in one out' deal RETURNS to UK on small boat

Migrant claims he was a victim of modern slavery at the hands of smugglers in northern France

Economics

2 h. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to making illicit phone calls to 'violent inmate who severed man's leg with a machete'

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, was charged with one count of making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she met while on duty.

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2 h. ago Cuban man deported from US to Eswatini goes on hunger strike in prison

Roberto Mosquera del Peral was sent to African country as part of Trump administration’s immigration crackdownA Cuban man deported by the Trump administration to the southern African country of Eswatini has started a hunger strike against his detention there, his lawyer said on Wednesday.Roberto Mosquera del Peral was among five third-country nationals deported from the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, in July. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to have permanent police protection in prison

French interior minister says former president will have two officers in nearby cells at all times after beginning five-year sentence for illegal campaign fundingThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will have two police officers stationed in nearby cells while he is in prison to ensure he comes to no harm, France’s interior minister has said.Sarkozy arrived at La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin a five-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya – a stunning downfall for a man who led the country between 2007 and 2012. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago NATO scrambles warplanes after devastating Russian strike on Ukraine

The devastating strikes follow reports that a proposed meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is off after the Russian President refused to halt his war on Ukraine

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2 h. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to illicit calls with inmate who severed man’s leg

Pinchbeck is was in communication with Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017 after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

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3 h. ago Baby P's mother was recalled to prison after hiding 'intimate relationship' with man she had met online

Tracey Connelly, 44, will face a two day public parole hearing after being put back behind bars for breaking the conditions of her release.

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3 h. ago Moment prisoners mock 5ft 5in Nicolas Sarkozy's HEIGHT and yell threats throughout his 'frightening' first night in jail

The disgraced French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy spent his first night in prison being mocked for his height and screamed at by fellow inmates.

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3 h. ago Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly was hauled back to prison after second secret online relationship

Tracey Connelly is making a fresh bid for freedom

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3 h. ago Waning demand for beer weighs on Heineken sales, brewer says

UK customers nonetheless shrugged off a wider downturn with Cruzcampo sales soaring.

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3 h. ago Baby P’s mother recalled to prison over failing to disclose online relationship, parole board told

Tracey Connelly was similarly recalled to prison in 2015 for developing inappropriate relationships

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4 h. ago Christian musician, who sang the national anthem for Trump at 2022 rally, is facing felony child pornography charges

Sheptock was arrested while he was ministering at a nearby women’s prison

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4 h. ago ‘At night, his guitar comes into my mind’: Amadou and Mariam’s surviving singer on life after losing her husband and musical partner

As Amadou and Mariam, the blind couple tenaciously carved out a career as one of Africa’s biggest global acts. Now, after Amadou’s death this year, his wife tells the story of their first posthumous albumOn 4 April, Amadou Bagayoko died suddenly, aged 70, in Bamako, Mali. The country’s ministry of culture announced the news. Thousands attended the funeral, including former collaborators Manu Chao, Youssou N’Dour, Malian–French rapper Mokobé and Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa, all paying homage to a man they knew as an uncle, a blues-guitar giant, a leader, a friend.“I miss him so much,” says Mariam Doumbia, his wife and musical partner of 44 years in the duo Amadou and Mariam. “We did everything together. We travelled together. We composed together. The sound of his guitar is always between my two ears. Especially at night, it comes into my mind. Even right now, I just heard it.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Escaped lion stands on roof of trailer speeding down 60mph road as motorists watch in horror

The massive beast was filmed on top of a trailer speeding along a 60mph road in South Africa. The driver and owner of the lion did not know the huge cat had escaped

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4 h. ago Teachers walk out in row over pupil behaviour and claims of bullying

There has been an ongoing strike by members of the NEU teaching union at Flint High School

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4 h. ago 'Alien attack' could happen soon so take holidays before October 29, boffin warns

Telescopes have been tracking a mysterious, Manhattan-sized object as it hurtles through space since July and one boffin believes it could be alien technology set to strike Earth

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