11 h. ago Florida man busted for ‘true threat’ to decapitate Rep. Ilhan Omar and ‘eat’ her kids after Charlie Kirk critique

First in The Independent: Myles McQuade, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting an interstate threat to injure, which could put him behind bars for up to five years

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28 h. ago Florida man threatened to decapitate ‘subhuman’ Rep. Ilhan Omar and ‘eat’ her kids after Charlie Kirk remark

First in The Independent: Myles McQuade, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting an interstate threat to injure, which could put him behind bars for up to five years

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31 h. ago Alex Murdaugh court clerk who wrote book pleads guilty to leaking sealed crime scene photos

Judge Heath Taylor sentenced Becky Hill to three years of probation

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31 h. ago Teen migrants raped girl, 15, in UK park months after arriving on small boats

Two Afghan asylum seekers, Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, have been sentenced at Warwick Crown Court today after pleading guilty to raping a teenage girl in a UK park

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32 h. ago Alex Murdaugh court clerk sentenced for leaking graphic crime scene photos and lying about it

The judge said the former court clerk was ‘attracted by the siren call of celebrity’ status

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33 h. ago Rapper Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving

The award-winning grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW hit Yubin Tamang in north-east London

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33 h. ago Rapper and Netflix star Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after killing student, 20, in hit

Justin Clarke-Samuel, who stars in the Netflix streaming series Supacell, hit Yubin Tamang while driving his black BMW M5 in Ilford, east London on the night of October 18.

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34 h. ago Netflix star and rapper Ghetts pleads guilty to killing man in car crash

Rapper and Netflix's Supacell actor Ghetts appeared in court today and has pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving after his BMW collided with a 20-year-old student

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34 h. ago Rapper Ghetts facing years in jail after pleading guilty to killing man in hit

Ghetts is in custody and likely to face several years in jail after his guilty pleas

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34 h. ago Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh's trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits

Former South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill has pleaded guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court

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34 h. ago Inside life of Netflix star Ghetts from ‘gritty’ upbringing to Glastonbury – as rapper faces jail over fatal crash

UK RAPPER and Netflix star Ghetts today pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving over a fatal hit-and-run. The Glastonbury performer, 41, failed to stop after hitting a 20-year-old Yubin Tamang with his BMW in Ilford, east London on October 18. The artist first rose to fame in the early 2000s and has since...

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36 h. ago Brit law student 'jailed for life' to be freed from Dubai jail after cocaine charges

Mia O'Brien was arrested in the Middle East in October and pleaded not guilty to drug offences in court, but was convicted by a judge after just a day-long hearing on July 25

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36 h. ago Brit student jailed 'for life' over cocaine charges in Dubai set to be freed

Mia O'Brien was arrested in the Middle East in October and pleaded not guilty to drug offences in court, but was convicted by a judge after just a day-long hearing on July 25

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37 h. ago Tim Westwood issues plea as he appears in court on sexual assault claims

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court after previously being charged with multiple offences, including rape and sexual assault

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37 h. ago Tim Westwood pleads not guilty in court to rape and sexual assault charges

Ex-BBC DJ denies rapes and sexual abuse across three decades of his showbiz career

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38 h. ago Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to ‘carrying out sex attacks at BBC studios and raping woman at hotel’

DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting women at the BBC studios and raping another at a hotel over a 33-year period. The ex-Radio 1 DJ is accused of carrying out the alleged offences against seven women between 1983 and 2016. Westwood, 68, appeared at Southwark Crown Court where he denied 15 counts in...

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3 d. ago Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start | Gabor Maté

Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human developmentGabor Maté is the author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic CultureDoes the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to suspect so. He is said to be so concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people claiming sickness benefits that he has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, and autism and ADHD.I was diagnosed with ADHD (ADD, as it was then most often called) decades ago, in my early 50s. As I wrote in my book on the subject, Scattered Minds, it “seemed to explain many of my behaviour patterns, thought processes, childish emotional reactions, my workaholism and other addictive tendencies, the sudden eruptions of bad temper and complete irrationality, the conflicts in my marriage and m...

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4 d. ago 'Devastated' Holly Willoughby set to sell Mini Cooper she was driving when TV star broke scooter rider's neck in crash

The TV star pleaded guilty to careless driving on Tuesday at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court, and was given six points on her licence and a £2,444 fine after injuring the biker on August 28.

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4 d. ago Former Minneapolis chamber of commerce chair pleads guilty to stealing murdered children reward money

The former chief executive of Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce embezzled more than $330,000

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4 d. ago Dine and dash scammer who fleeced a hotel out of £800 returns year later to try again

A woman who stayed at the Diplomat Hotel in Llanelli, Wales, fled without paying her hefty £802.55 bill. A year on the woman retuned to the scene of the crime to try the same trick again

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