9 h. ago British woman, 86, who reversed into French villager, 85, crushing him against a camper van avoids jail despite showing 'real contempt for the victim' by fleeing the scene

The woman from Plymouth was sentenced in absentia by the Rennes Criminal Court in France on Tuesday for 'running over' a man in his eighties during a stay in Brittany.

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34 h. ago Brit tourist gives birth to premature baby in Costa Del Sol hotel garden amid Spain power cuts

A British woman in her 20s went into labour in the early hours of this morning at the Puente Real Hotel in Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol after a huge power outage hit Spain and Portugal

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51 h. ago Wes Streeting's aide avoids jail after exposing himself to a 13

Samuel Gould, 33, of Hornchurch, Essex, who was also a councillor in Redbridge, was seen by the 13-year-old girl masturbating in his parked car in Romford on March 8.

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54 h. ago Ex London councillor and aide to Health Secretary Wes Streeting avoids jail after admitting indecent exposure

An ex-London councillor and aide to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, has been given a 22-week suspended prison sentence after admitting two counts of indecent exposure.

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68 h. ago Tracy is about to begin chemo and she’s also getting evicted. Welcome to Australia’s housing crisis

The 63-year-old, who may have to live in a camper van, wants to see the major political parties do more for older AustraliansElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastIn three weeks Tracy Adams starts chemotherapy for bowel cancer. She will also be evicted from her home.The 63-year-old has been living in her Queensland rental for five years and, despite her landlords knowing she has just been diagnosed with cancer, they have told her to go.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Grieving family devastated after dentist who killed cyclist while on phone call avoids jail

Cyclist Roger Dutton was killed by distracted driver Lucinda Collins.

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5 d. ago ‘Distracted’ dentist avoids jail after killing cycling pensioner

Lucinda Collins ploughed through a junction after being told on a call to her mother that her father was dying.

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7 d. ago Paula Radcliffe's daughter, 18, to run London Marathon after recovery from rare cancer

Paula Radcliffe remains the fastest British woman to run a marathon and daughter Isla is now set to tackle the distance for the first time after a battle with cancer

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7 d. ago Women caught with £7,500 of cocaine, ketamine and cannabis that they supplied across a whole county avoid jail

Stacey Culvin and Sharnie Price were caught with £7,500 of Class A and B narcotics during a bust by Staffordshire Police.

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8 d. ago Prison psychiatrist known as 'Dr Death' avoids jail by going to war in Ukraine for Vladimir Putin

Dr Anastasia Potorochina, 32, was a psychiatrist who was jailed for her “torture conveyor belt” at a Russian prison hospital, where people were tied up and injected with drugs

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8 d. ago Prison psychiatrist 'Dr Death' avoids jail by going to war in Ukraine for Vladimir Putin

Dr Anastasia Potorochina, 32, was a psychiatrist who was jailed for her “torture conveyor belt” at a Russian prison hospital, where people were tied up and injected with drugs

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1 week ago ‘I want to talk about it honestly’: trauma of Weinstein’s unknown British victims is revealed

Actor Lisa Rose’s one-woman show highlights suffering of aspiring actors and office juniors who fell prey to mogul’s abuseHarvey Weinstein’s key accusers were famous – from Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow to Lupita Nyong’o and Ashley Judd. These Hollywood film stars spoke out against the ex-studio boss’s abusive behaviour in 2017, fuelling the international #MeToo movement.But Weinstein’s crimes and bullying practices had a direct and lasting impact on many more, including unknown names who worked with him in London. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British siblings among four killed in cable car crash near Naples

Margaret Elaine Winn, 58, and Graeme Derek Winn, 65, died with Israeli woman and Italian driver of cable carA British woman and her brother were among four people who died when a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy.Prosecutors in Torre Annunziata have opened an investigation into possible manslaughter after the crash on Thursday at Monte Faito, a peak about 28 miles (45km) south-east of Naples. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Are cable cars safe? How they work and worst disasters after Naples crash kills four

Some 28 miles to the southeast of Naples in Southern Italy, four people have been killed including British woman Margaret Elaine Winn, 58, in a cable car incident but how safe are these roads in the sky?

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1 week ago British woman among four dead after cable car crash in southern Italy

The cable car crashed after a cable snapped in the town of Castellammare di Stabia, officials said.

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1 week ago A British and an Israeli woman were along 4 killed in a cable car crash south of Naples

An Italian official says three tourists were among four people who died when a cable car crashed south of Naples, including a British and an Israeli woman

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1 week ago British woman dies after running through a glass door and severing her arm 'after an argument with her boyfriend' in Australia

Claire Austin, 38, severed an artery in her arm when she hit the internal glass door at her Sydney flat, and was found bleeding profusely just after 7.30am on Saturday.

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1 week ago Woman avoids jail after stabbing man to death who 'sexually harassed her at train station'

A lawyer for Alem Tekeste's family said the verdict passed down by German judges following his fatal stabbing at a Kaiserslautern train station implied 'his life is worth nothing'

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1 week ago Items that reflect ‘elegance and artistry’ of Barbara Taylor Bradford go on sale

The British-American author found fame with her debut novel, A Woman Of Substance, and went on to write 40 novels.

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2 w. ago Milkman got caught in sting then threw away chance at freedom

Stephen Ricketts avoided jail after sending sick messages to a 'child' but got caught breaking the law on three more occasions

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