17 h. ago Police detain seven men in Sydney over fear of ‘violent act being planned’

Heavily armed tactical operation officers intercepted two cars on a busy street with images showing suspects cable-tied on the side of the roadPolice have detained seven men in connection with possible planned violence in Sydney’s south-west.Tactical operations police had responded to “information received that a violent act was possibly being planned” on Thursday evening, a NSW Police spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago ‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth rememberingCelia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section of the Daily Mail’s Fleet Street office when an editor called her over. It was July and Wimbledon had started. “He said: ‘We want you to go down and get into the women’s changing rooms and report on lesbian behaviour.’ One didn’t normally swear at that time but I declined. That was the attitude then,” she told me.From the late 1960s until the early 70s, Brayfield was one of a small group of female journalists working on women’s pages in newspapers. “We were dealing with everyday sexism on an unbelievable scale,” she said. “You learned to wear trousers or take the lift because if you took the stairs someone would try to look up your skirt. But then you couldn’t go to a lot of press conference venues in trousers. In the Savoy, for example, women in trousers wer...

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53 h. ago Trip by 'Never Here Keir' Starmer to see Lionesses play in Euros final in Switzerland cost taxpayers £60,000, new figures show

The Prime Minister was accompanied by his wife Lady Starmer as well as 10 officials from Downing Street on the jaunt to the UEFA European Women's Championship final.

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55 h. ago XL Bully owner whose dog was shot dead warns 'only the beginning' outside court

Sophie Zaherali led a 'campaign of abuse' on social media after her XL Bully dog was shot dead in the street, branding two officers from South Yorkshire Police as 'murderers'

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61 h. ago Shepherd's Bush 'massacre' mastermind and triple cop killer Harry Roberts dies

Harry Roberts, the notorious cop killer and mastermind behind the 'massacre of Baybook Street' in 1966 that saw three police officers lose their lives, has died

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6 d. ago Moment police officer shouts 'wow!' after finding plate of cocaine in fridge during drugs raid

Police bodycam footage shows officers smashing into a Derby home on Brook Street, where they uncovered 10kg of drugs along with £10,000 in cash, vapes, phones and laptops.

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7 d. ago Documentary on Glasgow immigration raid protest to premiere at Sundance Film Festival

Everybody to Kenmure Street tells the story of a Home Office dawn raid which triggered a mass protest in 2021.

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1 week ago Shock pic shows cop lying unconscious on battered car when driver stopped to take a PHOTO moments after mowing him down

THIS is the shocking moment a reckless driver snaps a pic of a police officer's unconscious body after mowing him down in the street. Grainy CCTV footage shows the cop unloading items from the boot of his car when he is struck from behind by a vehicle travelling at some speed in Soke, Turkey. As...

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1 week ago Henderson Park buys 70 Fenchurch Street office building in London

Henderson Park buys 70 Fenchurch Street office building in London  IPE Real Assets

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1 week ago Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom

Die Hard isn’t a Christmas film, claims the British public. But Pillion reminds us that the finest festive films reflect the complexities of the seasonCan Die Hard – the 1988 action movie starring Bruce Willis as an NYPD detective hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife on Christmas Eve – be called a Christmas film? The annual debate had officially reached my street WhatsApp group when a happily married couple decided to launch a poll. With 18 votes against four, the result from my road was a landslide “yes”. One neighbour even shared a picture of their Die Hard tree baubles to prove the point.But an official poll by the British Board of Film Classification has now asserted the contrary – with 44% deciding that Die Hard should not be designated a Christmas movie, against 38% in favour. To some, even with the odd tinsel-strewn tree thrown in, the gun fights, violence and hostage-taking just don’t feel festive. For an admirable 5% of respondents, it remains their favourite Christm...

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1 week ago Woman still in hospital weeks after falling from window fleeing raid

The woman was attempting to flee from immigration enforcement officers when she fell on a Welsh high street

Science

1 week ago Dramatic moment armed cops swoop on ‘cowardly’ killer, 39, who stabbed three people as he lies face down in road

THIS is the dramatic moment armed cops swooped on a knife killer in the street. Officers pointing automatic guns shout at thug Kane Kotwica to get down on the floor in the footage, caught on body cameras. The 39-year-old, seen with his hood up, lays on double yellow lines on the edge of the road...

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1 week ago Bomb squad search house to house as residents are banned from entering and two Polish men are questioned over 'explosives offences'

Bomb squad officers have searched several properties in and around Vulcan Street, Derby amid a widescale evacuation of the area, as two men were arrested over 'explosives offences'.

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3 w. ago Chilling footage shows chainsaw thug chasing police officer down street

Liridon Kastrati, 32, was found guilty of attempted murder following the incident

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3 w. ago Eddie Howe hopes Newcastle can banish travel sickness on mission to Marseille

Magpies’ away record is a worry before Champions League meeting with Roberto De Zerbi, Mason Greenwood and coNewcastle fans are travelling to Marseille with a soundtrack of uncertainty echoing in their ears. Quite apart from the official warnings about rampant pickpocketing, street crime and potential football‑related violence, their phones seem full of concerned messages from families and friends.Those oft-repeated exhortations to variously “take care”, “watch yourself” and “stay safe” in a city listed regularly among Europe’s most dangerous could, in a different context, easily apply to Eddie Howe’s team. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The glitzy London shopping street that is now officially the most expensive retail destination in the world

The glitzy London shopping street that is now officially the most expensive retail destination in the world  Time Out Worldwide

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