6 h. ago British woman facing execution in Bali for drug smuggling to be repatriated

Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been on death row in Indonesia since 2012, after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine in her suitcaseA British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned in Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine worth $2.5m hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Council failed to protect London woman whose home was taken over by drug dealers

Council failed to protect London woman whose home was taken over by drug dealers  London Evening Standard

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15 h. ago Council failed to protect vulnerable north London woman after her home was taken over by drug dealers, report finds

An Ombudsman found a ‘number of failures’ on the part of Brent Council to provide help and support to the woman

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18 h. ago UK and Indonesia agree to send home a British woman facing death penalty for drugs

A British woman has avoided execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two countries

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8 d. ago Son of woman shot dead on her doorstep says he had fight with drug dealers days before, murder trial hears

Peter Rutter claimed he and his brother had a violent altercation with three men from the JJ line about a week before their mum was murdered

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1 week ago Woman, 20, who died after using balloon drug gave warning in final post

Amy Louise Leonard died on October 2 and an event is planned for Saturday, October 11

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1 week ago Migrant protest LIVE: Pink Ladies take to London streets as they demand 'protect us'

Migrant protest LIVE: Pink Ladies take to London streets as they demand 'protect us'  Daily Express

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1 week ago Gran shot dead in her home after sons stole phone from drug dealers, court told

Jackie Rutter, 53, was shot dead in her own home in Moreton, Wirral, after her sons stole a phone from two drug dealers, a court has heard as four men and a woman stand trial

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2 w. ago Call to limit app driver numbers 'to protect London black cabs'

Call to limit app driver numbers 'to protect London black cabs'  BBC

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2 w. ago Reform UK 'set to hike Kent council tax by 5% next year' amid claims DOGE

The local authority was one of 10 English councils that Nigel Farage's party seized control of at May's local elections.

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3 w. ago World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts sayThe world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said.From Washington DC and Madrid to Tokyo and Beijing, the analysis shows a marked rise in hot days as the climate crisis intensifies. Overall, the assessment by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), found the number of days above 35C in 43 of the world’s most populous capital cities rose from an average of 1,062 a year from 1994-2003 to 1,335 from 2015-2024. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Anger as London council fails to refund drivers for £1.3m in ‘unlawful’ LTN fines

Only around 1,662 penalty charge notices worth £126,715 handed back to motorists by September 26, according to research

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3 w. ago Iran snapback sanctions loom as UN security council set to vote on nuclear programme

Russian efforts to delay the return of sanctions is expected to fail during vote on FridayA final Russian attempt to defer the snapback of large-scale UN sanctions on Iran is expected to fail at the UN security council on Friday after European countries rejected last-minute Iranian offers to give UN weapons inspectors limited access to its bombed nuclear sites.Russia will call for the reimposition of the sanctions to be deferred for six months to give more time for diplomacy, but European diplomats are confident that Russia will not get the nine votes it needs on the security council for the snapback to be deferred. The last time Russia put the same issue to a vote it received only four votes. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Loving’ mum, 59, dies after her car is hit by ‘drug driver’ on hard shoulder as her heartbroken family pays tribute

A WOMAN has tragically died after she was reportedly hit by a drug driver on a UK motorway. Joanne Gregory, 59, was rushed to hospital when her black Volvo XC40 collided with a black Mercedes C250 on the A1 near Wetherby, West Yorkshire on September 19. Despite the efforts of hospital staff, the victim passed...

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3 w. ago Japanese court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman in a drug smuggling case, upholding a six-year prison sentence by a lower court

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4 w. ago My daughter was killed at just 25 by her secret ketamine addiction. These are the horrific signs parents need to look out for

A 25-year-old British woman, who started taking the party drug ketamine as a 'way to cope' when she lost her baby at 38 weeks, died after failing to receive help from addiction services.

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