17 h. ago Council offer woman forced out of home over unsafe building room in drugs death hotel

Wendy Murray was forced from her home by the council due to an adjoining building being deemed dangerous - and was told to move into a hotel where nine drug users died.

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27 h. ago Weinstein accuser breaks down while recounting experiences in rape retrial

Judge paused proceedings during Miriam Haley’s fourth day on witness stand over alleged assault by ex-movie mogulA woman who alleges Harvey Weinstein forced oral sex on her broke down under intensely personal cross-examination during her fourth day on the witness stand in the criminal retrial of the disgraced movie mogul.The judge paused proceedings early on Friday afternoon to give Miriam Haley a chance to compose herself after an angry and tearful exchange with Weinstein’s defense as she was questioned on her account of his alleged assault. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago UN judge is jailed for six years after being convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave

Lydia Mugambe, 50, was found to have taken 'advantage of her status' over a Ugandan woman in the 'most egregious way', while she studied for a PhD in law at Oxford university .

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29 h. ago Weinstein accuser breaks down in tears as she's questioned about alleged sexual assault

A woman who alleges Harvey Weinstein forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago broke down in tears on the witness stand at his #MeToo retrial

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29 h. ago UN judge jailed for more than six years for forcing woman to work as slave

Lydia Mugambe, 50, was found to have taken ‘advantage of her status’ over the Ugandan woman in the ‘most egregious way’.

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43 h. ago UN judge to be sentenced after being convicted of forcing woman to work as slave

Lydia Mugambe was found to have exploited her position over the Ugandan woman after a trial.

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53 h. ago Woman jailed for 'killing pal's boyfriend' clears her name – but is then found dead

A Truro inquest heard Stacey Hyde lived a troubled life before her death - suffering from alcohol and drug abuse as well as a several mental health problems after clearing her name

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2 d. ago Strike ballot opens for Ayrshire council staff after 'pitiful' pay offer

Council staff across Ayrshire will be balloted from today on potential strike action after Cosla and Unison failed to come to a pay agreement.

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7 d. ago Heartbreaking truth about former child star Sophie Nyweide's drug addiction battle prior to shock death at 24

Former child star Sophie Nyweide struggled with drug addiction but 'had hope' prior to her shock death at 24.

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8 d. ago Want to beat authoritarianism? Look to Latin America | Greg Grandin

The region has grappled with dictatorships, coups and inequality. But its democratic spirit remains vital – and offers a lesson for the USInspiration on how to beat back authoritarianism is in short supply, but those searching for hope in these dark times might consider Latin America.It’s not the first place that comes to mind when thinking about democracy, associated as it is with coups, death squads, dictatorships, inequality, drug violence and now a country, El Salvador, offering itself up to Donald Trump as an offshore prison colony for deportees. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Addict stabbed to death while trying to 'tax' drug dealers, murder trial told

Michael McCann died in June last year

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1 week ago One of UK’s most prescribed drugs could reduce death rate of common blood cancer

Researchers discovered that patients who took a statin had a 61 per cent reduced risk of dying from their cancer

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1 week ago Thousands of households to get £195 of free supermarket vouchers

Wakefield Council has decided to offer supermarket vouchers to households who are in receipt of Council Tax Support - see the exact eligibility criteria below

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1 week ago Clyde Tunnel could close as control room workers balloted over strike action

EXCLUSIVE: GMB Scotland is to ballot the team controlling the tunnel in Glasgow on industrial action after a council pay offer was overwhelmingly rejected.

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1 week ago Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting

Prosecutors in northern Idaho have filed misdemeanor charges against six men in connection with the forcible removal of a woman from a legislative town hall meeting in February

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1 week ago Bali death row drug mule nan Lindsay Sandiford gets 'cuddles and kisses' in prison reunion

Lindsay Sandiford, a Brit drug mule, who has been banged up in an Indonesian hell hole prison for the last 12 years awaiting execution has had an emotional visit from her family

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1 week ago Brit on death row in Bali for drug smuggling reunites with family

British cocaine trafficker Lindsay Sandiford, 67, has spent over 12 years on death row in Bali's Kerobokan jail, but new laws in Indonesia have given her hope of freedom.

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1 week ago Bali death row drug mule nan Lindsay Sandiford in heartbreaking prison reunion

Death row drugs mule Lindsay Sandiford shared "cuddles and kisses" with her grandchildren for the first time in years as they visited her in prison

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1 week ago Death row drugs gran hugs grandchildren for the first time as family visit Bali hellhole prison

Lindsay Sandiford, 67, has spent 12 years awaiting execution by firing squad at the notorious Kerobokan Prison, having been found attempting to smuggle cocaine into the Indonesian island.

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1 week ago One serving woman a week in Forces claims she was raped by a colleague, shocking statistics show

Shocking statistics show there is a serving female Army member for every week of the year that claims to have been raped by a colleague.

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