78 m. ago Killers could serve shorter jail terms for good behaviour in radical overhaul of sentencing, justice minister signals

Shabana Mahmood warned ‘short sentence reform on its own isn’t going to be enough’ to ease the overcrowding crisis as she opened a new 1,500-cell prison

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85 m. ago Musk defends Doge on Fox News with false claims: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’

Doge members, including Airbnb co-founder, aired their vision for federal government to be ‘Apple Store-like’Elon Musk and seven members of his so-called “department of government efficiency” sat down for a rare interview on Thursday evening on Fox News, defending their efforts amid public backlash and concern over cuts to key government agencies.Over the course of an hour-long sit down with host Bret Baier, Musk and team members repeatedly attempted to assuage fears over Doge’s targeting of agencies such as the Social Security Administration. Musk also downplayed the number of government employees his initiative has targeted in cuts, saying it was a small percentage of the overall government workforce and others left voluntarily. Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Trump news today: Stefanik to appear on Fox News hours after President withdraws her UN ambassador nomination

President and Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledge maintaining slim Republican majority in House of Representatives is crucial to passing Trump agenda

Politics

1 hour ago Woman dodges Ryanair baggage fees with fake pregnancy bump of jackets

A nifty traveller from Texas, US, said she managed to beat Ryanair's baggage fees by pretending to be pregnant - Grace Hale shoved a bunch of extra items under her top

Politics

2 h. ago New London cop's fourth arrest was for driving by woman's house despite court order, police say

New London cop's fourth arrest was for driving by woman's house despite court order, police say  CT Insider

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2 h. ago Probe continues in misuse of student license for pilot whose plane was submerged in icy Alaska lake

An investigation continues for an Alaska pilot who waited for hours in an icy lake for rescue on the wing with two young family members for possible misuse of his student license

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2 h. ago The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

Yolanda Saldívar, who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez, has been denied parole by a Texas board

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2 h. ago Man suffocated to death after being hurt and neglected in Colorado jail, family says

Lawsuit says Michael Burch, who died in 2023, languished in cell for a week with no medical care after fight with deputyA 69-year-old man slowly suffocated to death in a rural Colorado jail after his ribs were broken in an altercation with a deputy and he languished in a cell for a week without medical care, according to a lawsuit announced on Thursday.Michael Burch’s 2023 death was ruled a homicide. Prosecutors declined to bring criminal charges against the deputy who used a Taser on Burch and wrestled with him in a Huerfano county jail cell. In making the decision, district attorney Henry Solano cited self-defense laws. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Chelsea could throw spanner in the works with Liverpool's transfer 'priority'

Liverpool are expected to be far busier this summer than they were in Arne Slot's first window in charge but a Chelsea swoop could end up having a knock-on effect

Sport

3 h. ago Colorado woman ripped to shreds and killed by 'mystery animal', coroner rules

Cindy Denholm was killed by a mystery animal and suffered lacerations to her face, torso and legs - with one of her hands being torn off in the savage attack that cost her life

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3 h. ago Cardiff woman charged in relation to police probe into stalking of family of Madeleine McCann

The charge relates to an alleged offence between May 3, 2024 and February 21, 2025. Another woman has already been charged with four counts of stalking in relation to the same investigation

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4 h. ago Outraged woman, 106, reveals insult airport security hurls at her twice a year

Cretora Biggerstaff, 106, has aired her grievances with airport security after she repeatedly ran into the same insulting insinuations.

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4 h. ago British couple who ran £4million crime empire selling fake Xanax pills around the world from their luxury Thai villa are jailed

Brian Pitts, 30, and Katie Harlow, 27, ran an international criminal empire from a luxury villa in Thailand between 2018 and 2019.

Economics

4 h. ago Woman, 60, charged over alleged stalking of Madeleine McCann's family

Karen Spragg, of Caerau, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress between May 3, 2024 and February 21 this year, Leicestershire Police said.

Politics

5 h. ago Stacey Dooley's troubling past from shoplifting to hosting new BBC show

BBC Three's Meet The Shoplifters airs tonight with Stacey Dooley delving into the struggles which lead people there. The Mirror takes a look back at her own past mistakes and tough upbringing in Luton

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5 h. ago 24 Hours in A&E shows worrying moment patient loses speech as they suffer stroke in TV first

Crispin recognised he might be having a stroke after his speech broke down

Culture

5 h. ago Luigi Mangione may get a laptop in jail to work on his defense in CEO murder case

A judge has cleared the way for Luigi Mangione to get a laptop behind bars so the defendant can examine documents and other material in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case

Events

5 h. ago Second woman charged with stalking Madeleine McCann’s family

She will appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court alongside another woman

Politics

5 h. ago Fit and healthy student, 22, who died from sepsis may have survived if medics had listened to the desperate pleas of his mother

William Hewes, 22, died with sepsis at Homerton hospital in east London in January 2023 within hours of his arrival. That is despite concerns from his doctor mother that he needed urgent care.

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6 h. ago Sewage spilled into England’s rivers and seas for 3.6 million hours last year

Labour has called the figure ‘disgraceful’

Politics