4 h. ago Dad who spent 13 years in prison for stealing mobile finally released into hospital

Thomas White is to be transferred to a secure hospital from Strangeways prison in Manchester after a long campaign, following his arrest aged 27 in 2012 for stealing a mobile phone

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7 h. ago Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case - now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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8 h. ago Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moved to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case - now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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9 h. ago Miss Wales finalist who won £6m Omaze house still waiting to move in three months later

Vicky Curtis-Cresswell won the luxury house in Norfolk in March

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40 h. ago Bernardo Silva set to captain Manchester City after deciding to stay at Etihad

The Portugal midfielder is entering the final year of his contract and has been linked with a move away this summer.

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56 h. ago Reformed offender mentors young people through sport after serving jail term

Chauncey Taylor became involved in criminal activity after he was released from his rugby club.

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58 h. ago Daughters of murdered university lecturer urge prison service to move her killer ex

Paul Antony Butler, 53, killed the university lecturer, 48, in a frenzied attack in Plymouth in January this year following a six-month campaign of stalking.

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3 d. ago ‘She should be taking her mock exams’: Father’s desperate plea to bring home daughter, 15, stranded in Israel

Leslie Baker says his daughter, Bella, arrived in Haifa for a Jewish ceremony last week - but has since been left struck after the Israel-Iran conflict quickly escalated over the weekend

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4 d. ago Benidorm Brits warned of one trick sneaky phone theft scam to empty bank account

A Benidorm expert has warned boozed up Brits of a crafty ruse being run by thieves, who will steal your phone before hacking in to drain bank accounts and ruin your holiday

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5 d. ago Beating a path to the Job Centre: brawling former Shadow employment minister Mike Amesbury who sucker

MP Mike Amesbury, 56, was seen looking rather forlorn in Runcorn, Cheshire, as he attempted to find work after completing 200 hours of community service in lieu of jail time for his crime.

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5 d. ago ‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife rather than teenage girls. Two friends separately brought it to my house, like contraband dropped out of a biplane. Book groups hastily convened, strategically timed for when the men were out of the picture.The story opens with a 45-year-old woman about to take a road trip, a break from her husband and child and general domestic noise. She’s intending to drive from LA to New York, but is derailed in the first half hour by a young guy, Davey, in a car hire place, to whom she is passionately attracted. The next several weeks pas...

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5 d. ago Man charged over 'threat to behead' protester who set Koran alight outside Turkish consulate

Muhammad Naasir Attaari, 49, was charged with threatening to kill Hamit Coskun after he burned the Muslim holy book outside the Turkish consulate in London on February 13.

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7 d. ago Violence erupts for third night in UK town as rioters set leisure centre on fire

Homes have been evacuated and a leisure centre housing migrants has been set alight

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8 d. ago Man City swoop in to beat Arsenal to wonderkid transfer despite Gunners visit

Arsenal were among the Premier League clubs pursuing a deal for Sverre Nypan but the talented Rosenborg teenager is now on course to finalise a move to Manchester City

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8 d. ago Watch: Bridgerton star fights off phone snatcher at London cafe

CCTV has captured the moment a Bridgerton actress fought off a thief who tried to steal her phone at a cafe.

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8 d. ago Warning as horror house fire sparked by every day household object left plugged in for 18 hours

Tanya Bennett, 36, was told by firefighters her vacuum cleaner had set alight with her three dogs trapped upstairs whilst she was at work on Monday.

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8 d. ago Bridgerton star Genevieve Chenneour fights back against thief after having phone stolen

The 27-year-old actor wrestled the thief to the ground before hitting him repeatedly with the phone he tried to steal

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8 d. ago Coronation Street fans left distracted by one detail over No.8 makeover

The Platts have finally been able to move back into No.8 after it was devastated by a fire earlier this year

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9 d. ago Alejandro Garnacho: Manchester United set lofty asking price for wantaway winger as top clubs circle

The Argentina international hinted he was ready for a move after being dropped for the Europa League final

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9 d. ago Riot police deployed as UK town set alight after petrol bombs thrown at police

A crowd of around 2,500 people took to the streets in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, to protest the alleged sexual assault of a female by two boys on Saturday, June 7

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