73 m. ago ‘Grandpa robber’ admits involvement in Kim Kardashian jewel heist

Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, told court he was in part driven by taste for easy money after armed robbery of reality TV starA retired restaurant-owner alleged to have been the ringleader of an armed robbery of American reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris, has told a court he was in part driven by a taste for easy money.Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, known as “Old Omar”, has admitted to police that he took part in the robbery in which Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her Paris hotel bedroom during Paris fashion week in 2016. But he has denied the prosecution’s accusation that he was the organiser or ringleader of the jewel heist in the early hours of 3 October 2016, which was the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Government moves to secure Supreme Court appeal option in Sean Brown case

Judges in Belfast have ruled that NI Secretary Hilary Benn is acting unlawfully in failing to hold a public inquiry into Mr Brown’s murder.

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97 m. ago Official unveiling of the Renfrew Bridge will be open to all after appeal from councillors

The public event will take place from 2.30pm until 4.30pm on Thursday, May 8.

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1 hour ago Teen accused of assaulting and robbing elderly woman was on parole for a murder he committed four years earlier

The 18-year-old was released on parole in December after robbing and killing someone in 2021

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2 h. ago Disabled 'ringleader' of 'grandpa gang' who held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint complains about 'horrible' time in prison since $10m jewellery heist as robbery trial continues

A career armed robber who personally bound Kim Kardashian at gunpoint before stealing $10million of jewellery from her today said his life since had been 'horrible' because of 'mistreatment in prison'.

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3 h. ago London robbery hotspots revealed as Jenson Button’s wife has £250k stolen at St Pancras station

A new interactive map reveals London’s robbery hotspots as Jenson Button’s wife spoke about how “unsecure” the capital feels after her suitcase with £250,000 worth of jewellery and designer handbags was stolen outside St Pancras station.

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3 h. ago Man avoids prison sentence after firing crossbow into Motherwell flat

Ian Craig banged on the door of the property and made threats before firing a bolt into the hallway.

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3 h. ago Jannik Sinner considered quitting tennis during fallout from doping case

World No 1 is set for Rome return after three-month ban‘For a moment, I thought about giving up everything’Jannik Sinner has revealed he considered quitting tennis amid the fallout from his doping case. The world No 1 is preparing to return to the sport after agreeing a three-month ban with the World Anti-Doping Agency over the positive tests he returned last March for a banned steroid.Sinner was initially cleared of blame after it was accepted the substance entered his body via a product used by his then physio during a massage, but Wada appealed against the decision. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago BBC Beyond Paradise fans spot Neville Parker nod in Humphrey Goodman scene after show exit

A Death in Paradise fan has spotted a nod to former detective Neville Parker in the latest episode of the spin-off series, Beyond Paradise

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3 h. ago Motherwell boss heaps praise on duo after contract extensions announced

Andy Halliday and Callum Ward have put pen to paper on one-year extension at Fir Park

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5 h. ago Jenson Button: the life and loves of the former Formula One driver

We unpack Button’s life after news of his wife’s £250,000 robbery in London

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6 h. ago Professor warns of earliest signs of 'Stage 0' cancer often overlooked by GPs

Stage 0 cancers rarely cause symptoms but detecting them could offer a 99% chance of recovery

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6 h. ago BREAKING: Two bodies found at property in search for 'missing woman' as cops launch probe into mystery

An appeal led West Yorkshire Police to an address in Leeds where they tragically found the bodies of a man and a woman yesterday evening

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6 h. ago F1 champion Jenson Button to avoid UK after £250,000 London robbery

F1 champion Jenson Button to avoid UK after £250,000 London robbery  GPFans

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6 h. ago Breakthrough urine test could soon be used to detect one of the most common forms of cancer

Findings may also lead to drug targets for personalised treatment against cancer

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7 h. ago Post Office confirms delay to opening of replacement branch in Motherwell

Early in the New Year, the Post Office set out that it had appointed an operator to run a new service in Motherwell and with the intention of the branch opening in spring.

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7 h. ago Man, 63, in critical condition after crash shuts road for hours

Police have issued an appeal for dashcam footage after attending the two-vehicle crash

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7 h. ago 'Eunuch Maker' leader who cut off body parts and cooked testicles for salad loses sentence appeal

Marius Gustavson was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years in 2024 for his role in an extreme body modification ring, which carried out male castrations and the removal of penises

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8 h. ago Man who cooked and ate human testicles in salad loses appeal

Marius Gustavson also had his penis removed with a kitchen knife

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9 h. ago Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured

Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.Some weeks after being detained as she attempted to leave a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine in January 2023, Yelyzaveta Shylyk was given a polygraph test. As her interrogators attached the lie detector’s wires to her, they calmly issued a threat about what would happen if she failed the test: “You’ll go to a place where you’ll regret being born.”That place, she would later find out, had a name: Sizo number 2, a pre-trial detention centre in the southern Russian city of Taganrog. Continue reading...

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