3 h. ago Bank robber who orchestrated unreal helicopter prison escape reveals 'falsity' in story

The infamous bank robber, John Killick, who escaped jail in a helicopter insists that he never wounded anyone in his Australian bank heist back in the summer of 2000

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5 h. ago ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ spent months planning Arkansas prison escape – report

Corrections department review shows how Grant Hardin made fake guard uniform and details lax security at facilityA former police chief known and convicted murderer known as “the devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and he said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed him to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review by prison officials released on Friday.The state corrections department’s critical incident review of Grant Hardin’s 25 May escape from the Calico Rock prison provides the most detailed description so far of his planning – and the issues that allowed him to walk out of the facility. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago 'Devil in Ozarks' planned prison escape for months, cited lax security in kitchen, report says

An internal review reveals that a former police chief, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison

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50 h. ago Ronan Keating calls for stronger fatal car crash sentences and voices his 'disappointment over broken system' after man who caused death of his brother avoids prison

The singer, 48, voiced his 'disappointment over Ireland's broken system' after a man escaped a prison sentence for causing Ciaran's death.

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52 h. ago ‘He’s 180 pounds. I’m 300 pounds’: Former college football player who spent two months in jail for a murder he did not commit says he never matched the suspect’s description

Ty’Ran Dixon — whose name was similar to the suspect later charged — was arrested in August 2024 for the murder of 21-year-old Jasmine Roach

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55 h. ago Scots mum who spent four months homeless 'regains spark' as city tour guide

"These streets are massively familiar to me, and yet I felt like a stranger. I felt like no-one could see me, no-one could hear me."

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4 d. ago Arkansas authorities say additional employees disciplined at prison where ex

Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures at a prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped earlier this summer

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5 d. ago Tortoise who made daring escape from owner's garden found one MONTH later...THREE miles away

A pet tortoise called Matilda managed to escape from hergarden in Wymondham, Leicesershire, and spent a month on the run - before being discovered in a field three miles away.

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6 d. ago Inside Kelly Clarkson's ex Brandon Blackstock's heartbreaking final days before his shock death at 48

Brandon Blackstock, the former husband of Kelly Clarkson , spent his final months surrounded by the peace and quiet of Montana - the place he felt most 'at home.'

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6 d. ago Pam Bondi fired him for prosecuting January 6 rioters. He’d do it again: ‘it’s about justice’

After volunteering to take on cases, Mike Gordon became known as a skilled litigator who took on high profile defendantsWhen he showed up to work on 27 June, Mike Gordon was having one of the best weeks of his career.Gordon, a federal prosecutor in Tampa, had spent the last month working on a complex case involving allegations that well-known businessman Leo Govoni stole $100m from a fund for children with special needs. That Monday, the US attorney for the middle district of Florida held a press conference announcing an indictment in the case. On Wednesday, Gordon had his semi-annual performance review and received the top rating: outstanding. On Thursday, he appeared on behalf of the government in court and successfully convinced a judge that Govoni should remain in jail until his trial. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago London Zoo stalker who bombarded female colleague with messages, flowers and chocolates before proposing to her faces deportation

Asish Jose Paul, 26, was warned to stay away from Lutaruta Masiulonyte after he spent six months between July 7 and December 30 last year pestering his former co-worker.

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9 d. ago How Boavista became the latest club to sink into crisis under Gérard López

The businessman is continuing his involvement in football despite a trail of misery, including at Mouscron and BordeauxBoavista fans would have thought things could not possibly get worse. In early July, a month away from celebrating their 123rd anniversary, the former champions of Portugal, faced with liquidation, announced that the “special revitalisation plan” they had put together last November had been rejected by the Portuguese football federation: they had failed to provide the necessary tax and social security certificates and guarantees in time.Riddled with debt (they owed €7m (£6.1m) to the construction company entrusted with the development of their stadium), they were so short of money that electricity had been cut off at their Estádio de Bessa in April after they failed to pay their bill. Players waited months to receive their salary. One of them, the US defender Reggie Cannon, whose pay was late in 28 of the 29 months he spent at Boavista, terminated his contract in th...

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1 week ago With Trump wreaking havoc, a question for the US Democrats: when will you ever learn? | Timothy Garton Ash

I see little sign here that the liberal establishment truly acknowledges the failures that led to the Biden election debacle. There must be a reckoningNothing is more insufferable than someone saying “I told you so”; so please forgive me for being insufferable. On 29 September 2023, after a couple of months spent in the US, I published a column that was well summarised in its Guardian headline: “Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0”. We can never definitely say “what would have happened if ?”, but there’s a very good chance that had Biden cleared the way for a Democratic primary in autumn 2023 the strongest candidate could have defeated Trump. The entire world would have been spared the disaster now unfolding.“No use crying over spilt milk,” you may say. Yes, but it’s always worth learning lessons for the future. I’m back in the US now, and a recent poll for the Wall Street Journal found that 63% of voters hold an unfavourable view of the Dem...

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1 week ago ‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity

Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffs, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignoredDonald Trump’s frequently bizarre public appearances, which this month have seen the president claim, wrongly, that his uncle knew the Unabomber and rant unprompted about windmills on his recent trip to the UK, have once again raised questions about his mental acuity, experts say.For more than a year Trump, 79, has exhibited odd behavior at campaign events, in interviews, in his spontaneous remarks and at press conferences. The president repeatedly drifts off topic, including during a cabinet meeting this month when he spent 15 minutes talking about decorating, and appears to misremember simple facts about his government and his life. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Everything to watch on Netflix in August, including the return of the streamer's most

August is almost here, which means one last month of pub gardens, sunning your bare legs and evenings spent drinking vino in the park.

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4 w. ago First Nations leaders walk out of Mark Carney meeting on Building Canada Act

Concerns raised that legislation to ensure economy is less dependent on US was pushed through without consultationSeveral First Nations leaders have walked out of a meeting with Mark Carney , as an event the Canadian prime minister hoped would assuage their concerns over his Building Canada Act instead left many with growing concern that it would violate their rights.Carney has spent recent weeks promoting the act, which passed last month as part of Bill C-5 and which he says is a key part of his campaign promise to ensure Canada’s economy is less dependent on the US under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened huge tariffs. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago I couldn't cope with life as Ronnie Corbett's daughter. I spent 15 months in psychiatric units. But now I'm a therapist myself... and starting a new career as a stand

Perched on his famous armchair at the front of the London Palladium stage, Ronnie Corbett spied movement in the stalls just as he was about to launch into his story.

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4 w. ago Coronation Street fans say the same thing as Dev Alahan returns to soap after six months

Coronation Street fans saw the return of Dev Alahan during tonight's episode of the ITV soap after the character had spent the last six months away from Weatherfield

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last month Brit tourist 'almost loses ear' as pus pours from spider bite in horror scenes

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Halle Hizer, 20, spent a week away in Rhodes with her gran last month when just two days into the trip, she woke up with a swollen left ear

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