7 d. ago 'Antisemitic' children's doctor who hailed Hamas terrorists as 'resistance fighters' and claimed ribbons worn in support of hostages were a sign of 'Jewish supremacy' is suspended

Dr Ellen Kriesels was photographed at a pro-Palestinian demonstration carrying a placard displaying an Israeli flag surrounded by the words: 'Rape, steal, cry, kill, cheat, lie.'

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3 w. ago Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest

Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency Three Just Stop Oil protesters have been cleared over a protest at Stonehenge during which orange powder was sprayed on to the prehistoric circle.Rajan Naidu, 74, Niamh Lynch, 23, and Luke Watson, 36, targeted Stonehenge the day before last year’s summer solstice. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil activists who sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder cleared of criminal damage

They cited human rights law in their defence

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3 w. ago Scaring my kids is really fun – but it’s also how I teach them to navigate a dangerous world | Christian White

By confronting imagined terrors, we rehearse for the real ones, learning that courage, wisdom and empathy are the true charms that keep the darkness at bayHere is one of my earliest memories: I was around four years old, standing in a playground somewhere in Preston, staring in wonder at three big rocks, each one splattered with red spray paint. I asked my nan about it. She could have told me the truth, that the paint was graffiti.Instead, she told me the rocks were a species of monster called bloodsuckers, and that at night they came alive to eat children who were foolish enough to stray outside after dark. I believed her with all my heart. Why wouldn’t I? She was my nan! Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil eco zealots who tried to spray paint Taylor Swift's private jet are spared prison

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, and Cole Macdonald, 23, breached the perimeter fence at Stansted Airport with an angle grinder then took turns spraying two planes with orange paint on June 20 last year.

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3 w. ago Scot who targeted Taylor Swift's jet in Just Stop Oil paint protest avoids jail

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, from Dumbarton, had been targeting the pop star’s jet at Stansted Airport last June.

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil pair who sought to spray paint on Taylor Swift’s jet spared jail

Jennifer Kowalski and Cole Macdonald had been targeting Swift’s jet but the planes they sprayed belonged to an insurance firm and investment group.

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil protester drove to Stonehenge in grandmother’s car, court told

Salisbury Crown Court heard Luke Watson, Rajan Naidu and Niamh Lynch targeted Stonehenge as part of a protest by the Just Stop Oil group.

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3 w. ago Reform's campaign office in Caerphilly vandalised after election loss

White spray paint on the shutters of the office reads "Now u can f*** off home."

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4 w. ago Just Stop Oil doctor who vandalised petrol pumps gets his license suspended

A DOCTOR who ­damaged petrol pumps at a service station during a Just Stop Oil protest has been suspended. Dr Patrick Hart used orange spray paint and a hammer during the demo. The climate activist struck 16 pumps at Thurrock Services on the M25 in Essex, causing almost £10,000 damage in 2022. Three quarters of...

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4 w. ago Just Stop Oil protester who 'blasted orange powder at Stonehenge' said protest was supposed to appear 'spectacular', court hears

Rajan Naidu, 74, said that the canisters used to blast an orange powder were the same used in the Hindu festival of colour.

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4 w. ago Doctor is suspended for taking part in Just Stop Oil protest where he used a hammer and orange spray paint to damage petrol pumps

GP turned climate activist Dr Patrick Hart said he felt he had a 'moral duty' as a doctor  to 'protect life' when he blocked cars entering the motorway service station as part of the demonstration.

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