10 h. ago Met Police motorcyclist escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh through London breaks down in court as he describes moment he killed 81

The scene of the crash in Earl's Court, west London, where 81-year-old pedestrian Helen Holland was knocked down and killed by police escort motorcyclist Christopher Harrison in 2023.

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44 h. ago DPD driver who continued dropping off deliveries after knocking down and killing grandmother just steps from her home is jailed

James Murdoch has been jailed for 16 months after he was found guilty of causing fatal injuries to 77-year-old Victoria Blair when he hit her with his delivery van.

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55 h. ago Met Police motorcyclist escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh through London sped through red light at 58mph and killed grandmother, court hears

Christopher Harrison, 68, was riding his BMW motorcycle at 58mph in a motorcade for the royal when he struck 81-year-old Helen Holland in Earl's Court..

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55 h. ago Warped teen murdered girlfriend's gran after brag about 'tearing through flesh'

Uriah Lee Urick Jr. was found guilty of capital murder for the February killing of 61-year-old Tammy King, his girlfriend's grandmother, and sentenced to life in prison

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4 d. ago Teen sentenced for killing his girlfriend’s grandmother when she didn’t allow him to spend the night

Tara King’s trial is scheduled to begin in January

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4 d. ago Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permissionEnvironmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission from her probation officer, although the Ministry of Justice dropped the condition after she brought a legal challenge. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man who stabbed stepdaughter and her husband to death then took their children to McDonald's is jailed for at least 29 years

Derek Martin, 67, 'just flipped' after a row erupted over money and attacked his stepdaughter, Chloe Bashford, 30, in her own home

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6 d. ago Man picked grandkids up from school after what he did to their parents

Derek Martin, 67, from Brighton was jailed for murder after a frenzied attack on his step-daughter Chloe Bashford and her husband Josh at their home - leaving their four children orphaned

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6 d. ago Monster who stabbed stepdaughter and her husband to death before taking their four kids to McDonald’s is jailed

A MONSTER who stabbed stepdaughter and her husband to death before taking their four children to McDonald's has been jailed. Derek Martin, 67, beat his Chloe Bashford, 30, with a hammer before knifing her multiple times. When her husband Josh, 33, arrived home from work, Martin chased him up the stairs and knifed him four times....

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6 d. ago Child killer is 'murdered' in Monster Mansion jail where Ian Watkins was stabbed to death

The Prison Service confirmed the man was 33-year-old Kyle Bevan, who was jailed for life for murdering his partner's two-year-old daughter Lola James in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 2020.

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6 d. ago Three prisoners arrested on suspicion of murder after child killer is found dead in same jail where Ian Watkins was stabbed to death

The Prison Service confirmed the man was 33-year-old Kyle Bevan, who was jailed for life for murdering his partner's two-year-old daughter Lola James in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 2020.

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8 d. ago Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes

Eisbach wave in the Bavarian city had been a surfing magnet for decades but disappeared after a cleanupA standing wave in a Munich stream that has been a surfing magnet for more than four decades has vanished, leaving urban surfers high and dry.Water levels in the Eisbach (“ice brook”) dropped last week for annual cleanup work along the streambed. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Met Police officer who tried to meet girl, 10, for sex after messaging her ‘stepfather’ online spared jail

PC Grant Long, 34, snared by an undercover officer posing as a paedophile

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2 w. ago Houseplant clinic: what’s wrong with the leaves on my rubber plant?

Dropped leaves and speckled dots indicate a thrips infestation. Luckily, there is plenty you can do about itWhat’s the problem? The leaves of my 40-year-old rubber plant are speckled with tiny black dots, turning yellow, and many are dropping off. New shoots are still growing, but the older leaves continue to fall.Diagnosis The black dots you’re seeing are most likely thrips droppings. These tiny insects puncture the leaf surface to drain sap, resulting in silvery streaks, mottled patches, curling and eventual leaf drop. They thrive in warm, dry conditions and are easily introduced when plants are moved outdoors. Once inside, they spread rapidly, particularly on mature, leafy specimens. Their damage is often mistaken for nutrient deficiencies or sun scorch, but the telltale sign is the combination of silvery streaks with tiny black specks. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gary Neville tells Arne Slot to remove Liverpool player from starting lineup

Gary Neville has been scathing about the state of Liverpool's backline as their losing run continues and believes Milos Kerkez needs to be dropped by Arne Slot

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2 w. ago ‘Team togetherness is crucial’: David Gower on how to win the Ashes

The 1985 victorious captain at home who helped win away in 1986-87 looks forward to this winter – and picks his No 3“I nearly got away with that didn’t I?” David Gower says with a knowing grin after I ask him for a second time whom he would choose to bat at No 3 for England in the first Ashes Test at Perth. “That’s a shame, I’ll have to give you an answer now and I’ll feel bad for the lad I don’t pick.” Forget Kramer vs Kramer or Celia Imrie trying to winkle out Alan Carr in the Traitors castle, Pope v Bethell is the only duel on the mind of English cricket right now.As a former England captain and an Ashes winner home and away, not to mention one of England’s most stylish and successful No 3s – 2,619 of his 8,231 Test runs were scored there, as were eight of his 18 centuries – Gower is perhaps uniquely placed to comment on England’s selection quandary at first drop. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK drivers told to leave bowl of table salt in cars overnight

This hack will come in handy as temperatures continue to drop over the coming weeks

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3 w. ago Poem of the week: On the Death of Dr Robert Levet by Samuel Johnson

An elegy to the poet’s personal physician is full of vivid detail delivered with infectious warmthOn the Death of Dr Robert Levet by Samuel JohnsonCondemned to Hope’s delusive mine As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How can blue states fight back against Trump? With fiscal disobedience | Eric Reinhart

By holding back federal tax revenues, Democratic governors can turn a one-sided assault into a constitutional showdownAgainst Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s objections, Donald Trump’s Pentagon has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to join his regime’s assault on Chicago communities. Trump subsequently called for Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s mayor, and Pritzker to be jailed for not supporting his agenda. These are simply the latest steps in Trump’s plan not to govern as the president of all Americans but to rule as the dictatorial head of a punitive factional state. Federal funding to Democratic cities is being slashed through executive maneuvers; the justice department is conducting politically targeted investigations and arrests; and the military is being deployed to intimidate fellow citizens. Los Angeles, Portland, my home town of Chicago and other cities have been cast as enemies to be subdued, not communities to be served.This weaponization of federal power represents a ...

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3 w. ago Bank shares lead global market fall amid jitters over US private credit

Signs of credit stress send markets in Europe and Asia down, while investors turn to safe haven assetsEuropean stock markets fell on Friday and gold hit a record high after two US regional banks said they had been exposed to millions of dollars of bad loans and alleged fraud.Signs of credit stress rattled markets across Europe and Asia. In London the FTSE 100 fell 0.9%, Germany’s Dax fell 1.8%, Italy’s FTSE Mib fell 1.5%, the Ibex in Spain was off 0.3% and France’s Cac 40 dropped 0.2%. Continue reading...

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