6 h. ago Police leaders say they will struggle to fulfil Labour’s promise to recruit 13,000 officers

Projected £1.2bn police funding shortfall expected to grow after spending review outlined fall in Home Office spending powerPolice forces will struggle to fulfil Keir Starmer’s promise to recruit an additional 13,000 officers and the public will “pay the price”, police leaders have warned, after the chancellor outlined a decline in Home Office spending power on Wednesday.The National Police Chiefs’ Council said it would be incredibly difficult to deliver the prime minister’s election pledge within the lifetime of this parliament, with a projected £1.2bn shortfall in police funding expected to grow. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Gisèle Pelicot settles claim for invasion of privacy against French magazine

Paris Match agrees to pay €40,000 to two charities after publishing photos of Pelicot and companionGisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape by dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has settled an invasion of privacy case with the French magazine Paris Match.Pelicot, who became a feminist hero after she decided to waive her right to anonymity in the trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men last year, took legal action against Paris Match in April. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Being called a 'weirdo' is discrimination, judge rules as man is awarded £17,000 at employment tribunal

The workplace was ordered to pay Nicholas James £17,154.86 in compensation, including £15,000 for injury to feelings

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32 h. ago 'El Capo' Encrochat dealer who ran £26m drug empire thinks his prison sentence is too long

His younger brother was a youth football star at Liverpool before injuries blighted his career

Economics

53 h. ago Judge orders managers for late Johnny Winter to pay $226,000 in damages in lawsuit alleging theft

A Connecticut judge has settled a bitter feud over the estate of the late legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter

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58 h. ago ‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament], so we started talking about doing some sort of festival to raise the money. My younger brother Bill suggested it had to be pop. An agency in London gave Ronnie a list of acts including the Pretty Things, the Move, Fairport Convention, Tyrannosaurus Rex and an American act, Jefferson Airplane. We only had a £750 investment from the Isle of Wight Indoor Swimming Pool Association, but after a friend lent us his £1,000 army pay-off, we managed to book all those bands, sell 10,000 tickets and break even. In the interim, the pool association pulled out because it didn’t like the publicity about hippies, drugs and sex, but they allowed us to use their investment and we were able to pay them back. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Drug dealer's driving in Paisley led police to £6,190 cocaine discovery

Cops snared the motorist using ‘counter surveillance’ moves while officers followed the car.

Economics

64 h. ago Scott Mills admits that having BBC salary made public was ‘exposing’

Radio 2 host’s salary was revealed as £315,000 in the most recent BBC pay list

Politics

3 d. ago Albanian drug dealer who illegally sneaked back into Britain weeks after being deported succeeds in remaining in the UK by judge

Stiljano Ziu has been allowed to stay in the UK despite the asylum court hearing he committed a 'flagrant' breach of immigration laws, having already been deported from the country once.

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4 d. ago Ajax striker Brian Brobbey was the ‘target of violent extortion threats’

Brobbey allegedly blackmailed by Amsterdam criminalIncidents included arson, explosions and a shootingThe Ajax striker Brian Brobbey has been the target of violent extortion threats involving arson, explosions and a shooting, according to reports in the Netherlands.Het Parool reports that the attacks on Brobbey came after he allegedly refused to pay €150,000 to an Amsterdam criminal who claimed to have “solved a problem” for him. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Drug dealer who splashed out on life of luxury ordered to pay back just £96,000

Danielle Stafford, 31, splashed out on tens of thousands of pounds on glitzy watches and Louis Vuitton bags.

Economics

4 d. ago Woman forced to pay back £96,000 after being exposed by pure chance

Danielle Stafford, 31, splashed tens of thousands of pounds on glitzy watches and Louis Vuitton bags before she was caught with drugs in her car by police

Economics

4 d. ago London dealer jailed after sending drug marketing messages to users in Kent

London dealer jailed after sending drug marketing messages to users in Kent  Yahoo News UK

Economics

5 d. ago Popular central London restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers amid 'modern slavery' claims

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

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5 d. ago Romance fraudster tricked girlfriend out of £15,000 saying he needed to pay for his still

Andrew New, 36, from Liverpool, claimed that he needed his partner's cash in order to arrange his mother's funeral, despite her remaining alive and well to this day.

Economics

5 d. ago Drug dealer who ran over and killed 'respected' man thinking his prone body lying in the road was a 'Halloween prank' is jailed

Karl Twyford, 29, knocked down Steve Day, 67, shortly before 10pm on October 30, 2021, in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire.

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5 d. ago Scots drugs mule involved in £7m heroin plot ordered to pay back £42,000 dirty cash

Christopher Heaney, from Anstruther in Fife, was jailed for nine years for his involvement in a £7m cross-border heroin conspiracy last year.

Economics

6 d. ago TikTok viral London restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers and 'modern slavery'

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

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6 d. ago The stunning Swiss village that is offering people £15,000 to move there and it will even pay your expenses

A stunning village in Switzerland that boasts views of the Alps is offering pay people to relocate there, but there is a big catch.

Economics

6 d. ago The Sports Bra, the first US bar focused on women’s sports, expanding to four more cities

Potential franchisees are being asked to pay nearly $900,000 to open new venues

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