65 m. ago Two men filmed felling of Sycamore Gap tree during ‘mindless’ act, court hears

Jury shown phone footage with sound of chainsaw and toppling tree taken by pair, who deny criminal damageTwo men filmed themselves using a chainsaw to fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall in an act of “mindless criminal damage”, a court has heard.Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, embarked on a “moronic mission” to cut down in minutes a tree that had stood for more than 100 years, the prosecutor Richard Wright KC told Newcastle crown court. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Perez Hilton weighs in on wild conspiracy theory that Kim Kardashian FAKED Paris heist as she gears up to face off against 'Grandpa Gang' in court

Perez Hilton has defended Kim Kardashian as she prepares to testify in court against the 'Grandpa Gang' who are accused of robbing her at gunpoint in Paris back in 2016.

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79 m. ago Mistake that could land you with £5,000 fine if you break voting rule on Thursday

Voters will take to the polls on May 1 to elect a new set of mayors and almost two dozen local authorities across England, but experts warn of a mistake that could land some people in hot water

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81 m. ago Spain admits solar power could be to blame for nationwide blackouts: Mystery over cause of outage grows as top court opens 'sabotage' probe

REE said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of the nationwide power outage that hit most of Spain and Portugal on Monday.

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81 m. ago Spain’s criminal court to investigate whether 'computer sabotage' caused blackout

Top judge says ‘cyberterrorism’ is among possible explanations for blackout

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84 m. ago Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of driving from Carlisle to the Northumberland beauty spot in the dead of night to chop down the tree.

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1 hour ago Man appears in court on murder charge after death on Kilmarnock street

The 49-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with the death and appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

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1 hour ago 'Gangster grandpa', 72, who robbed Kim Kardashian at gunpoint and then wrote a 'boastful and mocking' book about the terrifying raid tells French court 'I regret what I did'

Yunnis Abbas, 72, is facing life in prison for the attack on the American reality TV star, in which $10million of jewellery was stolen and never recovered.

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1 hour ago Book exchange libraries to be reinstated at some Tube stations after mayor orders review of his own fire rules

15 stations will see ‘community libraries’ return after TfL finds solution

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1 hour ago Man committed ‘ferocious’ stab attack at Notting Hill Carnival, court told

Rumarni Tuitt is accused of using a 12-inch Zombie knife against Kamani Spooner, then aged 18, on August 26 last year in Canal Way, west London.

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2 h. ago Scottish FA rule on whether transgender women can compete in women's football after Supreme Court verdict

New ruling to come into effect from next season

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2 h. ago Triumph for Carney: what happened in Canada’s election, and what will it mean?

Leader of Liberals, who appear to have made a remarkable turnaround, has said old relationship with the US is overCanada election live – latest updatesAt the beginning of the year, Canada’s Conservatives had a 25-point lead over the Liberal government, and their leader, Pierre Poilievre, looked certain to be the country’s next prime minister. But as the votes cast in Monday’s election have been counted, the story of the campaign has been confirmed: victory for the Liberals and their new leader, Mark Carney, who have extended their decade of rule by as much as another five years.With almost all polls counted, it appears likely that the Liberals will fall just short of a majority, and instead be the leading party in a minority government, as in the last two elections. Regardless, it represents a remarkable turnaround, and vindication for Carney’s efforts to present himself as the prime ministerial candidate who would most effectively stand up to Donald Trump. As for Poilievre: the CBC...

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2 h. ago Parents say school has become 'like a prison' over 'draconian' new rules

Pupils at Southchurch High School in Southend, Essex, are now given detention for forgetting stationery or speaking in the corridor as they transfer between classes.

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2 h. ago Former police sergeant in court charged with striking man during arrest

Paul Street is accused of assaulting Samuel Kayode in January 2020, as well as a string of other offences.

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2 h. ago Eurovision star Nemo takes action after UK court ruling on transgender women

Eurovision winner Nemo is standing up for transgender rights

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2 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial: Two men went on ‘moronic mission’ to fell tree in act of 'mindless vandalism’, jury told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a chainsaw to chop down the Northumberland landmark and filmed their actions, court heard

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2 h. ago Woman thrown onto railway track seconds before announcement that train was approaching

The terrifying incident happened at Shotts station, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week.

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2 h. ago Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over controversial definition of a woman ruling

Row is over supreme court ruling trans women are not legally women

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2 h. ago Seventh person appears in court over damage to Donald Trump’s golf course

Rebecca Davies, 27, from London, faces a charge of malicious mischief.

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2 h. ago Malta’s ‘golden passport’ scheme ruled to be illegal by EU’s top court

Long-awaited ruling means cash-for-citizenship programme that allowed people to live and work in bloc must be scrappedEurope live – latest updatesThe European court of justice has ruled that Malta’s “golden passport” scheme is illegal, meaning its cash-for-citizenship programme must be scrapped.In a long-awaited ruling on Tuesday, the EU’s top court concluded that Malta’s investor citizenship scheme was contrary to EU law. Judges said the scheme represented a “commercialisation of the grant of the nationality of a member state” and by extension EU citizenship, which was at odds with European law. Malta had jeopardised the mutual trust between EU member states necessary to create an area without internal borders, the court argued. Continue reading...

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