7 h. ago Iconic Brazilian coach Dilma Mendes: ‘Police would arrest me for playing football’

The 59-year-old developed the career of Formiga and now the pair are dreaming big for Brazil women’s seven-a-side teamDilma Mendes’s contribution to football has been significant. She is the coach responsible for identifying and honing the talent of Formiga, one of Brazil’s most emblematic female footballers. Mendes trained the player from the age of nine until her professional career began at 16. Now, more than 30 years later, they are working together again, to bring the Football 7 World Championship title to Brazil. The international tournament takes place in Curitiba, in the south of Brazil, from 21-24 August.Mendes, twice voted the best women’s seven-a-side coach in the world, has called up the 47-year-old Formiga to lead the fight for a second world title, and Formiga’s wife, the former player Érica de Jesus, will be assistant coach. Mendes’s career with the national seven-a-side outfit began in 2019, when she was hired to develop a new team, and she searched all corners of Br...

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8 h. ago Voices: I watched the police arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters – I fear Britain is on a slippery slope towards authoritarianism

What human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger saw at the Palestine Action demonstration in Parliament Square was not public order policing – it was the suppression of lawful dissent, and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable people to send a chilling message: no cause is now safe from criminalisation

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10 h. ago Tourists left outraged as sunbeds' prices skyrocket to MORE than the cost of a hotel

The price of a pair of sun loungers and an umbrella have soared at Italian beach resorts over the last four years, pricing out locals and tourists, say officials.

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14 h. ago Female Fuerteventura tourists left covered in blood as police arrest teen

Police on the holiday island of Fuerteventura have arrested a teenager accused of horror attacks on two female holidaymakers in their hotel rooms in separate incidents

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14 h. ago Death row prisoner cuts out wife and kids' hearts then gouges out and eats his own eyes

The man on death row was found in his cell covered in blood after he gouged out both of his eyes in a bid to avoid execution after he believed God told him to carry out a triple murder

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26 h. ago Woman in her 20s 'is kidnapped from cinema': Police arrest two men

The woman, in her 20s, is understood to have been 'taken against her will' at the entertainment complex in Blackburn, Lancashire.

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36 h. ago Topless man ran down road 'covered in blood and screaming for help'

Two people have been arrested after neighbours told of hearing a loud noise in the middle of the night and seeing a bleeding man needing help in Ainsdale, Merseyside

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38 h. ago Police gun ‘unintentionally discharged’ during arrest of man at Sydney airport

Police allege man was behaving suspiciously before becoming verbally and physically aggressive towards AFP officersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged after an incident at Sydney airport this morning that involved a police gun being discharged inside the T2 domestic terminal.The Australian federal police said a Victorian man, 41, was arrested at Sydney airport on Wednesday morning after behaving suspiciously at a check-in counter. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago British tourists warned against grotesque beach habit branded 'bizarre'

A new sign has been placed by a popular beach for British holidaymakers in Albufeira, Portugal, where it warns people not to do a "disgusting" act which has left many tourists shocked

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3 d. ago Two officers and man 'attacked' after 'sexual assault' on Edinburgh street

The male was also charged in connection with the assault of a man, along with resisting arrest and an assault on two police officers on Sunday, August 10.

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3 d. ago Voices: Arresting hundreds for protesting against a ban on Palestine Action shames us all

This is supposed to be a free country – but doling out criminal records to hundreds of pensioners should serve as a rebuke to the government, whose heavy-handed approach to this ‘terror’ organisation needs a rethink, says Sean O’Grady

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4 d. ago London police up arrest tally to 522 at rally for proscribed group Palestine Action

London police up arrest tally to 522 at rally for proscribed group Palestine Action  The Times of Israel

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4 d. ago UK police arrest 522 over support for Palestine Action at London protests

UK police arrest 522 over support for Palestine Action at London protests  Al Jazeera

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4 d. ago Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows

Total of 532 arrests at London protest on Saturday, most for displaying placards or signs in support of proscribed groupHalf of the people arrested during the protest in relation to Palestine Action in London on Saturday were aged 60 or above, according to police figures.A total of 532 people were arrested at the largest demonstration relating to the group since it was proscribed last month. All but 10 were under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act for displaying supportive placards or signs. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Police arrest 532 people at London protest over Palestine Action ban

Met police say hundreds arrested at largest demonstration relating to Palestine Action since group was proscribedA total of 532 people were arrested in London at the largest demonstration relating to Palestine Action since the group was banned, the Metropolitan police have said.Hundreds attended Saturday’s demonstration in Parliament Square, organised by the campaign group Defend Our Juries, which had asked participants to hold up signs saying: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Pensioner, 88, is found 'murdered' at home in Bournemouth as police arrest woman, 60, 'known to him'

Officers raced to home in Winton, Bournemouth, at 12.57pm yesterday after the alarm was raised by the ambulance service and found and 88-year-old man dead at the address.

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4 d. ago London police arrest hundreds at Gaza protest supporting Palestine Action

London police arrest hundreds at Gaza protest supporting Palestine Action  Al Jazeera

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4 d. ago UK police arrest 466 people at Palestine Action protest in London

UK police arrest 466 people at Palestine Action protest in London  Al Jazeera

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4 d. ago London Police arrest over 460 in protest against UK's ban on Palestine Action group

London Police arrest over 460 in protest against UK's ban on Palestine Action group  India Today

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4 d. ago UK police arrest more than 466 at protest for banned Palestine Action group

UK police arrest more than 466 at protest for banned Palestine Action group  Reuters

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