5 d. ago Man, 39, appears in court charged with the manslaughter of tattoo artist during lockdown, as well as assault and coercive and controlling behaviour

Daniel Birtwistle is accused of killing Georgina Ward, a 24-year-old, from Dudley, West Midlands, during the second national lockdown in November 2020.

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2 w. ago Graham Platner got an accidental nazi tattoo. The artist who covered it wants us to forgive him

‘We all make mistakes and we don’t have teams to cover it up for us’

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3 w. ago ‘In this ’til the end’: Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner on refusing to quit amid furor over ‘Nazi’ tattoo

Platner’s populist campaign faces backlash over past comments and a contentious tattooOn a recent Monday night, Graham Platner – oysterman, army veteran and Democratic hopeful for US Senate – took the stage in a small Maine town known for its oyster farming to assure voters that he was still in the game to win the Democratic primary, and ultimately unseat five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins.He addressed a crowd of 700, the most that could fit into the school gymnasium in Damariscotta, Maine before organizers had to start turning people away. As is typical for his campaign events, the gruff, plain-talking, flannel-clad, local business owner and former marine dissected the “establishment political system that serves the interests of the ultra wealthy” in front of a captivated audience. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tattoo artist alleged to have 'sexually assaulted' Scots client in Ibiza to appear in court

The alleged victim was left unable to react out of “fear and anguish” according to Spanish public prosecutors and only alerted police in Scotland when she returned home.

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3 w. ago Body modification fan transforms into 'living art project' with extreme implants

Body modification fan Heidi Zitna, 44, has spent nearly 25 years as a professional tattoo artist and has now decided to transform herself into what she calls a 'living art project'

Politics

4 w. ago Tattoo fixers on removing Nazi symbols: ‘You don’t know if they’re changing or hiding’

Senate hopeful Graham Platner covered up his tattoo once he learned of its Nazi associations. It’s a problem so common there are free programs for itLast week, Graham Platner, a progressive Democrat running for the US Senate in Maine, responded to a burst of online criticism by doing something few candidates for high office are ever required to do: he posted a topless photo of himself on the internet.It was an unusual moment in a campaign that had so far gone his way. Platner had won praise from progressives and secured the backing of Bernie Sanders. But his campaign came unstuck when a video surfaced of him dancing in his underwear at his brother’s wedding – and revealing a skull-and-crossbones tattoo on his chest. The design, known as the Totenkopf, is widely recognised as a Nazi symbol. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Graham Platner’s campaign manager steps down after just days on the job as controversies pile up

Platner, an oyster farmer and populist running for Senate in Maine, has faced multiple controversies in recent weeks over his past views and a controversial skull-and-bones tattoo reminiscent of Nazi imagery

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