3 d. ago Romeo prisoner who had phone sex with guard and fling with jail nurse is arrested 'after spending week on the run when four women helped him go on run'

Harri Pullen, 27, was wanted by police after being released from behind bars where he has been accused of romances with staff members.

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3 d. ago Police swoop on Liverpool primary school after girl, 11, pulls out kitchen knife

Officers from Merseyside Police are investigating after the weapon, said to be brought from the girl's home, was found at Lingham Primary School, Wirral on March 25.

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3 d. ago He was pulled over by police while banned from driving. The excuse he gave was laughable

Mathew Pointer was caught driving while disqualified for the fifth time and his excuse was described as 'pathetic'

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5 d. ago Oregon abandoned its radical drug law. Then came the mass arrests

Last year, the state ended a trailblazing law decriminalizing possession. Drug users in some counties are now in and out of jail, without lawyers, struggling to get treatmentAt 7.45am on a cool February morning in Medford, Oregon, six police officers pulled up to a desolate road lined with tarps and a shopping cart and began making arrests.The officers directed four adults to sit on the sidewalk, handcuffing them behind their backs and rifling through their pockets. They were being detained for illegal camping, but the officers were also searching for evidence of drugs. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Rudest 2025 car registration number plates that won't make it to the roads

From ‘TO25 ERR’ to ‘AS25 HOL’ – many number plates are not allowed to be produced to avoid causing offence to other drivers on the road, with the full list of banned 2025 plates available here

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8 d. ago ‘This is no isolated event’: attack on Palestinian director brings rising settler violence into focus

Activists fear unprecedented levels of violence, with the apparent backing of Israeli authorities, part of drive to force Palestinians out of the West BankIt was around 6pm, just after its Palestinian residents had finished their daily Ramadan fast, dozens of masked Israeli settlers, armed with batons, knives and assault rifles, entered the West Bank village of Susiya in the rural Masafer Yatta area of the south Hebron hills. Among them were a group of Israeli soldiers who escorted the settlers into the village where Hamdan Ballal, one of the four directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, lives.About three weeks after appearing on stage at the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles to accept the Oscar, Ballal has become the victim of the very violence shown in his film. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'Loverboy' lag who had flings with two female prison workers on the run from police

Harri Pullen, 27, is on the run from police in Wales who want him in connection to alleged drug offences. Four women, aged between their 20s and 50s, have been arrested for helping him run-away

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8 d. ago Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia review – a fresh start

(Down the Road)The bluegrass star and band reconvene with a new co-vocalist on this slick yet understated set drawing on old-time roots and more recent concernsArcadia is big news in US roots music. In the 14 years since Union Station’s last LP, its Grammy-winning members have not been idle. Singer and fiddle player Alison Krauss, for one, has released solo outings and a second Robert Plant collaboration. Key foil Dan Tyminski (guitar, vocals), meanwhile, remains focused on his solo career. So Arcadia marks a fresh start with co-vocalist Russell Moore (ex-IIIrd Tyme Out). “His pitch – he’s just a laser beam,” said Krauss in the New York Times.The two swap lead vocals across 10 tracks whose often mournful subject matter naturally harks back to times past. The production may be slick but rings with understated eloquence. The banjo-driven Richmond on the James records the dying words of a civil war soldier; Krauss’s pristine vocal hovers above the fray, surveying blood and feeling. Moo...

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8 d. ago Banish moss from your driveway using 65p kitchen staple and no scrubbing

A build up of moss can make any driveway look unsightly and can be very slippery if left to fester - but there's an easy way to get rid of it for good

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8 d. ago From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast

What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo reportEarlier this month, No Other Land won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film chronicles the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta as it resists being driven off its land by settler violence and the demolitions of the Israeli military. The film’s two protagonists, Palestinian film-maker Basel Adra and Israeli film-maker Yuval Abraham, gave speeches when they accepted their award.Yuval Abraham: “We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Drivers over 70 'won't be legally allowed on road' if they don't follow rule

Drivers over the age of 70 may be banned from the roads if they don't follow a simple DVLA rule, with road users at risk of fines and penalty points if they get behind the wheel

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1 week ago How Bangalore's rickshaw drivers are fighting back against big tech with a home grown app

India's home grown alternative to Uber charges just 23p a day - and

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1 week ago Government declares war on 'pothole plague' with these areas worst affected

Potholes in the UK have been the bane of drivers lives for years – but Keir Starmer has set out a new long term plan to ensure that they're dealt with promptly

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1 week ago Met Police hits back at 'misleading' claims it abandoned No10 security during Black Lives Matter unrest

A newspaper report claimed police chiefs ‘capitulated to a mob’ by pulling armed officers away from No10's gates

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1 week ago Police chiefs pulled armed officers AWAY from Downing Street at the height of violent Black Lives Matter protests to appease hostile mob that left dozens of cops injured

The extraordinary decision, exposed by The Mail on Sunday today, came as an anti-racist rally in Whitehall turned ugly in 2020.

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1 week ago 'Venomous wandering spiders from South America' arrive in Britain in bananas

Pauline Smith, 51, said she bought the bananas from Aldi in Montrose, Scotland, and was about to drive them home when she noticed something strange

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2 w. ago Police investigating after 'rocks thrown at bus' as firm pulls services in Tillicoultry amid anti

Officers in Clackmannanshire are continuing their enquiries over a string of anti-social behaviour attacks on a fleet of buses in Tillicoultry.

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2 w. ago Millions of older people say GPs to banks are 'ageist' because of online drive

A report has warned that millions of older people are struggling to access essential services, including online because of the general move to online - and it's getting worse

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2 w. ago F1 swearing ban: Why can’t drivers swear over team radio and will they be suspended from races?

The controversial new rules have irked a number of drivers after Max Verstappen’s penalty last year

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3 w. ago ‘They lock us in like sheep’: new Israeli checkpoints and barriers raise fears in the West Bank

Israel’s iron gates and roadblocks are cutting off communities from major transport routes, disrupting work, education and aid suppliesThe road to Atara from Ramallah winds through the hills and valleys of the occupied W est Bank. To drive the nine miles to the village from the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority should take about half an hour, despite the potholes and traffic.These days, the taxi drivers waiting for fares on Radio Street in the north of the city shrug when asked when they will arrive at their destination. Continue reading...

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