8 h. ago Hot Chicks review: Powerful play an important message to parents on dangers of drug gangs

Cardiff-born playwright Rebecca Jade Hammond's 75-minute show issues a warning on the dangers for young people in society

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12 h. ago Hundreds of arrests, guns, knives and £540,000 seized in rail police crackdown on county lines gangs

Youngsters are exposed to physical and sexual abuse when trafficked away from London

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4 d. ago Essex Boys killer Michael Steele's conviction may have 'problems' as he's set to be freed

Michael Steele, 82, has always denied the notorious gangland execution of three drug rivals - claiming it was "organised by another criminal and a corrupt cop"

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7 d. ago John Swinney urged to host summit on tackling organised crime in Scotland as gang war rages

A growing turf war between rival gangs of drug dealers has escalated across Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent weeks.

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7 d. ago ‘Shocking to the sense of liberty Americans hold dear’: the impassioned US court order in the Ábrego García case

Judges on the US court of appeals for the fourth circuit issued a memorable call for the return of Kilmar Ábrego García and the separation of government powers. Here is the textUpon review of the government’s motion, the court denies the motion for an emergency stay pending appeal and for a writ of mandamus. The relief the government is requesting is both extraordinary and premature. While we fully respect the Executive’s robust assertion of its Article II powers, we shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done....

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9 d. ago Rory McIlroy shares emotional message after historic Masters win ends career Grand Slam wait

Rory McIlroy won the Masters for the first time in his career on Sunday after beating Justin Rose in a play-off and the Northern Irishman has now shared an emotional message

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1 week ago Ringleaders of attacks on French jails will be punished, Macron says

Wave of assaults ‘declaration of war’ by drug gangs after crackdown on bosses operating from jail, French media sayEmmanuel Macron has warned that those behind a wave of apparently coordinated attacks on French prisons and staff will be “found, tried and punished”.The president’s comments came after at least a dozen assaults on French jails in the past three days. In one attack, gunmen using automatic weapons fired at the entrance to Toulon prison in the south of France. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'From shop assistant to murder': Incredible rise of cocaine kingpin gangster's moll... before a clairvoyant ended reign of torture, hammer beatings and death

Ambushing her cowering victim on a public street before battering her multiple times with a hammer, it's hard to imagine an act more brutal or brazen.

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1 week ago 'From Matalan to murder': Incredible rise of cocaine kingpin gangster's moll... before a clairvoyant ended reign of torture, hammer beatings and death

Ambushing her cowering victim on a public street before battering her multiple times with a hammer, it's hard to imagine an act more brutal or brazen.

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1 week ago Moment gangster's moll battered woman with hammer in love triangle street attack just days before helping gang torture her drug

Brutal Coleen Campbell launched into the savage daylight attack against Niamh Wasik in Ashton-under-Lyne on June 29, 2022 - days before helping gangsters kill her ex-husband, Thomas.

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1 week ago Seven Last Words, Edinburgh, review: 'profound spiritual power'

The SCO Chorus and Strings delivered a compelling, immediate performance of Sir James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words, writes David Kettle

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1 week ago Tribit StormBox Lava review: powerful 80w Bluetooth speaker with punchy bass

Consumer writer Gareth Butterfield takes the Tribit SormBox Lava out and about to test its power and sound quality

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1 week ago Justin Rose's classy message to Rory McIlroy just moments after Masters play

Justin Rose was on the wrong side of history as he was beaten in a Masters play-off by Rory McIlroy but told his fellow European that he was glad to share the iconic moment

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1 week ago White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit TV show island to London is arrested

Adel Mohammed, 30, allegedly controlled the network of Brits picking up marijuana from farms on Koh Samui in southern Thailand.

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1 week ago White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit T

White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit T  Daily Mail

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2 w. ago 'Narco terrorist' drug wanted by the FBI is accused of flooding Britain with heroin and fuelling gang war that saw girl, nine, gunned down in drive

Naji Sharifi Zindashti is wanted by the US intelligence service for his alleged 'involvement in criminal activities'.

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2 w. ago Glamorous drug mule 'groomed' by gangs wants to tour UK schools

Glam Levi-April Whalley, 31, and her friend Sophie Bannister were caught attempting to smuggle over 35kg of cannabis - now Whalley wants to warn others about the dangers of drugs

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2 w. ago NYC lets immigration officials open an office at Rikers jail, a priority for Trump

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations

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2 w. ago Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands: the biggest hoaxes in pop

Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooledIt all started as an unsolicited Facebook message, which may have been the first sign of foul play – and led to Wolfgang Flür, ex-member of Kraftwerk, believing that he was collaborating with Thomas Bangalter, formerly one half of Daft Punk.Someone posing as Bangalter contacted Flür on Facebook, complimented his music and asked for a signed copy of his album Magazine 1. Flür happily obliged. He said the person told him, referring to Daft Punk: “Without Kraftwerk we would not find our own robot style, being on stage with the helmets”. Believing they were Bangalter, Flür then asked the person if they would like to work on some tracks. The impersonator agreed and sent over demos for the songs, which were worked up into a two new Flür tracks billed as featuring “Thomas Vangarde”, supposedly a new alias of B...

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2 w. ago Police discovered how prison governor swapped Honda for Mercedes after raid

Kerri Pegg, 42, is facing jail after being convicted of misconduct in a public office after she began a relationship with drug gang boss Anthony Saunderson

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