41 h. ago Killer who sliced victim's throat and smacked inmate with pool cue dies behind bars

Kirk McIntyre, 56, was given a 20-year sentence in 2018 after being convicted of the 2017 murder of Frederick McGettigan in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire

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3 d. ago The tourist coach ban backfires: Furious residents near UK beauty spot reveal why National Trust clampdown on day

Last month the National Trust banned coaches from the car park at Birling Gap and Seven Sisters in a bid to stem the 600,000 tourists who visit each year causing damage to the iconic white cliffs.

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9 d. ago Troubled SafeSport Center looks for a new leader and tries to chart a different course

The Associated Press spoke to more than a dozen people familiar with the U.S. Center for SafeSport to gauge the next moves it must take to rebuild trust after the ouster of its CEO last week

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2 w. ago Dead victim's evidence helps put Scots rapist behind bars for nearly eight years

Ricki Anderson attacked the woman on a car journey between East Lothian and Dumfries.

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2 w. ago Victim of rare shark attack while snorkelling confirmed as dad

Barak Tzach, 40, has been confirmed as the victim following a two-day search for his remains.

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3 w. ago Moment drunk mum glasses best pal in face four times leaving her scarred for life

Ebony Jones struck Megan Smith four times with a half pint glass in a boozy bar attack after a row about a dog, leaving her victim needing 41 stitches and scarred for life

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3 w. ago ‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trapWinston Jones has worked hard to rebuild his life after Home Office errors meant he was unable to return to his family in the UK for 10 years after taking a short holiday in Jamaica in 2005, enduring a decade of near destitution and homelessness in Kingston.Jones, 64, a former bakery manager at Sainsbury’s, has used the money he received from the Windrush compensation scheme to set up a podcast studio and music recording unit in Manchester, working with his son to create opportunities for local young people. Continue reading...

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