5 h. ago Carer stole £10k from dementia patient and blew it on KFC, Netflix and sunbeds while the victim told her family 'something bad' had happened but she could not remember what 

Callous carer Danielle Houghton, 32, of Lancaster, was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison after admitting theft and fraud by false representation at Preston Crown Court last Friday.

Economics

42 h. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, appeals court rules – US politics live

2-1 decision from fifth circuit is the first federal appeals court ruling on presidential proclamation invoking 1798 lawHello and welcome to the US politics live blog for today. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that president Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he alleged were part of a criminal gang.A judge has found the Trump administration’s use of national guard troops during southern California immigration enforcement protests was illegal. Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Tuesday that the administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids. The judge did not require the remaining troops withdrawn, however.The US House of Representatives oversight committee released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein from the justice departme...

Politics

45 h. ago Mum, 58, said she was going on holiday but travelled to Switzerland to end her life

Maureen Slough, 58, from County Cavan, Ireland, told her family she was going on holiday with a friend - but instead travelled alone to Switzerland to end her life

Politics

47 h. ago 'My mum went to Switzerland to end her life without telling us'

Maureen Slough, 58, told her family she was off on holiday with a friend. They found out what had happened by text message

Politics

49 h. ago Mum told family she was going on holiday before text confirmed tragic death

Maureen Slough, 58, never told her children how much she was suffering. She only confided in a friend, whom she only met on TikTok, in her final hours.

Events

52 h. ago Chilling final messages of mother who told her family she was going on holiday

Maureen Slough, from County Cavan, Ireland, travelled alone to Switzerland where she went to a clinic to take her life - and her family have now shared their devastation

Politics

58 h. ago Trump deploys military to immigration courts to speed up mass deportations

Pentagon plan could send up to 600 military lawyers to immigration courts to speed up president’s mass removal agenda

Events

66 h. ago Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley is told she can walk FREE from prison in Georgia if she pays a fine

The 19-year-old could be out in weeks in a dramatic change of fortune as her lawyers are on the verge of a plea bargain breakthrough.

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3 d. ago Girl becomes orphan after dad kills mum and then himself in tragic murder

The teenager returned home in Katy, Texas, to find her parents dead and family members have told police the couple - a 48-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man - had experienced marital trouble

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3 d. ago Haunting final texts of mother who told her family she was going on holiday... only to secretly die in a Swiss euthanasia clinic: Friend reveals anguish that drove woman to take her own life

Maureen Slough, 58, of County Cavan, Ireland, sent a string of haunting final messages from inside the controversial Pegasos facility in Basel where she had quietly paid £13,000 to end her life.

Society

4 d. ago Judge stops U.S. from deporting group of unaccompanied Guatemalan children after some were loaded on planes overnight at Texas airport

The order comes as the Trump administration reportedly prepares to send federal agents to Chicago as part of its immigration crackdown

Society

4 d. ago All parents told to do two things before kids go back to school

The Government has issued a reminder to parents ahead of the new school year

Politics

8 d. ago Jo Whiley breaks down in tears as she reveals her husband killed their cat in tragic accident

Speaking on the latest episode of her podcast Dig It, the radio DJ, 60, was overcome with emotion as she told her co-host Zoe Ball about the family's heartbreak.

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8 d. ago Who is Dezi Freeman, suspected gunman on the run in rural Australia after two officers killed?

The 56-year-old ‘sovereign citizen’ once told a court he was a disability pensioner and claimed his family had been persecuted by the state

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9 d. ago Man beat brother to death in 'frenzied' attack then told family he was 'asleep'

Daniel Lynch brutally killed his older brother Shane Lynch in a 'sustained and brutal' attack in November last year. He was slapped with a life sentence in court today

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9 d. ago Meghan Markle complains that she had to wear 'inauthentic' tights while working with Royal Family

In what appeared to be a thinly veiled jab at the royal family, the Duchess told journalist Emily Chang that donning the sheer tights 'felt a little bit inauthentic'.

Politics

9 d. ago Meghan Markle moans she 'had to wear tights all the time' during her time as a working royal

In what appeared to be a thinly veiled jab at the royal family, the Duchess told journalist Emily Chang that donning the sheer tights 'felt a little bit inauthentic'.

Politics

1 week ago Kate Ferdinand details 'a lot of new beginnings' in update after Rio Ferdinand relocation news

The couple told over the Bank Holiday weekend how they had moved their family to Dubai for a 'fresh start'

Politics

1 week ago 'One in a million' tragedy sees brother die months after sister's diagnosis

The family were told that the chances were one-in-a-million that two siblings would both receive a brain tumour diagnosis, and they're now hoping to raise funds for others

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