60 h. ago Loose Women star defends GK Barry in furious rant after League Cup outrage

Influencer and I'm A Celeb star GK Barry has faced fierce backlash after she made a series of X-rated comments during the Women's League Cup draw, but her co-host has rushed to her defence

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7 d. ago Charlotte activists met the immigration crackdown with ‘bless your heart’ resistance

ICE and CBP’s North Carolina operation faced an early-warning system run by thousands of volunteers“The operation is not over and it is not ending anytime soon.”The message from the Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin went out to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday afternoon, in response to an announcement by Sheriff Garry McFadden that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was done with its immigration enforcement sweep. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests

As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his staff from being targeted. Most of the other shops on Charlotte’s busy immigrant-centric street followed suit.Dozens of people have taken up camp in the parking lot to wave signs of support for immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been active in the city for months as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda but things went up a level when border patrol arrived. Agents swiftly began buzzing through the place to make an armed show of their presence, followed at times by Charlotteans honking their horns in warning. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Flights cancelled, roads closed and cars stranded as heavy snow blizzards batter Scotland

FLIGHTS have been cancelled, major roads have been closed and drivers are stranded as heavy snow blizzards continue to batter the north of Scotland. The areas are set to face a further harsh weather warning for snow and ice on Thursday, the Met Office has warned. Much of the north of Scotland is facing a...

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1 week ago Venezuelan man came to the US legally 10 years ago. Now he’s in Florida ICE lockup and family worries he’s had a heart attack

EXCLUSIVE: Ricardo Páez fled Venezuela after being kidnapped. Now, after 10 years of living a suburban dream with his wife and dog in Pembroke Pines, he's been detained by ICE and is suffering behind bars as he faces deportation to parts unknown, his family tells Brendan Rascius

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1 week ago ICE turns Florida man’s American dream life into Everglades lockup nightmare: ‘I feel so terrified’

EXCLUSIVE: Ricardo Páez fled Venezuela after being kidnapped. Now, after 10 years of living a suburban dream with his wife and dog in Pembroke Pines, he's been detained by ICE and is suffering behind bars as he faces deportation to paarts unknown, his family tells Brendan Rascius

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1 week ago American dream turns into nightmare for Florida couple after 66

EXCLUSIVE: Ricardo Páez fled Venezuela after being kidnapped. Now, after 10 years of living a suburban dream with his wife and dog in Pembroke Pines, he's been detained by ICE and is suffering behind bars as he faces deportation to paarts unknown, his family tells Brendan Rascius

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1 week ago DoorDash driver who went viral over alleged ‘sexual assault’ when she saw naked man now faces criminal charges for filming him

Olivia Henderson, 23, is facing two counts of unlawful surveillance after she recorded an unconscious customer whose pants were down and posted the video on TikTok

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1 week ago Britain colder than Moscow as 'Arctic attack' threatens snow and six

Brits could face ice, sleet and up to eight inches of snow in some areas as temperatures plunge following Storm Claudia’s floods, with gritters on standby to come to the rescue

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2 w. ago Met Office forecasts 'reasonable chance' of snow as 'widespread wintry spell' to hit UK

The UK faces a risk of "disruptive rain, snow, and ice" as temperatures plunge

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2 w. ago Dogs transformed from wolves during the Stone Age, study finds

Dogs developed stockier faces and shorter snouts shortly after the last Ice Age

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3 w. ago ICE facing fierce backlash after video apparently shows unconscious man clutching child during arrest

Footage shows commotion inside vehicle in Massachusetts as desperate woman in passenger seat tries to awaken manUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing fierce questions after a video that appeared to show a man falling unconscious during an arrest while clutching a small child went viral, and officials accused the man of faking a medical emergency to stop the arrest of his wife.The footage, obtained by the Boston Globe, shows a frantic commotion inside a vehicle in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on Thursday. A desperate woman in the passenger seat tries to awaken the man in the driver’s seat, with a crying child in the middle. People can be heard shouting: “He’s having a seizure.” An officer can be seen trying to pull the passengers from the vehicle, while a Fitchburg police officer orders the crowd to “back up” repeatedly. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Strictly's Amber Davies says she's 'blocking out' the backlash against her dance experience and keeping 'in a bubble' with partner Nikita Kuzmin

Strictly Come Dancing's Amber Davies has said she is 'blocking out' the fierce backlash over her previous dance experience. 

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3 w. ago An Arizona town is dreading plans to turn its prison into an ICE facility: ‘It’s morally objectionable’

In Marana, residents crowded into a town hall recently to learn the fate of a building that’s been closed for two yearsIn an Arizona town where farmers have long wrested a living off the arid land, reports that a former prison complex may be turned into an immigration detention center have sparked a fierce backlash, with residents seeing the potential transition as the latest undesirable symbol of the Trump administration’s massive escalation of immigration enforcement.The facility in Marana, a town of about 63,700 people located north of Tucson, sprawls across a flat expanse of desert studded with scrubby bushes and hardy trees. It was shuttered almost two years ago, and the Management and Training Corporation, the private company that owns it, informed the town manager of company plans to operate a detention center in the prison. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prince Harry and Meghan were invited to LA Dodgers game by billionaire owner Mark Walter who faces fan backlash 'over his company's links to ICE immigration detention centres'

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were the VIP guests of the baseball team's co-owner Mark Walter.

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3 w. ago Whitney Houston fans slam Winnie Harlow for 'turning her pain into a Halloween costume'

Winnie Harlow is facing fierce backlash after recreating one of the most vulnerable chapters of Whitney Houston 's life.

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