4 h. ago Duke of Edinburgh’s Award alumni asked for memories to mark 70th anniversary

The late Duke of Edinburgh founded his eponymous awards scheme in 1956 to help teenage boys leaving school develop life skills and confidence.

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34 h. ago ‘It happened in seconds’: sudden inferno brings horror to Swiss ski resort

New year party at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana turned into tragedy as flames shot across the ceilingSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesThe new year had passed its first hour and the party in Le Constellation was in full swing with revellers dancing to thumping hip-hop. Dawn was far off and the teenagers and twenty-somethings were in no hurry to leave the bar. It was, after all, New Year’s Day.Outside, darkness draped Crans-Montana, a ski resort in the Swiss Alps with a reputation for posh luxury. Le Constellation, however, had few pretensions: a cavernous venue with TV screens on the top floor to watch sport, and a basement with low lighting, loud music and a dancefloor. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Fight outside pub leaves man in hospital as three teens arrested

A 19-year-old man has been injured and taken to hospital after reports of a disturbance

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3 d. ago Miss USA star fights husband’s deportation after he was taken by immigration officials

Cheryl Bartlett is legally blind and relies on hubby Rogerio Carlos Barbosa Araujo for daily care and is now fighting his deportation after he was held as part of Trump's immigration crackdown

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8 d. ago David Beckham's surprise message to Luke Littler after World Championship success

Manchester United legend David Beckham contacted Luke Littler after the 18-year-old won the World Darts Championship, leaving the teenager in awe as he obliterated records at Ally Pally

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9 d. ago Trump approves deployment of 350 national guard members to New Orleans

Critics say deployment is unwarranted and could cause fear in the city, which has seen a decrease in violent crime ratesThe Trump administration is deploying 350 national guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the new year, launching another federal deployment in the city at the same time that an immigration crackdown led by border patrol is under way.Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Tuesday that guard members, as they have in other deployments in large cities, will be tasked with supporting federal law enforcement partners, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. Parnell added that the national guard troops will be deployed through February. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Catholic bishops urge Trump to suspend immigration crackdown through the holidays

Pope Leo also decried the mistreatment of immigrants in October

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1 week ago Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now

The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown

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1 week ago Mani's funeral procession sees massive crowds line the streets of Heaton Moor

Mani died aged 63 and leaves behind twin teenage sons

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1 week ago Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 and increase workplace raids

Trump’s border chief said arrests will increase sharply: ‘You're going to see the numbers explode greatly next year’

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2 w. ago 4 months in, activists say Trump's operation in DC increasingly targets immigrants

Washington, D.C., activists and local leaders say the law enforcement operation President Donald Trump launched four months ago with the goal of fighting crime has led to a crackdown on immigrants

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2 w. ago Illinois panel's first meeting over federal misconduct focuses on chemical agents

A commission formed to document alleged harassment and abuse by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area has focused its first public hearing on the wide use of chemical agents

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2 w. ago ICE agent ‘voodoo doll’ found strapped to tree in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues

‘You can tell the pro-illegal immigration radicals are losing the argument when they [resort] to @ICEgov voodoo dolls,’ the Louisiana Republican Attorney General said

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2 w. ago DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled

The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

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2 w. ago Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump's crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids

Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino has returned to the Chicago area, about a month after leaving to lead immigration crackdowns in other cities

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2 w. ago UK offshore immigration crackdown risks stifling growth unless policy meets reality

Can the government’s tightening of the rules keep pace with operational realities in the North Sea, asks Kelly Hardman

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2 w. ago Trial begins for Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade Trump’s ICE crackdown

The trial is the latest flashpoint in President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown

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2 w. ago Foreign farm workers are struggling amid Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘It was terrifying’

Growing instability in the US is being exacerbated by devastation at home and alleged pressure from employersFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE agents during immigration crackdown

Omar and Trump have repeatedly clashed, with the president calling for the Congresswoman to be ‘thrown the hell out’ of the United States

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2 w. ago US immigration crackdown forces teens to caretake after parents are detained

As federal agents target families, teens are left to care for siblings – from accessing bank accounts to medical recordsVilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her.The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a New Orleans suburb with a large Hispanic population, where some parents at risk of deportation had rushed to arrange emergency custody plans for their children in case they were arrested. Continue reading...

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