35 h. ago 'I used to work in a prison, now I'm playing at the Women's Euros for my country'

Rachel Rowe used to fall asleep in her football kit after driving 300 miles after a long day working in a prison to follow her dream of playing football professionally

Events

39 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson pokes fun at Kaleb Cooper after farmhand posts rare video of lookalike brother

Clarkson's Farm fans were shocked to see how much Kaleb Cooper's rarely-seen brother looks like him, but Jeremy Clarkson had his eyes on a different aspect of the video

Culture

3 d. ago "It must be very rare for three brothers to go to prison on the same day"

One will miss the birth of his first child

Events

2 w. ago The homeowners being slapped with petty fines of up to £1,000 by jobsworth councils for leaving a SINGLE item of rubbish outside their properties

Bungling staff have threatened a mother who left furniture outside her property to go to a good home with prison and fined a man for putting his bins out a day early when he was going on holiday.

Society

3 w. ago Prison officers assaulted by inmates 'almost every day' in Scotland's jails

Scottish Prison Service data shows 350 officers were attacked during 2024-25 –the highest number in five years.

Events

3 w. ago From Gaza prisoner to ‘the Israeli agent’: how rise of Abu Shabab could ignite new phase of war

In email exchange, leader of clan that Israel acknowledges arming blames Hamas for war and for looting of aid trucksOn 7 October 2023, Yasser abu Shabab was languishing in a Hamas-run jail in Gaza on charges of drug trafficking. With the outbreak of the conflict, the Palestinian from Rafah managed to leave prison, though the circumstances of his release remain unclear to this day.For a while, Abu Shabab vanished from sight. That changed last week when Israeli defence officials acknowledged they had begun arming a clan that calls itself the Anti-Terror Service. It consists of about 100 armed men who operate in eastern Rafah under the command of Abu Shabab, whose nickname is “the Israeli agent” and who is described as a “traitor” on social media in the territory. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatmentThe UK government’s decades-long efforts to keep details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA’s notorious post-9/11 torture programme hidden will face an “unprecedented” challenge this week as two cases are brought before a secretive court.The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT), which has been investigating claims the UK’s intelligence agencies were complicit in their mistreatment. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Probe into murder of 'Good Samaritan' dad could expose 'systemic failings'

"Good Samaritan" Alan Geddes was killed by Stuart Quinn after he let Quinn stay at his home a day after he was released from prison.

Events

4 w. ago Madeleine McCann's brother pursues Olympics in rare photo as search for sister continues

Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry McCann are supporting their son Sean as he chases his Olympic dream - as investigators search for a trace of his missing sister

Culture