26 h. ago Albanian accused of two murders who got British citizenship under a false name will NOT be deported home because it 'would be flagrant denial of his human rights'

Ilirian Zeqaj, 52, is accused by authorities in Albania of shooting dead two men in the late 1990s, which he denies, before claiming asylum and being granted citizenship in the UK.

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28 h. ago Asylum hotel group awarded £2.5billion taxpayer deal faces claims secret Deliveroo and Uber Eats takeaway kitchen was being run from inside one of its branches

The Home Office has launched a major investigation into Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, after the pop-up kitchen was revealed.

Economics

30 h. ago Jockey caught drink driving at Appleby Horse Fair after brother's 21st birthday given ban

Nathan Evans, who has ridden 167 winners, tested over the legal limit when breathalysed while attending the annual gathering of traveller communities

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31 h. ago Jamaican murderer wins legal battle in bid for asylum after claiming he can't go home due to threats from notorious gang who killed his family

The killer won the human rights appeal against a decision to deny him asylum after explaining his 'fear' of One Order - one of Jamaica's most powerful gangs.

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31 h. ago Asylum hotel group awarded £2.5billion taxpayer deal faces claims secret Deliveroo and Uber Eats takeaway kitchen was being run from inside one of its chain

The Home Office has launched a major investigation into Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, after the pop-up kitchen was revealed.

Economics

31 h. ago Jamaican murderer wins bid for asylum after claiming he can't go home due to threats from notorious gang who killed his family

The killer won the human rights appeal after explaining his 'fear' of One Order - one of Jamaica's most powerful gangs.

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33 h. ago ‘You’re stealing my identity!’: the movie voiceover artists going to war with AI

As new tech imperils the £3bn dubbing artists industry, Germany’s voice of Julia Roberts, India’s Ryan Reynolds and France’s Sly Stallone explain why audiences should listen to their fearsWhen Julia Roberts gets in Richard Gere’s Lotus Esprit as it stutters along Hollywood Boulevard in the 1990 film Pretty Woman, Germans heard Daniela Hoffmann, not Roberts, exclaim: “Man, this baby must corner like it’s on rails!” In Spain, Mercè Montalà voiced the line, while French audiences heard it from Céline Monsarrat. In the years that followed, Hollywood’s sweetheart would sound different in cinemas around the world but to native audiences she would sound the same.The voice actors would gain some notoriety in their home countries, but today, their jobs are being threatened by artificial intelligence. The use of AI was a major point of dispute during the Hollywood actors’ strike in 2023, when both writers and actors expressed concern that it could undermine their roles, and fought for federal...

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53 h. ago Brit gang 'threatened to decapitate' 'drug mule' Bella Culley 'and to kill her family'

Bella Culley, 18, is facing 20 years behind bars in a Georgian prison when she goes on trial next week for allegedly smuggling 11kg of cannabis into the Black Sea nation

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4 d. ago North London transfer battle! Arsenal launch bid to hijack rivals Tottenham's move for Crystal Palace talisman Eberechi Eze

North London transfer battle! Arsenal launch bid to hijack rivals Tottenham's move for Crystal Palace talisman Eberechi Eze  Goal.com

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5 d. ago The kindness of strangers: stranded on a deserted back road, three bikies swapped my busted tyre

Just like in a movie, they pulled up around me, engines bubbling ominously, all leather and gang colours. I thought, ‘This is it – they’re gonna kill me’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was late, dark and a storm was brewing. I’d been helping a friend do some work at a property in the Colo valley, north-west of Sydney, and was heading home at about 11pm. As I was driving across the Colo River Bridge, there was a sudden, loud bang. I’d hit a pothole and my front driver’s side tyre had blown, just about swallowing my hatchback with it.It was 1988 and, in those days, the area around Colo was pretty rough. It was full of bikies – proper bikies, not the drug-running kind that don’t even have bikes nowadays. The back roads around there are mainly deserted and can be eerie at the best of times. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The kindness of strangers: when I was stranded on a deserted back road, three bikies changed my busted tyre

Just like in a movie, they pulled up around me, engines bubbling ominously, all leather and gang colours. I thought, ‘This is it – they’re gonna kill me’ Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was late, dark and a storm was brewing. I’d been helping a friend do some work at a property in the Colo valley, north-west of Sydney, and was heading home about 11pm. As I was driving across the Colo River Bridge, there was a sudden, loud bang. I’d hit a pothole and my front driver’s side tyre had blown, just about swallowing my hatchback with it.It was 1988 and, in those days, the area around Colo was pretty rough. It was full of bikies – proper bikies, not the drug-running kind that don’t even have bikes nowadays. The back roads around there are mainly deserted and can be eerie at the best of times. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Chelsea battling Premier League rivals for Joao Pedro after bid for Brighton star rejected

Joao Pedro has thrived for Brighton in the Premier League since joining from Watford but the Seagulls face a tall order to keep hold of the Brazilian international

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6 d. ago Supreme Court limits judges’ power to block birthright citizenship ban. Here’s how it’s a legal win for Trump

President can continue pursuing his attempts to alter the Constitution by redefining birthright citizenship, for now

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7 d. ago Scots cops say underworld killings in Costa Del Sol "not linked" to gang war on home turf

Scotland's most senior police officer says the fatal shootings of two men in Spain were not planned in Scotland or are linked to ongoing gangland violence here.

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1 week ago 'Corrupt' Home Office worker took thousands in bribes to grant asylum claim

'Imran Mulla was in a trusted position in the asylum team at the Home Office. He abused that trust to line his own pockets'

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1 week ago Marine Corps veteran’s wife, who is still breastfeeding their 3

Paola Clouatre, 25, was still a child when her mother brought her from Mexico to claim asylum in the U.S. more than a decade ago

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1 week ago Migrant hotel stays prolonged as record numbers appeal rejected asylum claims

There were 50,976 outstanding appeals as of March, which is almost double the number compared to 2024

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1 week ago Open hopefuls heading to Kilmarnock (Barassie) and Craigielaw for Regional Qualifier

More than 2,300 golfers set to do battle in bid to clear first hurdle for Claret Jug joust

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1 week ago Horror rampage as gang of gunmen open fire at French wedding killing bride

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1 week ago Where is Jennifer Ellison now? Inside the soap sex symbol's life away from the public eye after living a 'double life' as a gangster's moll and nearly being killed by a machete gang

She now leads a quiet family life with her husband and three sons, running a successful dance studio in Liverpool which has nurtured grassroots talent.

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