74 m. ago Lucy Connolly to be released from prison imminently after inciting racial hatred

Lucy Connolly is set to be released from prison on Thursday afternoon after she was handed a 31-month custodial sentence last year for inciting racial hatred

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81 m. ago Lucy Connolly to be released from prison after 'set fire to all the hotels' post

Lucy Connolly, who was imprisoned for inciting racial hatred following the Southport terror attack, is reportedly due to be freed from jail

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2 h. ago Lucy Connolly who posted vile tweet on day of Southport attack to be released from jail

Lucy Connolly, the wife of a former Conservative county councillor, was jailed last year for inciting racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport terror attack

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3 h. ago Lucy Connolly to walk FREE: Tory councillor's wife who was jailed last year for 'racist' Tweet during the Southport riots is being released from prison in a matter of hours

The mother and former childminder has spent more than nine months behind bars after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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5 h. ago Lucy Connolly set to be released from prison following jail term for hate tweet

She was jailed over social media posts in the wake of the Southport terror attack.

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19 h. ago Consume Me, the highly personal game about feeling ‘stupid, fat and ugly’ in high school

Jenny Jiao Hsia’s award-winning coming-of-age tale is a charming look at a teen trying her best to stay on top of thingsIf you visited the V&A’s Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition in 2018, you may have played an interesting minigame collection, in which you fought wobbly physics to feed a girl named Jenny, using a Tetris-style board to achieve the perfect calorie amount, and then twisting her into pilates poses.Almost seven years later, the full version of Consume Me, which won this year’s Independent Games festival grand prize, is set for a September release. According to developer Jenny Jiao Hsia, the game has become a semiautobiographical tale about how she felt “stupid, fat and ugly” in high school. What started as a collection of minigames about Hsia’s struggles with dieting and disordered eating grew into a game that looks at the many facets of her life as a teenager, including her relationship with her mother – who appears accompanied by Persona-style boss battle music and al...

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21 h. ago Last batch of rare Queen Elizabeth II £1 coins set for release – why you should keep it

The Royal Mint said the last of the Elizabeth II coins, dated 2022, are the rarest £1 coins in active circulation. The final batch of the coins are now entering circulation

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28 h. ago Robbie Williams, 51, reprises iconic dungarees from his Take That heyday at new album Q&A as he admits he's battling with his hair which is 'thinning everyday'

Robbie, who is set to release his new album on October 10th, also reflected on how his appearance has changed over the years, during an interview with Joe Lycett .

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53 h. ago Thursday Murder Club author Richard Osman speaks out on film cameo

The Thursday Murder Club is set to be released on Netflix later this month.

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55 h. ago Police launch desperate manhunt for suspect mistakenly released from jail ahead of his prison sentence

Troy Dugas, 36, was released over the weekend because of an error by jail staff, according to police

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3 d. ago The GHOST that walks on Death Row: US prisoner jailed for murder he didn't commit reveals inmates saw a SPIRIT 'walk down the hallway' whenever there was an execution

In the fragile space between life and death, Florida prison inmates sit in a damp jail cell waiting to learn their fate. 

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5 d. ago Ricky Jones case should not be compared to Lucy Connolly, lawyer says

Jurors deliberated for just over half-an-hour and found Ricky Jones not guilty on Friday

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5 d. ago Ricky Jones case should not be compared to Lucy Connolly – lawyers

Ricky Jones faced trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court after he called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut during an anti-racist rally last year.

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5 d. ago Stranger Things creators in talks to leave Netflix for major streaming rival

The Duffer Brothers are set to release the final season of their successful sci-fi show later this year

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6 d. ago ‘Historical amnesia’: Indonesia’s fight over plan to amend history books

Anger the controversial plan coincides with anime flag movement, seen as a critique on the decline of democratic freedoms under President PrabowoIndonesia has delayed plans to publish a set of controversial history books amid backlash from historians and activists who have accused the project of being an attempt to downplay past atrocities, and represents “historical amnesia”.In May Indonesia’s culture minister Fadli Zon announced the planned release of a 10-volume “official history” project. The set of new books would remove colonial bias, feature updated research, promote national pride and have a “positive” tone, he said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Female prison officer faces jail after 'inappropriate' relationships with inmates and sneaking in mobile phone

Charlotte Winstanley, 27, was working at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, when she struck up improper relationships and smuggled banned items inside.

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6 d. ago When is Thunderbolts out on Disney Plus? Full details of Disney+ release date

Thunderbolts is set to arrive on Disney Plus in August as the release date is confirmed 🦸 ♂️📺

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6 d. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter's alleged hot oil attack on prison officers 'motivated by terrorism', prosecutors will argue

Abedi, 28, was yesterday charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers were attacked at his high security jail in April.

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6 d. ago Female prison guard who triggered 100 corruption alerts is facing jail over alleged illicit relationship with gangster behind bars

Megann Gibson, 26, exchanged 'very explicit' letters hinting the pair had sex while she was on duty at Wealstun prison, near Wetherby, a court heard today.

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6 d. ago ITV One Night plot, release date and full cast including Jodie Whittaker

One Night, which was first released in Australia in 2023, is set to land on UK TV screens as it lands on ITV

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