41 m. ago Ben & Jerry’s founders call for the brand to be ‘freed’ from its owners

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield say it is ‘not the Ben & Jerry’s’ they founded after being ‘silenced’ by Unilever over matters of social justiceThe co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have called for the ice-cream brand to be made independent and excluded from current owner Unilever’s plans to list its ice-cream business on the stock market.Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield say The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC), a new division of Unilever that is set to be separately listed in November and includes the brand founded by the pair in 1978 alongside Magnum, Cornetto and Wall’s, “must free Ben & Jerry’s” in an open letter to prospective investors and the group’s board. Continue reading...

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57 m. ago France braces for ‘block everything’ protests after PM Bayrou resigns

Blockades, disruption and strikes planned for Wednesday with about 80,000 police and gendarmes to be deployedThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has resigned after losing a confidence vote as authorities prepare for a day of disruption and protests ranging from road and school blockades to transport strikes.About 80,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Wednesday to monitor a day of anti-government demonstrations organised under the slogan “block everything”. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago Teenage school girl dies after being mauled to death by friend's pet dog

A school girl who was left fighting for life in hospital after being attacked by a friend's dog has died from her horrific injuries

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85 m. ago Dundee crime: Police Scotland call handler jailed after illegally accessing records and sharing information

The offences include accessing police records without legitimate policing purpose and obtaining and disclosing personal information.

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95 m. ago Trump responds to Epstein birthday card accusations after release of alleged lewd drawing

President Donald Trump has called the lewd 50th birthday note he allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein a 'dead issue'.

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96 m. ago Dundee crime: Primary school worker jailed for 16 months after stealing £28,000 from school funds

The administrative officer spent the stolen money on items including PlayStation games, beauty products and pet goods.

Economics

1 hour ago MAGA darling lawyer who took Biden to Supreme Court now calls Trump ‘way worse’

Jenin Younes joins prominent civil rights group to take on ‘insane’ Trump attacks against pro-Palestinian speech

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1 hour ago Scots primary school teacher jailed for embezzling £28,000 from school trip fund

She splurged on items including PlayStation games, supermarket goods, beauty products, shoes, home items and pet goods.

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2 h. ago Anthony Joshua makes Tyson Fury vow in new callout for mega fight

The former heavyweight world champion is pushing for a return to the ring this year after more than a year out following a crushing loss to Daniel Dubois

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2 h. ago Six high school girls are fighting for life after entire softball team's bus rolls over in Oklahoma

The Minco Softball girls team were onboard the bus when the terrifying ordeal unfolded on Monday night on Highway 152, authorities said six of those on board are in a critical condition.

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2 h. ago Campervan torched outside family home as police probe deliberate fire

Fire crews were called to Overton Mains in Kirkcaldy after the alarm was raised at around 1.30am on Tuesday.

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2 h. ago Israeli president Herzog to meet Starmer as calls grow for tougher UK action

British government concludes Gaza offensive has not met criteria for genocide

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3 h. ago Helensburgh school pupils return to classroom following work to replace RAAC from roof

The pupils have returned to their school building to start the new term after work was carried out to remove RAAC from the roof.

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3 h. ago Before Knives Out, there was Brick: Rian Johnson’s alluring, hard

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a teen detective in a world of high school drug rings and two-bit thugs, Johnson’s first film is a fine showcase of his now-trademark thrills, chills and twistsFind more from our Stream team series hereBefore Benoit Blanc, there was Brendan Frye.At first glance, the teenaged gumshoe at the heart of Brick doesn’t share much with the gentleman sleuth from Knives Out, Glass Onion and the upcoming Wake Up Dead Man. Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) styles himself as a lost Agatha Christie character, while Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a jaded teen who spits Dashiell Hammett dialogue before starting fights he can’t win. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump apparently thinks domestic violence is not a crime. That makes sense | Moira Donegan

Trump’s view of the prerogatives of husbands towards their wives mirror his own sense of his entitlements as president towards his abused countrySpeaking at a Christian museum on Monday, Donald Trump claimed, falsely, that his deployment of national guard troops to invade the nation’s capital has eliminated crime in Washington. He complained, however, that domestic violence was being counted in the crime statistics, which he claimed meant that the influence of his policy was not being seen as significant enough. “They said, ‘Crime’s down 87%,’” the president claimed, not explaining who “they” were. “I said, no, no, no. It’s more than 87%, virtually nothing. And much lesser things, things that take place in the home they call crime. You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime. See? So now I can’t claim 100%, but we are. We are a safe city.”If Trump wanted to endorse domestic violence decriminalization,...

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3 h. ago Waterloo ‘racetrack’: Calls for action over hundreds of motorbikes gathering outside London Eye

Up to 200 riders have been gathering in Waterloo, turning the London landmark into a petrolhead playground

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3 h. ago Drunken air hostess, 43, admits attempting to board Scandinavian Air flight at Heathrow Airport at more than 12 TIMES the limit

Jessica Kostakopoulou, 43, stated she had not been drinking when she was stopped by security in Terminal 2 of the west London airport on March 22, leading to police being called.

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3 h. ago Teen who died watching Tipping Point 'could have lived' if her mum called 999

Sharon Goldie, from North Lanarkshire, admitted exposing her daughter to unhygienic living conditions in the lead up to her death - she refused to get her daughter medical help and left her to die at home alone

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3 h. ago Cardiff City player dazzles after transfer call as club make 'massive statement'

The latest Bluebirds news from Cardiff City Stadium

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3 h. ago Israeli film industry calls boycott pledge ‘deeply troubling’

Screenwriters’ guild of Israel says campaign that has now won backing from 1,800 film-makers will only ‘deepen the darkness’, while representatives of the country’s documentary and directors’ guild also voice concernRepresentatives of the Israeli film industry are redoubling efforts to caution against the wisdom of a pledge signed by some 1,800 significant professionals vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.The pledge, announced on Monday, was initially signed by 1,200 film-makers including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif Kapadia, Boots Riley and Joshua Oppenheimer; and actors Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Ayo Edebiri, Riz Ahmed, Josh O’Connor, Cynthia Nixon, Julie Christie, Ilana Glazer, Rebecca Hall, Aimee Lou Wood and Debra Winger. Continue reading...

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