74 m. ago Supreme court appears sympathetic towards state bans for transgender athletes in school sports – live updates

Court’s conservative majority signaled it was leaning towards agreeing with legality of Idaho and West Virginia laws, which would be major blow to LGBTQ+ rights The trans youth athletes fighting for their rights: ‘Playing is an act of resistance’How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rightsOn the issue of whether the case is moot, the justices have said they would wait to make a decision about whether to dismiss it until after today’s argument.A reminder that Lindsay Hecox, the transgender college student who challenged Idaho’s state law, sought to have her case dismissed in September, arguing that she is no longer pursuing sports and doesn’t want further harassment.Idaho’s law classifies on the basis of sex, because sex is what matters in sports. It correlates strongly with countless athletic advantages, like size, muscle mass, bone mass and heart and lung capacity. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Wellness retreat owner fled country after 'bleach attack' which left guest with serious injuries

An international manhunt was launched to find Dean Mayze after he failed to turn up at court - he has now appeared and pleaded guilty to GBH

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4 h. ago Gran appears at court accused of breaching abortion buffer zone laws

Rose Docherty, 75, faces two charges of allegedly breaching new abortion buffer zone laws

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4 h. ago Grandmother accused of abortion buffer zone breach has bailed continued

Rose Docherty, 75, did not enter a plea when she appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

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10 h. ago Driver, 21, charged after car crashes through front of salon on main road

A man is set to appear in court charged with multiple offences

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24 h. ago Businesswoman who 'killed two girls in Colombia with poisoned raspberries' before fleeing to Britain then jumping into the Thames appears in court

Zulma Guzman Castro, 54, is wanted by Colombian police after Ines de Bedout and Emilia Forero died in April days after eating chocolate covered raspberries laced with thallium.

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33 h. ago 34 Swiss inferno victims died after renovated staircase 'fell apart' as they tried to escape the flames, leaving them trapped, it emerges

Horrific new details of the basement inferno in Le Constellation, in the ski resort of Crans Montana, were released on Monday, as its owner, 49-year-old Jacques Moretti, prepared to appear in court.

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33 h. ago Nearly all of Swiss fire victims died trapped on basement stairwell narrowed by pimp bar owner – as he appears in court

THE majority of the victims killed in the New Year fire at a Swiss bar burned to death after becoming trapped on a narrow staircase that had been reduced in size by the owners. Horrific new details of the basement inferno were released as one of the bar owners - 49-year-old Jacques Moretti - prepared...

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4 d. ago Female prison tutor, 36, appears in court accused of having 'intimate relationship' with inmate

Kelly Duffey, 36, is charged with striking up a romantic relationship with Ashley Goodridge, 37, who is currently serving a prison sentence.

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4 d. ago Millionaire property developer appears in court accused of vandalising Victorian pub after his gang of workers smashed up historic tiles

Charlie Southall, 46, employed a team of builders to smash off scores of locally listed tiles from the Montreal Arms in Brighton in April 2022. The council then issued an enforcement notice.

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4 d. ago Wrongly released sex offender who sparked nationwide manhunt pleads guilty to knife crime

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif appeared in court twice this week, pleading guilty to burglary after he broke into a garage to steal bikes and to carrying a knife in a separate incident

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4 d. ago Coronation Street's Debbie Webster faces prison in cruel twist after Corriedale

A Coronation Street favourite will appear in court after taking the blame for someone else following the horror crash that took place in the soap's Emmerdale crossover

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5 d. ago Man disqualified from driving after car smashed into scaffolding in Edinburgh

Durghesh Charware appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after a car smashed into scaffolding last week.

Transport

5 d. ago Three suspects charged and named following Greater Manchester 'drugs raids'

The trio are due to appear in court

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5 d. ago Alleged small boat migrant first to be charged under new Channel crossings law

The 18-year-old is the first to be charged with the offence and will appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday

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6 d. ago Nick Reiner court appearance over parents' deaths delayed after defence lawyer leaves case

A US judge has delayed Nick Reiner’s arraignment in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, after his defence lawyer asked to be replaced.

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6 d. ago Nick Reiner smiles eerily in court as his lawyer sensationally withdraws from case after being given 'no choice'

Reiner, 32, appeared at the Los AngelesSuperior Court Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Nick Reiner eerily smiles in court as his lawyer sensationally withdraws from case after being given 'no choice'

Reiner, 32, appeared at the Los AngelesSuperior Court Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Bearded trans woman appears in court in skirt accused of £100,000 blackmail plot to firebomb legal firm

Ella Potter, 28, is said to have demanded money from Norton Peskett solicitors based in Norfolk on July 17 last year.

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6 d. ago Nick Reiner’s arraignment in parents’ murders delayed as star attorney quits case

His court appearance comes 3 1/2 weeks after beloved actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife of 36 years Michele Singer Reiner were found dead

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