86 m. ago US supreme court appears poised to uphold laws banning trans athletes

A ruling against two athletes in West Virginia and Idaho could have far-reaching implications for civil rightsThe US supreme court on Tuesday appeared poised to uphold laws banning transgender girls and women from competing in female sports in two conservative states, in a landmark legal battle that could carry profound implications for trans rights across US society.During oral arguments on two cases of trans students who sued over Republican-supported laws in West Virginia and Idaho that barred them from girls sports, one member of the court’s conservative majority after another voiced skepticism about the students’ cases. Continue reading...

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3 h. 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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5 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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6 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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6 h. ago Swiss bar owner found 'stepdaughter' dying in pile of bodies after fatal fire

Jacques and Jessica Moretti - owners of Le Constellation bar where 40 people died in a New Year's blaze - have given their most detailed account of the tragedy

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7 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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8 h. ago Ueli Kestenholz, Olympic snowboard medallist, dies after being trapped in Swiss avalanche

50-year-old was snowboarding in Switzerland on SundayKestenholz won bronze in giant slalom at Nagano 1998Snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, who won a bronze medal in the sport’s first Olympic race, has died after being trapped in an avalanche, the Swiss ski federation said on Tuesday. He was 50.Kestenholz was third in snowboard giant slalom at the 1998 Nagano Olympics – a debut event that became a story of the Games when Canadian gold medallist Ross Rebagliati fought to keep his title after a positive test for cannabis. Continue reading...

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12 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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27 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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30 h. ago BREAKING: Swiss bar owner jailed during investigation into New Year fire that left 40 dead

Swiss bar owner held as authorities investigate New Year fire at Crans-Montana venue that killed multiple people and left others injured

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35 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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35 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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51 h. ago Owner of Swiss bar where 40 died said he found waitress behind locked door in pile of bodies

One of the owners said the fire was ‘the tragedy of my life’

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2 d. ago Swiss inferno bar owner says he forced open a locked door after fire and found a pile of bodies

Jacques Moretti, the French co-owner of the Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, was taken into custody on Friday.

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3 d. ago Swiss bar owner 'desperately tried to save waitress before she died in fire'

Jacques Moretti's statements to investigators have been reported in Switzerland, ten days on from the disaster that killed 20 children and left a further 116 injured

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3 d. ago 'Shady life' of Swiss bar owner unmasked from 'pimping to prostitutes and kidnap'

The owner of the Swiss bar where a fire claimed the lives of around 40 people has been arrested, and is reported to have a troubling criminal past, including serving time for pimping

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4 d. ago Swiss bar fire owner's dad admits son 'bears responsibility' for 40 dead after arrest

Jean Moretti confirmed his son Jacques' house is now under police protection after rising public anger over the Swiss ski bar fire tragedy, which also left 116 people injured

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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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