26 m. ago Teenager, 19, accused of murdering father and trying to murder his mother and an 11

Fabio Botros, 19, was arrested after Emad Botros-Farag, 57, was found at his home with catastrophic injuries. He was later pronounced dead.

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32 m. ago ‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s tariffs

Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policyThe day after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, Lesotho’s garment workers feared for their jobs.Last year, Lesotho sent about 20% of its $1.1bn (£845m) of exports to the US, most of it clothing, as well as diamonds, under a continent-wide trade agreement meant to help African countries’ development via tariff-free exports. Continue reading...

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48 m. ago ‘If you want dystopia, look out your window!’ Black Mirror is back – and going beyond tech hell

After years of creating dark, disturbing, thought-provoking TV, Charlie Brooker is changing it up. The creator and star-studded cast of Black Mirror talk about why this season is the most moving and vulnerable yetCharlie Brooker has been contemplating the passing of time, and he’s not happy about it. We’re on set at Shepperton for USS Callister: Into Infinity, the sequel to the 2017 space opera from his terrifying tech anthology Black Mirror. “The cast don’t seem to have aged at all,” he grumbles, “whereas I am a wizened old gentleman.”There is a more reflective, almost nostalgic tone to this seventh season. The episode Plaything flashes back to Brooker’s early years as a gaming journalist in a Bandersnatch-adjacent slice of computer-induced madness; Eulogy immerses Paul Giamatti in his memories as he literally enters decades-old photos; gaslighting parable Bête Noire forces Siena Kelly’s chocolatier to reckon with youthful misdemeanours; Hotel Reverie stars Emma Corrin as a 19...

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49 m. ago Tommy Robinson to appeal against sentence for contempt of court

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 18 months last October after admitting 10 breaches of a High Court order.

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49 m. ago Rachael Blackmore's jockey boyfriend, Grand National horse and mega career winnings

Rachael Blackmore will once again bid to win the Grand National on Saturday, a race she rose to international fame by winning on a JP McManus-owned horse in 2021

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80 m. ago Kevin De Bruyne announces he will LEAVE Man City this summer in emotional statement

Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed he will leave Manchester City this summer, bringing an end to his decade-long stay at the Etihad.

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88 m. ago Moment dad slaps and bites teen outside school and shouts 'do you want some?'

Mohammed Liaquat, 43, got out of his car and confronted a group of boys outside the school in Huddersfield - where he slapped one kid and grabbed another, shouting 'do you want some?'

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91 m. ago Kevin De Bruyne announces decision to leave Man City at the end of the season: 'It's time to say goodbye'

De Bruyne will seek a new challenge after a decade of service to Man City

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1 hour ago Boy, 16, dies in Huddersfield after being stabbed in the neck

West Yorkshire Police has launched a murder investigation after a teenager died in hospital

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1 hour ago Drug dealer Harry Potter fan "Dobby" caught with coke stash and house elf mask

Lewis Breen-Ledger has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after police caught him dealing twice and linked him to two serious driving offences.

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1 hour ago Huddersfield murder probe: Boy, 16, dies after being knifed in the neck in town centre

A stretch of Ramsden Street in Huddersfield town centre was covered in blood, with West Yorkshire Police officers taping off a large area of the town centre following the shocking attack on Thursday afternoon

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1 hour ago Evil dad who raped newborn baby to death while mother shopped jailed for life

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Hugo Ferreira, 37, from South Africa, admitted violently raping the newborn to death when she was left home alone with him in June 2023.

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2 h. ago How a volcanic island of penguins but no humans ended up on Trump's tariff list

The islands can only be reached via a week-long boat trip and hasn't been visited by humans in almost a decade

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2 h. ago Mum breaks down in tears as she is spared jail for killing her newborn baby

Joanne Sharkey has been handed a suspended prison sentence

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2 h. ago Brit couple facing jail after Thai neighbours attacked THEM 'elated' to be back in UK

Mary Byrne, 69, and husband Des, 77, were savagely punched and kicked by a kickboxing couple after confronting them for ripping up plants from their garden in Thailand

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2 h. ago Mother who suffocated her baby and left his body in woodland in secret kept for 25 years avoids jail

Joanne Sharkey pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility over death of newborn Callum in 1998

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2 h. ago Mum who left dead baby in bin bag kept tragic secret from husband for 25 years

Joanne Sharkey, who has today avoided jail, hid her dark secret for a quarter of a century, with her own husband having had no idea that she'd killed the child he never even knew existed

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2 h. ago Joanne Sharkey won't go to jail for killing and dumping newborn baby 25 years ago

Baby Callum was found dead in Warrington in 1998 and his mother wasn't traced. But a DNA breakthrough in the cold case in 2022 finally led to Joanne Sharkey being identified

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2 h. ago Former Racing Bulls F1 boss' brutal verdict on Liam Lawson vs Yuki Tsunoda says it all

Franz Tost led the team now competing as Racing Bulls for almost two decades following Red Bull's purchase and knows both Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson very well as a result

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3 h. ago Teacher 'offered teen student £1,540 to kill her husband' but his mum snitched

Stephanie Demetrius was arrested after a teenager's mum alleged she had offered her son £1,540 to kill her estranged husband in an odd 'grooming' case in Ohio, US

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