55 h. ago US cities increasingly compelled to police abuses by immigration agents

Federal agents face widespread accusations of misconduct – but Trump administration leaders won’t prosecute themUS politics live – latest updatesUS citizens and permanent residents: have you been racially profiled by ICE?Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned ICE agents last week: “If any of them want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will not be able to hide.“Nobody will whisk you off,” she said. “You don’t want this smoke, ’cause we will bring it to you.” Continue reading...

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57 h. ago ‘The dollar is losing credibility’: why central banks are scrambling for gold

Experts say central banks are increasingly stuffing their vaults as an insurance policy in a volatile worldFifteen minutes after takeoff, the call came for Serbia’s central bank governor: millions of dollars’ worth of gold bars, destined for a high-security Belgrade vault, had been left on the runway of a Swiss airport.In air freight – despite the extraordinary value of bullion – fresh flowers, food and other perishables still take priority. “We learned this the hard way,” Jorgovanka Tabaković told a conference late last year. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sadiq Khan to increase council tax to help fund Met Police crackdown on phone thefts

If approved, the plans would mark the first time City Hall’s share of council tax would exceed £500

Economics

3 d. ago H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald audiobook review – a soaring journey through grief

The author brings introspection and humour to their inspiring account of how a young goshawk helped them cope after the loss of their fatherIt is coming up to 12 years since the publication of H Is for Hawk, about the historian, writer and naturalist Helen Macdonald’s time spent training a Eurasian goshawk after an intense period of grief. Showered with awards, the book was a runaway hit and sparked a literary trend for shared transformative encounters with animals including cats, dogs, magpies and hares.This month, H Is for Hawk comes to the big screen in a new adaptation starring Claire Foy. But there is still time to get to know the source material, which tells of the sudden death of the author’s father and how Macdonald, an experienced falconer who had previously trained kestrels and peregrines, took delivery of a temperamental young goshawk named Mabel with the aim of taming her and teaching her to hunt. Macdonald, who is non-binary, is the audiobook’s narrator. Their reading i...

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6 d. ago Sikh activist in UK told to increase security over Hindu nationalist threats

Police ask Paramjeet Singh Pamma to install security cameras and reinforce door locks at his homePolice have advised a high-profile Sikh activist in the UK to install security cameras at his home and reinforce door locks because of threats from Hindu nationalist elements.Paramjeet Singh Pamma, 52, said he had been visited by police and received verbal advice to increase his security due to intelligence suggesting threats to his safety. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Extra defence spending is being lost on MoD’s overdraft, warns former RAF chief

In a damning report for the thinktank Policy Exchange, retired Air Marshall Edward Stringer says increased defence spending is not preventing the UK’s military from shrinking

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1 week ago Andy Burnham promises police 'hub' in city centre crime hotspot Piccadilly Gardens

It would be funded through an increase in the policing element of council tax

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1 week ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for two missing Greater Manchester girls

The pair have been missing for several days and are believed to be together

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2 w. ago Urgent search for missing girl, 14, last seen in town centre as cops launch appeal

AN URGENT search has been launched for a missing 14-year-old girl who was last seen in a town centre as police appeal to the public for help. Greater Manchester Police said the teenager vanished in Stockport town centre and officers are now growing increasingly concerned for her welfare. Police said the 14-year-old, named only as...

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2 w. ago Police increase canal patrols after animals hit with slingshots

There have been reports of people using slingshots to harm wildlife along a Welsh canal

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2 w. ago Mum vanishes from Romford hospital after giving birth as cops launch desperate search

Police are 'increasingly concerned' about a missing woman who left a hospital in Romford, east London, shortly after giving birth

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3 w. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing man as urgent appeal launched

Adam was reported missing in the early hours of December 23

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3 w. ago ‘It’s upset us all’: New Forest residents unnerved by man leaving animal carcasses by churches

Case of man who apparently targeted Christians is latest in series of incidents in Hampshire of animal remains being dumped The people of the New Forest are accustomed to curious goings-on. The woods and heaths of the national park in southern England are the setting for all manner of tales of witches, pixies, cursed souls and rituals, and, even today, are a magnet for those fascinated by the otherworldly.But residents are aghast at the case of a local man who hit the headlines after admitting dumping the carcasses of animals, including black lambs, near churches in and around the forest, apparently targeting Christian worshippers. Continue reading...

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