2 h. ago Cassie Ventura describes alleged abuse during day three of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: ‘I felt trapped’

Music mogul’s former girlfriend describes physical abuse, control and violence at trial in New York CitySinger Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of the music mogul, returned to the witness stand in New York City on Wednesday morning, as the high-profile trial enters its third day.Ventura, who is eight and a half months pregnant, began her second day of testimony by revisiting the hotel surveillance footage of her 2016 assault by Combs. She said Combs was yelling at her and then threw a vase at her in the elevator lobby.In the US, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In the UK, call the national domestic abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247, or visit Women’s Aid. In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Other international helplines may be found via www.befrienders.org. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Cassie Ventura tells court Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs blackmailed her with ‘freak

Music mogul’s former girlfriend describes physical abuse, control and violence at trial in New York CityA timeline of allegations and charges against Sean CombsSinger Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of the music mogul, returned to the witness stand in New York City on Wednesday morning, as the high-profile trial enters its third day.Ventura, who is eight and a half months pregnant, began her second day of testimony by revisiting the hotel surveillance footage of her 2016 assault by Combs. She said Combs was yelling at her and then threw a vase at her in the elevator lobby.In the US, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In the UK, call the national domestic abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247, or visit Women’s Aid. In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Other international helplines may be found via www.befrienders.org...

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4 h. ago Cassie Ventura describes a decade of alleged abuse in testimony at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

Music mogul’s former girlfriend describes physical abuse, control and violence at trial in New York CitySinger Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of the music mogul, returned to the witness stand in New York City on Wednesday morning, as the high-profile trial enters its third day.Ventura, who is eight and a half months pregnant, began her second day of testimony by revisiting the hotel surveillance footage of her 2016 assault by Combs. She said Combs threw a vase at her.In the US, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In the UK, call the national domestic abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247, or visit Women’s Aid. In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Other international helplines may be found via www.befrienders.org. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Cannabis and cocaine worth almost £125k seized in Ayrshire drug raids

Police made the seizure and three arrests following two unconnected raids in Stevenston and Kilwinning yesterday, Tuesday, May 13

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9 h. ago Millionaire 'fish and chip king', 88, is attacked by two men with iron bar just days after police seized 43 guns from his 10

Two men forced a door down to get into the 10-bed mansion of former chip shop owner Mike Reohorn, 88, before hitting him over the head and body.

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11 h. ago Thousands of London civil servants to leave city as government cuts costs

Thousands of London civil servants to leave city as government cuts costs  South China Morning Post

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30 h. ago Police seize cash, phones and suspected drugs in early morning city raids

Three men and one woman have been arrested after police found drugs and cash across four addresses in the Newport area

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37 h. ago Pensioner arrested after cops seize £3.2m worth of drugs from industrial estate

A 70-year-old man was arrested after police seized drugs with an estimated street value of £3.2 million.

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5 d. ago Labour ‘throwing trans people under the bus’ says transgender councillor

Dylan Tippetts of Plymouth resigns from party ‘that does not support my fundamental rights’UK politics live – latest updatesOne of Labour’s only transgender councillors has resigned from the party, accusing it of “throwing trans people under the bus”.In a post on X on Friday morning, Dylan Tippetts, who has represented Compton ward on Plymouth city council since 2022, wrote: “I cannot continue to represent a party that does not support my fundamental rights. I cannot as a trans person continue to support the Labour party.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Brit beautician 'who smuggled £4.6m of cocaine' tried to trick ICE into deporting her to avoid jail

Kim Hall, 28, was caught with 43kg of suspected class A drugs in suitcases at Chicago’s O’Hare airport last August where she was due to get on her connecting flight home to Manchester

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8 d. ago Suspected shoplifter caught and subdued by London Drugs security guards in Kelowna

Suspected shoplifter caught and subdued by London Drugs security guards in Kelowna - Kelowna News  Castanet

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9 d. ago Emotional moment Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor of Spain run to embrace each other after four months apart

The Spanish royals were reunited at the Port of Fuerte Amador in Panama City on Saturday morning, after Letizia flew more than 8,000 miles across the globe to see her beloved daughter.

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1 week ago AP PHOTOS: A school under a highway is a sanctuary for disadvantaged children in India

It’s early morning at a traffic intersection in Thane, a city on the outskirts of Mumbai, the bustling financial capital of India that's home to more than 20 million people. The roads are already crowded with commuters, while engines and horns fill the air with noise that's amplified by the highway overhead.

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2 w. ago Lanarkshire MSP urges Scottish Government to do more following alarming rise in number of drug deaths

New figures showed there were 251 suspected drugs deaths between December 2024 and February 23 this year - an average of 21 per week.

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2 w. ago Senate Democrats to mark Trump’s ‘100 days from hell’ with marathon speeches

Minority leader Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘acting like a king, a despot, a wannabe dictator’Trump’s first 100 daysUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic senators will on Tuesday mark Donald Trump’s 100th day in office with marathon floor speeches intended to highlight his administration’s failures, seizing on his divisive tariff policy and attacks on the judiciary to argue he was not joking when he mulled governing as “a dictator”.Republicans, meanwhile, praised the president’s actions over the first 100 days, though the House speaker, Mike Johnson, acknowledged “some bumps along the road” he described as the necessary byproduct of the radical changes Trump campaigned on. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind power cut as fire sirens blast in Benidorm

Phones, traffic lights, supermarkets and cash machines are all down in parts of Spain, France and Portugal as starving Brits on holiday struggle to get food amid the chaos

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2 w. ago How a solar storm could lead to a US nuclear disaster worse than Chornobyl | Mark Leyse

Solar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unpreparedOn 14 May 1921, a powerful solar storm – called the New York Railroad storm – caused the northern lights to illuminate New York City’s night sky. On Broadway, crowds lingered, enjoying “flaring skies” that remained undimmed by city lights. The following morning, excess electric currents shut down the New York Central Railroad’s signal and switching system in Manhattan, stopping trains. A fire broke out in a railroad control tower that was located at Park Avenue and 57th Street. Smoke filled the air. Along a stretch of Park Avenue, residents “were coughing and choking from the suffocating vapors which spread for blocks”.When a solar storm’s electrically charged particles envelop Earth, they cause geomagnetic storms that generate electric fields in the ground, inducing electric currents in power grids. Solar storms as intense as the 1921 superstorm have the potential to...

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2 w. ago Police seized £800 worth of cannabis from the home of Wishaw man

Liam Healy, 25, admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class B drug at his home in Glencairn Avenue, Craigneuk.

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2 w. ago Otley Run suspect seen 'prowling streets with crossbow' as terror probe launched

Various weapons – including a crossbow – were seized by police but chilling footage shows a man prowling the streets before the broad daylight attack appearing to have the weapons

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2 w. ago 'I went to Pope's funeral and it was like festival – but mood suddenly changed'

A news reporter has shared their experience of attending Pope Francis' funeral, revealing the morning felt like a festival in Vatican City, but the atmosphere quickly changed

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