18 m. ago Terrifying moment teenage mob surround lone Manchester police officer in ambush

A policeman from the Greater Manchester force was trying to bring a 14-year-old girl into custody when a group of her pals set upon him, but the officer brought two of them to the ground

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79 m. ago Searches to take place in two locations three hours apart for missing teenagers

Isabelle and Daniel have been missing since Monday, April 7

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92 m. ago Horror moment group of teenagers surround lone police officer in chaotic brawl

A police officer is being investigated after footage emerged of him pushing and kicking a group of teenagers who tried to stop him arresting a 14-year-old girl in Salford

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1 hour ago Woman avoids jail after stabbing man to death who 'sexually harassed her at train station'

A lawyer for Alem Tekeste's family said the verdict passed down by German judges following his fatal stabbing at a Kaiserslautern train station implied 'his life is worth nothing'

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2 h. ago ‘This platform gave me everything’: street performers rue end of busking at Leicester Square

Westminster Council said it was ‘left with no choice’ but to bring in a controversial ban due to noise complaintsTommi has been a living statue for 20 years, endeavouring to stay rooted to the spot amid hailstones, loose dogs and teasing teenagers.But even he was moved by the news that Leicester Square would no longer host street performers, calling time on one of London’s most renowned tourist-friendly quirks. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Steve Coogan on his very unusual new comedy: ‘The penguin takes the edge off the fascism’

In ‘The Penguin Lessons’, the man behind Alan Partridge plays a school teacher in military-occupied Argentina who forms an unlikely bond with a seabird. Such tonal extremes required a delicate hand, he and his co-star Jonathan Pryce tell Annabel Nugent

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3 h. ago Critically acclaimed action film starring unlikely Breaking Bad star airing on TV tonight

The drama series is regarded as one of the best show's of all time

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7 h. ago Fifty years on, New Zealand’s tribunal upholding Māori rights faces a turning point

The Waitangi Tribunal has had a significant impact on Indigenous rights and policy but as it marks its 50th anniversary its role is being questionedIn the 1980s, New Zealand’s department of Māori affairs set aside money for language groups to spend on projects as they saw fit. When Wellington teacher Huirangi Waikerepuru received his group’s share, he used it to challenge the government.He took his complaint to a relatively new body called the Waitangi Tribunal. Formed in 1975 amid a wave of protest, it was designed to address Māori grievances by determining whether the meaning of the country’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was being adhered to. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Schools paying for cookers and beds for families living in poverty, leaders say

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been suggested.

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9 h. ago Teachers exempt from reporting teenage sex under ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause

Consensual relationships should not be considered abuse in the absence of coercion, minister says

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9 h. ago Harvey Weinstein clutches inhaler during desperate court hearing to move jail

Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020 but is now asking to move prisons

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9 h. ago Harvey Weinstein clutches inhaler during desperate court hearing in bid to move jail

Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020 but is now asking to move prisons

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11 h. ago Jean Charles de Menezes' mum makes extraordinary gesture to cops who killed innocent son

A new drama about innocent Jean Charles de Menezes coming to Disney+ is bringing some 'relief' to his family 20 years after he was shot by police at a London tube station

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11 h. ago Real Madrid vs Arsenal LIVE: Latest updates as hosts frustrated after penalty drama in Champions League quarter

Mikel Arteta’s men lead the Champions League quarter-final 3-0 after the first leg

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11 h. ago US woman who fatally stabbed a man 'after he sexually harassed her in German subway station' is spared jail

Judges agreed Fallyn Ball, 21, had 'acted in self-defence but then deliberately advanced' on Alem Tekeste, 64, 'shifting from defence to attack' in the incident killing him within seconds.

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11 h. ago UEFA issue statement on Real Madrid penalty decision after VAR drama in Arsenal Champions League clash

Real Madrid were awarded a penalty in the second half of their Champions League clash with Arsenal after Kylian Mbappe was brought down by Declan Rice

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11 h. ago El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’

Chris Van Hollen was denied a meeting with the wrongfully deported Salvadoran man imprisoned inside a notorious jail

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11 h. ago ‘Calculated’ carer stole £17,000 from elderly residents at York care home ‘to spend on gambling and takeaways’

‘Pratt knew which residents would be the most vulnerable to financial exploitation, and these were the people she targeted’, North Yorkshire Police said

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11 h. ago Shocking video shows moment teenage mob surround lone GMP officer

The officer was responding to reports of young people harassing a shop worker before chaos unfolded in Salford

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11 h. ago Shocking video shows moment group of teenagers surround lone GMP officer

The officer was responding to reports of young people harassing a shop worker before chaos unfolded in Salford

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