12 h. ago 'Protect your family. It's now war for life, so go hide with the police'

Kyle Bent has been jailed

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9 d. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Critical illness cover saved marathon runner Ryan

The Royal London policy was set up to financially protect the family if Ryan suffered a serious illness such a heart attack, cancer or stroke.

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1 week ago Life inside Iran: How war reduced bustling Tehran to a desert of empty streets and boarded

Ordinary Iranians are now caught in a war they neither chose nor are prepared for, reports Sayeh Rahimy

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1 week ago Go viral for racist behavior, receive $750,000: inside the new extremist crowdfunding campaigns

The response to these online fundraisers signals the rise of more overt, public support for racist actionsShiloh Hendrix, a white woman based in Rochester, Minnesota, went viral after admitting in a video that she called a 5-year-old Black child the N-word while at a local park on 28 April.Though Hendrix was met with widespread condemnation and denouncement after the incident, she also raised over $750,000 on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo, commonly used by extremists to fundraise for far-right causes. Many contributors to Hendrix’s campaign, which was created to “protect [Hendrix’s] family” after backlash, used racial slurs and Nazi symbols in their donation names. As of 1 June, over 30,000 people had donated to Hendrix’s fundraiser. The support and funding Hendrix received for her racist actions raised alarm bells for many, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which flagged the fundraiser as being used to “spread hateful talking points and legitimize their ideas”. Expe...

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2 w. ago ‘Hundreds of people’ could deserve jail over grooming gangs cover

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, says there was deliberate action by some police, council leaders, social workers and prosecutors to hide abuseStarmer launches new grooming gangs investigationIn a recent report the Commons defence committee said that the armed forces covenant, a legal promise to veterans saying that they should not lose out when accessing government services because of their service in the military, should be extended. It said:While some people had positive experiences to share, a worrying number [of veterans] felt that the covenant had been ineffective—or worse yet, had been disregarded—when they had cited it. As a result, many continued to face disadvantages as a result of their service in areas like healthcare, education, employment and welfare .We welcome the government’s intention to extend the covenant legal duty, which currently requires some public service providers to give due regard to the covenant’s principles when providing certain housing, health...

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2 w. ago German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland

A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his homeland for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between 2011 and 2012

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2 w. ago Hunt for fugitive Rochale grooming gang member who was found guilty of raping and abusing teenage girl as police warn him 'you can run but you can't hide'

Kasir Bashir, 50, (pictured) was absent throughout his trial - despite answering bail on a weekly basis since being charged in 2023.

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2 w. ago Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan audiobook review – love and conflict in Sri Lanka

The civil war transforms a young trainee doctor’s life as she copes with her feelings for a Tamil Tiger in last year’s Women’s prizewinning novelBrotherless Night opens with 16-year-old Sashi Kulenthiren, who hopes to be a doctor like her eldest brother, making tea when the kettle slips out of her hand, causing her to pour boiling water on herself. When a neighbour, K, hears her screams, he rushes over to help, cracking raw eggs over the scalds to soothe the pain. “So I began as K’s patient though he ended as mine,” Sashi reflects.Set in 1980s Sri Lanka, VV Ganeshananthan’s coming-of-age novel – which won the 2024 Women’s prize for fiction – is an epic and hard-hitting tale of family and survival as it documents life during the civil war between Tamil separatists and the Sinhalese majority that lasted three decades. Before fighting breaks out, Sashi’s most pressing problem is whether she will pass her exams at school. But soon violence and kidnapping become the norm, communities are...

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3 w. ago 'Bitcoin Family' take drastic measures to protect themselves amid crypto kidnappings

A Dutch family that famously bet their entire lives on bitcoin has taken extreme measures to protect themselves and their digital assets amid an alarming string of high-profile crypto kidnappings.

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4 w. ago Brooklyn and Nicola hire Meghan and Harry’s reputation lawyer amid deepening Beckham rift

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz have reportedly hired Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's lawyer in a bid to protect their reputations amid their ongoing family feud

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