2 h. ago Sally Rooney ‘can no longer safely enter UK’ due to support for Palestine Action

The ‘Normal People’ author says she has been told she risks arrest if she sets foot on British soil

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2 h. ago Normal People author Sally Rooney says she can no longer enter the UK due to her support for proscribed terror group Palestine Action

The group, founded in 2020, was banned in July by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, after claiming responsibility for £7million worth of damage to two Voyager plans at RAF Brize Norton on June 20.

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5 h. ago Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremonyIrish author Sally Rooney could not travel to collect a literary prize this week over concerns that she may be arrested if she enters the UK, given her support of banned group Palestine Action.Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for her fourth novel, Intermezzo. At a ceremony on Tuesday, audiences were told that Rooney “couldn’t be here”, before her editor, Faber publisher Alex Bowler, collected the award on her behalf. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Sally Rooney: I cannot safely enter UK without facing arrest over Palestine

The Irish author is a supporter of Palestine Action, which was banned as a terror organisation in July.

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35 h. ago Sally Rooney and Annie Ernaux among authors urging Macron to reinstate Gaza writers programme

20 authors, including Viet Thanh Nguyen and Abdulrazak Gurnah, call on the French president to restart scheme to help creatives evacuateSally Rooney, Deborah Levy, Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux and Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen are among 20 authors urging French president Emmanuel Macron to resume a “lifeline” programme for evacuating Palestinian writers, scholars and artists from Gaza.The Pause programme for writers and artists in emergency situations, as well as a student evacuation programme, were abruptly suspended by the French government at the beginning of August over a Palestinian student’s allegedly antisemitic online remarks, a decision that the letter-writing authors said amounted to a “collective punishment”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago British prosecutor who sought Netanyahu arrest over alleged war crimes faces second misconduct probe

A second misconduct investigation has been launched into the British chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

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6 d. ago Tyler Robinson could face death penalty after Charlie Kirk capital murder arrest

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the gunman responsible for the death of MAGA ally Charlie Kirk as suspect Tyler Robinson faces charges of aggravated murder and more

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8 d. ago Violent thug attacked woman and ripped her clothing to make her feel 'violated'

Delme Cheese, 25, unleashed a torrent of punches and kicks to the victim's face and body, before assaulting a police officer during his arrest

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1 week ago Met begin fresh wave of Palestine Action arrests as hundreds gather to show support for the banned group

Protesters gathered in Parliament Square today to express solidarity with the banned terror group, despite police warnings that anyone attending the demonstration could face arrest.

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1 week ago Palestine Action protests LIVE as hundreds face arrest at UK demonstrations

Hundreds of people are set to risk being arrested as protests take place in support of Palestine Action across the UK today with demonstrations in several cities

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2 w. ago Graham Linehan faces trial over trans 'harassment' amid airport arrest storm

Linehan denied harassing a trans activist and damaging a mobile phone in a women’s conference confrontation

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2 w. ago Top cop wants 'common sense' over Father Ted writer gun cops arrest

The Commissioner has called for "greater clarity and common sense" to the law after they faced backlash following Linehan's arrest

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2 w. ago 'At what point did we become North Korea?' Nigel Farage blasts Keir Starmer's 'awful, authoritarian' UK as Reform leader tells US politicians free speech is under threat

The Reform leader warned that Americans - including tech moguls - could face arrest at Heathrow over online content disliked by British authorities in the wake of the arrest of Graham Linehan.

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2 w. ago Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons

The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operationsThe Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest.Officially, all beauty salons were closed by the Taliban in August 2023, shuttering 12,000 businesses with the loss of more than 50,000 female beautician jobs. Yet clandestine salons have continued to operate within communities across the country. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DVLA warns Scottish drivers face arrest if they take common medicines – full list

Drivers caught with excessive amounts of certain legal medication could face up to six months in prison, the driving authority warned

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2 w. ago Rebecca F Kuang: ‘A Tale of Two Cities is deeply silly camp – I love it!’

The US writer on being switched on to romance by Sally Rooney, the magic of David Mitchell and the joy of Jean-Paul SartreMy favourite book growing up Brian Jacques’s Redwall (and all its sequels). All I wanted was to be a squirrel in the Mossflower Woods!The books that changed me as a teenager I read China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station and The City & the City when I was in college. I had been falling out of love with fantasy – I felt too old for Redwall, and I thought I’d outgrown the genre – but Miéville’s work opened the door to the enormous world of adult fantasy literature that grappled with the problems I was now interested in. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Little appetite for celebrities airing political views, polling suggests

Asked about which groups they would be interested in hearing more from on political issues, 8% said celebrities.

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3 w. ago DVLA issues warning to anyone over 70 as eye test regulations confirmed

The DVLA has issued a reminder to all motorists over 70 to take immediate action or face potential arrest

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3 w. ago Scots cop faces sack after man left sobbing with genitals exposed during arrest

Kevin McFarlane's own colleagues testified against him after he became enraged and dragged the man from the back of a police van in June 2023.

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3 w. ago Man arrested in terrifying dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action

Exclusive: Baroness Chakrabarti said the latest arrest demonstrates the dangers of the ongoing proscription of Palestine Action, which is being challenged in the courts

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