5 h. ago Move faster on firms’ public contracts ban, Grenfell survivor urges Government

Edward Daffarn said a new documentary “clearly exposes how little” companies and individuals have been held to account over the 2017 disaster.

Politics

7 h. ago Senator Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s LA press conference

Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press eventLA protests – live updatesAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday.In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by Secret Service and FBI agents. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Moment 'killer' attacks police officers with samurai sword as they try to arrest him after schoolboy was slashed to death in street

This is the horrifying moment police officers were attacked by a man with a sword, in footage which was shown to the jury at the Daniel Anjorin murder trial. 

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9 h. ago Michael Johnson cancels Los Angeles Grand Slam Track meeting

Emergency meeting held with athletes over decisionDecision leaves LA without major meeting this summerMichael Johnson cancelled the final leg of the new Grand Slam Track series in Los Angeles before an emergency meeting with athletes on Thursday night, leaving the host of the 2028 Olympics and the country’s second-largest city without a major track meeting this summer.Johnson raised around $30m to launch Grand Slam Track this spring, promising a new way of doing track – involving a group of runners under contract racing twice over a weekend and focusing more on where they finished than actual times. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s LA press conference

Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press eventLA protests – live updatesAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday. The incident has shocked his colleagues from Capitol Hill to California.In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by multiple men. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Family of girl 'sexually assaulted by Romanian teens' plead with Ballymena rioters to end violence as town braces for fourth night of chaos

Northern Ireland 's police chief Jon Boutcher said the young girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena had been 'further traumatised' by the rioting since Monday.

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14 h. ago Jake Stewart sprints to Dauphiné win on stage five as Evenepoel holds lead despite fall

First victory in World Tour race for 25-year-old BritonRemco Evenepoel goes down but loses no timeThe British rider Jake Stewart won a sprint finish to triumph in the fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday as Remco Evenepoel held on to the race lead.Stewart claimed his first career victory in a World Tour race, edging the bunched finale ahead of Axel Laurance and Søren Waerenskjold after the hilly 183km run from Saint-Priest to Macon. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago BBC Morning Live's Gethin Jones set to star in Cardiff's Christmas panto

Gethin Jones will be joining two other well-known Welsh broadcasters in this year's Christmas pantomime held in Cardiff's New Theatre.

Politics

16 h. ago Family pleads for the release of a Nepali student abducted by Hamas

The family of a Nepali man taken captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has appealed to his captors for his release, stressing that he has no involvement in the conflict in Gaza

Society

17 h. ago Parents 'held knifeman down' after man attacked near primary school

The victim suffered a slash wound to the face

Events

20 h. ago US Open golf 2025: first round pits players against brutal Oakmont setup – live

Updates from the opening round at OakmontOfficial live leaderboard | Drop Scott an emailEarlier this week, the DP World Tour socials collared a few pros and asked them what an 18-handicapper would shoot at Oakmont this week. The most generous estimate was 120; Bryson DeChambeau guessed 100, but that’s just on the front nine. Several of them were certain they’d have to walk in, having lost all of their balls.As for the pros? Take the last couple of US Opens to be held here. Angel Cabrera won in 2007 with a final total of +5. In 2016, Shane Lowry held a four-stroke lead going into the final round only to shoot 76 and let Dustin Johnson in. This place – the jungle rough, the upturned-saucer greens, the excitable needle on the stimpmeter – makes mincemeat of the best of them. The lowest winning total at a US Open here is -5, and it took Ben Hogan to manage that, for goodness sake. (To be fair, Johnny Miller and Ernie Els won with -5 as well, Miller shooting the first-ever 63 in a major ...

Sport

20 h. ago EU rights court says Italy not responsible for Libyan coast guard actions over migrant boat sinking

Judges at the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy could not be held liable for the actions of the Libyan Coast Guard, rejecting a case brought by a group of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in a fatal boat sinking in 2017

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21 h. ago Teen girls admit killing Fredi Rivero, 75, in Islington street attack filmed on phone

Fredi Rivero was set upon in Islington, north London, on February 27 and died in hospital the next day. Today three girls have pleaded guilty to manslaughter

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22 h. ago Three teenage girls who tormented and killed pensioner plead guilty to manslaughter

Fredi Rivero was beaten to death by three teenagers in an unprovoked attack on Holloway Road

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22 h. ago Music festival to boost retired Scots police officer's 2,500

The 'Rock to Morocco Music Festival' will be held this weekend, with all proceeds raised to be added to the sum already raised for the Eilidh Brown Respite Home.

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22 h. ago Laurence Fox arrives at court with his conspiracy theorist podcaster fiancée to face sex charge after 'sharing upskirting photo of TV star Narinder Kaur'

Laurence Fox, 46, was supported by his fiancée Elizabeth Barker, who held his hand as they entered Woolwich Crown Court, where he will face a sexual offences charge.

Culture

23 h. ago Ayrshire knife crime summit planned after death of teenager Kayden Moy

An Ayrshire knife crime summit is to be held following a public meeting on the issue and the death of Kayden Moy, 16, following an incident at Irvine Beach.

Events

27 h. ago UN to vote on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, hostage release and aid access

The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and the opening of all Israeli border crossings for deliveries of desperately needed food and other aid

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27 h. ago ‘Prison was the first place we felt sisterhood’: six women return to the ruins of Holloway

In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them – and reflect on what led them there in the first place. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice systemThe directors of Holloway use a simple but powerful visual device to demonstrate how badly the British prison system is failing the women it incarcerates. Towards the end of their eponynmous documentary, six former inmates are invited to play a version of Grandmother’s Footsteps in the chapel of the deserted ex-prison, where they have been filming for five days.They begin lined up against the wall and a voice tells them: “Step forward if you grew up in a chaotic household.” All six women step forward, before being instructed: “Step forward if you experienced domestic violence growing up.” Again, they move ahead in unison. “Step forward if somebody in your household has experienced drug use. Step forward if you grew up in a household where there wasn’t very much money. Step forward ...

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28 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: evidence concludes in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial after weeks of testimony from witnesses

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC turns to evidence about factory resets performed on the mobile referred to as “Phone B”. The court previously heard four resets – one in February 2023 and three in August 2023 – were performed on the phone that Erin Patterson provided to police during the search on 5 August 2023. Rogers says one of these resets were done when she was left alone to call a lawyer while police searched Patterson’s Leongatha home. Patterson rejects this and says she phoned a lawyer at 2pm. Rogers says Patterson performed the three factory resets after the lunch to “conceal” the contents on Phone B. Patterson rejects this. Rogers then turns to her final points in the cross-ex...

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