3 h. ago Scotmid shopper spared jail over mashed potato attack on store worker

Peter Ferguson had been warned he could be jailed over the attack.

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5 d. ago M&S gives update after shoppers spot change to store's Sparks card following cyber attack

Shoppers have noticed that one feature of their M&S Sparks card has disappeared following reports of a cyber attack

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5 d. ago Australian cricket great Stuart MacGill spared jail time over supplying cocaine

MacGill was convicted of supplying drugs for a deal between his regular supplier and his brother-in-law in April 2021

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1 week ago M&S working ‘day and night’ to manage cyber attack in new update

Marks and Spencer says teams are working "day and night" to restore the store to normal operation, after the retailer faced a cyber attack in past weeks

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1 week ago Childminder left three babies at home while she did school run

Andrea Ward, 62, left three boys - the eldest aged 16 months - alone at her home on 'multiple occasions', a court heard today.

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1 week ago Cyber attack hits Harrods as luxury store latest victim of worrying trend

Bosses at the firm were forced to limit internet access to some of its sites, but like other hacking incidents that hit the Co-op and M&s, told customers they would not need to do anything differently, a spokesperson confirmed.

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1 week ago Harrods is hit by cyber attack: Luxury department store is latest high street name targeted by hackers

Harrods has been trying to fight off the attack after similar incidents in recent days at Marks and Spencer and the Co-op.

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1 week ago Harrods cyber attack: Luxury store is latest target in worrying trend

Harrods follows M&S and the Co-op in being targeted by hackers this week, with the other two supermarkets still reeling days after their attacks

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2 w. ago Beef wellington poison accused 'ate off different coloured plate' as she 'killed family members'

Erin Patterson served meals of beef Wellington, mashed potato and green beans at her home in the rural town of Leongartha on July 29, 2023. All four guests were hospitalised with poisoning

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2 w. ago Stirling cattle farmer spared jail after five cows left to starve

He left the animals in a field near the city without checking on them during a drought in spring and summer 2023 - but was spared jail and dodged a cattle-keeping ban.

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2 w. ago Police release CCTV of man and woman after child 'dragged to the floor by her hair and kicked in the head at Primark'

The 14-year-old was reportedly followed by the pair into the store before the young girl was assaulted in a 'sustained attack' that resulted in hair loss and bruising.

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2 w. ago Girl, 14, attacked by adults in Primark as police hunt for suspects that tore hair out

The 14-year-old girl was kicked in the head and had her hair pulled out during a 'sustained attack' in Primark store in Maidstone, Kent - police have released images of two people

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2 w. ago Police release CCTV of man and woman after child 'dragged to the floor by her hair and kicked in the head at Primark'

The 14-year-old was reportedly followed by the pair into the store before the young girl was assaulted in a 'sustained attack' that resulted in hair loss and bruising.

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3 w. ago Love triangle girlfriend who drunkenly glassed a love rival at their ex's funeral wake is spared jail after magistrate takes pity over 'ongoing tension'

Following the attack by mother-of-one Shannon Morgan, 27, Lisa Wilson was left with a 3 cm cut in her neck requiring stitches. She later said she was lucky to be alive.

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3 w. ago Schoolgirl, 15, who stabbed ‘abusive father’ to death over his gambling spared jail

A teenager allegedly slashed her dad with a kitchen knife at their Moscow apartment in an apparent desperate attempt to save her older sister from a brutal attack, following a disagreement

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3 w. 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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4 w. ago 'She has left a family grieving... what they thought was a joyful reality was in fact a wicked lie'

Beth Fernley has been spared jail

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4 w. ago Chef's secret to perfect roasties is 'love child of French fries and mashed potatoes'

A chef has shared his recipe for the "perfect" roast potatoes, which he says are the "love child of a French fry and a mashed potato" and are "impossibly crunchy" on the outside

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