17 h. ago Sam Walker 'arrested as armed cops storm hospital during birth of his child'

Social media influencer Sam Walker claims he was arrested by armed police in hospital while his child was being born - then forced to spend four hours in a police cell before being released

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19 h. ago Armed police storm hospital and arrest notorious career criminal at birth of his child

Sam Walker is thought to have been attending the the birth of his children when officers stormed the building

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25 h. ago NADINE DORRIES: Lucy Letby's old friends have told me the truth about her. Forget what you've read, this is who she REALLY is

Yet another week has passed in which Lucy Letby, 35, has had to while away endless hours in the prison cell where she is condemned to spend the rest of her life.

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28 h. ago Scouse gangster Sam Walker held in prison cell for hours after cops storm hospital

A gangster has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm after armed police stormed a hospital in Merseyside, with the influencer claiming it was all down to 'trolls'

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44 h. ago Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of literary giant

An exhilarating collection distills the late writer’s thinking on power, exile and the importance of the mother tongueOn 17 July 1979, the great Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o gave a speech in Nairobi in which he questioned the logic of an African literature in European languages. He had recently been released from prison, where he had been held after his critiques of corruption and inequality had touched a nerve among leaders of the recently independent nation. But his address provoked strong reactions for another reason: up until that moment, Ngũgĩ had been closely associated with the emergence of an African tradition of writing in English and acknowledged as a key figure in the rise of the novel as a major genre on the continent; his fictional work was often cited as an example of how English was being remade in formerly colonised societies. His early novels, from 1964’s Weep Not, Child onward, struck a chord with a global Anglophone audience partly because they echoed the Eng...

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44 h. ago Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of a literary giant

An exhilarating collection distills the late writer’s thinking on power, exile and the importance of the mother tongueOn 17 July 1979, the great Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o gave a speech in Nairobi in which he questioned the logic of an African literature in European languages. He had recently been released from prison, where he had been held after his critiques of corruption and inequality had touched a nerve among leaders of the recently independent nation. But his address provoked strong reactions for another reason: up until that moment, Ngũgĩ had been closely associated with the emergence of an African tradition of writing in English and acknowledged as a key figure in the rise of the novel as a major genre on the continent; his fictional work was often cited as an example of how English was being remade in formerly colonised societies. His early novels, from 1964’s Weep Not, Child onward, struck a chord with a global Anglophone audience partly because they echoed the Eng...

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4 d. ago Murderer Bryan Kohberger whines that he is being taunted by other inmates while being held in Idaho prison

The 30-year-old was sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 slayings of four University of Idaho students

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5 d. ago Former Royal Marine commando accused of Liverpool FC victory parade car attack sobs as he faces 24 new charges, including two over hurt babies

Paul Doyle, 53, sobbed and wiped his eyes as he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video-link from prison, where he is being held in custody

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6 d. ago Bryan Kohberger is being held in solitary confinement at Idaho prison as other inmates plotted to make him ‘miserable’ ahead of his arrival

His fellow prisoners have been shouting at him through the air ducts all day and night, according to a former homicide detective

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6 d. ago Democrats say Trump is illegally blocking them from visiting Ice detention: ‘The goal is to bully us’

Confrontations are playing out nationwide as lawmakers conduct checks of facilities where thousands are being heldThe Arizona representative Yassamin Ansari toured a detention facility in May where immigrants rounded up as part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportation were being housed. She described what she saw inside as “sickening” and “worse than prison” – immigrant detainees were held in overcrowded, moldy cells and many reported that they did not have reliable access to food, water or medical care.Two months later, Ansari returned to the remote desert complex to conduct another congressional oversight visit. This time, she was denied entry. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group

More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect. In the quiet town in south-west England where she lives, much of her retirement is spent walking along the cliffs, raising funds for the nearby cathedral choir, and supporting local charities.But last month she was detained in a police cell for seven hours, fingerprinted and had a DNA swab taken from her mouth. It was the first time she had ever been arrested, and the experience left her “in a state of trauma” and “shaking uncontrollably”. She could face a jail sentence of six months under UK terrorism legislation. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two women prisoners found dead just days apart in notorious prison where Lucy Letby and Constance Marten are held

The first inmate at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey died on July 28 and the second passed away just three days later on July 31.

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