3 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE on Wes Streeting, the PM's ambitious rival whose mother was born in jail... and whose gran shared a prison cell with Christine Keeler

Should Wes Streeting become Prime Minister he will have the most compelling back story since it was revealed that John Major was the son of a circus performer and music hall artiste.

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6 d. ago Teen who raped and tortured two girls won't see prison as judge lets him walk free

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. An 18-year-old who violently raped and assaulted two students will not see the inside of a prison cell as a judge has let him walk free, sparking outrage and protests

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8 d. ago Fall and redemption of Becker and Wiggins shows sporting glory does not deliver purpose or meaning | Cath Bishop

Books by former champions demonstrate powerfully that we should not accept abuse and suffering as ‘the price of winning’. Sport must do moreViewed through one end of the lens, the two new autobiographies from the sporting legends Boris Becker and Bradley Wiggins might seem like classic tales of the downfalls of two deeply flawed heroes who then claw their way back to redemption. But viewed through the other end of the lens, we see troubling portrayals of an extremely inhumane and, at times, unsafe world of sport where talent is no saving grace, in fact it’s more of a liability.There are striking similarities between the stories of two different characters, sports, countries and generations. Both went bankrupt. Both made bad choices and admit their agency in their own demise. Both hit rock bottom and found themselves stripped bare of all dignity, be it in a prison cell or snorting cocaine in a toilet. Becker was convicted by a British court on four counts out of 24 and ended up in pr...

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8 d. ago Diddy 'caught drinking moonshine in prison' after telling judge he is sober

Diddy was caught drinking homemade prison moonshine in his cell despite insisting to a judge that he is sober.

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8 d. ago Mark Fellows and two other serving prisoners in court after child killer found dead in cell

Kyle Bevan, who was jailed for life for murdering his partner's two-year-old daughter, was found dead in his cell at Wakefield Prison, the Prison Service confirmed

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9 d. ago Child killer Kyle Bevan dead in prison cell as three charged with murder

Kyle Bevan was serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years after assaulting two-year-old Lola James

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9 d. ago Death of child killer in prison cell as three inmates charged with murder

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9 d. ago 'Murder' probe after man who killed girl, 2, found dead in prison cell

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody after killer Kyle Bevan, 33, was found dead at HMP Wakefield

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1 week ago Afghan migrant jailed for threatening to kill Nigel Farage films himself making gun gestures from inside prison cell

Fayaz Khan, who goes by the nickname Mada Pasa, was jailed for five years last month over his threats he made to kill the Reform leader in a 'sinister and menacing' video posted on TikTok .

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2 w. ago Marco Pierre White Jr jailed for more than three years for shop burglaries to feed drug addiction

Marco Pierre White Jr went back to his prison cell instead of staying to learn his sentence

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2 w. ago Baby killer nurse Lucy Letby 'loves Come Dine With Me' and 'hoards Maltesers in cell'

Baby murderer Lucy Letby is said to watch Channel 4 marathons of Come Dine With Me and collect packets of Maltesers in her cell, according to one prison insider

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3 w. ago Sister begs for answers after brother dies in Barlinnie prison cell

The sister of a man with mental health problems who died following a seizure last year in his Barlinnie Prison cell is demanding answers from the authorities.

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3 w. ago Inside La Santé prison where Nicolas Sarkozy faces years in isolation

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year prison sentence on Tuesday, locked up in a nine-square-metre cell at Paris' infamous La Santé prison

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3 w. ago Moment 'prison inmate films himself threatening Nicolas Sarkozy' as the disgraced former president is placed under police protection following 'frightening' first night in jail

Two police officers have since moved into the prison cell next door to Sarkozy following the incident, it emerged today.

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3 w. ago Nicolas Sarkozy is placed under police protection inside prison following 'frightening' first night in jail after 'fellow inmate films himself threatening the disgraced former president'

Two police officers have since moved into the prison cell next door to Sarkozy following the incident, it emerged today.

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