11 h. ago Suspected arsonist started fire at daycare and killed two elderly people in separate blaze, cops say

John Howard Ore, 36, of Denton, now faces four arson charges, following the deaths of 103-year-old Dante Bassi and 83-year-old Marilyn Bradley-Bassi in December

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20 h. ago Trump administration jails hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons

Immigrants report moldy food, used underwear and ‘pandemonium’ as Trump dramatically expands detentionThe US government has jailed hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons in a dramatic escalation of its detention practices, cutting people off from their attorneys and families and subjecting them to brutal conditions, according to accounts from behind bars.Since February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has increasingly used Bureau of Prisons (BoP) facilities to incarcerate immigrants facing deportation, records show. The partnership between BoP and Ice, two agencies that have generally operated separately, means people accused of civil immigration violations are being imprisoned in harsh environments of federal penitentiaries run by prison guards. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Moldy food, used underwear: inside the US prisons where Trump is jailing immigrants

As Trump dramatically expands detention, immigrants are moved to notorious penitentiaries where they report horrific conditionsThe US government has jailed hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons in a dramatic escalation of its detention practices, cutting people off from their attorneys and families and subjecting them to brutal conditions, according to accounts from behind bars.Since February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has increasingly used Bureau of Prisons (BoP) facilities to incarcerate immigrants facing deportation, records show. The partnership between BoP and Ice, two agencies that have generally operated separately, means people accused of civil immigration violations are being imprisoned in harsh environments of federal penitentiaries run by prison guards. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Nature nurture: the Devon estate where rewilding and mental health go hand in hand

A restoration project at Sharpham near Totnes aims to tackle the loss of the natural world while helping people build mental resilienceTwo landscapes separated by a wide sweep of river tell a story of change. On one side is traditional farmland, close-cropped grazing, uniform grasses, neatly tended hedges and a sparsity of trees, a farmscape ubiquitous across England. On the riverbank opposite, rougher, less uniform grasses grow unevenly between trees, thistle and brambles, in a chaos of natural disorder swaying in the breeze towards the reedbeds below.The land on the Sharpham estate side of the River Dart used to be a mirror of the traditional farmscape on the opposite bank. It hosted a non-organic dairy farm and a vineyard, within a tightly controlled 18th-century heritage landscape of deforested parkland. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Sharp rise in children living in B&Bs for longer than six months

Separately, the number of people classed as living on the streets in London has increased by 38% year-on-year.

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47 h. ago Two injured in 'XL bully' attack at Scots park before beasts are destroyed

Two people have been left injured after trying to separate the 'XL bullies' from mauling another dog on Tuesday night.

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says firms should make trans staff use disabled toilets if they don't want to use loos assigned to birth gender in wake of court ruling

The Conservative Party leader said it would be an alternative to spending money on new separate facilities for trans people, after they were blocked from using those of the gender they identify with.

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5 d. ago Cops probe blaze at former library in Clydebank on eve of church group moving in

The building is listed for sale on West Dunbartonshire Council's website.

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1 week ago Alton fire: Elderly couple, 91 and 88, killed in horror house fire named after schoolboy, 16, arrested

Stan Rickman, 91, and Roma Rickman, 88, were found dead at their home in Alton, Hampshire, at 4am on Monday

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1 week ago 'Intimacy toys' spark blaze as bloke in robe tells cops 'I started the fire'

Harry Torres told firefighters, 'I started the fire' and 'I lit the two toys on fire' after they rushed to the scene to battle the blaze that caused an 87-year-old woman to flee her home

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1 week ago Plush BMW torched outside Scots home as cops probe 'deliberate' blaze

Emergency services were called to Houston Road in Langbank after the alarm was raised at around 2.20am on Friday, April 18.

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1 week ago Murder investigation after elderly couple, 91 and 88, killed in house fire in idyllic town

Stan Rickman, 91, and Roma Rickman, 88, were pronounced dead at the scene in  their home on Heron Close in Alton in the early hours of Monday, April 14.

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2 w. ago Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly couple killed in house fire

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly couple, aged in their 80s and 90s, died in a house fire in Alton, Hampshire, this week

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin kills at least one child in latest horror strike on Ukrainian city centre

Russia's Shaded drone strikes on the centre of Dnipro lead killed at least three people, including a girl, 16, and an elderly woman, with five more kids among the 30 wounded

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2 w. ago People over State Pension age could be due up to £374 in extra payments this year

People over 66 could be eligible for three separate cash payments due over the new financial year.

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2 w. ago Killer who stabbed neighbour 'murdered' by fellow prisoner at high security jail

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a convicted killer, who was serving a life sentence after stabbing his elderly female neighbour to death in 2006.

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2 w. ago Explosion probe finds Ayrshire recycling blaze 'not suspicious' but cops issue warning to residents

Officers confirmed that a joint investigation took place alongside fire crews after the incident at the Fenix battery recycling centre.

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3 w. ago Daughter of elderly dog walker says 'disgusting' teenage killers 'humiliated' him before brutally beating him to death in racist attack

Bhim Kohli, 80, was racially abused and slapped in the face with a shoe by a balaclava-clad boy in Leicester while a girl filmed part of the attack and laughed.

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3 w. ago Teenage boy and girl convicted of killing elderly dog walker in park

The pair, 15 and 13, were found guilty of the manslaughter of 80-year-old Bhim Kohli, who was racially abused and fatally assaulted near his home in Leicester.

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3 w. ago Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek by Darryl W Bullock – review

This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temperJoe Meek first tasted success as a record producer when he created the eerie backdrop for John Leyton’s gothic teen melodrama, Johnny Remember Me, which reached No 1 in the British pop charts in the summer of 1961. A mere six years later, on 3 February 1967, Meek’s name entered the mainstream consciousness in the most darkly dramatic way imaginable, when the news broke that he had killed his landlady, the elderly Violet Shenton, before turning the shotgun on himself.In the time between, as Darryl Bullock notes with characteristic understatement in his richly detailed biography Love and Fury, the producer’s chaotic, but hugely creative, life was “directed by his passions and obsessions”. Continue reading...

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