7 h. ago Putin says Russia has captured Ukraine’s fortress city Pokrovsk in frontline breakthrough ahead of crunch talks with US

VLADIMIR Putin has claimed his troops have captured the key fortress city of Pokrovsk from Ukraine ahead of crunch peace negotiations. Russian fighters were pictured brandishing a flag in the eastern Ukrainian city despite Kyiv dismissing the claims that the frontline region has fallen. Ukrainian Armed Forces' officials admitted on Monday the situation on the...

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22 h. ago Teen prison officer admits misconduct after sex with inmate as she's taken into custody

Alicia Novas, 19, and Declan Winkless, 30, both pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office after incidents at HMP Five Wells while having a sexual relartionship

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25 h. ago Prison guard admits having sexual relationship with vicious armed burglar serving 11 years for raiding homes where children and elderly beaten

Alicia Novas, 19, and Declan Winkless, 30, both admitted committing misconduct in public office during a four-month fling at HMP Five Wells last year.

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3 d. ago Prison officer, 24, admits illicit sexual relationship with male inmate AND role in 'drug smuggling' operation

Robinson pleaded not guilty to a third count of supplying Class A drug cocaine, along with others, to another.

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5 d. ago Paranoid drug user tried to murder three armed cops in crossbow attack

Michael Ley, 35, from Dundee admitted repeatedly discharging a crossbow towards three officers to the danger of life and attempting to murder them in March this year.

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9 d. ago Bolsonaro claims after arrest he tampered with ankle tag from ‘curiosity’

Ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody because of fears he was going to abscondBrazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he tried to damage his electronic ankle monitor “out of curiosity” after he was arrested at his villa owing to suspicions he was poised to abscond.In a video released by the supreme court, Bolsonaro – who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for masterminding a military coup – can be heard admitting to a security official that he had used a soldering iron to tamper with the black tag. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Claudia Lawrence police officer who admitted child sex offences avoids jail

Disgraced officer Paul Beckwith, 53, admitted three counts of having indecent images of children and five counts of voyeurism and was sentenced today at York Crown Court

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1 week ago Prison officer mum admits 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate after 1,100 messages exposed

A court heard how there are 1,100 messages in the evidence for the case

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1 week ago Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?

The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industryIt is 8pm on a Saturday evening and eight of us are sitting at a table onboard a ship, holding on to our plates of spaghetti carbonara as our chairs slide back and forth. Michel Péry, the dinner’s host, downplays the weather as a “tempête de journalistes” – something sailors would not categorise as a storm, but which drama-seeking journalists might refer to as such to entertain their readers.But after a white-knuckle night in our cabins with winds reaching 74mph or force 12 – officially a hurricane – Péry has to admit it was not just a “journalists’ storm”, but the real deal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Female prison officer, 29, faces jail after admitting having an 'inappropriate relationship' with an inmate

Zoe Oldham, 29, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court to plead guilty to charges of misconduct in a public office during her service at HMP Risley in Warrington.

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Drones hit Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery

Russian attacks kill four on Saturday; Serbian government faces deadline to oust Russian owners from state oil company. What we know on day 1,362 Ukraine’s army said on Saturday it struck a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region near Moscow, as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”. Explosions and a large fire were observed at the site, said the military. Ryazan is located about 200km (125 miles) south-east of Moscow.Russian officials often do not admit such attacks have succeeded, and the Ryazan governor, Pavel Malkov, adopted the standard line that Ukrainian drones were shot down but debris happened to hit the target. “Falling debris caused a fire on the premises of one enterprise,” Malkov said. A wave of 25 Ukrainian drones attacked the region, Malkov said.Officials in southern Ukraine said four people were killed by Russian attacks on Saturday. Prosecutors in the Kherson region said “three civilians are known to have been killed” i...

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2 w. ago Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar

Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer, has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar

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3 w. ago Home Office mandarin admits it has 'inadequate focus' on saving public money in wake of damning report on asylum costs

The department's permanent secretary Dame Antonia Romeo also confirmed she had identified areas of 'siloed working' since she took over in April.

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3 w. ago Israeli embassy writes to US senators defending detention of Palestinian American teen

The document describes Israel’s case against Mohammed Ibrahim but omits key details about his treatmentThe Israeli embassy in Washington has been circulating a letter on Capitol Hill defending its nine-month detention of a 16-year-old US citizen in military prison as pressure mounts from senators and civil society groups who have called for his release.The document, obtained by the Guardian, describes Israel’s allegations against Mohammed Ibrahim and the medical treatment he has allegedly received in prison. It does not mention his dramatic weight loss or the fact that his family has had virtually no contact with him since his arrest in February. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Partial SNAP food stamp payments will be higher than anticipated, officials admit

Based on the new figure, a family of four in the contiguous U.S. will receive approximately $646 for the month

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3 w. ago Labour’s immigration crackdown could cost the UK £4.4bn, Home Office’s own assessment admits

Starmer’s plan to make it harder for international students to stay in the UK will have a drastic impact on the economy, government assessment finds

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4 w. ago Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse

Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors Police in Israel have arrested and detained the military’s top legal officer after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian detainee and then in effect lying about her actions to Israel’s high court.The military advocate general, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, said in a resignation letter last week that she had authorised publication of the video to defuse attacks on military investigators and prosecutors working on the case. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Lord Mandelson is FINALLY off government's books after being 'withdrawn' as US envoy over Epstein links... but Foreign Office chief admits Brits might NEVER know if he was handed payoff

Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins was grilled about the handling of the former US ambassador's departure as he gave evidence to MPs.

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4 w. ago First pictures of pregnant British teen Bella Culley after release from Georgia prison

She told reporters in Tbilisi she is 'happy' to be free after six months behind bars

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