32 m. ago Salford gangster Jamie Rothwell is 'lonely' and wants to turn his back on life of crime, court told

'All that he has really achieved is isolation, loneliness, fear and a life away from his family'

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34 m. ago Michelle Keegan confirmed to star in new ITV crime drama The Blame with Netflix star

Michelle Keegan will take on the lead role in new ITV crime drama The Blame, which promises to have viewers 'on the edge of their seats'

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40 m. ago DC mayor hardens stance on Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ deployment of national guard – US politics live

Muriel Bowser urges community members to ‘protect our autonomy and get to the other side of this guy’ amid Trump’s interventionWe can expect to hear from the president at least a few times today. According to his daily schedule, he’ll make an appearance at the Kennedy Center at 11am ET, and make an announcement.He’ll then head back to the White House and sign executive orders at 4pm ET. For now this will be closed press, but could very well open up.Will be speaking to European Leaders in a short while. They are great people who want to see a deal done.Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin. Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, “Putin has already won.” What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!).If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad d...

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55 m. ago Michelle Keegan set to front ITV drama which will leave fans on the edge of their seats

Details of a new crime drama coming to ITV have been unveiled, with actress Michelle Keegan leading the cast

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61 m. ago Don’t put expensive items at front of stores because ‘people will nick them’, minister tells shopkeepers

The warning comes as chief of supermarket chain Iceland said shoplifting is getting worse because offenders appear to be able to act with ‘impunity’

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73 m. ago Michelle Keegan returns to ITV in first major role since baby's arrival

The actress will be starring in a new crime drama that will be filmed this year, five months since the birth of her daughter

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88 m. ago Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians

A mutual alliance between oppressed people has been revived with Israel’s full-scale invasion of GazaDon’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here“Our freedom will be incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinian people.” When Nelson Mandela spoke those words in 1997, it resonated deeply across much of the Black diaspora, which has long felt a strong kinship with the struggles of the Palestinian people. In this week’s Long Wave, as yet more journalists are killed in Gaza, and some western countries make belated moves to recognise a Palestinian state, I examine the history of that Black solidarity, and how it has endured.Before that, some housekeeping: we’d love to know what you think of The Long Wave – what you’re enjoying, what you’re not and how we can improve. So if you can spare a few minutes, please fill out this short survey. Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Police chief's advice that the public should confront shoplifters is branded 'complete and utter idiocy' by former Scotland Yard expert who warns it will INCREASE crime

Matthew Barber, the PCC for Thames Valley said tackling thieves was not just a job for police and criticised onlookers for simply filming instances of crime.

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1 hour ago Father who stepped into path of train carrying young son jailed for 10 years

Frederick Danquah, 28, was earlier found guilty of attempted murder, and culpable and reckless conduct.

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1 hour ago Chairman of Sheku Bayoh Inquiry decides against recusing himself

Lord Bracadale has refused an application for him to step down from the Scottish Police Federation, Pc Craig Walker and Nicole Short.

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1 hour ago New suspect ethnicity guidance ‘may not stop spread of disinformation’, policing minister admits

Police have been encouraged to share the nationality and ethnicity of suspects if there is a ‘policing reason to do’, but not immigration status

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1 hour ago The murder capital of the US and a former mayor on crack: DC’s history of crime problems

The president’s depiction of Washington, D.C. as a violent, crime-ridden cesspit is nothing new

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1 hour ago London teenagers are charged with murder of man, 49, killed at seaside resort in Kent

Alexander Cashford is thought to have died after being hit over the head with a large stone on the Isle of Sheppey

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1 hour ago Michelle Keegan to play detective inspector in ITV crime drama The Blame

The former Coronation Street actress stars alongside The Riot Club actor Douglas Booth.

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2 h. ago Three children charged with murder after man 'beaten to death with rocks'

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 15, from London have been charged with the murder of Alexander Cashford.

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2 h. ago Three teenagers charged with murder over disturbance at seaside resort

Kent Police named the man who died as Alexander Cashford, 49.

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2 h. ago DC takeover latest: Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC as mayor attacks ‘authoritarian push’

Troops spotted at Armory and Washington Monument as president’s crime crackdown got underway

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2 h. ago Brit man 'beaten to death with rocks' pictured as girl and two boys charged with murder

The children, who cannot be named due to their age, have now been charged with the murder by joint venture of Alexander Cashford, 49, who was found on the beach with serious injuries

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2 h. ago Pictured: Man 'beaten to death with concrete slab' on the Isle of Sheppey as three teenagers are charged with murder

Alexander Cashford, 49, was found dead with multiple serious injuries in Leysdown-on-Sea on Sunday.

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2 h. ago Woman jailed after trying to smuggle £800k of cocaine in Parmesan cheese at Heathrow Airport

A California resident tried to smuggle crack cocaine into the country at Heathrow Airport

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