26 h. ago The Strangeways prison officer now behind bars himself after hideous crimes uncovered

WARNING: CONTAINS DISTRESSING DETAILS | A judge said there was 'evidence of sadism' in Ashley Houghton's crimes

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55 h. ago First asylum seekers due at Sussex barracks in weeks as council joins legal action against Home Office

Crowborough military base is understood to be being prepared for 540 male migrants to arrive in the New Year as part of the Government's bid to reduce the use of asylum hotels

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3 d. ago How Muslim gangs rule our prisons: Inmates use boiling cooking oil and hoax suicide vests to rule behind bars... and officers are powerless to stop them

With its filthy cells, rampant drug use and a 'pervasive sense of despair', HMP Swaleside exemplifies many of the problems afflicting modern British prisons.

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6 d. ago Barcelona Sporting footballer, 33, shot and killed in ‘attack’ outside of shop as club pays tribute

BARCELONA Sporting Club star Mario Pineida has been shot dead in a horror gun attack. The 33-year-old Ecuador international was killed outside a shop according to his club, who confirmed the news on social media as emotional tributes poured in. His club said: "Barcelona Sporting Club, informs, with deep regret, that it has been officially...

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7 d. ago Dick Van Dyke is so devastated by murder of pal Rob Reiner he can't sleep as hideous crime overshadows his 100th birthday

The Mary Poppins actor was close to the All In The Family actor for decades and even spoke to him just two weeks ago, Van Dyke's wife Arlene Silver shared in a tearful video.

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1 week ago TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers

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1 week ago 'Mo Salah thinks his critics are idiots – he should've had a barney in Arne Slot's office'

EXCLUSIVE: Mohamed Salah believes all of his critics are 'idiots' and he is in the right according to a former Liverpool star, after the Egyptian's explosive interview bad mouthing the club and Arne Slot

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1 week ago Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband BANNED from calling themselves chocolate: Nestle forced to change description of popular treats after adjusting the recipe

The bars are now officially described as merely 'encased' in a 'milk chocolate flavour coating' - having previously been 'covered in milk chocolate'.

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2 w. ago Fears for Ariana Grande: Family member finally admits what everyone's thinking... as they stage intervention and explain why Cynthia Erivo touches her so much

Wicked: For Good may be a box office hit, but multiple sources have laid bare to the Daily Mail the emotional toll Ariana Grande has faced during the film's demanding press tour.

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2 w. ago How to fight stress from the pressure of following traditions during the holidays

It’s December, the weather’s turning, and the holidays are fast approaching. You’ve got to find the perfect gift for your partner, parents or that weird relative you only see once a year. At work, there’s the secret Santa for a colleague you barely know, and the office party you’d rather avoid.

Sport

2 w. ago Storm Bram horror as 84 UK areas at risk of 85mph winds and 'heavy rain'

Storm Bram is set to barrel across the UK in the coming hours with Met Office forecaster Dan Suri saying: "Rain is an additional impact from Storm Bram, with the possibility of 100mm over higher ground"

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2 w. ago Barnett Waddingham targets ‘talented professionals’ with new Edinburgh office

“Edinburgh is one of the UK’s leading financial centres, with a thriving community of insurers, asset managers and FinTech firms” – Andrew Vaughan, senior partner

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2 w. ago It’s official: 7 London hotel bars are the best in the world

It’s official: 7 London hotel bars are the best in the world  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago The next Epping? A plan to house 600 male migrants in an Army camp in rural Sussex has hit house prices and even enraged the Greens... but officials still refuse to listen

ROBERT HARDMAN: As of Monday, the 37-acre site will cease to be a Ministry of Defence base and the new landlord will be the Home Office, which plans to move in around 600 migrants into the barracks

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2 w. ago Female prison officer who had illicit relationship with gangster behind bars and triggered 102 corruption alerts in just five months is jailed

Megann Gibson, 26, became embroiled in a forbidden relationship with dangerous inmate Ryan Horan while working at Wealstun Prison near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

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2 w. ago Nancy Reagan’s rehearsal dinners and Bush Sr’s overfed dog: chief usher’s White House memories

Gary Walters managed the president’s official residence for 37 years – now he’s sharing his most vivid recollectionsGary Walters has a “special feeling” about the White House East Wing. He met his future wife Barbara when she worked in the visitors’ office there. But asked to contemplate the wing’s destruction by Donald Trump, the former chief usher evidently still believes that discretion is the better part of valour.“All the presidents and first ladies have made changes in one manner or another – some larger than others,” Walters, 78, says with the measured cadence of a man who has spent a lifetime guarding privacy. “One of the things that I have seen not commented on was back to when the West Wing was built. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America | Francine Prose

In a more reasonable, more compassionate country, we would thank Ali Faqirzada for how much he has done on behalf of his people and our ownOn 14 October, Ali Faqirzada – an Afghan refugee, a resident of New Paltz, New York, and a computer science student at Bard College – arrived for an interview at a federal immigration office on Long Island. He was applying for political asylum, a designation for which he was – and remains – a perfect candidate.In his native country, Faqirzada had assisted the American government and Nato with projects designed to improve the lives of Afghan women and help them get an education. But after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the ministry where he, his mother and sister had worked was bombed by the Taliban, and one of its employees was murdered.Francine Prose is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Connecticut police find decomposed body after standoff with man who shot at officers

Connecticut police have found a decomposed body and numerous explosives inside a home after a standoff with a man who had barricaded himself and exchanged gunfire with officers

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2 w. ago Foreign office failings over death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn laid bare by independent review

FOREIGN Office failings over the death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn were laid bare by an independent review yesterday. Officials did not treat the crash outside a US military base case as a crisis and withheld information from his family, it found. US state department employee Anne Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of...

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3 w. ago Major law update to stop migrants, guns and drugs being smuggled into UK

Criminals who modify vehicles to smuggle people, drugs and weapons into the UK will face five years behind bars following a string of 'sickening' cases, the Home Office said

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