64 m. ago Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is set to begin

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71 m. ago ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion

From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theftMore British households struggling with bills will resort to energy theft, campaigners sayBy the time a team of police officers and engineers stormed a disused office block in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on a November morning last year, the building had been abandoned.Left behind were rooms filled with thousands of cannabis plants: a nursery on the first floor, the growing crop on the second, and leaves drying out on the third. The criminal gang behind the marijuana farm is thought to have fled after the grid operator cut off the stolen electricity used to power scores of LED lamps. Continue reading...

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71 m. ago It turns out you’re never too old to go Interrailing around Europe | Phil Mongredien

Having missed out in my youth, I thought that was that – until I took a revelatory trip with my sons. We’re going again this yearYouth might not be wasted on the young, but for the longest time I thought Interrailing was. When I was a student, as the 1980s became the 1990s, many of my friends took the opportunity to discover Europe by train and they all returned with amazing stories of discovery. But for long-forgotten reasons, it was something I was always going to do but never actually got round to. And then suddenly I was in my late 20s and reluctantly resigned myself to never doing it, having been reliably informed by so many people that it was an opportunity only open to those under the age of 26.Fast forward a few decades to spring 2023 and I’m trying to decide where to take my teenage children for our first holiday in five years – a gap caused largely, but not wholly, by the pandemic. My most memorable childhood holiday had come in 1981 when, over the course of a few days, my...

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1 hour ago Luke Mitchell parole hearing postponed after killer's legal team request extra time

The ‘official’ Luke Mitchell Campaign confirmed the hearing was delayed at the request of Mitchell’s representatives, sparking anger and frustration from those connected to the case.

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1 hour ago Child poverty in larger families soars in Scotland after introduction of two child benefit cap

EXCLUSIVE: Official figures show the poverty rate for kids in households where there are three or more children is 41%.

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3 h. ago Arsenal news: Ethan Nwaneri's big reveal as club urged to sign 'incredible' star

Arsenal play Crystal Palace on Wednesday night in their final Premier League game before facing off against PSG in the Champions League semi-finals - and it's a crucial one as they bid to prevent Liverpool winning the title

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3 h. ago A prison officer is going to be murdered on duty unless we urgently give them better protection

Ten days ago at HMP Frankland, Hashem Abedi, one of the most dangerous prisoners in the country used an improvised stabbing weapon and hot oil to attack three officers.

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4 h. ago Revealed: The very glamorous new life of Millennium Dome raider immortalised on Netflix... but his accomplices didn't fare so well

Aldo Ciarrocchi, who now enjoys a very middle class lifestyle, was a key member of the mob which planned to steal the Millennium Star diamond in 2000 in the doomed raid.

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4 h. ago Australia’s gen Z men aren’t monsters in the making – they just feel short

Instead of alarmism or shaming, we need to create spaces where young men feel heard, challenged and supportedGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFor years, we’ve looked at democracies like the US, Germany and South Korea, disturbed by what a nation divided along gender and generation lines could look like. Australia, by comparison, seemed less polarised, but new research hints that something’s starting to shift – slowly, unevenly and with plenty of caveats – among young Australians too.But let’s not jump the gun – because the story is more complicated than it first appears, and framing “young men” as a purely reactionary force isn’t going to get us anywhere helpful. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Harvard sues Trump over $2.2 billion funding freeze as free speech battle heats up between White House and Ivy League school

Trump administration officials had demanded that the prestigious university crack down on student protests and screen international applicants for their political opinions

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6 h. ago Coronation Street spoilers: Affair 'begins', villain's plan 'exposed' and sad exit

Coronation Street viewers are in for big scenes ahead next week from a possible affair after a shock kiss, to an exit and a troublesome character's real plan being rumbled

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6 h. ago Coronation Street's next villain 'revealed' as Carl's sinister past 'exposed'

Coronation Street actor Jonathan Howard, who plays Carl Webster, has hinted at possible dark scenes ahead with secrets and a mystery past yet to be exposed on the ITV soap

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6 h. ago Aussie cop sets hearts racing as she is dubbed the 'most gorgeous police officer ever'

The founder of cosmetics company Ice Glow shared a video of the cop as she sipped on a coffee near her stall at Sydney's Royal Easter Show.

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6 h. ago Haiti could face 'total chaos' without more international support, UN envoy warns

The top U_N_ official in Haiti is sounding an alarm to the U_N_ Security Council that escalating gang violence is liable to lead the Caribbean nation to “a point of no return.”

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7 h. ago The New Baby Boom: How the White House is looking to jumpstart the nation’s birth rate

More details are expected from White House in May report

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7 h. ago Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demandsIn a new lawsuit, Harvard University alleged that the Donald Trump administration is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard”, several news outlets are reporting.The university is fighting back against the administration’s threat to review about $9bn in federal funding after Harvard officials refused to comply with a list of demands that included appointing an outside overseer to ensure that the viewpoints being taught at the university were “diverse”. Harvard is specifically looking to halt a freeze on $2.2bn in grants. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago South Carolina man gets life sentence for killing New Mexico officer

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for gunning down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him

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7 h. ago Lyall Cameron and crocked Dundee trio in line for return against Hearts as Tony Docherty issues injury update

Docherty has been without several key players in recent weeks

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7 h. ago Two Mississippi Capitol cops indicted for manslaughter after shooting of Black man during traffic stop

Police officers are accused of unreasonably using gunfire against a 25-year-old during a 2022 traffic stop

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7 h. ago Four Democrats denied visit with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador trip to ‘fight like hell’ for his release

Democrats received ‘absolutely zero indication’ from officials that they intend to ‘facilitate’ Maryland father’s return

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