28 h. ago Three men consent to extradition to Canada in death of restaurant owner case

Sharif Rahman died in Ontario in August 2023.

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28 h. ago Three Scots to be extradited to Canada after death of restaurant boss over 'unpaid bill row'

Robert Evans, his dad Robert Busby Evans, 47, and uncle Barry Evans were all charged in connection with the death.

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30 h. ago Restaurant boss blasts 'indifference of neighbours' in scathing letter after closing due to lack of customers

Restaurant boss blasts 'indifference of neighbours' in scathing letter after closing due to lack of customers  lbc.co.uk

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5 d. ago Restaurant boss saw two people about to do something deadly so he grabbed his megaphone

He ran out of the restaurant and warned the pair to turn back

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3 w. ago Former Scots footballer who swindled woman out of £100k life savings faces extradition to US

A FORMER Scots footballer who swindled a woman out of her £100,000 life savings is fighting extradition to the US over financial crime allegations. Andrew Hawkins, 49, was returned to Scotland from New York in March 2021 over a fraud linked to his gambling addiction. But it has now emerged authorities in the US have...

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3 w. ago Canada: order to cull over 400 ostriches sparks death threats for local businesses

Activists and Trump supporters protest at Universal Ostrich Farms even after 69 birds succumbed to flu-like illnessPolice have warned that the growing furore around a Canadian ostrich farm – fanned by animal rights activists and prominent allies of Donald Trump – has led to intimidation, harassment and death threats against businesses in a small British Columbia town.Universal Ostrich Farms, near the town of Edgewood, was ordered in May to cull more than 400 birds, amid fears of an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu, and earlier this week officials seized control of the business. Sixty-nine birds have already died after the outbreak of a flu-like illness, but on Wednesday Canada’s supreme court issued an interim stay on the cull order as it weighed whether to hear the case. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Canada: order to cull over 400 ostriches sparks protests and death threats

Activists and Trump supporters protest at Universal Ostrich Farms even after 69 birds succumbed to flu-like illnessPolice have warned that the growing furore around a Canadian ostrich farm – fanned by animal rights activists and prominent allies of Donald Trump – has led to intimidation, harassment and death threats against businesses in a small British Columbia town.Universal Ostrich Farms, near the town of Edgewood, was ordered in May to cull more than 400 birds, amid fears of an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu, and earlier this week officials seized control of the business. Sixty-nine birds have already died after the outbreak of a flu-like illness, but on Wednesday Canada’s supreme court issued an interim stay on the cull order as it weighed whether to hear the case. Continue reading...

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