11 h. ago Reform councillor investigated after 'handing out ice creams at polling station'

Reform councillor Joseph Boam, 22, is under police investigation over allegations that he tried to sway voters by handing out ice creams outside a polling station in North West Leicestershire

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14 h. ago Reform UK councillor, 22, is accused of electoral malpractice after 'giving away free ice creams outside polling station on local election day'

Video footage allegedly showed Councillor Joseph Boam, former deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council, allegedly passing out free ice creams on Reform UK's local election campaign.

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14 h. ago 'Controlling' husband attempted to kill wife by setting fire to her home as she slept, trial hears

Nicholas Martin, 63, denies attempted murder

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3 d. ago Never mind the flag bans, where are the policies? Assessing 100 days of Reform

Some are happy to see new faces in the chambers but many are frustrated with a lack of improvements on the ground since party’s sweeping victories“This motion is bizarre to say the least,” said a bemused Doncaster Labour councillor as Reform proposed that the council fly no flags apart from the union flag from its buildings.It would not just mean no Pride flag on Pride Day, a debate heard. It would mean no white rose flag on Yorkshire Day, no Rovers flag celebrating the football team winning the league, no St George’s flag marking England’s Lionesses’ Euros triumph, and no green flags celebrating municipal park management achievements in the city’s green spaces. The motion was “a waste of time and a waste of resources”, one councillor said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trial date set for man, 76, accused of giving children sweets laced with sedatives at summer camp

Jon Ruben, 76, is accused of giving children with sweets laced with sedatives

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3 d. ago Trial date set for man accused over ‘sweets laced with sedatives’ at summer camp

The court heard that Jon Ruben’s trial is expected to last four weeks.

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4 d. ago Disgraced chiropractor gets life sentence for trying to murder wife with lead

Brian Thomas Mann, a 36-year-old chiropractor from Alabama, tried to slowly kill his wife Hannah, 26, with vitamins laced with lead.

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4 d. ago Glasgow councillor at centre of 'white racism' row joins Reform

Audrey Dempsey will become the party’s second councillor in Glasgow

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4 d. ago Glasgow race row councillor becomes Reform UK's latest recruit

Audrey Dempsey previously claimed "racist attacks on white children and teachers" in schools had increased.

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6 d. ago The Jury: Murder Trial season 2 start date, jury list, trial details and how to watch

The Jury: Murder Trial is returning to Channel 4 for a second season, with a new jury set to deliberate over a real-life murder trial - but will they reach the same verdict?

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1 week ago Trial date set for Reform councillor charged with threatening to kill his wife

Kent county councillor Daniel Taylor, 35, for Cliftonville, near Margate had the Reform party whip removed after his arrest in June.

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1 week ago Former Scottish Labour Fife councillor joins Reform where her values ‘are most aligned’

Two councillors in Fife have now switched to Nigel Farage’s Reform party.

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1 week ago Reform UK announces latest councillor in Scotland is daughter of former Labour MP

Reform's newest recruit is the daughter of the late John MacDougall, an ally of Gordon Brown who served as Labour MP for Glenrothes until his death in 2008.

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2 w. ago Matthew Perry's death: 'Ketamine Queen' to plead guilty to selling drug dose in shocking U

Jasveen Sangha, known as the "Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles," has agreed to plead guilty to multiple drug charges tied to Matthew Perry's death and will avoid a trial that was set to begin next month

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2 w. ago New Reform UK councillor on her 'gamble' and why she thinks others might follow

'There are a lot of ideas which speak to people and, yes, there probably needs to be more detail,' she says

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2 w. ago Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott faces trial for child sex abuse

Trial set for next August in GlasgowThe 48-year-old denies both chargesThe former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is to stand trial next year over allegations of child sex abuse. The 48-year-old is accused of two charges relating to primary school age children.The allegations span between 1993 and 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy, both in the Glasgow region. A virtual hearing at the high court in Glasgow on Thursday was told Dott, who was not present, denies the charges. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott faces trial for child sexual abuse

Trial set for next August in GlasgowThe 48-year-old denies both chargesThe former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is to stand trial next year over allegations of child sexual abuse. The 48-year-old is accused of two charges relating to primary school age children.The allegations span between 1993 and 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy, both in the Glasgow region. A virtual hearing at the high court in Glasgow on Thursday was told Dott, who was not present, denies the charges. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trial date set for teenagers charged with murder at seaside resort

Alexander Cashford, 49, was confirmed dead at the scene in Leysdown-on-Sea, on the Isle of Sheppey.

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2 w. ago Trial date set for former world snooker champion Graeme Dott on child sex abuse charges

The two charges relate to primary school-age children

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2 w. ago Harvey Weinstein, 73, set for third trial this year after mistrial on rape charge

Disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein is set for a third trial in New York after a mistrial in June as jury members couldn't reach a decision

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