3 d. ago London's Oxford Street 'at serious risk' from shoplifters and phone snatchers, warn retailers

High Streets UK, a group that represents 5,000 UK businesses, is calling for ring-fenced funding for police to protect key shopping destinations

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4 d. ago ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator

Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing itWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also said she thinks there is a “possibility” that foraged mushrooms were unintentionally added to her beef wellington mixture as she tried to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about planned weight loss surgery.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Survey shows 18% volunteer rate across Scotland amid changing trends

As Volunteers’ Week approaches (2nd to 8th June), Ansvar Insurance is calling attention to the changing face of volunteering and what it means for charities and not-for-profit organisations. With digital opportunities rising and the volunteer demographic shifting, understanding these trends is key to supporting and protecting the vital work of volunteers across Scotland.

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2 w. ago Kristi Noem stuns committee with botched definition of fundamental right the White House is threatening to suspend

Habeas corpus allows people to challenge unlawful detention – something the Homeland Security secretary appeared not to know

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2 w. ago Trump news at a glance: thinktank finds legal immigrants stripped of protections and sent to El Salvador prison

Report comes as supreme court allows US president to revoke protected status for Venezuelans. Key US politics stories from 19 May 2025At least 50 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador had entered the US legally, according to a review by the Cato Institute.Published by the libertarian thinktank on Monday, the report analyzed the available immigration data for only a portion of the men who were deported to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), and focuses on the cases where records could be found. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Dad's Army' to return FOR REAL as UK military plans defence against Russian invasion

The Home Guard will be a civilian unit tasked with protecting key infrastructure such as nuclear power plants, airports and telecommunications sites

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4 w. ago What is habeas corpus? Trump looking to suspend key right protecting people from unlawful detention amid ‘invasion’ claim

Constitution allows for habeas corpus to be suspended in times of rebellion or invasion

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4 w. ago Coldplay and Dua Lipa urging PM to protect creative industry amid copyright fears

British pop superstars Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney have urged the Prime Minister to protect copyright law and back a key amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill

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4 w. ago Trump looking to suspend key Constitutional right as judges hamper his mass deportations plans

President Trump is considering suspending a key constitutional protection in his push to accelerate mass deportations, citing an 'invasion' of migrants.

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4 w. ago Trump may suspend key right protecting people from unlawful detention amid ‘invasion’ claim

Constitution allows for habeas corpus to be suspended in times of rebellion or invasion

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