3 h. ago Trump orders reopening and expansion of Alcatraz to house country’s ‘most ruthless’ offenders

The former federal penitentiary is located on a remote San Francisco island and closed in 1963

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6 h. ago Trump orders Alcatraz prison to be reopened and expanded to house the 'dregs of society'

Trump has directed the Bureau of Prisons to work alongside the Department of Justice, FBI and Homeland Security to 'reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt' Alcatraz.

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6 h. ago Trump says he has ordered reopening and expansion of Alcatraz to house country’s ‘most ruthless’ offenders

The federal penitentiary is located on a San Francisco island and closed in 1963

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6 h. ago Donald Trump orders Alcatraz 2.0 as he reopens the super pison for violent offenders

The Orange Manbaby has used his social media Truth Social to announce that he has ordered government officials to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt" Alcatraz

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6 h. ago Donald Trump orders Alcatraz 2.0 as he reopens the super prison for violent offenders

The Orange Manbaby has used his social media Truth Social to announce that he has ordered government officials to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt" Alcatraz

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5 d. ago Albyn Housing Society expands into Skye with new key worker housing

One of the largest social housing providers in the Highlands is expanding into the Isle of Skye for the first time, providing seven new affordable homes for key workers for mid-market rent.

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1 week ago ‘Touching the soul is all that matters!’ The outrageous genius of Barrie Kosky and his Wagner phantasmagoria

He put Carmen in a gorilla suit and had Das Rheingold’s Erda represented by an 82-year-old naked woman. What are the the director’s plans for his edge-of-the-seat Die Walküre?From the Muppet Show to Kafka, Yiddish theatre to Vivaldi, pop music to Wagner – Barrie Kosky’s enthusiasms ricochet at a speed that leaves you dizzy as well as, in their rampant variety, a touch envious. This 58-year-old Australian theatre and opera director sees all art, all life, as one. His love of clowns, cabaret and musicals is as intense as his passion for theatre and grand opera. “Whether it touches the soul is all that matters,” he says, his loquacious personality expanding into a small side office at the Royal Opera House in London before a rehearsal. His new staging of Die Walküre, the second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle, openson 1 May .Kosky was born in Melbourne but has been based in Berlin for the past 20 years, where he was artistic director of the Komische Oper and still has an association there...

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