3 h. ago The kindness of strangers: a man I’d just met helped me land the job that changed my life

Because he’d gone to the trouble of setting it up, I went to the interview – even though I didn’t have a visaRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesIn the late 1980s, I was setting off on a backpacking trip to Europe with a friend. They were interested in doing a master’s degree in New York, so we’d booked a two-week stay in the Big Apple on the way to London.We arrived at the postgrad residence, a big 10-storey building on the Upper West Side called International House which had been set up by Rockefeller to house postgraduate students. We dropped our bags and went straight to the canteen, where we grabbed food, took a seat and started talking to other diners. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Thomas Frank sees progress at Tottenham despite late setback against Man Utd

The Dane has constantly tweaked his starting team since his June arrival with the north London club.

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25 h. ago The final moments of a British drug mule gran's 12 years on Bali death row

Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford's final moments have been revealed

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26 h. ago Brit drug mule's final hours in Bali death row jail revealed

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death after smuggling cocaine into Indonesia before she was released on humanitarian grounds.

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29 h. ago Brit drug mule Lindsay Sandiford's final moments in Bali death row jail revealed

Lindsay Sandiford spent 12 years awaiting execution in a notorious Bali jail after she was caught with drugs, which she claimed she'd only smuggled under threat

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30 h. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford's shock new life in UK and why she's still 'easy target'

As Lindsay Sandiford lands on UK soil after years on death row at Bali's notorious Kerobokan Prison behind, experts warn the drugs mule gran may face dark new challenges in this next chapter of her life

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47 h. ago UK grandmother on Indonesia death row arrives back in London

UK grandmother on Indonesia death row arrives back in London  Leader Publications

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51 h. ago First picture of death row grandmother Lindsay Sandiford back on British soil as she returns from Bali

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, who was convicted of smuggling £1.6million worth of cocaine into Bali 13 years ago, was pictured arriving in Heathrow 's Terminal 4 today.

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52 h. ago Drug mule gran arrives back in UK after 12 years on Bali death row

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, was on death row in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison

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53 h. ago Brit drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford lands at Heathrow after Indonesia prison release

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, has landed at London Heathrow Airport after being released from Death Row in Indonesia. She received a death sentence in 2013 after authorities discovered cocaine valued at $2.14million (£1.7million)

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55 h. ago Killer executed by firing squad's chilling last words before harrowing death

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Brad Sigmon was executed on death row after smashing the parents of his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat. He issued a chilling plea before his execution

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56 h. ago Drugs mule Lindsay Sandiford could walk straight BACK into jail as she returns to Britain after 12 years on death row

Yesterday, the 69-year-old grandmother was photographed in a wheelchair as she left Kerobokan Prison, where she was held for smuggling in £1.6million worth of cocaine.

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63 h. ago British woman on Bali death row flies home on humanitarian grounds

Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release more than half a dozen high-profile detainees in the last yearTwo British drug convicts including death row prisoner Lindsay Sandiford were repatriated from Indonesia on Friday, as part of a deal to return them on humanitarian grounds.Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release more than half a dozen high-profile detainees in the last year. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Stephen Bryant’s lawyers cite brain damage in final appeal to stop death row execution

Bryant is on death row for killing Willard “TJ” Tietjen in his home in October 2004

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3 d. ago Lawyers for Stephen Bryant make final appeal over brain damage to stop South Carolina execution

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are trying to stop his execution later this month

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3 d. ago Death row drug mule gran seen for the first time since jail release

Lindsay Sandiford was given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia.

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3 d. ago Brit drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford pictured for first time after 13 years on Death Row

Frail pensioner, Lindsay Sandiford is due to land back on British soil after facing death by firing squad in Indonesia - the gran was released under an agreement reached with the Indonesian government

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3 d. ago British death row drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford is pictured being wheeled out of prison as she prepares to fly home from Bali today after she was spared the firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, who was convicted of smuggling £1.6million worth of cocaine into Bali, is expected to board a UK-funded flight today after 13 years in prison.

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3 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford seen for first time in DECADE as she leaves jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

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3 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford, 69, seen for first time in DECADE leaving jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

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