39 h. ago CCTV shows moment Louvre heist thieves smash into display cases and snatch £76m of jewellery as they ransack the museum

The minute-long security camera clip, shared on French TV news show Sept à Huit, captured two burglars each breaking into the glass cases before brazenly seizing their loot.

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39 h. ago CCTV shows moment Louvre heist thieves smash into display cases and ransack £76m of jewellery

The minute-long security camera clip, shared on French TV news show Sept à Huit, captured two burglars each breaking into the glass cases before brazenly seizing their loot.

Economics

4 d. ago Kid Rock's privileged past unearthed as 'truth' behind rebel persona exposed

Kid Rock often gets portrayed as a small-town American closely tied to rural life, trucks, bars, Southern rock, and country culture. However, it seems like some people are only just finding out about the All Summer Long star's 'posh' roots

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5 d. ago How London house prices are crashing: Why its property market is on life support... and experts warn the gloom could spread across the country

London homeowners are facing a rude awakening when they come to try and sell their homes as property values in the capital continue to plunge.

Events

6 d. ago EastEnders double exit 'sealed' as new Max bombshell sparks uproar

EastEnders spoilers for next week's episodes confirm new trouble for Max Branning thanks to Zoe Slater's daughter Jasmine, amid her plan to flee with Oscar Branning

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6 d. ago Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests

Doctors in Tehran have described overwhelmed medical staff as thousands of demonstrators have been killed by security forcesAn ophthalmologist in Tehran has documented more than 400 eye injuries from gunshots in a single hospital, as overwhelmed medical staff struggle to cope with the toll of an increasingly violent crackdown on nationwide protests by Iranian authorities.Three doctors, in messages forwarded to the Guardian on Monday, described overwhelmed hospitals and emergency wings overflowing with protesters who have been shot. Medical staff said that the gunshot wounds were mostly concentrated on protesters’ eyes and head – a tactic that rights groups said authorities used against demonstrators in the country’s 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Amazon is selling a Blink smart security camera for just £9.99

A short-lived Amazon deal has dropped the price of a popular indoor smart camera to just £9.99

Economics

7 d. ago Iranian security forces go door to door to swipe satellites from homes to choke off information spread

Local sources say security forces have have confiscated satellite dishes, and are nowseizing are seizing any footage from private security cameras to identify protesters and to halt the spread of information.

Events

7 d. ago Woman 'strangled to death by ex' after leaving native country for 'better life'

Bruna Fonseca was found dead at an apartment in Cork city centre in the early hours of January 1, 2023 - her ex, Miller Pacheco, has pleaded not guilty to her murder

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7 d. ago Sikh activist in UK told to increase security over Hindu nationalist threats

Police ask Paramjeet Singh Pamma to install security cameras and reinforce door locks at his homePolice have advised a high-profile Sikh activist in the UK to install security cameras at his home and reinforce door locks because of threats from Hindu nationalist elements.Paramjeet Singh Pamma, 52, said he had been visited by police and received verbal advice to increase his security due to intelligence suggesting threats to his safety. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre

Ahead of her final European tour, the US songwriter discusses her unlikely life as a country star, seeking advice from Pete Seeger – and why retirement isn’t on the cards just yetWhen Emmylou Harris was starting out in the late 1960s, she thought country music wasn’t for her. “I hadn’t seen the light,” she says. “I was a folk singer who believed you don’t ever work with drummers as they wreck everything.” It was Gram Parsons, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, who changed her mind. Their musical partnership was brief – Parsons died after an accidental drug overdose at the Joshua Tree national park in 1973, aged 26 – but his impact on her was profound. “He had one foot in country and one in rock and was conversant in both. It changed my thinking completely.”Is Harris, legendary doyenne of the country ballad and distinguished recipient of three Country Music Association awards whose guitar was exhibited in Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, really saying she...

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1 week ago 5 spots where security cameras work best for maximum home safety

These are the best places to install a security camera and protect your home

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1 week ago Storm Goretti live: 30cm of snow and 90mph winds set to hit UK as amber weather warnings issued

Large swathes of the country will be under ‘danger to life’ warnings on Thursday

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1 week ago Storm Goretti live: UK to be hit by heavy snow with amber warnings issued for ice and wind

Large swathes of the country will be under ‘danger to life’ warnings on Thursday

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1 week ago ‘It takes a town to raise a family’: the community sponsors supporting refugees in the UK

Groups are coming together across the country to help refugee families settle and integrate into local life“Our children correct us when we don’t pronounce some words with the proper Derbyshire accent,” says Samir*, an Afghan refugee whose family have settled into their new lives in the north of England.Initially, he says, it was difficult for the family to get used to rural life in Derbyshire, but after a while they had integrated into the local community so well that his children, who have adopted the Derbyshire accent, tease him about his. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ayatollah Khamenei will ‘flee Iran for Moscow’ if protests overwhelm security forces, says intelligence report

Intelligence sources claim Tehran’s supreme leader will flee with up to 20 aides and family if protests escalate

Events

2 w. ago Trump threatens to hit Iran 'very hard' if attacks on protesters continue

Donald Trump has threatened to hit Iran 'very hard' if authorities continue their harsh crackdown on protests that have entered a second week.

Events

2 w. ago ‘No future for us’: disaffected Iranians say it’s now or never to topple regime

Ailing economy sparks biggest uprising in years, with protesters saying it’s time to hit regime when it’s at its weakestMehnaz was too young to protest when Mahsa Amini died in police custody three years ago after she was arrested for allegedly wearing the hijab improperly. Her mother did not let her join the throngs of crowds chanting “woman, life, freedom” in Tehran and across the country – so she could only watch at home as they were beaten back by batons and bullets.Since then, the 19-year-old computer science student in Tehran has waited for the chance to join fellow Iranians in protest. On Sunday, the moment finally came. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago 5 spots where your home security camera works best for maximum safety

These are the best places to install a security camera and protect your home

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2 w. ago ‘We are always living in fear’: inside Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election

Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s biggest city is fraught with anxiety Yangon feels, on the surface, like a normal, bustling city. In downtown areas, commuters stream past roadside sellers and diners perch beneath parasols. Packed buses and cars chug along the roads. At sunset, young people stop to pose for photos opposite the famous Sule pagoda, as it gleams against a pink-blue sky.But almost five years on from the military seized power in a coup, ousting and imprisoning then de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, life for local people feels anything but stable. Myanmar’s military rulers are in the process of holding the first elections since before the coup, a vote that the junta has touted as a return to democracy and stability. The UN and western governments have called the process, which will be held in three phases ending on 25 January, a sham. Continue reading...

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