6 h. ago Elizabeth line boss urges Government to give staff greater protection from passenger assaults

Petition launched after fatal attack on Jorge Ortega at Ilford station

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55 h. ago Brits spark upsurge in country pub holidays where they prefer to just booze and eat

EXCLUSIVE: Brits are going bonkers for countryside boozers with over half of people saying they are considering a trip to little inn in away from the din of the city

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56 h. ago Ban inmates from cooking after Hashem Abedi assault, says prison union

Chair of prison workers body says copycat incidents must be prevented after attack by convicted terroristThe union representing prison officers has said inmates should be banned from cooking in jail, with staff fearing copycat incidents after the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber attacked three officers at HMP Frankland.Hashem Abedi, a convicted terrorist who was jailed for life after helping his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi carry out the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, is alleged to have set upon staff with hot cooking oil and improvised blades. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter attack saw prison officers 'cleaning up colleagues' blood'

Prison staff were left 'traumatised' after three of their colleagues were allegedly attacked by the Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

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63 h. ago Country pub of the week: the Crooked Billet, Stoke Row — the original gastropub and perhaps the best

The celebrity credentials are impeccable, but it’s the food, wine and picturesque setting that make the Billet one of the country’s most perfect pubs, says David Ellis

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4 d. ago The ‘country house’ pub in Greater Manchester with a beautiful beer garden

Enjoy a sundowner in this gorgeous garden that feels like it could be in the middle of the countryside

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4 d. ago Woman who suffocated terminally ill father with pillow ‘to end his pain’ spared jail

Judge recognises Lisa Davenport’s ‘merciful’ sentence as he warns: ‘I emphasise that however stressful the circumstances, no one is permitted to take matters into their own hands’

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4 d. ago BREAKING: Daughter who suffocated dad with pillow to end his cancer agony is spared jail

Dr Lisa Davenport suffocated 88-year-old Barrie Davenport with a pillow in an act of mercy when her father was in the advanced stages of terminal pancreatic cancer

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4 d. ago Daughter who suffocated dad with pillow to end his cancer agony is spared jail

Dr Lisa Davenport suffocated 88-year-old Barrie Davenport with a pillow in an act of mercy when her father was in the advanced stages of terminal pancreatic cancer

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9 d. ago Love rat choirmaster, 68, who beat up wife in fit of 'anger' when she confronted him over affair with widow chorister, 72, is spared jail

Jack Taverner gave businesswoman Elina Fragola (left) a black eye and a fractured nose after she revealed she had a video of him being 'intimate' with chorister Jean Munday.

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9 d. ago Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says

Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapseOffice closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral”, according to workers at the agency.The SSA operates the largest government program in the US, administering social insurance programs, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pc spared jail for leaking details of mass shooting and high

Pc Sam Hill shared information concerning the Keysham shootings in which five people were shot dead by gunman Jake Davison, 22

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1 week ago Mum breaks down in tears as she is spared jail for killing her newborn baby

Joanne Sharkey has been handed a suspended prison sentence

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1 week ago Mother who killed baby 27 years ago receives suspended prison sentence

Joanne Sharkey admitted manslaughter after secret birth while she had postnatal depression after first childA woman who killed her newborn baby 27 years ago while she had severe postnatal depression has been handed a suspended prison sentence, as a judge said the case “calls for compassion”.Joanne Sharkey, 55, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility over the death of her days-old son, whose body was found wrapped in bin bags in woodland in 1998. Continue reading...

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1 week ago WATCH Joanne Sharkey sentencing LIVE as mum who killed newborn baby spared jail

Joanne Sharkey buried the infant near Gulliver's World in Warrington

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1 week ago Major change means councils could be forced to let pubs and clubs open later

The new powers will be tested out in London - and if successful could be rolled out across the country in a huge boost for the pub sector.

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1 week ago Millionaire businesswoman left abandoned on Tube platform by TfL staff after 'traumatising' attack

Sally Wynter has called for urgent safety review after no one came to her aid when she hit emergency button at busy central London station

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1 week ago Millionaire businesswoman abandoned on Tube platform for 30 minutes by TfL staff after 'traumatising' attack

Sally Wynter has called for urgent safety review after no one came to her aid when she hit emergency button at busy central London station

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2 w. ago Married hotel jacuzzi sex pest who attacked three women is spared jail

Dad-of-two Zia Khan was found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court.

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2 w. ago Thieving Harrods worker spared jail as judge agrees ‘London is expensive’

Thieving Harrods worker spared jail as judge agrees ‘London is expensive’  The Times

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