4 h. ago Gardener crushed by quad bike at £2.5m estate as he sprayed weedkiller was not given safety gear or training by couple employing him, court hears

Defence chief Nicholas Prest, 71, and his wife Anthea, 70, are accused of failing to prepare gardener Paul Marsden to carry out his tasks before he was crushed to death whilst working at their property.

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6 h. ago Letitia James warns of ‘powerful voices trying to silence the truth’ – US politics live

New York attorney general strikes a defiant tone during Mamdani rally in first appearance since her indictmentBarack Obama took aim at institutions and businesses who made deals or worked out settlements with the Trump administration, noting on a new podcast episode: “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.”In a talk with Marc Maron on the comedian’s last edition of his long-running WTF With Marc Maron, the former US president said institutions – including law firms, universities and businesses – that have changed course during the Trump administration should have stood by their convictions. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Widow of father who was crushed to death by falling tree branch calls for change in law to avoid repeat tragedy

Fiona Hall, 56, has been left heartbroken since her husband Chris, 48, was killed by a three-ton bough from a 134ft lime tree while he was walking their dog in August 2020.

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12 h. ago Guaranteed Māori seats on New Zealand councils to be slashed by more than half

Controversial law change that forced councils to put the fate of Māori wards to a public vote saw 25 vote to disestablish the guaranteed seatsThe number of guaranteed seats for Māori representatives on New Zealand councils will be slashed by more than half, following a controversial law change that forced local governments to put the fate of hard-won Māori seats to a public vote.Māori wards, which may have one or more councillors depending on local population numbers, were established in 2001 to give Indigenous voters the option to vote for a guaranteed Māori representative in local and regional authorities. Initially, councils could only establish a Māori ward by first putting it to a public vote in their area. Communities often spent years generating local support and pushing their councils to create Māori wards. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago 'My husband was killed by a falling tree branch... his death was completely avoidable'

Chris Hall was killed by a falling tree branch

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23 h. ago Obama takes aim at companies cutting deals with Trump: ‘We have capacity to take a stand’

Universities, law firms and businesses that have changed course should have stood by convictions, says ex-presidentBarack Obama took aim at institutions and businesses who made deals or worked out settlements with the Trump administration, noting on a new podcast episode: “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.”In a talk with Marc Maron on the comedian’s last edition of his long-running WTF With Marc Maron, the former US president said institutions – including law firms, universities and businesses – that have changed course during the Trump administration should have stood by their convictions. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Top Italian winemaker is crushed to death in his own grape press in freak accident at his family's cellar

Matteo Forner, 44, was carrying out end-of-day cleaning when the machine suddenly activated, trapping his neck and killing him instantly.

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4 d. ago Doctor issues health warning over change that will affect everyone on October 26

Many doctors and academics have concerns over the impact on our health - but there is no sign of the law changing any time soon

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4 d. ago Toby Carvery forced to make change in 158 restaurants due to new government law

Restaurant chain has been forced to axe one of its popular offers due to new government rules

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4 d. ago Morrisons makes major change in supermarkets after law passed

Shoppers have been left furious by the new rules

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5 d. ago Tragic details of woman's Fiat 500 cleaning death as 'window crushed her neck'

Bernadette Delmotte, 60, was cleaning her Fiat 500 in the French village of Bissy-sur-Fley when she was killed in a freak accident, with her family and friends left devastated

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5 d. ago ‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais could limit voters from challenging racial discriminatory districts The US supreme court is set to hear a case this month that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act, effectively killing one of the crown jewels of the civil rights movement and the nation’s most powerful statute to prevent discrimination in voting.The court’s decision in the case, Louisiana v Callais, could be one of the most consequential rulings for the Voting Rights Act since it was enacted in 1965 and is almost certainly the biggest test for the law since its decision in Shelby county v Holder in 2013, when the justices hollowed out a provision of the law, section five, that required certain places to get voting changes approved by the federal government before they go into effect. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Terrifying new footage captures moment elephant flips over safari canoe and tries to crush woman to death

Panicked holidaymakers were left clinging for their lives after the furious animal stormed toward them in the Okavango Delta. Astonishingly, they filmed their own attack.

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6 d. ago Schoolgirl died after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, 12, was playing with friends when the horror incident occurred as the branch gave way.

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6 d. ago Girl, 12, killed after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, aged 12, was playing with friends and using a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, when the branch snapped and she died after being crushed by the tree, a court heard

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7 d. ago Girl, 12, killed when she was ‘crushed under fallen tree branch for up to two hours’

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl died when a fallen tree branch crushed her while playing with pals, an inquest heard. Brooke Wiggins was having fun on a rope swing when tragedy struck in Banstead, Surrey on November 9 last year. Paramedics were called to the scene, near the junction with Carshalton Road, after the horror unfolded. It...

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7 d. ago US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’

Ruling in favor of Christian legal group could undermine care and rights for LGBTQ+ youth across the countryThe US supreme court appeared ready to rule against a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” practices that seek to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity, repeatedly questioning the state over whether the law hindered free speech and whether these practices have been proven harmful.The high-stakes case could roll back the rights of LGBTQ+ youth across the country. Colorado is one of more than 20 states in the US that have banned conversion practices, and a ruling in favor of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian legal group, could make those laws vulnerable to similar challenges. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Christian legal group urges US supreme court to overturn ‘conversion therapy’ ban

ADF represents woman who objected to 2019 Colorado law outlawing conversion practices for youth under age 18A Christian legal group is urging the US supreme court to overturn a ban on “conversion therapy” on Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could roll back the rights of LGBTQ+ youth across the country.In Chiles v Salazar, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is representing a woman who objected to a 2019 Colorado law outlawing conversion practices for youth under age 18. The law applies to licensed mental health clinicians who seek to change a patient’s gender identity or sexual orientation, discredited tactics that major medical associations have said are ineffective and harmful. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘A club nobody wanted to be a part of’: Families of Americans killed by Israel face uphill climb to justice

Dozens of American citizens have been killed by Hamas and Israel – but the US government has taken a very different approach to the latterWithin hours after they were told that Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi had been killed by an Israeli sniper while at a protest in the West Bank last year, her family was on a phone call with the parents of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza more than two decades ago.The families were introduced by a mutual contact in Washington state, where both Corrie and 26-year-old Eygi had lived. There were other parallels in their stories: Corrie was protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Rafah when a soldier drove over her; Eygi was at a protest against settlement expansion near Nablus. Both had traveled to the region with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that for years has brought foreign activists to stand with Palestinians against Israel’s occupation. An Israeli ...

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8 d. ago Man killed by falling tree as Storm Amy horror winds tore through Yorkshire

Police have confirmed the death of a man after he was struck by a tree which collapsed during fierce weather conditions brought on by Storm Amy in Barnsley Road, Upper Cumberworth.

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