25 h. ago Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit

The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasyAs Donald Trump deteriorates and his grasp on power fades, he has been lashing out furiously at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently Somali Americans. His insults land because of their animosity and his power, not their accuracy. Likewise, his administration’s attacks on immigrants are sloppy and driven by lies. It’s strikingly clear that the target is not individuals with criminal records. It’s anyone and everyone guilty of being brown. Native Americans with tribal identification cards, US citizens, people doing crucial work from construction to nursing, military veterans, college students, people sleeping in their own beds, small children: all kinds of residents of this country are under attack.“ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety,” declares Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect. Masked thugs smashing car windows and dr...

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26 h. ago Lucy Letby and Constance Marten get opera classes for Christmas

HMP Bronzefield, where some of the UK's worst female criminals are locked up, will have a December packed with gift giving, singing classes and a Christmas dinner

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42 h. ago Statement on alleged criminality within Welsh NHS made by minister

In a recent announcement, Wales' health minister Jeremy Miles said he hasn't seen any evidence to suggest criminality within an NHS Wales partnership

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47 h. ago BBC Strictly star appeared on reality TV series with convicted criminal

A professional dancer from Strictly Come Dancing previously appeared on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

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68 h. ago Report takes aim at Fifa and IOC over policies for athletes convicted of sexual assault

The collaborative report said a lack of clear standards across borders creates confusion for big events like the World Cup and OlympicsWith the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup set to take place on Friday, a report examining the participation of athletes convicted of sexual offences at major sporting events has highlighted significant distrust of international sports governing bodies in how they deal with these situations.The report, titled No One Wants to Talk About It, is the result of interviews with elite athletes directly affected by sexual abuse and is intended to gauge attitudes around the eligibility and accreditation criteria for athletes with prior criminal sexual convictions and their participation at mega sporting events. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Family of Salisbury Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess condemn inquiry's 'unanswered questions' as it finds Vladimir Putin ordered attack on Sergei Skripal 'to show Russian power'

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, pictured here with daughter Yulia, was poisoned by Novichok at his home in Salisbury. A report today found Putin authorised the hit as a show of Russian strength.

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3 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing pro Alexis Warr's reality TV past with convicted criminal revealed

Strictly Come Dancing star Alexis Warr has made it to the semi-final in her first year on the show - however, she's revealed that she actually has a reality TV past

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3 d. ago Questions over CEO's sudden departure amid claims of 'alleged criminality' within the Welsh NHS

Velindre NHS Trust boss David Donegan left after less than a year in the role

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4 d. ago They want to bin rights that have endured for centuries because they don't trust ordinary people: ROBERT JENRICK on plans to ditch juries

'Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea Dispensing with juries will damage our democracy You don't fix the backlog with trials that are widely perceived as unfair.'

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5 d. ago ICE erupts after New York releases 7,000 criminal migrants without warning

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday revealed these dangerous offenders - including rapists and killers - were granted bail or released back into the community.

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5 d. ago Female passenger faces trial and £1,000 fine for 'walking wrong way on London station escalator' as she appears in court to deny breaking little

Michaela Copeland, 32, allegedly made the unauthorised move on the TFL regional railway network in Greenwich on Thursday.

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6 d. ago Huntingdon train knife attack suspect fails to appear in court to set trial date

Anthony Williams is facing charges over a mass stabbing on an LNER train from Doncaster to London

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6 d. ago Suspect in Huntingdon train knife attack to face trial in 2026

Anthony Williams is facing charges over a mass stabbing on an LNER train from Doncaster to London

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6 d. ago Huntingdon train stabbing suspect Anthony Williams to stand trial next year

Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged over a mass stabbing on an LNER train from Doncaster to London on November 1 which was stopped at Huntingdon and faces other alleged offences

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6 d. ago Huntingdon train stabbing suspect court update as trial set for next year

Anthony Williams is accused of 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER)

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6 d. ago Sydney men charged with spreading child sexual abuse videos tied to international ring

Police have charged four men in Sydney with criminal offenses over their alleged involvement in the distribution of child sexual abuse material linked to an international child sex abuse ring

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6 d. ago Reciting the names of the dead: how Australia’s response to HIV/Aids was emotionally – and politically – powerful | Leigh Boucher

Researchers now describe it as both historical phenomenon and public health model. Its success was remarkablePast/Present is a column which places current events in historical contextAids has always been laden with political and emotional volatilities. The possibility of blood or sex based transmission combined with its first emergence among marginalised and criminalised populations created a potent mix of primal terror and terrifying prejudice.It can sometimes be difficult to remember just how potently misinformation, fear and outright hostility framed the knowledge and experience of Aids in the first decade or so of the pandemic. In this period, a positive result on an HIV test was a terminal diagnosis and medical knowledge about transmission and treatment was still cloudy.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Moment prison officer is filmed playing football computer game with a criminal in his cell

The footage, believed to have been filmed on an illicit phone, shows inmates surrounding a television screen.

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7 d. ago David Lammy says Labour inherited 'courts emergency' amid plans to axe most jury trials

The Deputy PM is expected to outline the Government’s blueprint for a fair and fast criminal justice system next week, which comes with nearly 80,000 cases waiting to be heard in the Crown Court

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8 d. ago Locked Up: The criminals justice caught up with in November and what happened to them

Here are the faces of the criminals who have been jailed for the most serious crimes in Wales in the past month

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