19 h. ago Susie Wolff: ‘I can be very punchy and pragmatic. If I have to fight for something, I’ll fight’

Head of F1 Academy explains how close she came to a grand prix debut, her quest to produce female drivers and a frightening knock on her hotel room door by a powerful man in the sport“There was a deep loneliness to karting, and then definitely in single-seaters, because no one else was going through the same thing as me,” says Susie Wolff as she remembers her long struggle in motorsport, from racing as a teenager against Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to her determined, but unfulfilled, quest to become a Formula One driver.“After the whole #MeToo movement, we forget what it was like before. But the way I heard boys talking about girls in the paddock made me think I never want to be spoken about in that way. I realised I’d have to be whiter than white to get through it unscathed.” Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Police make fresh appeal for information on the anniversary of tragic murder of Curtis Green

The police are still without answers a year on from the fatal shooting of Curtis Green in London last November

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5 d. ago Woman agreed to knock on door before fatal shooting in exchange for £10 of crack cocaine

Melissa Quailey-Dashper, 40, denies she was aware Joanne Penney would be shot on a doorstep at a flat in Llys Illtyd, after she attended the scene with the killer, Marcus Huntley

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5 d. ago We’ve spent the past decade scrapping by on NHS salaries but won £4m Omaze house – the news floored me

AN NHS worker who has been working on the frontline for nearly a decade has had their life turned upside down on Halloween. Alistair Walker was at home expecting the knock on the door to be 'trick or treaters,' instead, he won a £4 million house. The 33-year-old was stunned when he was told he...

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1 week ago Airman was killed on nuclear weapons base in Wyoming by comrade who had pointed gun at him ‘jokingly’

Two other airmen admitted to making false statements about the circumstances of Brayden Lovan’s death

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1 week ago Rust gun supplier sues Alec Baldwin and producers over ‘scapegoat smear campaign’

Seth Kenney alleges film’s lead actor, producers and crew defamed him to deflect blame for fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

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2 w. ago Horror 24 hours in London sees fatal triple stabbing, double shooting and woman killed at home

Horror 24 hours in London sees fatal triple stabbing, double shooting and woman killed at home  MyLondon

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2 w. ago Motorcyclist suspected in fatal police shooting crashes on California highway during high speed chase

Pursuit on Los Angeles freeway reached speeds of 140 m.p.h before the biker was clipped by a car and sent flying

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2 w. ago ‘He didn’t deserve that’: widow speaks out after husband’s violent death at ICE facility

Stephany Gauffeny says her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, had his ‘arms restrained to the bed and handcuffs on his feet’ as he lay dying in the hospitalWidow of man shot at ICE facility wonders if political violence is to blameA few hours before the Texas sun set, Stephany Gauffeny held her newborn son close to her chest as she started walking in a cemetery. The grave she stopped at had no headstone, but Gauffeny, 32, had written her husband’s name on a red ribbon.She married Miguel García-Hernández in 2016, nearly 10 years before he was shot at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas in late September. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman accused of following and fatally shooting driver who honked at her at green light: ‘A moment of anger should not cost someone their life’

The Indianapolis woman allegedly followed and yelled at the man who hinked at her before firing a gun into his car, killing him

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2 w. ago Sonya Massey’s son arrives in court as jury shown evidence from scene of mom’s fatal shooting: Live updates

Ex-sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson is facing murder charges after he shot Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old single mother of two teenagers who called 911 over a suspected prowler

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3 w. ago Malicious prosecution lawsuit by Alec Baldwin in 'Rust' shooting moves to federal court

A lawsuit by actor Alec Baldwin alleging malicious prosecution in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie has been reinstated and moved to federal court

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3 w. ago British woman facing execution in Bali for drug smuggling to be repatriated

Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been on death row in Indonesia since 2012, after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine in her suitcaseA British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned in Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine worth $2.5m hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British woman on death row in Bali for drug smuggling to be repatriated

Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been on death row in Indonesia since 2012, after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine in her suitcaseA British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned in Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine worth $2.5m hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK and Indonesia agree to send home a British woman facing death penalty for drugs

A British woman has avoided execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two countries

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3 w. ago Australians accused in fatal shooting of fellow national could face death penalty in Bali

Australian nationals to be charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearms

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3 w. ago Urgent warning as vulnerable pensioner loses £1,000 after a knock at the door

Officers have responded to a spate of incidents

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4 w. ago ‘War can knock on everyone’s door’, warns Ukrainian soldier after training in UK

The training programme is called Operation Interflex.

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4 w. ago He thought he was speaking to 'Ella', before he got a knock on the front door

A 'paedophile hunter group' tracked down the 56-year-old

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