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Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump releases data from Nolan Wells’ cellphone
Messaging ‘very telling’, says Crump after grand jury said it found no evidence of criminal conduct in teen’s deathCivil rights attorney Ben Crump rel…
Tour Montparnasse renovation halted amid disagreements between owners
Plans to modernise ‘Paris’s ugliest building’ at a standstill after clashes over plans and pricingIt has been called a carbuncle on the Paris skyline,…
Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in Channel
Thomas appeared at Basingstoke magistrates court on Friday after being charged with criminal damageThe far-right activist Daniel Thomas has pleaded no…
Why this Pokémon set is dropping in value
How does one price a cemetery plot? Are they using dynamic pricing to figure it out? We tackle that question and many more in this week's Indicator ne…
Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after dinghy slashed
Daniel Thomas is accused of criminal damage after a video appeared to show him slashing at a dinghy.…
Watch: The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?
The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.…
Met chief criticises court system after paedophile granted bail
Officers left feeling ‘hamstrung’, says Mark Rowley after offender allowed to return to flat overlooking playgroundPressure to cut the number of priso…
New York sues Polymarket over allegations of illegal gambling operations
The lawsuit comes two months after the state filed a similar lawsuit against competitor Kalshi.…
US citizen injured after wrongly arrested by ICE in Illinois
US citizen injured after wrongly arrested by ICE in Illinois…
Anti-migrant activist charged after dinghy slashed in Channel
Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas is charged in connection with an incident in the English Channel.…
‘Cracking auction, Gromit!’ Original Aardman puppets go under the hammer
Wallace and Gromit stop-motion models and other beloved creations raise money to train new generations of animatorsWallace’s reaction as the auction g…
Australia’s newest chicken factory looks like a modern art gallery – but will it improve animal welfare?
Three million chickens a week will be processed at the state-of-the-art facility in Tamworth – a fifth of all those eaten nationwideIt is for birds? I…
Democrats demand answers after man dies in car crash during ICE traffic stop in Michigan
Mario David Coronado Juarez was killed when his car struck a tree and burst into flames as he attempted to avoid ICELeading Democrats and immigration …
Reported assaults on Britain’s railways rise to nearly 25,000 a year
Unions say record high figures, including assaults on rail workers as well as members of public, show need for more staff and policingBusiness live – …
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger lifeDaniel Thomas, the far-right agitator an…
Millions in England unaware they have ‘silent killer’ condition, research reveals
Approach to treating high blood pressure ‘not fit for purpose’, say researchers, with 59% of cases undiagnosedOnly half of people being treated by a G…
Pupils to be offered vocational GCSEs in radical shake-up of system in England
Courses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’Teenagers are to be offered a range of…
UK survivor of Canadian poison seller says he exploited her despair
Elisabeth Belien tells Kenneth Law's sentencing hearing she took the poison when she was just 23 years old.…
Teenagers to be offered new vocational GCSE subjects in school
New GCSE subjects could include child development and building and construction as vocational courses are being introduced.…
Michael Kiwanuka has suffered a stroke and faces ‘long, tough journey’ to recovery
The Mercury prize-winner said ‘quite severe’ bleed was why he’d missed support slots with Mumford & Sons earlier this yearThe British singer-songw…
Texas to execute death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing
Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, set to die by lethal injection, sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this yearA man found guilty of fatally shooting thr…
Couples ‘putting off divorce due to cost of living crisis’ in England and Wales
Lawyers say financial pressures are fuelling ONS figures that show fewer divorces after longer periods of marriageCouples are putting off divorce beca…
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years after sexual assault conviction
Sentencing comes after years of appeals and retrials in the case involving former TV production assistant Miriam HaleyHarvey Weinstein was sentenced t…
Nike cofounder gives $1bn to University of Oregon in historic donation
Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a flagship university to fund a new engineering schoolNike cofounder Phil Knight, and his …
Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
Housing rights campaigners decry landlord’s ‘barbaric behaviour’ after apartment Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years was bought by a developerThere w…
Pornhub investigated over concerns it can still be accessed by children
Ofcom says site’s age-checking regime may not be ‘highly effective’, as required by the Online Safety ActOne of the world’s most visited pornography w…
At least 11 people killed in South Africa township shooting
Armed men open fire at a house party in a Durban township, killing a pregnant woman and 10 others.…
Red Bull retain Hadjar for 2027 season
Frenchman Isack Hadjar is to stay at Red Bull as Max Verstappen's team-mate for the 2027 season.…
Gus Lamont’s parents make emotional plea as $1m reward offered for information about disappearance
No trace of Gus has been found since he went missing from his family’s South Australian farm on 27 September last yearThe parents of missing four-year…
Bikies, ‘moral compass malfunctions’ and corruption cost: Victoria’s Big Build royal commission holds first public hearing
Inquiry investigating allegations of corruption and criminal conduct on $150bn state’s pipeline of infrastructure projects to leave ‘no stone unturned…