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BEIRUT (AP) — Death toll from Israeli strikes on villages in northeast Lebanon climbs to 45, local authorities say.
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Hello!Woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann reveals she has spoken to missing girl's parents
Julia Wandelt believes that she could be the missing British girl Madeleine McCann
- Manchester Evening News
Dad spotted at Manchester Airport after 'monumentally stupid' decision is jailed
Jack Brooks has been locked up
- The Telegraph
Landlord serves eviction notices to 150 tenants weeks before Christmas
Around 150 Londoners from the same block of flats have received eviction notices just weeks before Christmas.
- SWNS
Bus swerves off road and into group of pedestrians at bus stop
Shocking footage shows the moment a bus swerved off the road and onto the pavement - into a group of pedestrians waiting on the side of the road. The collision happened at 10:30am this morning on Lightmoor Way, Telford. The video shows the bus - which was heading to Telford Centre - drive into a group of three people. A crowd of people then run to the scene, to try and push the bus off the person who had been hit. The bus reverses off the pavement and emergency services were called to the scene.
- The Telegraph
What really happens at 32 Portland Place’s sex parties
There was certainly cause to celebrate at 32 Portland Place last week, the £15 million west London mansion owned by Edward Davenport. The self-described “flamboyant entrepreneur”, also known as “Fast Eddie”, won a court battle to stop police from shutting down parties at his home. “Fighting. Won. Freedom to party,” the 58-year-old wrote on Instagram after the verdict was announced.
- Glasgow Times
Flag flown at match at Celtic Park being probed as hate crime
Police are investigating a flag waved at Celtic Park as a possible hate crime.
- Storyful
Man Charged With Racial Vilification Over Offensive Electronic Sign in Window of Home
A man in a Brisbane suburb has been charged under Australia’s racial vilification laws for allegedly displaying an offensive electronic sign in his home.Footage released by Queensland Police shows the sign saying “Death To” followed by a series of words scrolling across the screen, which were blurred by police.According to The Australian, the sign said “death to Jews” and vilified non-white people.Police said they searched a property in Morningside on December 11, seized the sign, a computer, and a phone. The man was arrested at the scene.As a result of the investigation, counter-terrorism police charged him with one count each of serious racial, religious, sexuality, or gender identity vilification, serious assault and obstructing police, a statement read.“We urge people to remain respectful and we strongly condemn anyone who incites violence and hatred within our community. There is no place for anti-Semitism or prejudice or hatred of any kind,” Assistant Commissioner Charysse Pond said. Credit: Queensland Police via Storyful
- People
Woman Admits She Lied About Duke Lacrosse Players Raping Her Nearly 20 Years Ago: 'I Made Up a Story'
"I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't," Crystal Mangum said of Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans
- Evening Standard
OPINION - Laugh at Iqbal Mohamed all you want, but a law is the wrong way to tackle first cousin marriage
Iqbal Mohamed, one of the Independent Alliance of five MPs, went viral after his earnest defence of first cousin marriages as Parliament debated a proposal to ban them. Among other things, Mohamed said, these unions “help build up family bonds”. Since consanguineous marriage is a tradition among particular communities originating from the Middle East and South Asia, it would therefore be harmful, even racist, the subtext goes, to disparage or restrict its free practice.
- Herald Scotland
The Nordic Model explained as sex workers protest proposal to introduce new law
A group of sex workers protested outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday night in a bid to draw attention to the potential introduction of the Nordic Model.
- Digital Spy
Emmerdale's Angelica King left devastated over Tom
Emmerdale has aired a major turning point for Angelica King's new story with evil Tom.
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Prince William makes unexpected confession about Christmas tradition he doesn't take part in
Prince William and his royal family members adhere to many festive traditions but there is one the future King does not take part in. See photos.
- Sky News
Luxury real estate brokers the Alexander brothers charged with drugging and raping dozens of women
Two luxury real estate agent brothers have been charged with drugging and violently raping dozens of women. Oren and Tal Alexander, as well as their brother Alon, are accused by New York federal prosecutors of sex trafficking and using their position to take advantage of women from at least 2010 to 2021. Charges have also been filed in Florida, where the men live.
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Barrister hails dismissal of misconduct case as ‘victory for women’s rights’
Charlotte Proudman said she will be celebrating with champagne and her first worry-free Christmas in two years.
- Sky News
Parents who forced 'extreme' vegan diet on toddler and buried his body in garden jailed
A couple have been jailed for causing or allowing the death of their three-year-old son after forcing him to endure an "extreme" vegan diet. Abiyah Yasharahyalah died from a respiratory illness while suffering from fractures, severe malnutrition, rickets, anaemia, stunted growth and severe dental decay. Jurors heard Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 42 and 43, kept the boy's body in their bed for eight days, embalmed him and then buried him in a shallow grave in their garden in early 2020.
- The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace maid arrested after Christmas party
A Buckingham Palace maid was allegedly arrested after a work Christmas party turned violent.
- The Independent
Ex-girlfriend says Sara Sharif’s father kept her captive, held knife to her face and stalked her in Poland
A former partner of Urfan Sharif, named only as Angelika, says she hoped child killer would be given ‘harshest punishment possible’
- The Independent
Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’
British teenager Marcus Fakana, 18, is facing a year in Al-Awir prison, where inmates have described horrifying conditions
- The Independent
Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening
Trump and his billionaire allies are out of touch with a crisis facing more than 600,000 Americans, advocates tell Alex Woodward
- The Argus
Teenager stabbed in seafront attack - boy aged 14 among six arrested
Teenage boys as young as 14 have been arrested after a boy was allegedly stabbed in the hand.