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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a US court in Saipan on Wednesday, AFP reporters said, in a plea bargain that will leave him a free man after years of legal drama.
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The Bolton NewsWhat happened to the Soham murderer Ian Huntley and where is he now?
The Soham murders rocked the nation in 2002 when school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing.
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What happened to Maxine Carr? The ex-girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley
Maxine Carr is the former girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley and was convicted in 2003.
- The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Upends Hundreds of Capitol Riot Cases
The Supreme Court has upended hundreds of prosecutions related to the Capitol riot—including one of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases—by ruling Friday that the feds need to narrow their usage of the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.In a 6-3 ruling, the justices significantly weakened the statute under which more than 330 rioters had been charged. Trump has also been charged with obstruction in his criminal case in Washington, D.C., related to his efforts to overturn his
- The Independent
Boy, 14, was held down and hacked to death at Wyoming mall while he tried to protect his girlfriend
Dominique Antonio Richard Harris and Jarreth Plunkett, both 15, are accused of murdering 14-year-old Bobby Maher during fatal attack
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Busy London station CLOSED with major police presence and cordons in place
A busy central London train station has been closed, with a major police presence at the scene.
- The Telegraph
‘This wasn’t a debate, it was a medical emergency’: Our writers give their verdicts
Follow the latest reaction in our live blog
- The Telegraph
Donald Trump is going to turn Starmer’s Britain into an international laughing stock
Grandfather Robert Blackstock, a retired engineer from Nottinghamshire, became the “Brenda from Bristol” of this election campaign when he asked Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer during Wednesday night’s TV debate: “Are you two really the best we’ve got to be the next prime minister of our great country?”
- Evening Standard
OPINION - Keir Starmer crossed a big line when he called Rishi Sunak a liar — he shouldn't have done it
Now, the issue here isn’t the truthfulness or accuracy of Rishi Sunak’s claims about Labour’s tax plans: I quite accept that those claims are, to put it mildly, debatable. There were a hundred circumlocutions you could use: if Sir Keir had spluttered, “that’s not true!” it would have meant exactly the same thing, but would have been entirely unproblematic. Once, scrupulous people would use the word “untruth” in denying the veracity of a statement and this too would lack the terrible force of the word “lie”, which implies a deliberate intention to deceive.
- The Independent
How David Beckham got ‘revenge’ on Prince Harry for Meghan Markle snub
The prince allegedly ignored the footballer after agreeing to meet him
- Glasgow Times
Scots ex-comedian caught driving while drunk
A FORMER Scots comedian was fined £300 today/yesterday after he was caught driving while intoxicated.
- Sky News
Jay Slater's mother gives update and says family want to withdraw money from GoFundMe
Jay Slater's mother has said the family are working with GoFundMe to withdraw some of the £36,000 that has been raised since the teenager disappeared. Ms Duncan, who is on the Spanish island with Mr Slater's father and brother, added that "part of these funds" will also be used to fly out the "loved ones" of the "wonderful people who are by my side" so that "we can support each other during these dark times".
- The Telegraph
Britain issues legal challenge to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Britain has challenged the right of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yoav Gallant, its defence minister.
- The Independent
Wife accused of spiking husband’s Mountain Dew with weed killer because he wasn’t grateful for birthday party
Peters allegedly told investigators that she and her husband were having relationship issues — and she should have “just divorced him”
- HuffPost
Marjorie Taylor Greene Melts Down Over Australian TV’s Trump Question, Gets Cut Off
“What is this?” fumed the far-right Georgia Republican, who suggested the anchor was getting her “marching orders from the Democrat Party.”
- Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Police appeal to identify two people in relation to a serious offence
Police have launched an appeal to identify two people in relation to a serious offence in the Keighley area of Bradford.
- The Independent
The vanished of Tenerife: Other people who disappeared on the island where Jay Slater went missing
Several people still remain missing on the island of Tenerife after vanishing decades ago
- The Telegraph
Labour will put your taxes up in four simple steps – and they’ve already told us how
Labour keeps nobly insisting that it won’t raise taxes for “working people”. Call me a pessimist, but I can’t help feeling this is a promise that won’t be kept.
- Bromley News Shopper
Hunt for suspect after woman raped in Abbey Wood
Police are hunting for a suspect after a woman was raped in Sewell Road, Abbey Wood.
- CNN
Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after failed appeals that argued he was no longer a threat nor eligible for death penalty
Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state Department of Criminal Justice said, following unsuccessful appeals to the US Supreme Court that argued, in part, he should have been ineligible for the death penalty under state law because he was no longer dangerous.
- Oxford Mail
Jeremy Clarkson runs into new problem at Diddly Squat Farm
Jeremy Clarkson has run into another problem at Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire farm this week.