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10 months ago
UK news

Revealed: Full extent of boozing, debauchery and rule-breaking inside Boris's No 10

A former Downing Street official who worked throughout the Covid crisis has revealed the true scale of the drunken debauchery under Boris Johnson with No 10 parties so wild that staff passed out on the stairway.Speaking exclusively to The Independent, the whistleblower said the details in the Partygate report were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to the raucous drinking culture and blatant rule-breaking throughout the pandemic.
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10 months ago
UK news

Brexit has failed - we must now return to the centre of Europe, Lord Heseltine says

Lord Heseltine has called for Britain to recreate our position at the centre of Europe after the failure of Brexit.The Tory grandee accused political leaders of hiding from the damage being caused by the UK leaving the EU.The former deputy prime minister under John Major said the time has come for the British people to be told the truth.
Fatherly
10 months ago
Fathers

34 Years Ago, The Most Important '90s Rock Band Quietly Dropped Their Most Pivotal Album

Before Kurt Cobain sang "entertain us!" as a kind of threat in 1991, his immortal band Nirvana dropped an album in the last decade of the '80s, without which, grunge as we know it could have never blown up.On June 15, 1989, Nirvana released Bleach, a debut album that attracted little to nothing in the way of mainstream attention or validation upon its release.
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10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson in desperate last-ditch ruse to derail Partygate verdict

Boris Johnson made a desperate last-ditch bid to derail the privileges committee just hours before the release of its damning report expected to find that he deliberately lied to parliament about Partygate.The former PM demanded that Sir Bernard Jenkin explain his actions and resign from the committee following a report claiming the senior Tory MP attended a drinks reception in December 2020.
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10 months ago
UK news

Boris and entitled' Tories have damaged UK, says former Eton master

A former Eton master has lashed out at Boris Johnson and other senior Tories who attended the elite private school saying they had damaged the very fabric of the country.John Claughton said he had failed to educate former pupils such as the former PM, former Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg and ex-chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng properly.
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10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson pushed Sunak to knight father Stanley' in crunch meeting

Boris Johnson is said to have pressed for his father Stanley to be given a knighthood during his crunch talks with Rishi Sunak on his honour list.The former prime minister told his successor his dad should be honoured for his work for the Conservatives and the environment, according to The Times.Frustrated at his father being cut from the list, Mr Johnson is said to have argued that it was customary for family members to be recognised in a PM's resignation honours.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Indefensible': Michael Gove apologises for Tory HQ Partygate video

Michael Gove has apologised for a new Partygate video that shows Conservative officials dancing and laughing as they broke Covid lockdown rules, deeming their actions terrible and indefensible.The video, obtained by the Mirror newspaper, shows members of staff drinking alcohol at the gathering in London on 14 December 2020, and mocking lockdown rules the public were following at the time.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Cabinet Office refuses to release Boris Johnson's notebooks over security concerns

A collection of 25 notebooks from Boris Johnson's time in office is being withheld by the government after a security services review found they contained highly sensitive material.It comes after officials advised that only those with the highest level of security clearance should be able to see the sensitive passages, according to the Times.
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10 months ago
London

Minister for London Paul Scully fails to make Tory shortlist to run for city mayor

The minister for London, Paul Scully, has failed to make the shortlist to be the Conservative candidate to run for the city's mayor.Scully had previously been seen as a possible frontrunner for next year's electoral race against the Labour incumbent, Sadiq Khan.The shadow health minister, Wes Streeting, said the Tories had avoided selecting Scully the only MP on the longlist because Rishi Sunak's administration was toxic to voters.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Force Majeure exhibition shines a light on 16 African and diasporic designers

The Central Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale brings together 16 architects, including David Adjaye and Diébédo Francis Kéré, who "represent a distilled force majeure of African and diasporic architectural production".Force Majeure is one of six shows that make up The Laboratory of the Future, the 18th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is curated by Lesley Lokko.
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10 months ago
Manchester United

FA Cup final further proves how absurd handball laws have become | Jonathan Wilson

As it turned out, it didn't affect the destination of the FA Cup or deny Manchester City a chance at the treble, but it might have done.Manchester United had created very little when suddenly VAR gave them a penalty for something almost nobody appealed.Assuredly, under the laws, as they are now interpreted, the decision was correct.
www.standard.co.uk
10 months ago
London

Nearly a dozen barrels of toxic acid' dumped by side of east London road

A n east London council has launched a hunt for a flytipper who dumped hundreds of litres of toxic acid by the side of the road.Newham Council said 11 barrels of what is thought to be high-strength industrial acid were left on a slip road off Royal Docks Road in Beckton on Thursday.Firefighters said the substance was a potential hazard but was stable.
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10 months ago
UK news

Revealed: Full extent of boozing, debauchery and rule-breaking inside Boris's No 10

A former Downing Street official who worked throughout the Covid crisis has revealed the true scale of the drunken debauchery under Boris Johnson with No 10 parties so wild that staff passed out on the stairway.Speaking exclusively to The Independent, the whistleblower said the details in the Partygate report were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to the raucous drinking culture and blatant rule-breaking throughout the pandemic.
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10 months ago
UK news

By-election dates announced for Boris Johnson and Nigel Adams' constituencies

Rishi Sunak will face a test of his leadership in two by-elections on July 20 caused by Boris Johnson and an ally.The former prime minister quit his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat to avoid the judgment of the Privileges Committee.The cross-party panel subsequently recommended he should have faced a 90-day suspension for deliberately misleading MPs over partygate and his conduct in attacking the committee.
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10 months ago
UK news

Tory MPs split over whether or not to approve damning Boris report

1686889832 A damning report by parliaments privileges committee has concluded that Boris Johnson misled parliament and recommended that he should be barred from having a parliamentary security pass in future.The 106-page document, put together by the cross-party group of MPs with a Tory majority, is packed with detail and arguments.
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10 months ago
UK news

Sunak set for two by-election tests on July 20

Rishi Sunak will face a test of his leadership in two by-elections on July 20 caused by Boris Johnson and an ally.The former prime minister quit his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat to avoid the judgment of the Privileges Committee.The cross-party panel subsequently recommended he should have faced a 90-day suspension for deliberately misleading MPs over partygate and his conduct in attacking the committee.
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10 months ago
UK news

The 7 most damning findings from the report into Boris Johnson misleading parliament

A damning report by parliament's privileges committee has concluded that Boris Johnson misled parliament and recommended that he should be barred from having a parliamentary security pass in future.The 106 page document, put together by the cross-party group of MPs with a Tory majority, is packed with detail and arguments.
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10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson banned from parliament for unprecedented' lies, rules committee

Boris Johnson committed repeated contempts of parliament by lying to the Commons about Partygate, an utterly scathing report by a cross-party group of MPs has found.The former PM would have faced a suspension of 90 days for deliberately misleading MPs and being complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the privileges committee.
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10 months ago
Arts

Every superhero has an origin story. So does every superhero's superfan. Here's mine.

A Martinez with then LA City Council member Mike Bonin.The Morning Edition host occasionally brings his super fandom to field interviews and office visits.A Martinez I really, really like The Flash - The Scarlet Speedster.Scarlet because the suit's core color is red, and speedster because that's the superpower, speed.
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10 months ago
Toronto

Voter apathy concerns loom over Toronto election days ahead of vote | CBC News

With 102 registered candidates, more than 10 debates featuring the apparent front-runners and around-the-clock news coverage, Toronto's mayoral election has clearly offered plenty to follow.Less clear is whether voters have been paying attention.Concerns about voter apathy are not unique to Toronto but have come into sharp focus after only 29.7 per cent of the city's 1.9 million registered voters cast ballots in the last municipal election.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson: his defence over Partygate report

Boris Johnson has launched an extraordinary fightback as he tries to wrestle back control of the narrative after the privileges committee released its report concluding that he deliberately misled parliament.A 1,700-word statement from the former prime minister sought to rip apart their findings impugning the committee's integrity, evidence and conclusions.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson faces calls to pay back 245,000 Partygate legal bill

Boris Johnson should pay back the public money used to cover a £245,000 bill for his lawyers during the Partygate inquiry, opposition MPs say.An inquiry by MPs found the former prime minister had deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties.The top lawyers defending Mr Johnson were paid for with taxpayer funds.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson Partygate report: Key findings at a glance

The long-anticipated report by MPs into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over Covid lockdown parties in No 10 is finally out.The report by the seven-member privileges committee followed a year-long investigation and runs to around 30,000 words.The former prime minister stood down as an MP last week after receiving an advance copy, angrily accusing the committee of bias.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Partygate report: key findings of Commons privileges committee

The House of Commons privileges committee has found that Boris Johnson repeatedly misled MPs when he told them he knew nothing about lockdown-breaking social gatherings in and around Downing Street.These are the main points of what is a highly damning and hugely detailed report.Key findings on wrongdoing Johnson was found to have committed five serious offences: 1. Deliberately misleading the Commons 2. Deliberately misleading the privileges committee 3. Breaching confidence (by leaking part of the report in advance) 4. Impugning the committee, and thus parliamentary processes 5. Complicity in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Partygate: report on whether Boris Johnson misled Commons due UK politics live

Rishi Sunak was on visit in Harrow this morning here he witnessed an immigration raid.Asked about the privileges committee report into Boris Johnson, he said he had not seen it yet and that it would not be right to comment.Asked if he would give an interview later, after he had had time to read it, Sunak replied: You are talking about a report that I haven't seen and that no one else has seen.
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10 months ago
UK politics

The Guardian view of Rishi Sunak's economics: the morons are back in charge | Editorial

Under Liz Truss's mercifully short-lived premiership, the yield on British government bonds surged last September a penalty described as a moron risk premium that markets imposed on her reckless plan for a tax giveaway to the rich.Now it appears that the morons are back: yields on gilts have exceeded the levels they reached last year, and are higher than at any point since the 2008 global financial crisis.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Man accused of trying to drive teen off cliff near Lake Tahoe after sexually assaulting her

(Washoe County Sheriff's Office)

A 23-year-old Nevada man was arrested Tuesday on charges of attempted murder and sexual assault after trying to drive his car off a cliff near Lake Tahoe with a teenager in the passenger seat, according to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office.Alexander Difoggio-Wasson was driving the teenager - whom he is accused of sexually assaulting immediately before the crash - on State Route 431 near Sky Tavern Ski Resort in Reno on May 27 when he allegedly drove off the highway toward a cliff, the Sheriff's Office said.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Suella Braverman faces legal action after forcing through anti-protest powers

Human rights campaigners have begun legal action against the home secretary, Suella Braverman, after she forced draconian new police powers through parliament in a move described by the House of Lords as a constitutional outrage.Liberty wrote to Braverman on Wednesday, saying her move to empower police to curtail or restrict protests that caused more than minor disruption was unlawful.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Daytrip imbues Victorian terrace in Highbury with "gallery-like minimalism"

Curving, organic forms are juxtaposed with clean-lined minimalism in this home that interiors studio Daytrip has completed in north London.Daytrip worked with architecture firm Studio 30 to extend the ground floor of the Victorian terrace house to the rear and side to increase the available space while excavating down to boost the ceiling height and give the space more gravitas.
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10 months ago
France news

It's unbelievable': Annecy shocked by knife attack on young children in park

It was a sunny mid-morning at the edge of one of France's most beautiful lakes, framed by mountains and park lawns in the picturesque French Alps city of Annecy.The quiet, waterside playground, with a slide and climbing frame, was a favourite for local toddlers with their parents and childminders as well as tourists.
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10 months ago
UK news

CCTV shows moments before police sergeant was fatally shot inside station

CCTV recounting the moments before a custody officer was fatally shot in a police station has been released.The footage was shown to a jury on Thursday as part of an ongoing murder trial into Sergeant Matt Ratana's death at Croydon custody centre in the early hours of 25 September, 2020. Louis De Zoysa - who denies murder - is accused of shooting the sergeant with an antique revolver that was concealed in a holster as he was being detained at the centre.
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10 months ago
UK news

CCTV footage showing moments before custody sergeant was fatally shot released

Chilling footage showing the moments before a Metropolitan Police officer was fatally shot inside a custody block has been released as the alleged killer's trial continues.CCTV footage showing the death of Sergeant Matt Ratana at Croydon custody centre was shown to the jury in full at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday and Thursday.
Ars Technica
10 months ago
OMG science

Inside the battle to build a $1.2 billion fish barricade

A new fish barrier is being built at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, at a cost of $1.2 billion, to help protect endangered salmon and steelhead trout from the hydroelectric turbines.
The project includes the installation of a specially designed fish ladder and an innovative system of underwater cameras and sensors to monitor fish movement and ensure that fish are safely passed through the turbines. [ more ]
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10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson lashes out at Privileges Committee's deranged' findings

Boris Johnson has accused the Privileges Committee of making Mystic Meg claims and reaching a deranged conclusion, in a blistering response to its report.The former prime minister released a 1,678-word statement lashing out at the Tory-majority group of MPs he has repeatedly sought to disparage.It came after they found he committed repeated contempts of Parliament by deliberately misleading the Commons with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation of the committee.
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10 months ago
UK news

Johnson's desperate rebuttal to Partygate report as he blasts deranged' findings

Boris Johnson has lashed out at MPs investigating his claims about the Partygate scandal in a desperate attempt to salvage his reputation after he was accused of repeated contempts of parliament.The long-awaited report arrived on Thursday in explosive fashion, with the privileges committee recommending the ex-PMs behaviour warranted an extraordinary 90-day ban from parliament and the removal of his former member's pass.
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10 months ago
UK news

UK lawmakers prepare to release their report on Boris Johnson and 'partygate'

Lawmakers are expected to release a long-awaited report Thursday on whether former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over COVID lockdown-flouting parties at his Downing Street office.Parliament's Privileges Committee has spent 14 months investigating Johnson's conduct over partygate, a series of boozy gatherings in his office that broke strict COVID-19 restrictions that his government had imposed on the country.
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10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson demands Tory quits Privileges Committee on eve of partygate report

Boris Johnson has claimed a Tory MP sitting on the committee preparing to publish a report finding he misled Parliament with his partygate denials may have broken lockdown rules.The former prime minister called for Sir Bernard Jenkin's resignation from the Privileges Committee on the eve of the publication of its investigation into whether Mr Johnson lied to MPs.
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10 months ago
UK news

Braverman backs coronation policing and calls for swifter response to protests

Suella Braverman has backed police over the handling of the coronation and insisted they had the right powers to crack down on Just Stop Oil protests.The Metropolitan Police has been criticised over the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters and three charity volunteers who were all later released without charge.
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10 months ago
UK news

The 12 words that sparked Boris Johnson's downfall

They were the 12 words that ultimately brought down a prime minister and if Boris Johnson didn't know it then, he will almost certainly know it now.In a Commons showing believed to have been key to the findings of the report, the then prime minister stood at the despatch box at Prime Minister's Questions at 12.28pm on Wednesday, 8 December 2021.
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10 months ago
US news

Man Charged With Killing Mother at Sea in Inheritance Scheme Dies in Jail

A Vermont man died in jail on Thursday morning while awaiting trial on federal charges that he had lured his mother on a fishing trip, killed her and sank the boat in a scheme to inherit his family's estate, the U.S. Marshals Service said.The Marshals Service, which announced the death in a statement, did not say how the man, Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vt., had died.
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11 months ago
US news

D.C. Police Lieutenant Charged With Leaking Information to Proud Boys Leader

Federal prosecutors unsealed charges on Friday against a veteran police officer in Washington, accusing him of obstructing justice by leaking law enforcement information to Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys.Prosecutors say that the officer, Shane Lamond, 47, told Mr. Tarrio that he would not face hate crime charges after a group of Proud Boys under his command burned a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church in Washington after a pro-Trump rally in the city in December 2020.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson: Emotions run high in Uxbridge after Partygate report

Image source, PA Media Image caption, Boris Johnson resigned as MP of Uxbridge and South Ruislip before the report was published At first glance, you would be forgiven for thinking it was an ordinary lunchtime in Uxbridge - the high street is bustling and people are making the most of the sunny weather.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Nadine Dorries in sinister warning to Tory MPs as Boris allies hit back

A Boris Johnson loyalist has warned Tory MPs they face losing their seats if they back a damning report which found he deliberately misled parliament over Partygate.MPs who support it were fundamentally not Conservative and would be held to account by the public, Nadine Dorries said.A cross-party committee of MPs has found he repeatedly lied to the Commons over Covid-era parties.
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10 months ago
Europe news

Boris Johnson quits Parliament after learning he will be sanctioned over 'partygate'

Boris Johnson leaves his home in London on March 22.The former prime minister shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.Alberto Pezzali/AP LONDON Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.
time.com
10 months ago
US politics

Boris Johnson Quits as U.K. Lawmaker Over 'Partygate' Report

LONDON Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.He quit with a ferocious tirade at his political opponentsand at his successor, Rishi Sunakthat could blast open tensions within the governing Conservative Party.
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11 months ago
UK politics

Keir Starmer does have a vision and it's not New Labour 2.0 | Martin Kettle

For some, any idea that Keir Starmer and audacity are words that can sit comfortably in the same sentence will seem nonsensical.To many who define themselves as Labour supporters, the most salient characteristic of the opposition leader is not his audacity but its opposite, timidity.In this critique, Starmer's strategy, if he really has one, is to do as little as possible to offend the voters, and wait for the Conservatives to eject themselves from government by their own divisions and incompetence rather than to drive them from it.
Ralph Ammer
10 months ago
UX design

The perfect drawing tool - Ralph Ammer

Investing in quality drawing tools can help to improve the quality of your artwork by providing precision and control.
Technology advancements have provided more options in terms of drawing tools, such as digital pens and tablets, allowing for more flexibility and convenience.
Consider the range of materials you will use when selecting a drawing tool, such as paper, canvas, and other surfaces, to ensure you have the right tool for the job. [ more ]
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10 months ago
Europe news

Inquiry finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over 'partygate'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown leaving 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022.Matt Dunham/AP LONDON In a scathing report, Boris Johnson's colleagues in Parliament concluded Thursday that the former British prime minister repeatedly and deliberately lied to them about breaking COVID lockdown rules, and recommended the harshest possible punishment.
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11 months ago
Europe news

Bakhmut has exposed an ugly, personal feud between the Russian Defense Ministry and Putin's chef.'

For nearly a year, Russia has waged a vicious battle to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, seeking a gain after months of embarrassing setbacks on the battlefield.Although the city has been essentially razed, seizing it and ending the longest battle of the war would be a political, if Pyrrhic, victory for Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner paramilitary group, whose mercenaries have led the assault on Bakhmut.
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10 months ago
UK news

Privileges Committee to publish verdict that Johnson lied to MPs over partygate

A long-awaited report concluding that Boris Johnson misled Parliament with his partygate denials is set to be published on Thursday morning.After a 14-month investigation, the Privileges Committee will release its findings on whether the former prime minister committed a contempt of Parliament by misleading MPs either recklessly or deliberately by denying lockdown rules were broken in No 10.
Sun Sentinel
10 months ago
Miami

'I was hitting the hornet's nest': Jailbird protester tells why he blocked Trump's motorcade

MIAMI - It was, perhaps, a day of karma for Domenic Santana, whose very public arrest was captured by news cameras outside Miami's federal courthouse on Tuesday and replayed on TV screens across the world."I just got out of jail," Santana, 61, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Wednesday after his daughter posted his $2,000 bond.
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10 months ago
France news

Dutch neighbour charged with fatally shooting British girl, 11, in France

A man has appeared in court in France charged with shooting dead an 11-year-old British girl who was playing in the garden of her family home.The suspect, Dirk Raats, 70, a Dutch national originally from Antwerp in Belgium, has been officially put under investigation for the murder of Solaine Thornton and the attempted murder of her parents, Adrian and Rachel Thornton.
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10 months ago
France news

Belgian man charged with fatally shooting British girl, 11, in France

A man has appeared in court in France charged with shooting dead an 11-year-old British girl who was playing in the garden of her family home.The suspect, Dirk Raats, 70, originally from Antwerp in Belgium, has been officially put under investigation for the murder of Solaine Thornton and the attempted murder of her parents, Adrian and Rachel Thornton.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Tory turmoil over Johnson is having an impact on UK's reputation, Starmer claims

Tory infighting between Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak is damaging the UK's reputation internationally and putting off investors, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed.Mr Johnson, who formally quit Parliament on Monday in advance of a report which was expected to find he deliberately lied to MPs over the partygate scandal, has been involved in a public spat with Mr Sunak over his resignation honours list.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament on lockdown parties, committee finds

Boris Johnson will reportedly be found on Wednesday to have deliberately misled MPs over parties in Downing Street during the pandemic.The Privileges Committee has rejected the former prime minister's defence that senior officials advised him Covid rules and guidance had been followed in No 10, according to the Times.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Man serving life for Rikki Neave murder to challenge conviction at appeal court

A man serving a life sentence for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave nearly 30 years ago will challenge his conviction at the Court of Appeal.Rikki's murder in 1994 was among the most high-profile cold cases on police files, until DNA was identified on the victim's clothes following a re-examination of the case two decades later.
coderslegacy.com
10 months ago
Python

Cython vs CPython Comparing the Speed Difference

In this Cython vs CPython Article, we will be conducting a speed comparison using 10 different benchmarks, covering diverse scenarios and edge cases.Python is a popular programming language known for its simplicity and readability.However, it is an interpreted language, which can sometimes result in slower execution speeds compared to compiled languages like C. To address this limitation, developers have introduced Cython, an optimizing static compiler for Python.
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10 months ago
Wellness

Gratitude Really is Good for You. Here's What the Science Shows.

In 2022, Stacy Batten said, her whole year was on fire.Her husband died of cancer, and her father died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.Her mother was diagnosed with cancer.And she moved across the country from Seattle to Fairfield County, Conn., after selling the home that she had lived in for 26 years.
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10 months ago
Faith

How to hold onto a sense of wonder

Katherine May's new book examines the idea of awakening wonder in an "anxious age."Alexa Loy Dent I didn't know what was under the train tracks, but that was the point.The track was elevated on top of a small bluff that ran parallel to West Yellowstone Highway, a road that ran right through my hometown of Idaho Falls in eastern Idaho.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson hosted friend at Chequers while Covid restrictions in place'

Boris and Carrie Johnson hosted a close friend at Chequers while some coronavirus restrictions were still in place, it has been reported.The former prime minister and his then-pregnant wife are said to have invited corporate events organiser Dixie Maloney to the Buckinghamshire country mansion on 7 May 2021.
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10 months ago
UK news

Jury shown CCTV of moment police officer shot dead in cell by man in handcuffs'

A jury has been shown CCTV of the moment a gunman under arrest for possessing bullets is alleged to have murdered a Metropolitan Police custody sergeant.Louis De Zoysa, who was still handcuffed when Sergeant Matt Ratana was shot with a revolver in a holding cell, is said by the Crown to have deliberately fired the weapon without warning into the officer's chest.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

Cabinet Office defends Johnson's 245,000 Partygate legal bill

By Joshua Nevett & Paul Seddon

The Cabinet Office has defended its decision to use public money to foot the £245,000 bill for Boris Johnson's lawyers during MPs' Partygate inquiry.MPs are investigating whether the former prime minister misled them over lockdown parties in Downing Street.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Court sees CCTV footage of custody sergeant being shot dead in police cell

A jury has been shown CCTV footage of the moment a gunman under arrest for possessing bullets is alleged to have murdered a Metropolitan Police custody sergeant, firing three shots in three seconds.Louis De Zoysa, who was still handcuffed when Sergeant Matt Ratana was shot with a revolver in a holding cell, is said by the Crown to have deliberately fired the weapon without warning into the officer's chest.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Met custody sergeant killed with revolver hidden in underarm holster, court told

A police station detainee shot dead a custody sergeant while he was handcuffed, using an antique revolver he had hidden in an underarm holster, a murder trial has heard.Northampton Crown Court was told that Met Police officer Matt Ratana was killed by one of four bullets fired by Louis De Zoysa, in an incident captured on CCTV at a custody block in Croydon, south London.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Commentary: I helped break the Schwarzenegger groping story. It took him 20 years to own it

It was late evening and I was sitting at my desk, neurotically rechecking details in an L.A. Times story I wrote with colleagues Gary Cohn and Bob Welkos breaking the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger groped and harassed women over the course of decades.The story would be in print the next day, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, just five days before the election to recall the unpopular Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.
Pinstripe Alley
10 months ago
New York Yankees

1998 Yankees Diary, June 6: Bernie's big hit beats Marlins

Normally a series against the defending World Series champions would be one to mark on the calendar, but the 1998 Marlins were not your typical reigning champs.They would only win 54 games, the first World Series winner to lose more than 100 games the next season, as the stench of one of the sport's most famous teardowns lingered over Jim Leyland's squad.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Ministers face legal challenge over cuts to walking and cycling investment in England

The government faces a legal challenge to its decision to cut investment in walking and cycling in England, over claims that the move bypassed legal processes and risks scuppering commitments over the climate emergency and air pollution.Lawyers acting for the Transport Action Network (TAN), a campaign group, have written to the Department for Transport (DfT) to formally seek a judicial review of the cuts announced in March by Mark Harper, the transport secretary.
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10 months ago
Law

Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact

By an 8-to-1 vote, the high court ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect.Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a victory to business interests in a labor dispute, but the win was more of a whimper than a roar.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Russia Denounces West Over Drone Strike on Moscow

A day after a drone strike on Moscow, Kremlin officials jumped on the refusal of Ukrainian allies to denounce the attack as proof that Russia's real war was with the West.The Kremlin's spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, said Russia would have preferred to hear at least some words of condemnation from Western capitals.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Mental health

A moment that changed me: I lost sight of who I was. A bipolar diagnosis brought me back

1. Mental health should be taken seriously and should be addressed with professional help if needed. Receiving a diagnosis can be the first step towards recovery and can provide clarity on how to manage your condition.
2. Keeping track of your mental health and taking the time to recognize any changes in your mood
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Speeding convictions hit eight-year high

The number of drivers convicted for speeding has reached an eight-year high, new figures show.Some 236,480 motorists were successfully prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit in England and Wales in 2022, according to analysis of Government data by Churchill Motor Insurance.That represented a 16% rise on the total in 2021 (203,545) and was the highest in records dating back to 2014.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Girls

Teenage Girl in Guyana Is Charged With 19 Counts of Murder in School Dorm Fire

A 15-year-old student accused of deliberately setting a fire in a girl's school dormitory in Guyana that killed 18 of her schoolmates and a 5-year-old boy was charged on Monday as an adult with 19 counts of murder.The defendant appeared virtually at a hearing in a court south of the capital, Georgetown, and she was ordered held in custody pending further court proceedings.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
10 months ago
Design

This foldable "Venus of Willendorf" inspired chair literally puts you in the lap of art history - Yanko Design

The Venus of Willendorf is a significant figure in art history since it is thought to have been created between 30,000 and 25,000 BCE, making it one of the world's oldest known works of art to have been discovered.Furniture design is an art that seamlessly merges aesthetics with functionality.The Venus Folding Chair, with its gorgeous design and usefulness, is an excellent example of this idea.
Dezeen
11 months ago
Design

Ten architecturally significant museums designed by famous studios

To mark International Museum Day, we've selected 10 museums from the Dezeen archive that were designed by famous architects or are otherwise architecturally significant.Ten museums from across the globe, including a zigzagging museum in Berlin and a tree-canopy-like museum in Budapest, are among the buildings in this roundup to mark International Museum Day on 18 May.
Dezeen
11 months ago
Design

Africa a "powerful place from which to examine the issues that will dominate the next century" says Venice curator Lesley Lokko

Venice Architecture Biennale opens this week.In this exclusive interview, curator Lesley Lokko explains why she placed Africa at the heart of the festival for the first time.Named Laboratory of the Future, this year's edition will see various interpretations and exhibits of themes including decolonisation and decarbonisation across the city of Venice.
ESPN.com
10 months ago
Arsenal

River Plate fans shocked by big bulge in giant statue of club legend Gallardo

A 26-foot-tall bronze statue of River Plate great Marcelo Gallardo has been unveiled outside the Argentine club's stadium, but a detail about halfway up has caused a stir among fans.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The statue, revealed outside the Buenos Aires giants' Monumental stadium on Saturday, has led to mockery on social media due to its oversized groin area.
Silver Screen and Roll
10 months ago
LA Lakers

Other NBA executives don't believe LeBron James will actually retire

If LeBron James was looking to bluff anybody around the league with his talk of retirement, it's one that everybody has called.The further removed from his comments, the more everyone seems to believe LeBron was not being serious, whether deliberately or not.In all likelihood, he was simply a very tired person speaking some unfiltered thoughts about how exhausting this season was after a very long seven months.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Clarence Page's first Tribune column: Michael Jackson, come home!

Editor's note: This is a republishing of Clarence Page's first column after he joined the Tribune Editorial Board.It appeared in the July 29, 1984, Tribune.When you're a superstar like Michael Jackson you get interesting problems.One of Jackson's biggest problems concerns who he is going to give money to.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Monster' parents who brutally murdered perfect' baby son jailed for life

Two parents who worked together to murder their perfect 10-month-old son have been jailed for life after what a judge called unimaginable cruelty.Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden described as monsters by a relative inflicted vicious and repeated assaults on their son, Finley Boden, in the space of just over a month in their filthy home near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Couple jailed over the sadistic cruelty' and death of baby Jacob

A couple have been locked up over the death of a 15-month-old boy who was murdered following a campaign of cruel and sadistic abuse.Jacob Lennon suffered a catalogue of injuries to his face, body and genitals over three weeks at the hands of his mother's cocaine addict boyfriend Jake Drummond.Then on August 27 2019, Drummond, 33, fatally shook and hit the little boy, leaving his face so bruised and swollen he was described as looking like a panda.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Drug-using parents who murdered baby on Christmas Day jailed for life

Parents who murdered their 10-month-old son just weeks after he was returned to their care have been sentenced to life in jail for his killing.Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden must serve a minimum of 27 years and 29 years respectively after they were convicted last month of the murder of Finley Boden following a trial at Derby Crown Court.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Man who murdered girlfriend's young son in campaign of sadistic abuse' is jailed

A man who murdered his girlfriend's young son after a campaign of sadistic and cruel abuse has been jailed for 32 years.Drug addict Jake Drummond, 33, fatally shook and hit 15-month-old Jacob Lennon early on August 27 2019, leaving him with a face like a panda, the Old Bailey heard.A senior Met Police officer described it as one of the saddest cases he had witnessed in his 30-year career, saying it was distressing and emotional for all those involved.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Complaint upheld against MP Liam Byrne over expenses for mayoral campaign

A parliamentary investigation has upheld a complaint against MP Liam Byrne for using expenses on his failed bid to become West Midlands mayor.The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) found there was overwhelming evidence that a staff member for the Labour MP had worked on his campaign during office hours.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

James Acaster Finds His Way Back to Music

The British comedian James Acaster can remember the moment he fell in love with music at 6 years old.At a party held by a member of the congregation of the hippie-ish church his parents attended in Kettering, a town in central England, he heard a compilation album featuring songs like Men at Work's Down Under and Centerfold by The J. Geils Band.
Eater Portland
10 months ago
Portland food

After Decades of Preparation, Sandy's Myanmar Cuisine Will Open Within the CORE Food Hall

Sandy's Myanmar Cuisine, a stall opening within the Collective Oregon Eateries (CORE) food hall on Southeast 82nd Avenue this spring, is decades in the making.Owner Mya Sandy Myint has sold her food at festivals and farmers markets, in hotels and bookstores.She's served curries in church basements, sold meals to her interpretation clients.
RMNB
10 months ago
Washington Capitals

Jamie Benn explains cross-check to Mark Stone's jaw by saying he 'unfortunately' fell and that was his 'landing point'

The Dallas Stars went down three games to none to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday.A big factor in that third loss was Stars captain Jamie Benn 's first-period major penalty and ejection for cross-checking Vegas forward Mark Stone in the face while Stone was laying on the ice.
www.winemag.com
10 months ago
Wine

Which Is Better, Gin or Vodka? We Finally Settled the Debate

Sure, vodka and gin may look the same, all clear and crisp in the glass.They're used in some of the same drinks, toonotably, the iconic martini.But bartenders have strong opinions about which spirit is best.To put this age-old debate to rest, we reached out to pros to answer the all-important question: Would vodka or gin be victorious in a smackdown?
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Television

Ted Lasso,' Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: Home

Just as last season's eighth episode, Man City, was an exploration of the wounds inflicted by poor fathering, this week's focuses on the healing power of maternal love.It was in that earlier episode that we first learned that Ted's dad had killed himself; this time, he and his mom find at least a modicum of long-belated closure.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

A Cop, a Doctor, a Criminal and the 1960 Murder That Connected Them

GENEALOGY OF A MURDER: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night, by Lisa Belkin Alvin Tarlov first met Joseph DeSalvo in the prison hospital at the Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois.Their reasons for being there couldn't have been more different: Tarlov, a doctor just a few years out of medical school, was running a malaria drug trial, using the prisoners as subjects; DeSalvo, a convicted criminal with a mile-long rap sheet, was an inmate working as a medical technologist, handling insects, slides and the like for doctors like Tarlov.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
London

Black Out nights at the theatre are vital to centre and celebrate Black audiences | Nadia Fall

Tambo & Bones is a bold and funny satire by the American playwright Dave Harris.I remember laughing out loud one moment and holding my breath the next when I first read it and wanted to put it on for an audience here in the UK.Harris explores race, including the exploitation of Black culture, with mischief and wit.
IndieWire
10 months ago
Independent films

How the 'A Spy Among Friends' Score Creates Audible Paranoia for Its Spy Characters

The story of Kim Philby, the high-ranking British intelligence official who turned out to be one of the biggest double agents in U.K. history (and a hero of the Soviet Union, if you take the Russian point of view), is well known at this point.Dozens of books, fiction and nonfiction, have been written about how Philby took in the great and the good of MI6 and the CIA for decades before he finally had to flee across the Iron Curtain in 1963.
Engadget
11 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco is reportedly investigating Twitter over possible building code violations | Engadget

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San Francisco authorities have opened a new investigation into Twitter after six former senior employees filed a lawsuit against the company, according to and the San Francisco Chronicle.The plaintiffs are accusing the company of breaking local and federal laws and of violating building codes in its effort to turn some of the rooms in its headquarters into bedrooms for employees.
Insider
11 months ago
New York Mets

A man at a Mets game accused of acting disorderly claimed he was forced to strip naked and sign a contract to get his clothes back: suit

A man claimed an NYPD officer made him strip naked in a cell at a Mets game in 2022.An April lawsuit also claimed that an employee forced him to sign an agreement for his clothes.The man claimed he still experiences emotional distress from the experience, per the lawsuit.A man claimed a New York City Police Department officer working security at a Mets game pulled him away from a baseball game last year and forced him to strip naked, per a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in late April.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Spain news

Villages evacuated as very large' wildfire ravages south-west Spain

Hundreds of civilian and military firefighters are tackling a wildfire in south-west Spain that has burned across at least 7,500 hectares (18,500 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of more than 500 people since it began on Wednesday evening.Efforts to fight the very large and difficult fire in the Las Hurdes and Sierra de Gata areas of northern Extremadura are being hindered by strong winds, according to the regional government, which says the blaze was started deliberately.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Spain news

Scientists find oldest known evidence of humans in Europe using fires to cook

Prehistoric humans in Europe might have been sitting round campfires built to toast snacks as early as 250,000 years ago 50,000 years earlier than originally thought, researchers have suggested.Human species have a long association with fire, with some sites suggesting its controlled use dates back more than 700,000 years in Africa and the Middle East and at least 400,000 years in Europe.
The IP Law Blog
11 months ago
Intellectual property law

Legit or Lawsuit - Fake Drake AI Song

Earlier this month, a new Drake and Weekend collaboration disrupted the Internet.The only problem was it wasn't a Drake and Weekend collaboration after all.The song "Heart on My Sleeve" was written and produced by TikTok user ghostwriter977.The vocals for "Heart on My Sleeve" were generated by artificial intelligence and made to sound like Drake and The Weekend.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Internet users encouraging self-harm to face five years in jail under new plans

Internet users who encourage self-harm could be jailed for up to five years under Government plans.The addition to the Online Safety Bill will build on existing laws which make it illegal to promote or assist suicide, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said.The measures seek to deter cowardly trolls who post such content online with the prospect of prosecution, according to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk.
Inverse
11 months ago
Gadgets

Beats' Translucent Studio Buds+ Are a Nod to Apple's Most Iconic iMac

The Beats by Dre brand often seem to get the short end of the stick at Apple, but no longer.The new $169 Beats Studio Buds+ Apple is announcing today are the first pair of Beats headphones that genuinely look better than the company's own flagship AirPods Pro thanks to a new "transparent" design that harkens back to the iMac G3 and competitors like Nothing.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Lucy Letby: Murder accused nurse denies she has only cried for herself during trial

A nurse has denied she had only cried for herself during her murder trial rather than the babies she allegedly attacked.On Wednesday, a tearful Lucy Letby denied deliberately harming numerous infants while on duty at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit.She later denied prosecutor Nick Johnson KC's suggestion that she had wept at Manchester Crown Court when talking about herself but not her 17 alleged victims.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Murder-accused nurse tells court she was in a different nursery when baby collapsed

A murder-accused nurse has told jurors she was in a different nursery when a doctor alleged he saw her doing nothing when a baby girl collapsed.Lucy Letby, 33, is said to have deliberately dislodged the infant's breathing tube shortly before a consultant walked into nursery one at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Killing babies was not on my mind, murder accused nurse tells jury

A murder accused nurse has told jurors that killing babies was not on her mind as she and friends looked forward to a holiday abroad.Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have attempted to murder a baby boy at the Countess of Chester Hospital a day before she flew out to Ibiza with a colleague and a friend.
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