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5 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Will Bolton
The Metropolitan Police is offering bespoke workshops to ethnic minority and female candidates to help them gain promotions. A police source told The Telegraph he wanted to highlight the policy as he was concerned "thousands of white male officers" may have been negatively affected. It comes after West Yorkshire Police was accused of having a "racist" recruitment policy for putting a temporary block on the hiring of white candidates.
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5 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Will Bolton
However, on Friday, Sexton was further charged with murder and rape after reports from experts following a post-mortem. Hampshire Constabulary has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) due to previous police contact in the weeks before Miss Derkacz's death. A force spokesman said: "Detectives investigating the death of 37-year-old Joanna Derkacz have charged a man with murder and rape.
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6 days ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Will Bolton
How best friends who felled Sycamore Gap tree turned on each otherDaniel Graham, left, and Adam Carruthers spoke on the phone almost every day and worked together - CPS/PABefore the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were the “best of pals”. The “odd pair” had an almost obsessive friendship. They texted each other constantly, had nicknames for each other and spoke on the phone everyday.
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6 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Will Bolton
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers went from an almost obsessive friendship to accusing each other of felling 'most famous tree in world'Before the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were the "best of pals". The "odd pair" had an almost obsessive friendship. They texted each other constantly, had nicknames for each other and spoke on the phone everyday.
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6 days ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Will Bolton
Eviction grudge may have been motive for Sycamore Gap fellingThe felling of the Sycamore Gap tree sent shock waves around the world - Lee Smith/ReutersOne of the men who cut down the Sycamore Gap tree was facing eviction at the time of the felling, after being accused of “destroying the countryside”.
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6 days ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Will Bolton
Graham's application to live on the site in his caravan was refused by Cumberland Council in April 2023, just five months before the Sycamore Gap tree was felled on the night of Sept 27. The council was due to send an enforcement notice, meaning that Graham was facing being kicked out of his home. It was finally issued after the tree had been felled, on Sept 20 2024, and an appeal against the decision has since been refused by planners.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Will Bolton
In a written statement, read to the court by prosecutor Caroline Haughey KC, the victim described living in "almost constant fear" because of Mugambe's powerful standing in Uganda. The young woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she "can't go back to Uganda", citing concerns of what may happen to her and added that she may never see her mother again.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Will Bolton
Russell Brand raped a woman in a hotel room during a Labour Party conference, a court was told. The allegation was heard on Friday at Westminster magistrates’ court where the 49-year-old appeared charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault. During a 12-minute long hearing, the court was told he raped the alleged victim in a hotel room after meeting her at a theatrical event following the party’s conference in Bournemouth in 1999.
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1 week ago | 
aol.co.uk | Will Bolton
Russell Brand raped a woman in a hotel room during a Labour Party Conference, a court has heard. The allegation was heard on Friday at Westminster magistrates’ court where the 49-year-old appeared charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault. During a 12-minute long hearing, the court was told he raped the alleged victim in a hotel room after meeting her at a theatrical event following the party’s conference in Bournemouth in 1999.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Will Bolton |Albert Tait
Russell Brand has arrived at Westminster magistrates' court accused of sexual offences against four women. The 49-year-old was charged last month with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault. Brand, who has been living in the US since last year, flew back to the UK for the hearing.
