Day: June 12, 2025
Nursery worker accused of hurting babies ‘got fed up if she couldn’t vape’
June 12, 2025A Montessori nursery worker accused of deliberately hurting dozens of toddlers in her care says she was addicted to weed and vapes at the time and ‘would get fed up’ if she could not smoke, a court has heard. Roksana Lecka, 22, is said to have ‘badly harmed’ 23 children while employed at the £1,900-a-month […]
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‘I was framed’: British mother facing death penalty in Bali for ‘smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight’ claims stitch-up
June 12, 2025A British mother facing the death penalty for smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight packets claims she was “framed”. Lisa Stocker, 39, said she was stitched up when she entered the island of Bali in Indonesia with £300,000 worth of the narcotics disguised as the dessert mix. “The packages were not mine, but someone else’s,” she […]
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Being called a ‘weirdo’ is discrimination, judge rules as man is awarded £17,000 at employment tribunal
June 12, 2025A children’s centre worker who was called a “weirdo” by a colleague has been paid more than £17,000 after a tribunal judge found the comment violated his dignity. Nicholas James, who is autistic, complained in 2023 to bosses at The Venture in Wrexham that he could not work properly because of music being played at […]
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This is how much more single people pay to live alone in London
June 12, 2025Your browser does not support the audio element. From council tax to the weekly shop, the financial burden of living alone as a single person can really take a toll. But now, new figures have confirmed the true scale of the so-called ‘singles tax’. This term refers to the additional costs someone faces when they […]
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The idea was to crush his spirit’: family of jailed British-Egyptian man describe awful prison conditions
June 12, 2025Family, friends and supporters of the jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah have spoken about the conditions of his long imprisonment as his mother, Laila Soueif, remains in a London hospital in declining health on a hunger strike to secure his release. Amid a mounting campaign to put pressure on British ministers to intervene more […]
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Surviving Beach Boys pay tribute to ‘genius’ Brian Wilson
June 12, 2025The surviving original members of the Beach Boys have paid tribute to the “genius” of Brian Wilson after his death aged 82. His cousin Mike Love, 84, said Wilson’s “musical gifts were unmatched” while Al Jardine described his bandmate as “my brother in spirit”. Wilson was the eldest and last surviving of the three brothers […]
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Sheku Bayoh Inquiry to consider application for recusal of chairman
June 12, 2025The Sheku Bayoh Inquiry is set to consider issues around fairness from the chairman, in a procedural hearing, after it emerged he met the grieving family several times. Sheku Bayoh, 31, a father-of-two, died after he was restrained by around six police officers who were called to Hayfield Road in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3, […]
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