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Family of Samantha-Jane Ramsay say she made allegation 10 years before police say first complaint was madePolice dismissed a teenage girl who reported an alleged sexual assault by Mohamed Al Fayed in 1995, saying they would add her name to a pile of similar claims.Last month the Metropolitan police said the first report of sexual assault by the Harrods owner had been made in 2005. After the family of Samantha-Jane Ramsay, who has since died, came forward, the force said it had no computer record of her report but it may have been paper-based and not transferred. Continue reading... Source

Nearly all are deemed ‘high-risk’ and so will need customs declarations and phytosanitary certificatesEvery year, hundreds of thousands of Christmas trees make the annual journey into the UK to take pride of place in living rooms across the country.But this year, the cross-border operation faces a new hurdle. Plants coming from the EU will be subject to post-Brexit border checks that importers are warning will increase costs for sellers, and probably push up prices for consumers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/01/imported-christmas-trees-cost-more-post-brexit-checks Author : Jack Simpson Publish date : 2024-11-01 16:06:09 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Former congresswoman says Trump ‘wants to be a tyrant’ following former president’s commentsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called former congresswoman Liz Cheney a radical war hawk and said she should face being under fire with rifles “shooting at her” – prompting the anti-Trump Republican to warn the public against dictatorship and a presidential candidate who “wants to be a tyrant”.Cheney recently endorsed Kamala Harris and has campaigned with her, trying to persuade Republicans who don’t want Trump to win another term in the White House in this election to vote for the Democratic ticket of the US

Thieves steal two prints and leave two behind after ripping them from their frames as they were too big for their carThieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by Andy Warhol, leaving two others badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist.The gallery’s owner, Mark Peet Visser, said the thieves had attempted to steal all four works from a 1985 series by the US pop artist called Reigning Queens, which features portraits of the then-queens of the

Logan MacPhail, then 16, murdered 15-year-old Holly Newton in Hexham in January 2023Coercive control red flags were there – but Holly Newton was too young to see themAn obsessed and jealous teenager who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in an alleyway has been detained for life and told he will serve a minimum of 17 years.Logan MacPhail murdered 15-year-old Holly Newton in Hexham, Northumberland, in January 2023. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/01/teenager-who-killed-ex-girlfriend-jailed-for-life-logan-macphail-holly-newton-northumberland Author : Mark Brown North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-01 13:52:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Until October average number of jobs gained per month in 2024 has been about 200,000, but new figures were impacted by Boeing strike and recent hurricanesThe US added just 12,000 jobs in October, the last snapshot of the employment market before election day, in a report heavily impacted by the strike at Boeing and two recent hurricanes.The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/01/us-october-jobs-report Author : Michael Sainato Publish date : 2024-11-01 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Restrictions on naming teenager who attacked two sleeping students and teacher at Blundell’s school lifted by judgeA 17-year-old boy sentenced to life for attacking two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers at a private school can be named after a judge lifted restrictions on publishing his identity.Thomas Wei Huang was armed with three claw hammers and waited for the two boys to be asleep before attacking them at Blundell’s school in Devon, Exeter crown court previously heard. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/01/boy-given-life-sentence-over-school-hammer-attack-named-as-thomas-wei-huang Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2024-11-01 12:36:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Shootings in Poitiers are latest to injure children, with minister saying country at ‘tipping point’ on drug violenceA shooting and massive brawl linked to drug trafficking has seriously wounded five people, including three teenagers, in western France, officials and media said, in the latest such gunfight to injure children.The shooting erupted at about 10.45pm local time on Thursday in front of a restaurant in Poitiers and rapidly escalated into a mass fight, the interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, told BFMTV/RMC radio on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/shootout-several-hundred-people--france-poitiers-retailleau Author : Jon Henley in Paris Publish date : 2024-11-01 11:54:07 Copyright

Moore, 59, awaits clemency from the governor as his children plead for his life to be sparedSouth Carolina is on track to execute a man on death row on Friday, despite growing concerns about the validity of his sentence and objections from the judge who originally condemned him to death.Richard Moore, 59, is due to be killed by lethal injection at 6pm unless the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, grants clemency. Moore’s children have pleaded for his life to be spared, and his resentencing efforts are now supported by the former corrections department director, two trial jurors, the judge who

Harris and Trump campaign in key swing states of Arizona and Nevada as only five days remain until electionHello and welcome to our live coverage of the US election. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a nail-bitingly close US presidential election race. Harris maintains a single point advantage over her Republican rival. As of 30 October, the latest polls put Harris at 47%, and Trump at 46%.Read more from the Guardian’s poll tracker:Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in the western part of the US, namely the key swing states of Arizona and Nevada.In her speech, Harris

Darren Jones says ‘markets always respond to budgets’ and says Office for Budget Responsibility reviewed plans as extra borrowing sees markets jitterThe UK is in a “very different world” compared with the turmoil which followed Liz Truss’s economic plans, a minister has said as the government seeks to quell post-budget market jitters.The scale of extra borrowing in Rachel Reeves’s budget – around £32bn a year on average – saw yields on government bonds increase as the market responded to the chancellor’s plans. The value of the pound has also fallen against the dollar after Labour’s first budget in more than

Israeli prime minister reportedly told US envoys that return of displaced people was paramount; Israel resumes strikes on southern BeirutLebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati criticised Israel’s “expansion” of its attacks on his country, saying they indicated a rejection of efforts to broker a truce after more than a month of war, AFP reports.“The Israeli enemy’s renewed expansion of the scope of its aggression on Lebanese regions, its repeated threats to the population to evacuate entire cities and villages, and its renewed targeting of the southern suburbs of Beirut with destructive raids, are all indicators that confirm the Israeli enemy’s rejection

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors weigh implications of Rachel Reeves’s budgetThe biggest mover on the FTSE 100 this morning is Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of products ranging from Dettol to Strepsils.Reckitt’s shares are up 10% after a US court ruling boosted its baby formula subsidiary, Mead Johnson.Abbott and Reckitt unit Mead Johnson are not responsible for a young boy’s debilitating intestinal disease, a jury found on Thursday in a lawsuit accusing them of failing to warn of their premature baby formulas’ risks, a victory for the two companies following large losses in similar trials.At

Early results show Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic party on track to lose by landslideBotswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority in this week’s election, ending nearly six decades in power.The private Mmegi newspaper and state radio reported that the ruling Botswana Democratic party (BDP) had lost by a landslide, citing results from more than half the constituencies. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/botswana-president-mokgweetsi-masisi-concedes-defeat-election-six-decade-rule Author : Reuters in Gaborone Publish date : 2024-11-01 07:53:55 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Howard Cox and Ben Habib take issue with chair saying party wants nothing to do with Robinson and ‘all of that lot’Reform UK is facing a schism over its approach to Tommy Robinson’s supporters, after two high-profile party figures said it was wrong to disavow those who went to a weekend rally backing the far-right leader.Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform, said earlier this week the party “want nothing to do with” Robinson and “all of that lot”. Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, also said after the summer riots that he had never had anything to do with “the

Exclusive: Cross-party group’s letter comes after health secretary said he doubted NHS could enact the changeA cross-party group of MPs who are practising medics and former NHS staff have written to MPs urging them to back the assisted dying bill, after the health secretary expressed doubt that the health service was fit to enact such a big change.The six Labour and Conservative MPs, including two GPs and two surgeons, said they had extensive experience of working in and around palliative care and stressed that a tightly defined bill would give dying patients genuine choice. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/01/mps-medics-urge-colleagues-support-assisted-dying-bill

The international criminal court awarded a record €52.4m to survivors of Dominic Ongwen’s crimes but member states have failed to contributeNot a single country has contributed towards reparations for the victims and survivors of the Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen, despite the international criminal court awarding €52.4m (£44m) in February, according to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims (TFV).The ICC reparations order – the largest in the court’s history – was issued after a 2021 ruling in which the court found Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army militia group, guilty of various war crimes committed between 2002 and

Investigation under way into whether mechanical failure resulted in deaths of German shepherds Xtra and Soldier in SydneyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police are investigating whether engine failure led to a police car’s air conditioning failing and the subsequent death of two police dogs inside a special “dog pod”.The German shepherds Xtra and Soldier were found dead inside the police vehicle by their handler on Thursday at about 12.30pm. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/01/nsw-police-dogs-die-found-dead-in-car Author : Cait Kelly Publish date : 2024-11-01 05:08:24

LNP leader’s cabinet includes several changes, including former leader Tim Nicholls as health minister and Fiona Simpson in women’s portfolioFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s new premier, David Crisafulli, has unveiled his new cabinet, breaking a pre-election promise to automatically elevate his existing shadow team to the government frontbench.The LNP leader repeatedly promised the shadow cabinet he took to last week’s election would be the cabinet after it.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailDavid Crisafulli: premier and minister for veteransJarrod Bleijie: deputy premier, minister for state

Nerves are particularly stretched in Maricopa county, which will likely decide which way the state swings in the pollsPearl Hubbard picked up some yard signs for Kamala Harris at the vice-president’s speech in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday afternoon, but wasn’t yet sure whether she’d risk displaying them outside her home in a city that sits in some of the most hotly contested political territory in the country.“I’m scared to put them up,” Hubbard said. “As I drive … I only saw one place that had a sign. Just don’t see them. I think people are scared to put them up.”

LNP urged to release details of its alternative energy plans within first 100 days of governmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservation groups say the new Queensland government must quickly announce details of its alternative energy plans, after confirmation the new LNP administration will scrap the state’s attempts to build the “world’s largest” hydroelectricity project.The premier, David Crisafulli, has confirmed the LNP would, as promised during the election campaign, end planning for a proposed 5GW Pioneer Burdekin pumped hydro scheme that would have constructed a massive energy storage

One Nation leader will need to delete the tweet and pay Greens senator’s costs which will likely total ‘many hundreds of thousands’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she tweeted the Greens senator should “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”, a judge has ruled.The judge ordered Hanson delete the offending tweet and pay Faruqi’s costs for the proceedings. Faruqi’s lawyer Michael Bradley told Guardian Australia that while costs had not been calculated in full, they would

Deputy commissioner referred to Ibac over potential misuse of position in school traffic argumentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA senior police officer has been referred to Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog over an alleged road rage incident outside a school.Victoria police on Friday confirmed it had referred deputy commissioner Neil Paterson to the state’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) over an incident at a Melbourne school in July. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/01/neil-paterson-victoria-police-deputy-commissioner-ibac-referral-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-01 01:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Wild squirrel that was taken in by Mark Longo seven years ago was confiscated after conservation officials received reports of ‘potentially unsafe housing of wildlife’ A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid that also yielded a raccoon named Fred.Multiple anonymous complaints about Peanut – also spelled P’Nut or PNUT – brought at least six officers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to Mark Longo’s home on Wednesday, Longo said. Continue reading... Source

Shadow transport minister says she is reviewing her own declarations on flight upgrades she may have receivedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe shadow transport minister, Bridget McKenzie, says there is not always “a quid pro quo” when corporate leaders offer free flights to politicians, despite having accused the prime minister of being influenced by free flight upgrades he received from Qantas while transport minister.McKenzie also admitted accepting a flight upgrade herself, and pledged to review all her travel for other possible upgrades she may not have declared.Sign