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The jury have been told Relowicz had pleaded guilty to nine sexually motivated offences, committed in the months before Libby Squire's death including voyeurism, outraging public decency and burglary. … [Read more...] about Libby Squire murder trial: Horrified resident heard ‘desperate’ screams for 7 minutes from park the night she vanished

Hunt told the court: "My wife's parents gave it to me for Christmas. It was a toy. It was a fun gift. I had seen one before and they are quite fun things to move around on". … [Read more...] about Top motorcycle racer who was caught riding uninsured electric HOVERBOARD banned from the road

It urged consumers to check a business is registered and that they have a food hygiene rating of 3 of above before purchasing, and said that enforcement authorities will contact local premises and ensure any affected meats are withdrawn from the market.  … [Read more...] about Food Standards Agency issues warning over ‘unsafe to eat’ lamb, goat, veal and beef that is being sold on Facebook from unregistered seller based in Wiltshire area

In the car, the sexual, physical and verbal abuse began. It continued at Club Atlético – where the women were stripped, handcuffed, hooded and given their numbers, K52 and K53. “Whoever walked past would insult you, or beat you, or throw you to the ground,” Elgueta recalled. They could hear fellow prisoners walking in chains. The Chilean torturers made no attempt to disguise their nationality, and Elgueta and Sonia’s interrogation focused solely on Chile’s exile community in Argentina. The women were taken to the torture room by turns. Beatings, more sexual abuse and electric shocks followed. “They’d say: ‘Now the party can really start.’ Despite all we know and have read, you cannot imagine what human beings are capable of. It was a house of horrors,” Elgueta told me. “When my sister-in-law came out of one session, they had given her such strong electric shocks that she was still trembling.” … [Read more...] about Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

No10's chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance took a swipe at Boris Johnson over the timing of lockdowns as he said the government got 'some things right and some things wrong'; Home Secretary Priti Patel claimed in a leaked recording that she pushed for the UK to close its borders at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year; Pressure grew on Boris Johnson to speed up the vaccine rollout to care homes, after damning official figures showed care homes were once again at the heart of Britain's crisis; One of Israel's top Covid medics claimed the first dose of Pfizer's Covid vaccine is less than half as effective as he expected;  Sir Patrick Vallance insisted that the current crop of vaccines should work against the coronavirus variant that emerged in Kent but admitted there were still 'question marks' over variants from South Africa and Brazil; Two NHS trusts in the Midlands will start delivering coronavirus vaccines round-the-clock from Thursday, it was … [Read more...] about Is Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout back on track? UK dishes out 346,000 doses but falls just shy of speed needed to see country jab 14million by mid-February – amid fears lockdown will last until Easter even if the goal is met