Hundreds of people have gathered in two Devon towns to show "unity" after the recent riots across the UK. About 60 people met at The Sundial in Plymouth at about 12:30 BST on Saturday and between 300 and 400 people gathered at Bedford Square in Exeter from midday. Devon and...

Devon cities show 'unity' following protests

Hundreds of anti-racism campaigners took to streets across the South on Saturday. The demos were in response to violence across England and Northern Ireland fuelled by far-right and anti-immigration sentiment. Thousands of police were deployed across the country poised for more than 100 possible events expected on Saturday. All rallies...

More anti-racism protests held across the South

Large crowds of anti-racism protesters have gathered in north, north-west and east London locations, the Metropolitan Police said. The force had been ready to deploy more than 1,300 officers on Wednesday evening over concerns that unrest was expected in the capital and could turn violent. In Walthamstow, more than 1,000...

Anti-racism protesters gather to show 'unity'

Organisers of the event in Cambridge hope it will “dampen down the spirit of fear” .

Anti-racism protest is 'celebration of humanity'

The court hears Billy Thompson, 31, did not know it was an offence to make the comments.

Maryport man jailed over racist online post

Philippa Swatton had to shelter inside a restaurant when rioters stormed the venue.

Diner describes panic as protesters storm restaurant

As they were driving along the A358, Mr Bennett said his wife's contractions became "worse and worse". "I thought I would have one [contraction] per junction," said Mrs Bennett, jokingly. "I thought four or five minutes per junction, I can do that," she added. As her contractions grew closer, Mr...

Mr Bennett said: "She pulled out a baby, just right there and then as I was driving along."

Jodie Beer is jailed for six years for trying to take cocaine, pills and phones into Parc prison.

Prison officer smuggled drugs in juice cartons

This year's festival in Scarborough is no longer going ahead, organisers have announced.

Music festival cancelled due to low ticket sales

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Violent protests flared up across the UK on Sunday, spurred by false rumors about the teen suspected of stabbing three children to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last week.

Right-wing protesters clashed with police and counter-protesters at the Holiday Inn Express Rotherham in South Yorkshire, which houses migrant asylum seekers. 

More than 100 people arrested so far in the rampage that has spread across Britain. 

Harrowing images from the Rotherham hotel shows the mob of hundreds hurling trash cans and other heavy projectiles at officers defending the building, with the protesters setting fires beside the Holiday Inn and shattering windows....

Violent protesters arrested after mobbing migrant hotel following horrific stabbing at kids’ Taylor Swift-theme dance class

Susan Wojcicki, the former boss of YouTube and one of Google's earliest employees, has died aged 56. Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai announced that Ms Wojcicki had passed away after two years of living with lung cancer. Mr Pichai, who is also the boss of Google's parent company Alphabet, said...

YouTube's former chief Susan Wojcicki dies aged 56

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

A medical tribunal has found a doctor's fitness to practise to be impaired for writing false prescriptions. Dr Marc Whitehouse admitted to writing prescriptions while impersonating a chief medical examiner on five occasions between March 2016 and December 2018. At a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing, it was also...

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

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Lifelong friends Andy Griffith and Don Knotts were quite a team on The Andy Griffith Show, which originally aired on CBS from 1960 to 1968. In 1965, Knotts left the series (to make big-screen movies), which later transitioned into Mayberry RFD, with Ken Berry taking over the lead from Griffith.

Andy Griffith was critical of Don Knotts and his portrayal of Mr. Furley on TV's 'Three's Company'

Two teenagers have died and two others are in a critical condition after a crash near Exeter, police have said. The crash involving a silver Peugeot 107 happened at about 01:20 BST on a back road at Haldon near Exeter Racecourse, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The 18-year-old male driver...

Two teens die and two seriously hurt in crash

Nigerian police are investigating the death of a Nigerian transgender TikToker known as “Abuja Area Mama”. The beaten and bruised body of 33-year-old transgender woman was found along a highway in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday, local media report. Abuja Area Mama had a loyal fan base on...

Nigerian transgender TikToker found dead

Police are seeking information after a man was arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 35-year-old woman. On Friday, a 31-year-old man from Sheffield was detained in custody after the woman was discovered dead at her home in Wincobank. South Yorkshire Police attended her home on Walling...

Man arrested for murder after woman found dead

Yeovil Hospital is able to scan patients much quicker due to a new CT scanner.

Hospital gets new CT scanner to cut treatment time

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Penzance rally shows solidarity, says organiser

The organiser of a rally in Penzance said hundreds of people have gathered in...

Penzance rally shows solidarity, says organiser

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