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The government has activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters are being sentenced for their role in recent unrest. Across the north of England and parts of the midlands defendants waiting for a court appearance will be kept in police cells until prison space is available. The...

Move to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters jailed

The Guardian

Ministers activate Operation Early Dawn allowing defendants to be held in police cells as more sentenced for role in riots

England prison overcrowding emergency measures come into force

A court is told the gang supplied drugs with a street value estimated at more than £110,000.

Eight jailed for county lines drugs plot

A quantity of what is believed to be the psychoactive substance was seized in two raids in Telford.

Four arrested in raids targeting monkey dust

Virginia State

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

A vape shop has been ordered to close for three months after an investigation by Wiltshire Council. Red Power Market Ltd, on Minster Street, Salisbury, was served a closure notice by Trading Standards on Saturday. Officers said they had seized several illegal vape and tobacco products from the shop, and...

Vape shop ordered to close due to illegal sales

A tribunal determines Dr Marc Whitehouse's fitness to practise to be impaired.

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

A prison employee has pleaded guilty to having an "inappropriate relationship" with an inmate. Kelsey Calvert admitted to an offence of misconduct in public office while working at HMP Holme House in Stockton-on-Tees. The 28-year-old from Ryhope, Sunderland, also pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying a prohibited item after...

Prison employee admits relationship with inmate

The Independent

 Watch live as a search and rescue operation is conducted in Italy after a British-flagged luxury superyacht carrying foreign tourists sank in a whirlwind and rough seas off the coast of Sicily on Monday, 19 August.The 56-metre (184-foot) “Bayesian”, built in 2008 by the Italian firm Perini Navi, had a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers, representing British, American and Canadian nationalities, the Italian coast guard said, when it capsized at around 5am off the port of Porticello.One person is feared dead and six more are missing.Four Britons are reportedly among the missing while a further 15 people,...

Watch live: Search continues as one dead and six missing after British-flagged superyacht ‘hit by tornado’ in Italy

Michael Johnson celebrated after punching Trevor Reid in a "senseless" attack, a court hears.

Single-punch 'coward' jailed for killing man

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

A gardeners guide to why your tomatoes are dying

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Two 12-year-old boys have become the youngest people to be convicted in connection with the nationwide public disorder. One of the boys admitted throwing a missile at a police van as he pleaded guilty to two charges of violent disorder during two separate incidents in Manchester.The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was part of a group that gathered outside a Holiday Inn hotel in Manchester on 31 July.Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how he was filmed by police “kicking the front window of a vape shop” and was seen kicking a bus.The other 12-year-old youth admitted a charge...

Two boys, both aged 12, become youngest to be convicted of violent disorder during nationwide riots

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Pune court rules Indian restaurant had been using name for over a decade before American chain started doing business in country

Burger King loses 13-year trademark infringement suit against Indian restaurant with same name

 The Italian coastguard (Vigili del Fuoco) searched for missing passangers after a British-flagged yacht capsized in a tornado off Palermo in the early hours of Monday, 19 August.Authorities said 15 people were rescued from the 49-metre (160ft) sailboat but another seven were unaccounted for.A helicopter and rescue boats from the coast guard and fire rescue service were sent to the scene to locate those missing.Local media reported that the vessel was flying a British flag and had mostly British passengers on board but also New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland and British-French citizens.

Coastguard searches for missing after British-flagged yacht capsizes in tornado off Italy

Eugene Robertson, 40, had faced a maximum sentence of more than 400 years

Man pulled gun after Burger King worker wouldn’t accept drugs for payment

Whip up a storm in the kitchen with these Ninja deals ahead of Black Friday 2024

The Ninja deals we are hoping to see this Black Friday, from air fryers to blenders

Ukrainian local authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for families with children from the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where 53,000 people still live

Ukrainian officials issue an evacuation order for families with children from the city of Pokrovsk

The measure allows defendants to be held in police cells and not summoned to magistrates’ court until a space in prison is available.

Emergency measure to avoid prison overcrowding activated in North of England

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