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Thursday, 01 August 2024 22:15
Birmingham cocaine crime gang boss found guilty
Sajid Ali, 56, from Hall Green, Birmingham, has been convicted of leading a criminal gang in a £11 million drug smuggling operation. With four accomplices, he orchestrated a plan to import Class A drugs concealed in…
Thursday, 01 August 2024 22:11
Smartphone users more likely to suffer anxiety, depression and insomnia
Problematic smartphone use is linked to higher rates of anxiety, depression, and insomnia among teenagers, according to recent research. Teens exhibiting problematic use were twice as likely to report anxiety, with 44% of 13 to 16-year-olds…
Thursday, 01 August 2024 22:07
Team GB win five more medals on day five at Olympics
On 31 July Team GB celebrated a stellar fifth day at the Paris Olympics, highlighted by two gold medals in just fifteen minutes. Triathlete Alex Yee and the women's quad sculls rowers secured the fifth and…
Thursday, 01 August 2024 22:04
Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for life for terrorism offences
British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, 57, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday for directing a terrorist organisation. He was convicted of leading al-Muhajiroun, a group banned as a terrorist organisation over a decade ago,…
Thursday, 01 August 2024 22:01
Türkiye: largest prisoner swap since 1985
Journalist Evan Gershkovich and US marine Paul Whelan have been released from Russian jails in the largest prisoner swap with the West since the Cold War. The exchange, the result of months of complex negotiations, also…
Thursday, 01 August 2024 21:58
Italy: controversial outsourcing to Albania delayed
Government-aligned Italian MEPs are defending a plan to detain migrant arrivals in Albania, despite NGOs calling it ‘cruel’. Two Italian-funded migrant reception centres in Albania, part of a five-year agreement, face delays and are now unlikely…