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Just Stop Oil activists spared jail after M25 protest

Just Stop Oil activists who caused “massive disruption” on the M25 in “deliberate defiance” of an injunction have been spared jail by a High Court judge.

Theresa Norton, 65, and Mair Bain, 36, were found to have breached the injunction when they protested on the M25 with 10 others in November 2022.

Delivering his ruling at the High Court in London on Monday, Mr Justice Soole said both defendants had crossed the custody threshold.

He decided not to impose any penalty against the remaining 10 d
The Independent •

7/7 bombings ‘hero’ stripped of MBE after child sexual assault conviction

A “hero” of the 7/7 London bombings has been stripped of his MBE after he ‘groomed’ and sexually assaulted a child.

Raymond Parry, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, was a Transport for London (TfL) worker when suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured hundreds more in a series of co-ordinated attacks on the London underground and bus network on July 7 2005.

He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2007 for his role in leading TfL’s services to support victims’ lov
Evening Standard •

Trans rights protesters interrupt Kathleen Stock’s Oxford Union talk

Prof Stock had only been talking for around five minutes before three protesters jumped out of the audience chanting, “no more dead trans kids”.

Two activists waved rainbow flags and threw leaflets before being booed by members of the audience and escorted out by security.

Another protester, wearing a t-shirt saying “no more dead trans kids”, glued herself to the floor in front of Prof Stock before being removed by police.

Four officers spent around 10 minutes attempting to remove the protest
Evening Standard •

Sir Salman Rushdie ‘writing again’ after attack

The writer was among those recognised at Windsor Castle on Tuesday after being made a Companion of Honour.

Sir Salman, who was repeatedly stabbed, allegedly by an Islamic extremist, at an event last year, said it “took a while” but he has finally started working again.

Asked when he expects to complete his next book, he said: “Oh, I’ll let you know.”

Speaking after the investiture ceremony, in which he met the Princess Royal, Sir Salman said it was a “great honour” to be recognised for a “lif
Mail Online •

Innocent grandmother driven to an early death over missing Gaia Pope

On the day she disappeared in November 2017, teenager Gaia Pope had knocked on the door of the pensioner she had come to regard as her second grandmother.

Rosemary Dinch used to collect Gaia and her twin sister, Maya, from their primary school in Swanage, Dorset, along with her grandson, Nathan.

During the summer holidays she would take the children on trips to nearby Poole Park, buy them ice creams and watch over them while they played.

But the moment she opened the door to 19-year-old Gaia
The Times •

Police murdered my son, says professor

A university professor whose son was struck by an unmarked police car during a high-speed pursuit has accused the force of murder.

Professor Jens Holscher’s son was on foot when he was hit in Peacehaven, East Sussex, at about 11.10pm on Saturday. Footage of Arthur Holscher-Ermert, 27, showed him on the ground, groaning and pinned down by uniformed officers after the car hit him.

In a second video bystanders could be heard shouting, “You’ve killed him” while officers attempted CPR.

Witnesses,
The Times •

Accountant in land deal guilty of ‘murdering’ protected tree

A retired accountant who “murdered” a protected tree because it threatened a property deal faces an unlimited fine after being found guilty of causing the tree’s death.

Robert Page, 71, was told by a judge yesterday that he “lied through his teeth” about the demise of the 65ft mature Monterey pine.

Page wanted rid of the tree from the front garden of his £900,000 home near Poole Harbour, Dorset, as it stood in the way of a property deal.

The retired chartered accountant had agreed to sell his

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Joseph worked his way up to senior reporter at an agency where he edited and pitched stories to the national press before moving on to PA.

In 2023, he reported on the Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh for the Byline Times. Joseph has lived in the United States where he studied Middle Eastern and American history.