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A man has been jailed for eight months after he spray painted “f*** you God” and other obscene graffiti on churches in Lancashire.Joseph Williams, of Nelson Avenue in Leyland, admitted to two charges of religiously aggravated criminal damage, as well as eight additional counts of criminal damage, at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday.The offences occurred during Easter weekend last year, with Williams defacing more than 20 gravestones at St James’ Church on Good Friday with offensive imagery and blasphemous messages targeting God.His vandalism extended to spray-painting a nearby property gate and multiple vehicles in the Slater Lane vicinity with similar…
Noor Nanji & Zoe Conway NewsGetty ImagesMcDonald’s will bring in new sexual harassment training for managers in strengthened measures agreed with the equality watchdog to protect its staff from abuse.The move was “in response to serious allegations raised”, the watchdog said, after it initially intervened in the company.A investigation two years ago was told that workers, some as young as 17, were being groped and harassed. Earlier this year, McDonald’s staff told us they still faced sexual abuse and harassment. McDonald’s said it welcomed the new measures, adding that they would “build on the significant progress we have already made…
May 30 was meant to be the day of a new beginning for Rangers. New investment. New regime. New manager en route. A new outlook, all triggered by the arrival of a US-based consortium vowing to get the club “back to the top”. Already the Trumpesque “Make Rangers Great Again” merchandise seen back then has been parked. The star-spangled banners in the Ibrox stands now replaced with statements of protest, accompanied by howls of dissatisfaction.Five harrowing months on from when the group led by Andrew Cavenagh walked in the big door in the Bill Struth Stand, the feel-good has been…
Police have charged 19 youths after “intolerable” firework disorder in Birmingham on Wednesday night. All of those charged were aged between 14 and 25, with accusations including public order offences and assaulting police.West Midlands Police confirmed that members of the public and officers were subject to targeted attacks by people armed with fireworks.Originally, more than 20 people were arrested after violent disorder broke out in the Dale End area of the city, then Staniforth Street later on. Footage of the disorder was live-streamed across social media.A Section 60 order was put in place by police, giving officers extra powers to…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has recouped over £70million in “excess” profits from asylum hotel operators. A total of £74million was clawed back by the Home Office from firms handed Government contracts to house roughly 32,000 illegal migrants in more than 200 hotels. The move came after a review discovered that the suppliers had been pocketing “excessive” profits over the agreed thresholds in the bumper contracts dished out by the Home Office. Just weeks ago, an investigation carried out by MPs uncovered that incompetence at the Home Office led to billions of pounds of public money wasted. The review uncovered the…
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has severed the last connection he had to life as a working member of the Royal Family.The former prince is closing Pitch@Palace Global, the commercial arm of his Dragon’s Den-style business, accounts reveal.Andrew remained at the threshold of the initiative, despite its gradual demise as a result of his downfall.The former duke is listed on Companies House as the sole “person with significant control”.Andrew has cut his last connection to life as a working royal | GETTYA fortnight ago, the listing was updated to change his name from the Duke of York to Prince Andrew, although it…
More than one million older people across Britain could be entitled to extra financial support worth as much as £110.40 a week, but are not claiming it. Government figures suggest around 1.1 million pensioners who may qualify for Attendance Allowance are missing out on the benefit.The payment is designed to help older people stay in their homes for longer when disabilities or long-term health conditions make daily life difficult. It supports those who need help with personal care or supervision.There are two payment rates depending on the level of care required. Pensioners who need assistance during the day or night…
Eleanor Layhe, Jemma Woodman,South West and Ella RuleTrudy PolkinghornLugh Baker died in 2021 and his mother, Trudy Polkinghorn, said she “was so angry” with the regulator, the CQCCare homes that are graded as inadequate or requiring improvement are often not being reinspected for a year or more, a investigation has found.More than 2,100 care homes in England as of October this year were rated as “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – but the found three quarters of those had not been reinspected within a year or more. A fifth of the 123 homes rated as “inadequate” -…
Sarr has four goals in his past three appearances and is already close to matching his tally from last season – 12 goals across all competitions.Palace signed Sarr from Marseille for a fee of about £12.5m in 2024 in an attempt to replace winger Michael Olise, who had joined Bayern Munich that summer.That is a piece of business that now looks incredibly shrewd, particularly with Eze also leaving the club this year.Boss Oliver Glasner called the former Watford forward “an important player” for the club.”It looks like he is dealing really well with this – we know when he has…
A surge in foreign prison officer recruitment may be contributing to the growing number of accidental prisoner releases in the UK, raising fresh concerns about safety and oversight in the prison system, an expert has warned.Speaking to GB News, Tom Jones, who has written for The Critic, highlighted overcrowding and high numbers of prisoners on remand as one of the main challenges facing prisons today, noting that the number of remand prisoners is the highest for half a century.The expert’s comments come amid heightened scrutiny following the accidental releases of prisoners from HMP Wandsworth, including sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif and…