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Comedian and actor pleads not guilty to five sexual offence charges at Southwark crown courtRussell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault.During a brief hearing at Southwark crown court in London on Friday, the comedian and actor pleaded not guilty to the five sexual offence charges. Continue reading...
Comedian and actor pleads not guilty to five sexual offence charges at Southwark crown courtRussell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault.During a brief hearing at Southwark crown court in London on Friday, the comedian and actor pleaded not guilty to the five sexual offence charges. Continue reading...
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Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges
Comedian and actor, 49, denies five sexual offence charges at Southwark crown court in London
Study strengthens case for families to have right to second opinion under Martha’s rule being piloted in NHS EnglandParental intuition is more likely to predict critical illness among children than vital signs used to monitor health, according to a study that strengthens the case for families to have a right to a second opinion under Martha’s rule being piloted in the NHS.Experts from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, said parents should be treated as part of a child’s care team in hospital after data on almost 190,000 emergency hospital visits involving children. Continue reading...
Street artwork incorporates the shadow of a bollard and bears the words ‘I want to be what you saw in me’Banksy has posted an image of a new artwork believed to be in southern French city of Marseilles, but its exact location has not been confirmed.The characteristic image, posted on the artist’s Instagram account, morphs the shadow of a street bollard into the form of lighthouse. Stencilled across the image are the words: “I want to be what you saw in me.” Continue reading...
Democratic senator calls on voters to get creative in pushing back against Trump at town hall in New JerseyThe Democratic senator Cory Booker took a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road Saturday to a town hall meeting in a New Jersey gymnasium, calling on people to find out what they can do to push back against Donald Trump’s agenda.Booker took questions at suburban New Jersey’s Bergen Community College the same day that more than 1,200 “Hands Off” demonstrations took place around the country. The town hall event was punctuated both by celebratory shouts of “Cory, Cory” as well as at least a half-dozen interruptions by protesters. Continue reading...
Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ communityMPs in Hungary have voted to ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them, in what Amnesty International has described as a “full-frontal attack” on the LGBTQ+ community.The legislation – the latest by the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his rightwing populist party to target the community – was pushed through parliament on Tuesday. Believed to be the first of its kind in the EU’s recent history, the nationwide ban passed by 136 votes to 27 after it was submitted to parliament one day earlier. Continue reading...
Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...
Labour’s ‘devolution revolution’ aims to simplify local authorities but will force some to combine with others in financial distressPeople in areas neighbouring bankrupt councils in England risk seeing their council taxes rise and services cut under Labour’s plans for the most radical shake-up of local government this century.Under plans championed by Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, for a “devolution revolution”, the government is pushing to merge dozens of small district and county councils to streamline services. Continue reading...
Largest US department store chain delays release of quarterly earnings report to investigate ‘erroneous accounting entries’Macy’s revealed on Monday that a single employee was responsible for hiding up to $154m in expenses over the course of nearly three years, prompting the company to delay the release of its quarterly earnings report.The US’s largest department store chain, which owns other brands such as Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury, found so many internal accounting irregularities that they were forced to conduct an independent forensic accounting investigation. Their full quarterly earnings report, originally planned for release on Tuesday, will now not roll out until 11 December. Continue reading...
