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A Facebook user who encouraged people to attack a hotel housing asylum seekers has become the first person to be jailed for stirring up racial hatred following widespread disorder across the country. Jordan Parlour, 28, admitted posting on the social media platform between August 1 and August 5 urging others to target the building in Leeds, which at the time was housing more than 200 asylum seekers and refugees. The […]

Katie Price must attend a further hearing in relation to her bankruptcies later in August with “no ifs or buts”, a judge has said. The former glamour model appeared remotely at a hearing before a specialist bankruptcy judge at the Rolls Building on Friday, hours after being detained at Heathrow Airport. During the short hearing in London, Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Daniel Schaffer ordered Ms Price to give […]

Two men have been jailed for an attack on “pro-EDL” protesters after rival demonstrations in Leeds, with a judge warning that “severe sentences will follow” for anyone taking part in the violence. Leeds Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of a group of Asian men kicking and punching a smaller group of four white men, one of whom was draped in a Union flag and wearing a Union flag mask, […]

The BBC has asked Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid during the period following his arrest in November last year, after his guilty plea to charges of having indecent images of children. It comes after the Culture Secretary had urged the disgraced newsreader to “return his salary”, while she also asked the BBC to look into whether it can recoup an estimated £200,000 paid to Edwards between […]

Two men are set to be the first to face jail for stirring up racial hatred following widespread disorder across the country. Tyler Kay, 26, and Jordan Parlour, 28, are due to be sentenced on Friday as more suspected rioters are scheduled to appear in court. Parlour indicated he admitted posting on Facebook between August 1 and August 5 in connection with the nationwide violent disorder. The defendant, of Seacroft, […]

ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a September 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees The announcement on Thursday came shortly after Mr Trump told a news conference that he had proposed three presidential debates with three television networks, saying he agreed on certain dates in September. Mr Trump is rejoining the ABC debate days after posting on his social media network that […]

Sir Keir Starmer has said swift justice, including sentencing, has been a deterrent to more violent disorder. At least a dozen people were jailed on Thursday for their part in the riots of the past 10 days, with more expected to be sent to prison on Friday, including some on live television. The Prime Minister addressed his third emergency Cobra meeting since the first riot in Southport on July 30 […]

A record-breaking recovery of rocks that originated deep in Earth could reveal secrets of the planet’s history, new research suggests. Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet’s largest component. At a nearly continuous 1,268 metres, the depth to which the researchers penetrated the mantle rocks beats the previous deepest hole (200 metres) by more […]

Emma Finucane added keirin bronze to the women’s team sprint gold she won on Monday as the medals kept coming for Team GB in the velodrome. Finucane, 21, narrowly beat her team-mate Katy Marchant to the last step on the podium after both British riders made it into the final. New Zealand’s world champion Ellesse Andrews showed her strength as she led from the front to take gold, while Dutch […]