Claude Parkinson (pictured) of Islington was handed a two-year-and-eight-month sentence after snatching mobile phones in central London

How I saw UK’s biggest phone gang smashed: Bulgarians in suburbia, and their incredible link to a Hong Kong skyscraper filled with a million stolen handsets

Head to toe in full riot gear with balaclavas pulled over their heads, the mass of public order officers quietly surrounded the mid-terrace suburban home. At about 5am, the Autumn chill was pierced by shouts of ‘police officers, this is a search warrant’ and the thump of heavy boots stomping through the doorway. The front…

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Brits left seven times more cash in wills to animals than soldiers during 2024 - including £38m to Donkey Sanctuary

Brits left seven times more cash in wills to animals than soldiers during 2024 – including £38m to Donkey Sanctuary

A DONKEY charity was left more money in wills than the Royal British Legion last year, figures show. There were £37.8million-worth of legacy donations to the Donkey Sanctuary. 2 Royal British Legion will donations lagged behind those made to leading animal charitiesCredit: SWNS:South West News Service The sum exceeds the £27.5million left to Britain’s leading…

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Met arrest at least 175 in London

Met arrest at least 175 in London

Police continue to make arrests in Trafalgar Square as protesters chant: “Met Police, you decide: justice or genocide.” Activists supporting Palestine Action are being carried to fenced-off areas, where they lie on the ground waiting for officers to process them and search their belongings. Times man’s stint as synagogue security It was at the insistence…

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Exclusive | UK open to Hong Kong lawyers registering as arbitrators: Bar Association chief

Exclusive | UK open to Hong Kong lawyers registering as arbitrators: Bar Association chief

The United Kingdom has extended a welcome to Hong Kong’s barristers to register as arbitrators in its database because of their common law background and experience in handling Asian cases, the head of the city’s Bar Association has said. In an exclusive interview with the Post on Wednesday, Jose-Antonio Maurellet also expressed confidence that Hong…

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Analysis-AstraZeneca's US listing may pull other firms from London in its wake

Analysis-AstraZeneca’s US listing may pull other firms from London in its wake

By Charlie Conchie LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s move to upgrade its listing in the U.S. risks pulling liquidity away from London’s stock market and could pave the way for other large companies to follow suit, analysts, investors and advisers said. The British drugmaker, one of London’s most valuable listed companies, said on Monday it would retain…

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Incarcerated women in New Jersey are learning fashion design through a Pratt-supported initiative.

Incarcerated Women in New Jersey Learn Fashion Design Through New Initiative

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has teamed up with Pratt Institute to debut a fashion design and workforce development program at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. “The Design Studio” will offer incarcerated women a structured curriculum in fashion design, apparel construction, digital design and business planning. Organized with equipment to resemble a professional environment,…

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