Brit man stabbed partner 7 times in the back ‘after she called him a cheat’ in vicious killing at Italian home
The pair had moved to Italy in 2015 after selling their scuba diving school in TorquayKNIFE HORROR Brit man stabbed partner 7 times in the back ‘after she called him a cheat’ in vicious killing at Italian homeA BRIT who admitted to stabbing his partner seven times in the back has after she claimed him a "cheat". The grandmother had been stabbed multiple times in the back, and her body was discovered lying in a pool of blood, covered with a white sheet. "I stabbed her, I don’t remember how many times," Whitbread confessed, describing the escalating tensions in their relationship, reports The Times. And he was a weak, weak man Michele's brother NormanMichele's brother, Norman, 73, dismissed Whitbread’s claims as an attempt to shift blame. And he was a weak, weak man.
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January 18, 2025 09:55 UTC
All The Times David Lynch’s Wonderful And Strange Universe Inspired The Fashion World
This week the world learned that David Lynch – the legendary filmmaker who revelled in telling dark, surreal stories – passed away at 78. But perhaps most enduring is Twin Peaks, a TV drama that was like a soap opera on acid and introduced the world to Agent Dale Cooper, played by Kyle MacLachlan, as he tried to find out who killed Laura Palmer. The Lynchian world runs so vast that the inspiration has manifested itself on the runway in myriad ways. I cried through the entire show!” Caroline Polachek reportedly exclaimed afterward. Other designers, like Raf Simons and Undercover’s Jun Takahashi, have instead taken on his iconic imagery and adorned their clothes with image stills.
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January 18, 2025 07:05 UTC
Prince Harry’s Suit Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Set to Start
Prince Harry will get his long-awaited day in court against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids on Monday, as his lawsuit against News Group Newspapers for unlawful gathering of private information finally goes on trial in London. The hearings could nonetheless prove damaging to Mr. Murdoch and several of his former lieutenants. Lawyers for Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, will set out to show that the News Group executives concealed and sought to destroy evidence of hacking and other improper practices. Harry is one of only two plaintiffs left from an original group of about 40; the rest, including the actor Hugh Grant, have settled with News Group. The other plaintiff, who is also scheduled to take the stand, is Tom Watson, a former deputy leader of the Labour Party, who alleges that News Group hacked his phone and targeted him for political reasons.
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January 18, 2025 06:32 UTC
Manchester United turn down £40m Alejandro Garnacho bid from Antonio Conte's Napoli - Paper Talk
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday's newspapers...DAILY MIRRORManchester United have rejected a £40m offer from Napoli for Alejandro Garnacho. Al Hilal have entered talks with Mohamed Salah's representatives as they prepare an offer for the Liverpool star. Real Madrid are already drafting next season's line-up and have reportedly made contact with Arsenal star William Saliba's representatives. THE TIMESBrentford forward Yoane Wissa is Nottingham Forest's main target if they decide to strengthen their squad this month. Cyriel Dessers revealed his Rangers career could be over this month after losing his place to strike sensation Hamza Igamane.
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January 18, 2025 05:09 UTC
British Labour MP Rupa Huq under fire for not meeting minorities in Dhaka
Clearly as BBC News Bangla has fact-checked, much misinformation about minorities and need to repatriate looted funds.”In a statement, BHAS said that in the BBC interview “she admitted that she visited Bangladesh in May 2024. She further stated that Hindus are in trouble but the troubles are for political reasons and purposefully ignored that minorities are being attacked due to religious extremism.” Is Rupa Huq deliberately ignoring the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh, it asked.The Unity Council said in its letter, that it was “deeply concerned the visit did not include meeting with members of our community or visiting impacted people or sites”. “Instead we learned that MP Rupa Huq met with Muhammad Yunus and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh . We are concerned that the true narrative was not portrayed to the MP.” It said being a British MP of Bangladeshi descent, the council had expected her, as part of her duty of care, to visit the victims, including Chinmoy Krishna Das, the family of Utsav Mandal, Bagerhat and Sunamganj’s burnt Hindu villages, and other impacted families.The Alliance, in its letter, wrote that she did not meet with students protesting under their banner since Aug 5, nor any of the Alliance leaders, or victims. “Unfortunately it appears that her visit was restricted and influenced by the Bangladesh govt and the Jamaat-e-Islami organisation,” they wrote.
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January 17, 2025 18:32 UTC
Everyone has their reasons
In 2021, Ferguson described Trump as a ‘demagogue and would-be tyrant’. A recent interview with the Times gives some insight into how Ferguson and others have learned to stop worrying and love the Donald. The storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 is the biggest obstacle to any conversion to a pro-Trump position. And, as many historians and social scientists have been saying, the norms and institutions of ‘the system’ are not self-reinforcing. As Daniel Drezner has pointed out, there is little evidence that Trump’s different threats concerning North and South Korea yielded much.
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January 17, 2025 17:37 UTC
Country pavilions at auto expo
Germany Ambassador Philipp Ackermann with his official vehicle, a BMW i7British High Commissioner Lindy Cameron poses with an Aston Martin at The King’s Birthday Party in DelhiOne of the highlights of the auto expo will be the country pavilions . Countries like Germany, UK, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan will showcase cutting-edge technology and innovations in the auto space.Lindy Cameron, British High Commissioner to India, tells us, “The UK is proud to join the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025. They symbolise the potential for transformative partnerships that blend the best of British innovation with India’s vast market and manufacturing capabilities. Our UK Pavilion represents more than just technology – it showcases how our nations can work together to create sustainable transport solutions , develop skilled workforces, and foster joint innovations. India has not only become a considerable market for German cars, but even more interestingly, an important workbench.
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January 17, 2025 08:24 UTC
Rajnath Singh: Excellent progress in India-UK defence ties
NEW DELHI: India and the UK on Thursday reviewed their ongoing bilateral defence cooperation, noting the "excellent progress" in niche areas like electric propulsion for warships and jet engines.Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart John Healey, in a telephonic conversation, also agreed on the need to maintain momentum in the bilateral cooperation. "The two ministers also reviewed the ongoing programme on the exchange of military instructors in each other's training institutes.With the increased focus of the UK on the Indo-Pacific, both sides will explore the possibilities of joint work and enhanced maritime engagements in 2025," an official said.Last Sept, the two countries inked a statement of intent (SoI) on cooperation in joint design, development and production of electric propulsion systems for Indian warships. The SoI will now serve as a broader framework for electric propulsion of future naval ships.
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January 17, 2025 08:23 UTC
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CMR Surgical the top Cambridge Cluster company in Sunday Times 100 Tech rankings
Last year a seven-year-old boy became the first child in the UK to undergo surgery using a robot created by CMR Surgical. CMR Surgical is ranked 17th in the hardware section of the hot 100, pharma business Cycle Pharmaceuticals 24th and drug discovery services company Metrion Biosciences 44th. To qualify for the Sunday Times 100 Tech, companies must be independent, privately owned, and headquartered in the UK. Collectively the 100 companies on the national list generated sales of £3.2 billion, up by £2.6 billion in the last three years. Out of the 100 companies featured more than a half (56) are based in London with the rest spread through-out the country.
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January 17, 2025 08:21 UTC
It's not too late to pause drinking for dry January ... or dry February, or dry March
“Treat yourself to a spa day,” Wolownik suggested. Moderate drinkers may have trouble sleeping after the first day of not drinking, and after day three, some hangover-like symptoms may occur. “Drinking affects your sleep pattern,” Wolownik said, explaining that drinking to intoxication may reduce REM sleep, which can lead to less dreaming. “REM sleep is what gets our tensions and frustrations out for the day,” Wolownik said. Scranton-based bar Noir Dark Spirits, located inside the Ritz Theater at 222 Wyoming Ave., has embraced the initiative.
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January 17, 2025 05:37 UTC
Can I be fined for renting out a property without a licence?
We have just discovered our rental property is in a council-designated landlord licensing area. Property licensing under the Housing Act 2004 is intended to crack down on rogue landlords. Then there is additional HMO licensing, covering smaller homes shared by three to four people who also share facilities. Finally, selective licensing under Part 3 of the 2004 Act covers all privately rented properties in a designated area. There are two main consequences for landlords renting out
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January 17, 2025 01:33 UTC
Times letters: Concern about imposition of low-traffic zones
Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, Your correspondents (Jan 14-16) have emphasised the lack of democracy and council responsiveness to those affected by the imposition of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs). What is almost as bad, at least here in Southwark, is the indifference of the authorities to the resulting effects on the traffic network. The council, despite having a statutory “network management duty” to secure “expeditious movement of traffic”, did not undertake any traffic diversion studies before imposing a road closure on a main distributory road in the middle of Dulwich as well as a wide array of timed closures. One result has been huge congestion at certain times of the day on diversion routes, which has required the rescheduling of affected bus routes.
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January 17, 2025 00:06 UTC
From the archive: Turkey’s hazardous experiment
From The Times: January 17, 1925Lieutenant-Colonel JHM Cornwall, who has recently returned from Constantinople, lectured last night before the Central Asian Society, at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on “Turkey To-day”. Speaking of the exchange of populations carried out last year under the Treaty of Lausanne, Lieutenant-Colonel Cornwall said the most striking thing in Turkey to-day was the alteration in the economic state of the country. The Greeks who had been sent back to Greece were the merchants, shopkeepers, cobblers, carpenters, and blacksmiths. Greece had made a net gain of 1,000,000 industrious people which Turkey had lost. The population of what was now Turkey had
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January 17, 2025 00:06 UTC
Transgender teen stabbed 14 times at roller skating party by gang who ‘attacked her for lying about her gender’ – The Sun
A TRANSGENDER teenager was stabbed 14 times at a roller skating party by a group of former friends who attacked her for lying about her gender, a court heard. She was then led to a nearby car park and "immediately attacked", where Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, stabbed her at least 14 times. The court heard the teen was attacked after one member of the group learned she was transgender after they had a sexual encounter. Betts-Ramsey, Bradley Harris, 18, Camron Osei, 18, Shiloh Hindes, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old boy admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent at the Old Bailey. Ms Heer told the court when the victim denied it again, Harris threatened to stab her if she lied.
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January 16, 2025 23:33 UTC
Washington Post's new ‘riveting’ mission statement for ‘all of America’ sparks instant mockery
“Quick don’t look is this the statement for Disney Plus, Max, or The Washington Post,” The Bulwark’s Tim Miller tweeted. Forbes tech and innovation executive editor John Paczkowski, meanwhile, connected the motto with that of Amazon, whose founder Jeff Bezos also owns the Post. Reporters also poked fun at the paper’s pie-in-the-sky projections of getting the majority of Americans to become paying readers of the Post. According to the Times, Bezos has been looking to shift the paper’s focus for years now to attract more right-leaning readers from the heartland. Since Trump’s November win, Amazon has donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund and l icensed a documentary on Melania Trump for $40 million.
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January 16, 2025 23:16 UTC