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Kevin Rees, a 63-year-old retired electrical engineer who opposed London’s ULEZ scheme, was jailed for 15 years after using a homemade bomb to destroy a camera in Sidcup in December 2023. His friend Paul Jenner says the sentence is politically motivated and disproportionate, while police stressed that the blast could have killed or seriously injured…

Thirty-four missing children and teenagers from New York City and Long Island have been rescued following a three-day co-ordinated operation announced on Friday. The rescue highlights the scale of child disappearances in the region, with the recovered youths aged between seven and 18 and having been missing for periods ranging from several days to a…

Ken Urker, 34, was found dead at his Louisiana home on his birthday, with the cause of death still officially unconfirmed. Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, who served time for her role in her mother’s death, claimed they were engaged and planning a second child together, suggesting he died from an overdose. However, his sister Autumn has publicly…

Belden, a small former Gold Rush settlement in California’s Sierra Nevada, is on the market for $4.75 million, giving a buyer the chance to own most of an unusual riverside town. Its 87-year-old owner, Ivan Coffman, is selling after 56 years there; the sale matters because the property combines a historic settlement, visitor business and…

A 24-year-old says she has lost track of what she owes after using buy now, pay later services for clothes, groceries and other essentials. The advice is to act early: when one repayment is being covered by another, debt can keep growing and leave less money for day-to-day needs. She has accounts with three providers,…