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A FORMER gang enforcer who grew up on one the country's most notorious housing estates is now haunted by the violence he inflicted on his victims. Stu Otten,46, grew up on the Netherton Park estate in Merseyside, which was nicknamed 'Dodge' by locals in the 1980s and 90s. The estate was one of many blighted by crime when heroin and
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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Yang Hengjun has two gaps in his Beijing prison cell through which he interacts with the outside world. One is where his food comes in. The other is where it goes out. The father, writer, and pro-democracy agitator has spent four years pacing
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A horrifying incident unfolded in the Russian-occupied town of Volnovakha on October 27, where nine people, including two young children, were found shot dead in their home. Ukrainian officials claim that Russian soldiers killed the entire Kapkanets family because they refused to give up their house. Russian investigators, on the other hand, suggest that a domestic dispute might be the
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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. RAWDON DALRYMPLE: 1930 – 2023 Scholar, diplomat and sportsman, Rawdon Dalrymple was, above all, a thinker who contributed greatly to Australia’s search for identity in the Asia-Pacific. Rawdon’s ancestry was a mix of Scottish, English and Polynesian. His great-grandfather on his mother’s side
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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Two little girls have been orphaned after their mother was killed in a suspected domestic violence attack in Bendigo on the weekend, three years after their father was fatally hit by a car. Logee Osias, 46, died after sustaining serious injuries during an
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Dead offensive: Funeral parlour tastelessly puts Halloween skeleton display in its window as undertakers face backlash over decorations Have you seen the Halloween display? Email [email protected] A funeral parlour has been branded as ‘tasteless’ after putting up a skeleton display in its window ahead of Halloween. Photographs reveal that Francis Chappell & Sons has put up a window display featuring
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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key posts 6.50amBiden’s Indo-Pacific chief talks of ‘renaissance’ between Australia and US 6.37amUS president signs executive order on AI 6.21amThis morning’s headlines at a glance 1 of 1 Biden’s Indo-Pacific chief talks of ‘renaissance’ between Australia and US Anthony Albanese’s visit to the
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A WOMAN in her 30s has been found dead at a luxury hotel in Western Australia. Her body was found at the Crowns Towers hotel in south-east Perth on Monday afternoon. It is unclear how she died. A 42-year-old man was rushed from the scene at Burswood to Royal Perth Hospital with serious self-inflicted injuries. He was reportedly known to
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Matthew Perry’s pickleball coach says the ‘selfless’ actor was ‘doing really well’ and was using the sport to stay sober Matt Manasse, 35, teaches pickleball at the Riviera Country Club, a private members club in Pacific Palisades close to Matthew Perry’s home Perry, 54, played at the club on Saturday morning for two hours: he returned home after the game,
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Starmer under pressure to kick out rebel Labour MPs as Israel-Gaza divisions deepen after hard-Left backbencher uses ‘anti-Semitic’ chant MP Andy McDonald chanted the ‘between the river and the sea’ during a rally Chant is seen as anti-Semitic, but Mr McDonald says this is a ‘misrepresentation’ Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure as divisions within Labour grow over Gaza Sir
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