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BLM activist jailed over fundraising scam and ordered to repay just £1

In less than a year, Xahra Saleem spent the money she stole on Ubers, beauty treatments, clothes, takeaways and phones – JAMES BECK/BRISTOL LIVE A Black Lives Matter activist who helped organize the protest that led to the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue has been ordered to repay just £1 despite defrauding a charity worth… Read More »

How much money train drivers pocket for overtime and how this compares to shift workers in the UK

machinist Here we go again: Another day, another railway drivers’ strike. If you’re stuck, stranded, or underarmed in our currently ransomed transportation network, you can expect a tough negotiator to rein in the unions. Imagine: instead, a deal has recently been struck between rail union Aslef and train company Avanti West Coast under which drivers… Read More »

Life imprisonment for husband who cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces before throwing her in the river

A husband who cut his wife’s body into 224 pieces before paying his friend £50 to dump her body in a river has been jailed for life. Nicholas Metson, 28, stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times in March 2023 before dismembering her and hiding her body parts in the kitchen pantry of the… Read More »