A NEWPORT-BASED homeless charity has not had its lease renewed at a shopping centre unit because the landlord said people were sleeping inside it, a claim which the charity denies. The homeless charity, Pride in Pill, in Newport has announced it will be ending its work after being given notice to vacate Kingsway Shopping Centre. The Kingsway told … Read more
Newport City Council could increase parental charges for older pupils who use a home to school transport service. A cost-cutting plan could mean parents’ contributions to transport fees for sixth-formers will rise in January. A 5 per cent hike in those contributions from parents would work out at around 47p extra a school week, or £18.50 … Read more
A number of changes could be made to roads across Cardiff including introducing new bus lanes and stopping pavement parking to encourage more people to use public transport. Cardiff Council launched a consultation on its plan to make bus travel quicker and more reliable in the city. The seven-week consultation on the Bus Priority Infrastructure Plan … Read more
An American woman will spend a year in an Australian jail for sneaking in a gold-plated gun in her luggage last year. Liliana Goodson, 30, pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing an unauthorised firearm and ammunition into the country. Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court sentenced her to 12 months in jail, of which four … Read more
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate who has been named as a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder by New York prosecutors, court records showed on Monday night. Earlier, he was charged in Pennsylvania with possession of an illegal weapon, forgery and other crimes after being … Read more
Rudy Giuliani could face hefty fines “as well as imprisonment” if he is held in contempt for repeatedly falsely accusing a pair of election workers of manipulating election results in 2020, a federal judge cautioned Donald Trump’s former attorney on Monday. A mother-daughter pair of election workers last month accused the former New York City … Read more
EasyJet has issued a warning to passengers about the importance of ensuring their booking name matches their passport. The issue was highlighted when a customer queried whether using a chosen name, rather than their full passport name, would cause problems. The customer asked: “Say theoretically the name on my passport is Mohammad Adam Khan and … Read more
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro has condemned those who praised the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, insisting: “He is no hero.” At a press conference on Monday evening in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Shapiro addressed the “disturbing” number of Americans who had “looked to celebrate instead of condemning this killer.” Authorities have named 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who … Read more
A person of interest has been identified in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police say they found a “ghost gun” made with a 3D printer on the man, who has been charged in Pennsylvania with weapons, forgery and other crimes. The use of this type of firearm – whether made with a … Read more
When the New York City Police Department caught up with the man accused of killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, they found him with multiple fraudulent IDs and a 9mm “ghost gun,” according to authorities. What is a ghost gun? Since the rise of 3D printers in the early 2010s, these untraceable firearms have become more … Read more