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Heathrow: Man in 60s arrested after uranium found in baggage at airport

Police in Cheshire detained the man on Saturday under Section nine of the Terrorism Act

Evening Standard

Nuclear Heathrow airport scare could be Litvinenko-style attack, claims former general

Met Counter Terrorism Command officers raced to Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 on December 29 after a package set off alarms over "contaminated' material- which turned out to be uranium

Daily Mirror

Police will ‘follow every avenue’ in Heathrow Airport uranium investigation

Uranium was detected during routine screening of a package at the airport.

The Independent UK

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Uranium Found in Package at UK’s Heathrow Airport in December

A small amount of uranium was detected in a package that arrived at London's Heathrow Airport on Dec. 29, British police said in a statement, adding that it did not appear to be linked to any direct threat. The amount of material, detected by routine screening, was extremely small and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘A tough little sparrow’: How a ring helped me grieve my mother

‘I closed my eyes to connect with my mom and the first thing I saw was a sparrow.’

Al Jazeera

Making a salad might be getting more expensive. Could climate change be to blame?

In his nearly four decades of growing lettuce, spinach, kale and other leafy greens in California and Arizona, Tony Alameda has seen plenty of bad years. But lately, he said, there have been many more “noticeably bad” years in a row.

Los Angeles Times

$11 for a head of California lettuce? Here’s what’s behind the shortage causing ‘outrageous’ prices

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Don’t look now — the price of lettuce is soaring across the Bay Area.

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Families of Shoreham Airshow disaster victims pay tribute to lost loved ones

The inquest, which began on Wednesday seven years after the tragedy, continued on Friday.

The Independent UK

Pc accused of Dalian Atkinson assault ‘terrified’ after taser failed

West Mercia Police officer Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith denies unlawfully assaulting the ex-footballer with a police baton prior to his death in 2016.

The Independent UK

Pc struck Dalian Atkinson with ‘unlawful’ blows after he was tasered, court told

Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith is facing a retrial accused of assaulting the ex-footballer, who died in 2016 after being kicked by another officer.

The Independent UK

‘Beatles’ terror cell members were identified after EDL counter-demo in London

Alexanda Kotey was jailed in April for his part in the torture and murder of American hostages, while El Shafee Elsheikh will be sentenced on Friday.

The Independent UK

Police name four-year-old girl killed in Thornton Heath gas explosion

An 11-year-old boy and 54-year-old woman who were injured in the blast remain in hospital, with neither in a life-threatening condition.

The Independent UK

Unite boss promises 24-hour staff presence in accommodation after student death

Unite said it was confident of delivering accommodation occupancy of 97% in the next academic year

Evening Standard

Unite Students eyes growth despite cost of living crisis as profits soar

The UK’s biggest university accommodation provider said its business model would offer protection from inflation but it was “not immune” from rising costs and interest rates

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The Independent UK

Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins

Pope Francis plans to apologize to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil for harms inflicted at church-run residential schools

The Independent UK

Indigenous Canadians wary, hopeful as pope prepares apology

Indigenous Canadians are voicing a range of skepticism, wariness and hope as Pope Francis prepares to arrive in their country next week

The Independent UK

Boy, 14, believed to have drowned in Thames in Richmond

The teenager got into difficulty while in the River Thames

Bristol Post

The book in Bristol bound in the skin of a killer buried two centuries after he was hanged

John Horwood was the first man executed at Bristol Gaol but was a sinister surgeon really responsible for his ex-girlfriend's death?

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Al Jazeera

The Indigenous people killed by police in Australia

After recent acquittals of police officers, Indigenous Australians ask ‘when are they going to stop killing us?’

The Independent UK

Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations

Indigenous leaders have met with Canadian bishops and were told that Pope Francis won't add more stops to his trip to Canada, when he will apologize in person for abuse suffered by Indigenous people at the hands of the Catholic church

Al Jazeera

Worlds apart: 24 hours with two refugees in Poland

An Iraqi Kurd and a Ukrainian, part of families with young children, take us through a day in their lives as refugees.

ABC News

Rare K'gari (Fraser Island) relic returns to mainland 89 years after production

One of K'gari's (Fraser Island's) iconic relics — a Caterpillar Diesel Thirty-Five tractor — has been returned to the mainland and put on display at its new home in Hervey Bay where volunteers hope to restore it.

Al Jazeera

‘We deserve a fresh start’: The UK’s female victims of slavery

How a system that is supposed to support survivors of sex trafficking leaves them feeling triggered and vulnerable.

Leeds Live

Emmerdale's Robert Sugden actors and where they are now from legal battle to Hollywood stardom

Actor Ryan Hawley, who joined in 2014, has been the biggest hit with viewers out of all the Robert Sugden's

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Colts finalize hiring of Richard Smith

The Colts have reportedly finalized the hiring of former Raiders LBs coach Richard Smith.

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