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A royal rumble: Prince Harry’s clash in court left him lost for words – but not defeated

10-06-2023 17:00

Watching the Duke of Sussex being cross-examined was a courtroom drama like no other. Yes, he floundered, but the performance was a reminder of the scrutiny he has lived with – a national pathology of surveillanceWatching Prince Harry in court last week, it was tempting to believe that he had no idea what he had let himself in for. That King Charles’s son had been horribly ill-advised in bringing his phone-hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers to the King’s Bench and the

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A man with dwarfism says he went to police after a sexual assault. The case went nowhere

10-06-2023 15:00

Aubrey Taylor’s case reflects a disturbing trend – people with disabilities struggle to be taken seriously by law enforcementAubrey Taylor had a long night. Taylor, who is a person with dwarfism, was working with his friend to prepare for a New York City art exhibition, and they decided to grab food at the nearby deli.It was a “really exciting moment for both of us,” Taylor said, as the gallery show entirely featured artists who identify as little people. As they waited f

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Impunity is Putin’s middle name. Now he must pay for his crimes | Simon Tisdall

10-06-2023 13:34

The monster in the Kremlin was surely behind the Ukraine dam explosion. Nato allies have to stop him before he blows up everythingOf course the Russians did it. Blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine last week is cowardly Vladimir Putin’s long-planned response to what he fears is the start of Kyiv’s counteroffensive. Only Russians really had the means, motive and opportunity. Only this malevolent Kremlin regime would wilfully inflict human and environmental havoc on so vast

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Black remand prisoners held 70% longer than white counterparts in England and Wales

10-06-2023 09:00

Data also shows black defendants more likely to be held in prison – yet more likely to be acquittedBlack defendants spend on average more than 70% longer in prison awaiting trial and sentencing in England and Wales than their white counterparts, according to new data revealing racial disparities at the heart of the criminal justice system.Figures obtained by the Guardian and Liberty Investigates through the Freedom of Information Act show the mean number of days spent on remand by black pr

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