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Rape cases soar in Britain's first red light district

Figures released by police show complaints of rape almost trebled in the first year and have remained significantly higher than before after fear of arrest in Holbeck, Leeds, was removed.




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Margaret Hodge's daughter-in-law was hit by a car and died

Rachel Watson, 43, suffered brain and spinal injuries when she was hit by a car while out running in February. She died later that day in hospital.




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Leeds University hockey team holds a 'chav' social night

Members of the Leeds University Union women's hockey team encouraged partygoers to dress up as 'lower class' people and that 'ASBO behaviour' was expected during their social night.




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Leeds mother gave birth to both her daughters unconscious

Due for a c-section on while pregnant with her daughter Jamie-Leigh, now three, 42-year-old Sharon Deacon's, from Keighley, heart suddenly stopped, causing her to slip into unconsciousness.




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Leeds University Union sack hockey captain over 'chav' night out

Leeds University Union women's hockey club were also banned from matches after they were given a 'lower class' dress code for their night out.




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Leeds woman suffers six-inch wound caused by tight weave

WARNING: Graphic content. Helzie Amnell-Connor, 24, from Leeds, fears a six inch wound left by a weave sewn in too tightly will leave her scarred for life, and can't bear to leave the house.




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Leeds charity volunteer fined £100 for 'driving through car park'

Joyce Sugden was shocked to receive a demand for payment for exceeding a three-hour free parking limit at the Leeds Road Retail Park in Huddersfield - because she hadn't parked there.




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Couple convicted of luring daughter to Bangladesh for marriage

A couple have been found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of luring their 19-year-old daughter to Bangladesh in an attempt to force her to marry her first cousin and have a baby with him.




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Chanelle Hayes slips her slimmer frame into skintight workout gear

The former Big Brother star, 30,  - who is 'feeling sexy again' after dropping two dress sizes - slipped her slimmer frame in skintight workout gym as she hit the gym in Leeds on Tuesday.




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Couple jailed after luring daughter to Bangladesh for forced marriage

Leeds Crown Court heard the victim was taken to the south Asian country on the pretence that she and her family would celebrate Eid together, but was then told by her parents that they had set up a wedding.




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Leeds couple caught having sex in view of children in Roundhay Park

A man having outdoor, alcohol-fuelled sex with a woman in front of children was slapped by a disgusted father during the act in Leeds, West Yorkshire.




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Mother-of-two caught having sex in Roundhay Park appears in court

Joanne Louise Smith (pictured at court today) jumped into her car after angry parents confronted her and her lover romping in Roundhay Park in Leeds on a sunny Sunday afternoon.




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Halloween revellers celebrate in Birmingham and Leeds

From scary ghosts, clowns, vampires, and witches to funny sheikhs and Harry Potters - city centres and pubs across England were packed out with pleasure seekers.




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Dual Grand National winning jockey Leighton Aspell set to retire after Sunday's meeting at Fontwell 

Dual Grand National winning jockey Leighton Aspell will retire after riding at Fontwell on Sunday. Aspell, 43, will ride Ventura Dragon (4.20) and Itsnotwhatyouthink (5.20) for two of his biggest fans.




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The Jockey Club follows BHA by placing up to 400 staff on furlough leave

EXCLUSIVE BY MARCUS TOWNEND: Racemail understands the historic organisation, which was formed in 1750 and has 15 British racecourse, has furloughed nearly two thirds of its workforce.




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Horse-racing might be shut down but a virtual Grand National is on

Forty runners and riders will line up tomorrow for the most anticipated race of the jumps season - but, with horseracing shut down, the Grand National's venue will be cyberspace, not Aintree.




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Neigh sweat! Meet the winner of the virtual Grand National who didn't even need to leave the paddock

Potters Corner won his trainer Christian Williams a virtual fortune yesterday during a computer simulation of the Grand National watched by almost five million viewers.




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 A delightful Royal thriller. But would we really have hidden the wartime Princesses in Tipperary?

Over the past few years, an increasing number of novels have included real-life members of the Royal Family as characters. Now B W Black has written a novel involving the Royal princesses




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Anne Tyler is a magician. You finish her delightful new novel feeling closer to life

Anne Tyler's prose style is clear and unshowy. Her sentences have no flourishes. You could almost say that their only identifying feature is their lack of an identifying feature




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Woody's fightback... from self-lacerating gags to a howl of pain

What a bizarre book this is: three parts funny to one part stark, staring horror




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Martin Luther King's Jr.'s daughter warns of the 'resurgence of white supremacist groups' on MLK Day

Bernice A. King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, delivered speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on MLK Day. Thousands around the country celebrate his legacy.




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Social care workers 'will not be exempt from tough post-Brexit immigration rules'

The Home Secretary apparently set out on Tuesday that there will be no so-called 'carve outs' under Boris Johnson's Australian-style points-based immigration system.




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Government experts lay out plans for tough new points-based immigration system

The Migration Advisory Committee said post-Brexit arrangements to replace EU freedom of movement could slow the growth in the UK population and make people slightly better off.




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Jennifer Lopez makes poignant comment about immigrant children in cages as she is joined by daughter

Sunday's performance featured a surprise appearance from J.Lo's daughter toward the end of the show, singing Let's Get Loud as she sat in a round cage, surrounded by other children in cages.




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Shocking video shows eight ICE detainees pepper-sprayed and beaten by private prison guards

Surveillance video from a private prison in California captured the moment guards pepper sprayed and beat eight Central American migrants that went on a hunger strike in June 2017.




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Gang of 33 illegal immigrants are caught in a lorry at Calais trying to FLEE the UK

The 33 illegal immigrants were found on Monday hiding in a lorry in Calais, France by shocked border force guards after clambering aboard at Dover. Many have now been returned to the UK.




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High Court rules Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia in majority 4-3 verdict

The High Court has ruled in a majority 4-3 verdict that Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia because they are exempt from immigration laws under the constitution.




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Essex lorry deaths: Two charged with 39 counts of manslaughter

Essex Police said a 22-year-old man was arrested in Northern Ireland on Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter and facilitating unlawful immigration.




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Pauline Hanson has called on the government to 'tighten up' immigration laws

Pauline Hanson has called on the government to 'tighten up' immigration laws after a new report revealed 50,000 migrants who were denied asylum in Australia remain in the country. 




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How high immigration levels have pushed wages growth to a record low

Australian workers are failing to get a decent pay rise, whether they work in the public service or on a construction site. CommSec said high population growth was keeping a lid on wages.




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University women's team 'kicked Odion Ighalo off their training pitch'

Odion Ighalo angered a student football team while he was participating in a solo training session over the winter break, according to The Sun. 




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Illegal immigrants at high schools arrested for raping girls in US

Jonathan Coreas-Salamanca, 20, and Ivan Reyes Lopez, 19, were arrested earlier this month for allegedly raping two different 11-year-old girls in Montgomery County, Maryland.




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Pregnant mom is detained by ICE agents just moments after dropping her daughter off at pre-school 

Verónica Carmen Lara-Márquez, who is three months pregnant, was briefly detained by ICE last week in Philadelphia moments after leaving her four-year-old daughter at a school.




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ICE gives pregnant mom detained near daughter's school 45 days to self-deport to El Salvador

Verónica Carmen Lara-Márquez, who has been in the U.S. since 2011, was given 45 days to self-deport to El Salvador after being detained by federal agents outside of her daughter's school.




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One in three Australians think immigration is too high while majority are worried about the economy

Almost a third of Australians who took part in a survey expressed concern about immigration. The study commissioned by Real Insurance showed overcrowding as an issue.




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CBP arrests Mexican man smuggling 5.3 pounds of fentanyl, enough to kill at least 1.2 million people

CBP agents intercepted a Mexican national with 41.4 pounds of cocaine and 5.3 pounds of fentanyl in California. The confiscated fentanyl was enough to kill 1.2 million people.




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Coronavirus UK: Migrants in face masks cross Channel in dinghy

Migrants wearing facemasks were pictured arriving at Dover after crossing the English Channel in a large rubber dingy today.




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Heathrow immigration officer and his pharmacist daughter die from coronavirus 24 hours apart 

Sudhir Sharma, pictured with his daughter, from Hounslow, west London, died on Wednesday before Pooja, who worked in an East Sussex hospital, suffered the same tragic fate the next day.




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Boris Johnson's new-look Cabinet gives the green light to points-based immigration system

Boris Johnson's new-look Cabinet today agreed to the Prime Minister's plans to introduce an Australian-style points-based immigration system at the start of 2021.




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Man charged with manslaughter in connection with deaths of 39 migrants found in lorry in Essex 

Ronan Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Dublin's High Court on Tuesday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences.




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Extradition hearing begins for man arrested in Dublin over manslaughter of Vietnamese immigrants

Ronan Hughes, 40, from Silverstream, Tyholland in Co Monaghan, was detained on Monday following the execution of a European arrest warrant in the Irish Republic.




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Gigi Hadid steps out in high-waisted leather trousers in Milan

Gigi Hadid was spotted in Milan on Wednesday following the news that Zayn's youngest sibling had tied the knot with her partner Martin Tiser on Monday in their home city of Bradford.




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Judy Murray and Kim Sears' support isn't enough to save Andy Murray from men's doubles knock-out

The former world No 1 and his partner were beaten in their first-round clash in front of the Briton's mum Judy and wife Kim who were supporting Andy in the stands.




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Paddy McNair hopes Holland take Northern Ireland lightly ahead of Euro 2020 qualifier 

Paddy McNair is hoping Holland underestimate Northern Ireland in their Euro 2020 qualifier in Rotterdam. Northern Ireland need to win in order to keep their dreams of reaching the finals alive.




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Football news: Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill wants to play on Holland's tournament nightmare

Both teams are talking up this match and the return fixture in Belfast next month as effectively being a play-off for a place in next summer's finals. Holland have missed tournaments in a row.




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Makeup-free Natalie Bassingthwaighte is spotted with large scrapes on legs while grocery shopping

Natalie Bassingthwaighte appears to have sustained a nasty injury while in self-isolation with her family.




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Grieving mum whose daughter died in car crash slams Jeremy Clarkson's comments over fatal smash 

Avril Child, whose daughter daughter Sarah was killed in a car crash in Birmingham in 2012 criticised the former Top Gear presenter for his 'arrogant' and 'ignorant' remarks.




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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: It's Villanelle the softie - and she's dressed in jim-jams and a nightie 

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Every few years Doctor Who regenerates. Killing Eve (BBC1) has regenerated too, but no one remembered to change the cast.




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Hold on tight, Mike! Zippy Zara gets in the driving seat as the Tindalls do Top Gear

Fearless Zara then climbed behind the wheel of a red Toyota GT86 coupé for the show's Star In A Reasonably Priced Car feature on the test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.




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Christine McGuinness flaunts her incredible figure in bright bikinis on girls' holiday

She's a busy mother-of-three who is always on the go.  So Christine McGuinness enjoyed a well-deserved break on a girls' holiday in Majorca over the weekend,