This patch of grass is anything but normal.

The BBC wrongly reported that Britain consumes ‘117 million tonnes of cocaine each year’. That wasn’t right.

‘The court ruling gives us no choice.’

Charlotte Proudman, representing the mother, told a High Court hearing on Wednesday the woman is a ‘rape victim ordered to promote contact with her rapist’.

The crash caused major rush hour disruption.

Alan Wattman, 44, admitted running a series of secret chatrooms where users shared images of child sexual abuse.

‘This is amateur hour and it needs to stop.’

You cannot guess what he used for Z.

At least three people grabbed the protesters and dragged them out of the road.

The new build is impressive – towering more than 200 metres higher than the Eiffel Tower, and weighing three times more.

A former ballerina who was imprisoned in Russia for donating £39 to a charity collecting money for Ukraine has finally been freed.

Ksenia Karelina, a US-Russian dual national, was supposed to spend the next 12 years of her life behind bars after being convicted of treason last year and branded an ‘American spy’.

The 34-year-old was today released in a prisoner exchange with the US government, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said.

Rubio confirmed in a statement on X earlier: ‘American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States.

‘She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and president Trump secured her release.

‘He will continue to work for the release of ALL Americans.’

Her lawyer, Mikhail Mushailov, said: ‘She was exchanged. She contacted her relatives two hours ago.’

He confirmed that she was flying to the US from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the exchange took place.

Who is Ksenia Karelina?

Karelina was born in Russia and emigrated to the US back in 2012 with her childhood friend Kristina via a work-study programme, receiving American citizenship in 2021.

At first, she pursued dance as a ballerina, but later moved from Baltimore to Los Angeles, where she took on a job as a receptionist at the luxury Ciel Spa at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills.

In 2022, she graduated from esthetician school and continued working in the spa until she was jailed in Russia.

Family members described her as someone who ‘loves to travel to US national parks, hikes, does yoga every Sunday and takes boxing classes’.

A statement on the ‘Free Ksenia’ website said: ‘She is a kind and generous woman who is very close to her family. Since her arrest, her boyfriend Chris has been the lead advocate for Ksenia, coordinating everything we do to support Ksenia and bring her home.’

Why did the Kremlin target the former ballerina?

She had travelled from Los Angeles to visit her 90-year-old grandmother, parents and younger sister in their home in southwestern Russia when she was detained in February.

Three days before she was scheduled to return home, she was handcuffed in the city of Yekaterinburg, in the Ural Mountains, and convicted of state treason later in 2024.

This was also the same location where Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich had been arrested the previous year.

Russia’s FSB searched her mobile and found that she had made a donation to Razom, a charity that provides aid to Ukraine, on the first day of the full-scale invasion in 2022.

Authorities accused her of ‘proactively collecting money in the interests of one of the Ukrainian organisations, which was subsequently used to purchase tactical medical supplies, equipment, weapons, and ammunition for the Ukrainian armed forces’.

The US authorities have called the case against her ‘absolutely ludicrous’.

Who else was part of the prisoner exchange?

The prisoner exchange was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing a statement from CIA director John Ratcliffe, who it said was on hand for the exchange at an airport in Abu Dhabi.

‘Today, president Trump brought home another wrongfully detained American from Russia,’ Ratcliffe said.

‘I’m proud of the CIA officers who worked tirelessly to support this effort, and we appreciate the government of UAE for enabling the exchange.’

It is understood that the US in exchange freed dual German-Russian citizen, Arthur Petrov.

He was arrested in 2023 in Cyprus at the request of the US for allegedly exporting more than $225,000 worth of electronic components to manufacturers supplying weaponry and equipment to the Russian military.

Petrov worked for Russia-based supplier LLC Electrocom VPK, according to court documents cited by the US Department of Justice.

It was alleged that alongside two accomplices who also worked for Electrocom Petrov fraudulently procured microelectronics from US distributors using a network of shell companies, based in Cyprus and other third countries, to disguise that the ultimate destination for the equipment was Russia.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Russian or US authorities.

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The candidate’s name is instantly recognisable to football fans in England and Scotland.

They have piled on the pounds in debt.

Michael Fry will appear in court today.

Bhim Kohli, 80, suffered a broken neck and fractured ribs after being kicked and punched by the balaclava-clad 15-year-old.

Forecasters have confirmed ‘a much more changeable period’.

Poulton is said to have punched Mr Cadwallader in the face before plunging a knife into his chest and hiding from police in some bushes.

A fire believed to have been started by an e-bike battery has ripped through a block of flats in east London leaving seven residents and one firefighter in hospital.

Emergency services were called to Bradbeer House on Cornwall Avenue, Bethnal Green, just before midnight after thick smoke was seen around the building.

The fire affected all 18 flats in the building, displacing dozens of residents.

Witness accounts suggest the fire was sparked by lithium batteries from a second-hand electric bike, with one resident allegedly charging two bikes at the time of the fire.

A neighbour commented on Facebook that the resident had 14 batteries stored in his flat.

A London Fire Brigade source confirmed: ‘We were called to a fire at a residential property in Bradbeer House, Cornwall Avenue, shortly before midnight on 9 April.

‘An electric bike is believed to be involved, though a full investigation is underway.

‘One firefighter was injured while carrying out rescue operations and has been taken to hospital.’

A London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 11.38pm yesterday (9 April) to reports of a fire in Cornwall Avenue, Bethnal Green.

‘We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics and members of our Hazardous Area Response Team.

‘We treated 17 patients in total. We took 11 patients to hospital and six patients were cared for and discharged at the scene.’

The fire adds to a growing list of incidents involving e-bike and e-scooter batteries across London.

According to recent LFB data, more than 150 e-bike fires were recorded in the capital during 2024.

Faulty or second-hand batteries and the use of unofficial chargers have been identified as key risks.

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Janet Brown, 51, was bludgeoned to death at her home in Sprigs Holly Lane, Radnage, Buckinghamshire, on April 10, 1995.

‘His loss will leave an enormous gap in our lives.’

The man sprinted off almost immediately.

James Cameron’s portrayal wasn’t exactly accurate.

Two Chinese nationals were captured this week, Ukraine said.

We’d update now, if we were you.

Now isn’t the time to sit tight and hope we can weather the storm ahead.