A British man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, whose body was found cut up into more than 200 pieces.
Nicholas Metson, 28, of Lincoln, England, pleaded guilty earlier this year to killing his wife, Holly, whose dismembered body was found in Bassingham last year. On Monday, Metson was sentenced to life in prison, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/holly-bramley-lincoln-murder-husband-life-prison-b2525148.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Independent</a>.
Metson stabbed Holly at least four times in March 2023, killing her, and then dismembered her body and kept her in his kitchen for a week before paying a friend £50 to dump the body parts in River Witham. After Holly’s death, Metson used her Facebook account to make her friends and family think she was still alive, claiming she had left Metson and moved to Manchester. Metson also sent himself money from her bank account.
Police investigating the crime found Google searches on Metson’s phone that included “How to get rid of a dead body,” “What benefits can I get if my wife dies,” and “Does God forgive murder?”
Holly’s remains were found in the river on March 25, 2023, though parts of her were never found. Metson denied killing his wife until February of this year when he pleaded guilty to her murder, the Lincolnshire Police said in <a href="https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2024/feb-2024/lincoln-man-pleads--guilt-to-murder-of-woman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a> at the time.
Metson was immediately suspected of killing his wife as police smelled bleach and ammonia when they went to the couple’s home after Holly went missing. They also found bloodstained sheets and a large bloodstain on the floor in the bedroom.
The man whom Metson paid to dispose of the body, 28-year-old Joshua Hancock, also pleaded guilty in February to disposal of a corpse with intent to obstruct or prevent a coroner’s inquest. Hancock had also previously denied any involvement in the case.
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Members of Holly’s family spoke during the sentencing, with her mother calling her killer an “evil monster” who convinced Holly that her family was abusive. This, Holly’s mother said, caused the family “unimaginable pain,” according to the Independent.
“Her last moments being filled with pain will haunt us forever. Her life was taken by someone who quite clearly has no regard for human life,” Holly’s mother said at Metson’s sentencing. “We were prevented from seeing Holly in the years leading up to her murder. We were prevented from seeing her before her death and due to his monstrous actions, he made sure we were prevented from seeing her after her death. Holly will always be in our hearts, we will never forget her and the impact she had on our lives.”

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Adapted from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1453-the-fbi-caught-spying-on-computer-searches-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Michael Knowles Show,”</a>  March 25, 2024.
Over the past few weeks, there has been a major tabloid scandal involving Catherine, Princess of Wales, who has been missing since January. The future queen of England, Prince William&#8217;s wife, had abdominal surgery at the beginning of the year, but then, she basically just disappeared.
All kinds of theories circulated, including William fathering children out of wedlock and Catherine having passed away with a body double taking her place. Yet there was no evidence for any of this whatsoever.
But now, the gossip and guessing are over because the Princess of Wales has publicly announced why she has been out of sight with an explanation that poses a real risk, not just to their family, but also to the British monarchy.
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In her video announcement, the princess gives thanks for the support she has received as she has been recovering and for the medical team who has taken care of her. At the time she had surgery, it was thought that her condition was non-cancerous. Though the surgery was successful, tests after the operation showed cancer had been present. Her medical team advised her to begin preventative chemotherapy, a treatment she is now undergoing.
Inevitably, there are still going to be all sorts of theories that surface, but this seems to legitimately explain her disappearance. Apparently their children were ending their school term before the Easter recess and they wanted to wait to tell them first — before any media firestorm that the future queen of England has cancer. At the same time, the current king of England, King Charles, has cancer, so this obviously puts a lot of pressure on Prince William.
Some Americans are going to question why everyone is so invested in these people’s lives. They will say, “We haven’t cared about these people since 1776.” But, first of all, I care just because the Princess of Wales seems like a lovely woman. She is a dignified woman. And we should all pray for her and her recovery, as well as for King Charles.
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But why do Americans care? It is obvious that they do. This news has not just been trending in the British tabloids; American tabloids have covered it as well. So, why does monarchy, or aspects of monarchy, endure throughout history?
We kid ourselves in the United States to believe we removed the monarchy. I was at the State of the Union just two weeks ago, and there was much pomp and circumstance. Obviously the American president is not a king, but we have had American presidents who effectively have been kings. Notably, Franklin Roosevelt was the American monarch, reigning for four terms and dying in office. Good luck trying to distinguish him from any supposed autocratic leaders of his age or even from a proper monarch, just on pure aesthetics alone.
Why is that enduring? Because we live in society. That is what politics is. And we need representatives. Even in democracy, we need representatives. That&#8217;s why we call our system of government a representative democracy.
But we have one particular representative in the United States, which is the president. People don&#8217;t get all that jazzed about their congressmen, nor their senators. But people get really fired up about their presidential candidates and their presidents because it&#8217;s just human nature — and as humans, we care about people. We cultivate and form our desires based on the desires of other people. We follow leaders. That&#8217;s just how it works.
Now, one of the problems with the monarchy is that there are some dodgy characters in it, like Prince Andrew gallivanting with Jeffrey Epstein. Then there were the scandals in the 90s with Prince Charles and Princess Diana. However, William and Catherine seem to be quite dignified. If the British monarchy is able to survive, it will be because of that.
This is something to look for, even in our own personal lives. Catherine is dignified. People like her. They like her more than they like Meghan Markle because Markle is not dignified at all. In fact, she is extremely undignified. Yet with Catherine, even after people had suggested her husband was cheating on her, alleged she was dead, and created such terrible theories about her, the Princess of Wales gave a dignified message, thanking people for their care and concern. That kind of dignified behavior is attractive, especially in an age that is extremely undignified and downright shameless.
So we pray for her recovery, and perhaps we ought to try to emulate a little bit of that grace and dignity.

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The world has become obsessed with the current status of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, all thanks to a photo editing fail.
The duchess spent a lot of time in the public eye as the wife of heir apparent to the British throne, Prince William. For years, Kate’s been attending events looking put-together and smiling, even posing for photos – <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/04/23/how-does-duchess-kate-do/543533002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in high heels</a> – hours after giving birth to the couple’s third child, Prince Louis.
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Her strength and resilience are part of what is feeding the online conspiracy theorists who are convinced something awful has happened to the Princess of Wales. Kensington Palace first announced in January that the duchess would be taking a break from public appearances as she recovered from “abdominal surgery.” From the very first moments, followers wondered about the vague wording and the extended recovery time.
“The surgery was successful and it is expected that she will remain in hospital for ten to fourteen days, before returning home to continue her recovery,” a press release from January 17 said. “Based on the current medical advice, she is unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter.”
“The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate,” it said. “She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible; and her wish that her personal medical information remains private.”
The only other detail given was that her condition was “non-cancerous.”
A second statement released on January 29 assured fans that Kate was “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-middleton-returns-home-from-hospital-after-surgery-making-good-progress">making good progress</a>” with her recovery and would be returning home to finish recuperating.
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Followers started circulating all kinds of theories about why the Princess of Wales was off duty for so long. Their obsession became so extreme that Kensington Palace put out another statement on February 29 reiterating that Kate would be out until Easter, as they said, and that everyone should just calm down.
“Kensington Palace made it clear in January the timelines of the Princess’ recovery and we’d only be providing significant updates. That guidance still stands,” the tersely worded statement said.
Perhaps the speculation would have died out or at least stayed under the radar if not for the complete PR disaster that occurred on March 10, which is when Mother’s Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom.
Kate shared a photo of herself and her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louise, in honor of the holiday. “Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months,” the Instagram image caption said. “Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day.”
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Almost immediately, viewers noticed that there was visible editing done in the photo resulting in part of Princess Charlotte’s sleeve disappearing completely. The edits were so egregious that three major news agencies issued a “kill notice” on the photo due to it being digitally altered.
“AP initially published the photo, which was issued by Kensington Palace. But AP later retracted the image because at closer inspection, it appeared the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP’s photo standards,” the agency wrote at the time. “The photo shows an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand.”
Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the biggest news agencies in the world, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/afp-news-agency-says-kensington-palace-isnt-trusted-source-after-princess-kate-photo-scandal">said</a> the photo made it so Kensington Palace was no longer a trusted source. The organization’s global news director Phil Chetwynd told BBC Radio 4 that “kill notices” for photos are used rarely, and are usually done with content coming out of Iran or North Korea.
“One thing that’s really important is you cannot be distorting reality for the public,” Chetwynd said. “There’s a question of trust. And the big issue here is one of trust, and the lack of trust and the falling trust of the general public in institutions generally and in the media. And so it’s extremely important that a photo does represent broadly the reality that it’s seen in.&#8221;
After the extreme backlash, Kensington Palace issued an apology directly from Kate.
“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” the duchess wrote on Twitter. “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day.”
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However, sources from the news agencies reported that the Palace refused any requests for the original photo.
Within hours of the photo drama playing out across the internet, scores of royal sleuths started putting forth their theories, which spread like wildfire on social media. Kate was dead! She was in a coma! Or perhaps she was recovering from horribly disfiguring cosmetic surgery. None of the wildest theories seemed likely, yet the Palace’s refusal to share the original photo just helped add fuel to the fire.
Some conspiracy theorists even dreamt up a tale of Kate having a nervous breakdown because her husband was cheating with her ex-friend Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, referencing unsubstantiated <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a60185991/prince-william-rose-hanbury-affair-rumors-kate-middleton-conspiracy-theories/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affair rumors</a> that went viral in 2019.
It didn’t help that two other times the duchess was spotted in public, the photos weren’t very clear. First was the week before the photo debacle when Kate was seen, in a pair of sunglasses, in the passenger seat of her mother’s car. The second time photographers caught a photo of the back of Kate’s head as she rode in a car with Prince William.
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Now another news report from The Sun says Kate was spotted out shopping over the weekend near her home in Windsor on Saturday, looking “happy, relaxed and healthy.” There are no photos or named sources, but that’s the story being given.
“Kate [Middleton] was out shopping with William and she looked happy and she looked well,” an unnamed source told the outlet, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-middleton-reportedly-spotted-looking-happy-healthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “The kids weren’t with them but it’s such a good sign she was healthy enough to pop down to the shops.”
The source added, “After all the rumors that had been going round I was stunned to see them there.”
There’s a good chance the rumors will keep swirling until Easter when the Princess of Wales makes her return to public duties. In the meantime, she’ll likely want to leave the photo editing to the professionals.

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An art museum in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/england" target="_blank" rel="noopener">England</a> has issued a warning to patrons that images of a British countryside in paintings can evoke what it labeled &#8220;dark,&#8221; &#8220;nationalist feelings.&#8221;
The Fitzwilliam Museum, owned by the University of Cambridge, decided to overhaul some of its displays, something that the museum&#8217;s director Luke Syson insisted is not being &#8220;woke.&#8221;
&#8220;I would love to think that there’s a way of telling these larger, more inclusive histories that doesn&#8217;t feel as if it requires a push-back from those who try to suggest that any interest at all in [this work is] what would now be called &#8216;woke,'&#8221; Syson told the Telegraph, as reported by <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/paintings-british-countryside-evoke-dark-140508085.html">Yahoo</a> News.
The paintings have been moved around into categories in an effort to make the museum &#8220;inclusive.&#8221;
&#8220;Being inclusive and representative shouldn&#8217;t be controversial; it should be enriching,&#8221; Syson said.
One of the signs in the Nature Gallery, showing the work of artist John Constable&#8217;s paintings of English hills, noted that the artwork can stir feelings of &#8220;pride towards a homeland.&#8221;
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&#8220;The Fitzwilliam Museum has suggested that paintings of the British countryside evoke dark &#8220;nationalist feelings&#8221;. The museum, owned by the University of Cambridge, has undertaken an overhaul [&#8230;] in a move that its director insisted was not “woke”.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/1t09LcYqEP">https://t.co/1t09LcYqEP</a>
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&#8220;Landscape paintings were also always entangled with national identity,&#8221; the sign read.
&#8220;The countryside was seen as a direct link to the past, and therefore a true reflection of the essence of a nation,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Paintings showing rolling English hills or lush French fields reinforced loyalty and pride towards a homeland.&#8221;
However, another part of the sign told visitors that &#8220;there is a darker side&#8221; to the images of the British countryside. 
&#8220;The darker side of evoking this nationalist feeling is the implication that only those with a historical tie to the land have a right to belong,&#8221; it added.
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Constable is known for his famous landscapes of the Suffolk countryside, the <a href="https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/john-constable#:~:text=Constable%20is%20famous%20for%20his,worked%20up%20in%20the%20studio.">National Gallery</a> in London noted. Interestingly enough, as popular as his paintings are now, the London Gallery noted that &#8220;they were not particularly well received in England during his lifetime.&#8221;
In another part of the museum, the sign for the new Identity Gallery told patrons that portraits of wealthy and uniformed sitters &#8220;became vital tools in reinforcing the social order of a white ruling class, leaving very little room for representations of people of color, the working classes or other marginalized people,” the outlet noted.
And that, &#8220;portraits were often entangled, in complex ways, with British imperialism and the institution of transatlantic slavery.&#8221;
In the Migration and Movement gallery, signage noted that &#8220;while some people chose to leave their homes, global conflict, discrimination and European colonialism meant others fled or were exiled by force.&#8221;

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Schools in England should inform parents when a child changes their gender identity, according to new government guidance issued this week.
The long-awaited new <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/supporting_documents/Gender%20Questioning%20Children%20%20nonstatutory%20guidance.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guidance</a>, published Tuesday by the United Kingdom&#8217;s Department for Education, applies to schools in England and has been <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67754359" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> since 2018.
&#8220;Parents should not be excluded from decisions taken by a school or college relating to requests for a child to &#8216;socially transition,'&#8221; the guidance states.
A &#8220;social transition&#8221; can involve a student taking using a new name, new pronouns, different clothing, and using the bathrooms or playing on the sports teams of the opposite sex.
The guidance notes that there has been a &#8220;significant increase&#8221; in children questioning &#8220;the way they feel about being a boy or a girl, including their physical attributes of sex and the related ways in which they fit into society.&#8221;
However, gender identity ideology is a &#8220;contested belief,&#8221; the guidance says.
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Schools should get parents involved and encourage the child themselves to talk to their parents except in the &#8220;exceptionally rare&#8221; cases where involving parents would put the child at &#8220;significant risk of harm,&#8221; according to the guidance.
&#8220;The views of the child’s parents should carry great weight and be properly considered. We would expect parental consent to be required in the vast majority of cases,&#8221; the guidance states.
When a school does decide to accommodate a student who wants to socially transition, the school should take a &#8220;cautious approach,&#8221; notifying parents and allowing a period of &#8220;watchful waiting&#8221; before cooperating.
The guidance also advises that schools should take even &#8220;greater caution&#8221; with younger children in elementary school, who should not be referred to by pronouns different from their sex.
Pronoun changes are expected to be accommodated on &#8220;very few occasions,&#8221; and even in those cases no teacher or student should be forced to use the new pronouns. The guidance notes that those with religious or other beliefs who disagree with allowing a child to transition have &#8220;legitimate views that must be respected.&#8221;
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Schools should, according to the document, also consider whether the child was influenced by social media or peers, whether they feel pressured to transition because they do not fit in with sex stereotypes, whether they are also questioning their sexual orientation, and whether they have special needs. The potential effect on other students may also make it impossible to support a transition request.
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Children should use the bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms of their biological sex, the guidance says. If a child is distressed by this, they may use a separate facility that does not belong to the opposite sex.
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&#8220;There can be no exception to this. Boys constitute more of a risk to girls because they are generally stronger, larger and heavier than girls, especially when they are going through or have been through puberty,&#8221; according to the guidance.
For sleeping arrangements, no child should be allowed to share a room with a child of the opposite sex, the guidance says. Also, all-boys and all-girls schools are allowed to refuse to admit students of the opposite sex.
The guidance concludes that there is &#8220;no general duty to allow a child to &#8216;social transition.'&#8221;
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The guidance cites a major independent <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> on children and gender identity <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/implementing-advice-from-the-cass-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commissioned</a> in 2020 by England&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS) and conducted by Dr. Hilary Cass, former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
The Cass review&#8217;s interim report is clear that social transition is &#8220;not a neutral act,&#8221; and that it can have &#8220;significant psychological effects&#8221; on a young person. &#8220;Better information is needed about the outcomes&#8221; for children who socially transition, the guidance notes.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the new guidance puts children&#8217;s best interests first and removes &#8220;any confusion about the protections that must be in place for biological sex and single-sex spaces.&#8221;
&#8220;Parents’ views must also be at the heart of all decisions made about their children – and nowhere is that more important than with decisions that can have significant effects on a child’s life for years to come,&#8221; Keegan <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parent-first-approach-at-the-core-of-new-guidance-on-gender-questioning-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
In recent years, the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/englands-national-health-service-abandons-gender-affirming-model-of-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pumped the brakes</a> on both transgender social &#8220;transitions&#8221; and medical interventions for children.
In the U.S., parents across the country have expressed concerns about school&#8217;s hiding their children&#8217;s new gender identities and encouraging their social &#8220;transition.&#8221;

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A former British Army reservist who faces criminal charges next week for silently praying near an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> clinic in the U.K. last year warned his fellow countrymen that the fundamental freedoms he fought to protect are in danger.
&#8220;You might think this is a story from Orwell&#8217;s 1984 – but in fact this is happening in England in 2023,&#8221; Adam Smith-Connor said in a November 9 <a href="https://adf.uk/army-veteran-thoughtcrime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>. &#8220;&#8216;Thoughtcrimes&#8217; shouldn&#8217;t be prosecuted in the UK.&#8221;
Smith-Connor, a father who spent 20 years in the British military and served in Afghanistan, said local council officers approached him when he silently prayed outside the BPAS abortion clinic in Bournemouth, England, in November 2022.
Bodycam footage shows Smith-Connor, 50, interacting with authorities who questioned &#8220;the nature of his prayer.&#8221;
He told the officers he was praying for the men and women who were considering abortion after going through his own experience more than two decades ago when he arranged and paid for his girlfriend to abort their son.
But authorities told him he violated a local &#8220;buffer zone&#8221; ordinance known as a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), which Smith-Connor&#8217;s attorneys said forbids &#8220;&#8216;expression of approval or disapproval&#8217; of abortion, including through prayer.&#8221;
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A Council spokesperson <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12729653/army-veteran-charged-praying-dead-son-abortion-clinic-blasts-police-prosecuting-thoughtcrimes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Daily Mail that Smith-Connor was charged with breaching a term of prohibition 4g of the PSPO on August 9.
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&#8220;The allegations are that on 24th November 2022 Mr Smith-Connor failed without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement of the Public Spaces Protection Order (OPHIR ROAD AND SURROUNDING AREA) 2022, in that he failed to leave the required area when asked by an Authorised Officer,&#8221; a statement read.
&#8220;Due to the ongoing legal proceedings, the Council is unable to make a further statement in relation to this matter,&#8221; the statement added.
Smith-Connor&#8217;s legal defense said authorities issued a notice of penalty fine for only praying silently in his mind for a few minutes while his back was turned away from the clinic.
The notice said he was being charged for &#8220;praying for his deceased son,&#8221; according to the legal counsel.
Smith-Connor pleaded not guilty during an August hearing at Poole Magistrates&#8217; Court.
&#8220;Britain has a history of upholding human rights we can be proud of, and a respect for freedom that I fought to uphold when I served this country for twenty years in the army reserves, including in Afghanistan,&#8221; Smith-Connor said. &#8220;I fought to defend our freedoms – but now my own freedom of thought is in jeopardy.&#8221;
&#8220;How can we send our troops out to potentially make the ultimate sacrifice when back home, police are arresting people for peacefully practicing their faith and offering charitable support to families in crisis?&#8221; he added.
Smith-Connor&#8217;s warning about the so-called Orwellian tactics arising in the United Kingdom comes days before the nation celebrates its Remembrance Sunday, where citizens honor the deceased veterans who fought to uphold their freedoms.
&#8220;Sadly, today, we are in danger of dismantling the values for which they died,&#8221; Smith-Connor said.
Smith-Connor is set to face a November 16 trial.
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, the organization supporting Smith-Connor&#8217;s legal defense, said the validity of the charges raises significant questions about democratic accountability, considering the council both drafted PSPO and put themselves in the position of prosecuting those who violate the order.
&#8220;If Adam had been thinking about an issue other than abortion – for example, climate change – then there would be no issue raised here,&#8221; Igunnubole said.
Igunnubole said his client is one of several individuals who face penalties for &#8220;thoughtcrimes&#8221; in the U.K.
Last year, authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/praying-woman-arrested-for-breaking-public-space-order-outside-u-k-abortion-clinic?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwbrand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a 45-year-old charity volunteer, for allegedly breaking a temporary PSPO on four separate occasions after praying outside a BPAS abortion clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham, last December.
The arrest follows two other incidents within the last two years where local police told a praying woman in Southern England to leave for standing outside the local censorship zone, and a grandmother from Liverpool who was arrested and fined for praying silently near an abortion facility on a walk during the COVID lockdown.

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British Army Vet Faces Charges After 'Thoughtcrime' Of Praying Near U.K. Abortion Clinic

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> shredded the anti-Israel rhetoric of an activist at the University of Oxford on Monday regarding morality in the war between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a>.
The student accused Israel of waging an unjust war against Hamas and of killing Palestinians needlessly and at will. Shapiro pointed out that Hamas is ultimately responsible for Palestinian deaths because the terror group hides military targets in civilian areas. His remarks quickly went viral on social media. 
“Civilian casualties are a cost of war. That is just a reality of life. During World War II, there were 70,000 Brits who died during The Blitz bombing, and there were two million Germans who died – civilians – who died during World War II,” Shapiro said.
But on the difference between Israel and Hamas, the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” said “there’s a vast difference in moral scope between deliberately going into a civilian area and murdering everyone you can find, and trying to kill a terrorist who is deliberately hiding beneath a civilian area.”
The student said “Israel is effectively doing the same because Gaza is the most densely populated region in the world.” She went on to claim that Israel has “killed 3,500 children” in Gaza since the start of the war. The figure <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1209646548/israel-military-central-gaza-fighting-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comes</a> from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the U.S. and Israeli governments have said is an unreliable source of information.
When pressed on whether using civilians to shield military operations gives Hamas immunity from retaliation, the student responded: “Where are the children left to go?” Shapiro pointed out that using civilians as cover violated the Geneva Conventions on just war.
The student went on to claim that the inequality of deaths on the Hamas side versus the Israeli side shows Israel is waging an unjust war.
“Since 2005, 23 out of every 24 conflict deaths have been Palestinian,” the student said. “I don’t see any moral equivalency there. It’s clearly unjust what the IDF has been doing to the Palestinians because there is a vast disparity in the number of Palestinians being killed than the number of Israelis being killed.”
Shapiro responded: “If, based off the numbers, more Germans died than Brits in World War II, did that mean that the British were wrong in World War II? Because they did. Many more Germans died than Britons.”
The student then elicited a strong reaction from the crowd as she claimed that “Britain wasn’t bombing civilians.” The allies, including Britain, targeted population centers in aerial bombing runs toward the end of World War II in an effort to flood Germany with refugees.
After being rebuked by the crowd, the student fell back and asserted that Israel’s war on Hamas was “not a just war” and “Israel has been killing civilians for the past 75 years.”
Shapiro responded by citing the toll from Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel: roughly 1,500 dead, mostly civilians, and more than 200 more captured and taken back to Gaza.
“Israel does not purposely kill civilians, Palestinian terrorists do. If Israel put down its guns tomorrow, there would be a second Holocaust. If the Palestinians put down their guns tomorrow, there would be a Palestinian state. That is the reality,” Shapiro said.
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Shapiro ended the engagement with a final question to the student: “Which part of Palestine is occupied?”
“The entirety of Palestine,” she responded.
Shapiro said: “There it is once again. I appreciate you expressing your full genocidal intent for the Jewish people living between the river and the sea.”
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Epic exchange between <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> and an anti-Israel activist at Oxford University today. This “highly educated” student doesn’t know basic history <a href="https://t.co/vbpfDnetgu">pic.twitter.com/vbpfDnetgu</a>
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Police said Monday that they are investigating the death of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Adam Johnson, 29, who died during an Elite Ice Hockey League game on Saturday.
Reports and graphic video indicate Johnson collided with another player during a game in England and suffered a cut to the neck from a skate, NHL.com <a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/former-pittsburgh-penguins-player-adam-johnson-dies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The South Yorkshire Police, who were called to the scene on Saturday, are investigating the incident.
&#8220;Our officers remain at the scene carrying out inquiries and our investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident remain ongoing,&#8221; a statement said, according to Fox News. &#8220;We would encourage the public to avoid speculation regarding the incident while we continue our inquiries.&#8221;
Johnson&#8217;s team, the Nottingham Panthers, have called the fatal collision a &#8220;freak accident.&#8221;
&#8220;The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically passed away following a freak accident at the game in Sheffield last night,&#8221; the team said in a statement posted Sunday. &#8220;The Panthers would like to send our thoughts and condolences to Adam&#8217;s family, his partner, and all his friends at this extremely difficult time.
&#8220;Everyone at the club including players, management and ownership are heartbroken at the news of Adam&#8217;s passing,&#8221; the Panthers added. &#8220;Our thoughts are also with the fans and staff of both clubs, especially those who attended or were following the game, who will be devastated following today&#8217;s news.&#8221;
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The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically passed away following a freak accident at the game in Sheffield last night. <a href="https://t.co/lhSOkDu03Q">pic.twitter.com/lhSOkDu03Q</a>
&mdash; The Nottingham Panthers (@PanthersIHC) <a href="https://twitter.com/PanthersIHC/status/1718550740028039300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Elite Ice Hockey League, likewise, called the incident a &#8220;freak accident.&#8221;
&#8220;The Elite Ice Hockey League is heartbroken to confirm that Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson sadly passed away following a freak accident in Saturday’s game between Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers,&#8221; the league said, adding that further games over the weekend would be postponed.
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The Elite Ice Hockey League is heartbroken to confirm that Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson sadly passed away following a freak accident in Saturday’s game between Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers. <a href="https://t.co/9MtTzvmojM">pic.twitter.com/9MtTzvmojM</a>
&mdash; Elite Ice Hockey League | #EIHL (@officialEIHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/officialEIHL/status/1718553486143476031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Johnson&#8217;s girlfriend, Ryan Wolf, was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/girlfriend-dead-ex-nhl-player-shares-heartbreaking-message-police-investigate-freak-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> at the game and witnessed the injury. She ran onto the ice after the collision.
&#8220;My sweet angel,&#8221; Wolf wrote in the post honoring Johnson via Instagram. &#8220;I’ll miss you forever and love you always.&#8221;
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The Pittsburgh Penguins also issued a post about Johnson&#8217;s passing.
&#8220;The Pittsburgh Penguins join the entire hockey world in mourning Adam Johnson, whose life tragically ended far too soon,&#8221; the team said Sunday. &#8220;We offer our deepest condolences to Adam&#8217;s family and friends, as well as all of Adam&#8217;s past and present teammates and coaches. Adam will always be part of the Penguins family.&#8221;
&#8220;It was our honor to watch him fulfill his dream of playing in the National Hockey League,&#8221; the Penguins added.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slammed radical gender ideology during a speech on Wednesday, saying that men cannot become women and women cannot become men.
Sunak, who has made similar statements on gender in the past, made the comments during a speech in front of the Conservative Party Conference annual meeting in Manchester, England.
“Patients should know when hospitals are talking about men or women,” Sunak, a member of the Conservative Party, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/05/rishi-sunak-gender-identity-transgender/#:~:text=British%20Prime%20Minister%20Rishi%20Sunak%20asserted%20his%20stance%20on%20gender,attendees%20of%20the%20Conservative%20Party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And we shouldn’t get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be. They can’t. A man is a man and a woman is a woman — that’s just common sense.”
During the same speech, Sunak said that parents should know what their children are being taught in schools. 
“It shouldn’t be controversial for parents to know what their children are being taught in school about relationships,” he said, before going onto his comments about gender.
Some of Sunak&#8217;s fellow Conservative Party members have made moves to pushback on gender ideology in recent weeks, with Health Secretary Steve Barclay <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-gender-speech-transphobic-b2424369.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> that men who identified as women would not be allowed as patients in female only NHS wards.
Trans-identifying journalist India Willoughby <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaWilloughby/status/1709544707292803308" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Sunak was “putting people in danger and inciting threats to their lives,” due to his comments. 
“We now have a British government and a prime minister that has said that it doesn’t recognize trans people,” Willoughby said. “If you don’t acknowledge a group of people exist, then obviously that group of people don’t have rights.”
The prime minister has faced criticism from leftist activists in the past <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-100-of-women-do-not-have-penises" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for similar comments</a> on biology after he was asked about Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s comment that some women could have penises.
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When asked in an interview if 100 percent of women do not have penises, Sunak responded, “Yes, of course.”
“We should always have compassion and understanding and tolerance for those who are thinking about changing their gender. Of course we should,” he said. “But when it comes to these issues of protecting women’s rights, women’s spaces, I think the issue of biological sex is fundamentally important when we think about those questions.”
“As a general operating principle for me, biological sex is vitally, fundamentally important in these questions,” he added. “We can’t forget that.”

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sophie Turner</a> is suing her estranged husband, Joe Jonas, for removing their children from England amid their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/divorce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorce</a> proceedings.
The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/game-of-thrones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Game of Thrones</a>” alum filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan court on Thursday, per <a href="https://people.com/sophie-turner-sues-joe-jonas-demands-kids-be-returned-to-england-amid-split-7972708" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine,</a> demanding that the former couple’s two children, Willa and a 14-month-old identified as D, be returned to England.
The document asks for &#8220;the immediate return of children wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained&#8221; for what is being called &#8220;wrongful retention,&#8221; which began September 20. The outlet noted how Turner referred to England as their “forever home” in late 2022. 
Jonas and Turner purchased a home there in April 2023 in anticipation of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actress</a> working on the miniseries “Joan,” which was filmed over this summer.
Court docs state that they agreed that the children would go on tour with Jonas since he would have more daytime hours available to spend with them, but Turner said she had “hesitation” about that “temporary arrangement.” 
Turner also alleged that their divorce came about “very suddenly” after an argument. She claims to have found out Jonas filed for the dissolution of their marriage &#8220;from the media.&#8221;
“The Father has possession of the children’s passports. He refuses to return the passports to the Mother and refuses to send the children home to England with the Mother,&#8221; the documents say. Jonas’ attorney confirmed to Turner’s team that he had the passports and would not surrender them, nor would he agree for the children to move to England.
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Jonas and Turner were married in 2019. On September 6, they issued a joint statement regarding their split.
“Statement from the two of us: ‘After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage,’” it said, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sophie-turner-and-joe-jonas-post-statement-on-divorce-news-a-united-decision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“There are many speculative narratives as to why, but truly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children,&#8217;” the post concluded.
An unnamed source told People at the time that Jonas and Turner had been having marital issues for months and spent “the whole summer” living “apart.”
The source added that they “haven’t gotten along in a while, but they’re hoping to resolve this all amicably.”

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Sophie Turner Sues Joe Jonas, Claims He ‘Wrongfully Removed’ Their Kids From England

Sophie Turner Sues Joe Jonas, Claims He 'Wrongfully Removed' Their Kids From England

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A 19-year-old female has been effectively sentenced to her death after a judge decided that the experts know best, rejecting the young woman&#8217;s pleas to live.
The Christian teenager — whom the world is only allowed to know as &#8220;ST,&#8221; per the courts — <a href="https://christianconcern.com/news/judge-rules-conscious-19-year-old-cant-make-end-of-life-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suffers</a> from a rare genetic mitochondrial disease, which causes chronic muscle weakness, loss of hearing, and damage to the kidneys; she&#8217;s currently dependent on regular dialysis, a feeding tube, and other intensive care. Notably, though, ST&#8217;s mental capacity is not affected by the disease.
The teenager wants to fight until her last day, and has repeatedly told medical professionals that she wants to seek experimental treatment outside of the U.K. The U.K.&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS), though, wants to remove the teen from life-saving medical treatment, which would condemn her to death, potentially in a matter of days.
In fact, the NHS Trust, apparently perturbed that this youth wouldn&#8217;t take their advice and just die already, went to court in April to argue that the teen is not capable of making her own medical decisions. The Trust, comprised of NHS bureaucrats, successfully argued before a judge that the teen was delusional for not agreeing with her doctors that she has no hope and needs to just agree to die.
Here&#8217;s what the judge, Mrs. Justice Roberts, wrote in her judgment, which was issued in late August:
&#8220;In my judgment [&#8230;] ST is unable to make a decision for herself in relation to her future medical treatment, including the proposed move to palliative care, because she does not believe the information she has been given by her doctors.&#8221;
The judge went on to say that ST isn&#8217;t merely making an &#8220;unwise&#8221; decision, which she would supposedly permit. But the teen is instead making an unacceptable choice, in the judge&#8217;s view, since in ST&#8217;s thought process, she is not affirming that her doctors are correct.
In other words, ST has committed a thought crime by not trusting the experts. And, thus, she is &#8220;delusional&#8221; and barred from making her own medical decisions.
Keep in mind, two psychologists — two experts, if you will — have determined that ST is in control of her mental faculties and can make these vital decisions for herself.
&#8220;Despite all the difficulties which currently confront her, ST is able to communicate reasonably well with her doctors with assistance from her mother and, on occasion, speech therapists,&#8221; the judge acknowledged. &#8220;I heard evidence from two consultant psychiatrists whose conclusions in relation to her capacity in both domains are set out in full written reports. &#8230; the two most recent capacity reports from Dr C and Dr D (both consultant psychiatrists who assessed ST in the days leading up to the hearing) suggested that she had capacity to make these choices for herself. The Trust, relying on the evidence of her treating clinicians, takes a different view.&#8221;
Those two experts&#8217; opinions, apparently, don&#8217;t hold as much weight as the NHS Trust.
According to Catholic news outlet <a href="https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/17580/-perilous-ruling-on-dying-19-year-old-s-capacity-to-decide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tablet</a>, her parents also disagree with the judge, “We are very distressed by this injustice, and we hope that, by Jesus’s grace, this will be corrected on appeal.”
Now, the Court of Protection gets to decide what to do with ST&#8217;s care, and it&#8217;s not looking good.
Notably, ST&#8217;s diagnosis is the same diagnosis as a London infant named <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlies-law-parents-baby-charlie-gard-getting-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charlie Gard</a>. In Gard&#8217;s tragic case, courts ordered the baby&#8217;s parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, to bypass possibly life-saving experimental treatment for their infant son; they were forced to watch baby Charlie die in a London hospital.
Charlie, just a baby, couldn&#8217;t speak for himself. But in ST&#8217;s case, she can — and she continues to do so.
&#8220;By the time you read this, I could be dead. That&#8217;s according to my doctors who, for the last year, have repeatedly told me that I have had only days to live. But I am a fighter and will continue to fight,&#8221; the defiant teen <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12496945/EXCLUSIVE-doctors-insist-time-died-fight-Extraordinary-battle-19-year-old-woman-suffering-Charlie-Gard-condition-battling-medics-attempts-condemn-death.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Mail this week.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/guardian-charlie-gard-children-do-not-belong-their-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ethics Professor On Charlie Gard: ‘Children Do Not Belong To Their Parents’</a>
ST noted that she is unable to publicly speak about her case, as per the court order supposedly meant to protect her. This means it&#8217;s been impossible for ST to fundraise for the potential or receive experimental treatment, which has been offered to her in both Canada and the U.S. And at the very least, it keeps her family financially strapped as they continue to try to appeal and fight for their daughter&#8217;s life.
&#8216;They&#8217;ve done everything they can to stop me telling this story,&#8221; ST said. &#8220;I have found myself trapped in a medical and legal system governed by a toxic paternalism which has condemned me for wanting to live.&#8221;
Still, the resilient teen, buoyed by her tight family and her Christian faith, is determined to fight until the end.
&#8220;I am in a race against time to escape from this system and the certain death it wishes to impose on me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But I am a fighter and will continue to fight. I trust in God and will not give up hope.&#8221;
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A 27-year-old transgender inmate who was locked up for sexually assaulting a nurse has admitted to groping two prison guards, one male and one female.
Katana Paris, who is biologically male but identifies as a woman and uses female pronouns, was sentenced to 37 months behind bars for pulling a nurse towards his genitals while in a hospital, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12486943/Sex-offender-identifies-woman-groped-prison-officers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Paris is serving his sentence at HM Prison Forest Bank, a men&#8217;s private prison near Manchester, England.
Last year, Paris touched a female prison guard inappropriately while she was serving him breakfast.
&#8220;She approached the defendant&#8217;s cell and unlocked the door in order to serve (Paris) breakfast,&#8221; prosecutor Megan Edwards said.
Paris then stepped out of the cell, though prisoners typically stay inside their cells, Edwards explained, adding, &#8220;She asked the defendant to move back, but the request was ignored. (Paris) then placed a hand on her hand, before sliding her fingers between her knuckles.&#8221;
The female officer, who was being helped with breakfast by two other inmates, then moved away. Paris, in reaction, &#8220;jumped up and down&#8221; as if &#8220;excited,&#8221; moved toward the guard and touched her genitals.
The guard was &#8220;shocked and in disbelief&#8221; that Paris &#8220;deliberately touched her like that,&#8221; Edwards said.
A prisoner who was around the area asked the guard if Paris had touched her, and the guard replied, &#8220;Yes, she just touched me.&#8221; The guard, however, continued to serve breakfast, not to draw attention to the incident, and then later reported what happened to her.
The next day, Paris grabbed the genitals of a male guard trying to serve the inmate lunch. The male officer described Paris as &#8220;aggressive&#8221; and recalled the inmate reaching out with his right hand and groping him after he unlocked the hatch to Paris&#8217; door to pass along the food.
&#8220;He immediately felt violated and used his body strength to push her back into her cell,&#8221; the prosecutor said.
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Attorney Rochelle Collins claimed Paris had emotional and mental health problems at the time of the incidents. &#8220;She is extremely remorseful and tells me this happened at a time when her mental health was at its lowest,&#8221; Collins argued, referring to Paris as a female. &#8220;She doesn’t want to continue with these types of behaviors. There has been no further complaint whilst she has been in custody.&#8221;
Judge Nicholas Dean KC noted that prison officers are &#8220;in a situation where they are vulnerable to these sorts of assaults and they deserve and require the protections of the courts when assaults such as this happen.&#8221;
&#8220;I have read and considered a presentence report, and I am not convinced you have shown any significant remorse,&#8221; Dean said. &#8220;It seems to me you regard what you did as being rather trivial.&#8221;
Paris, who admitted to the two counts of sexual assault, was handed down an additional six-month sentence.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aclu-demands-gender-surgery-for-trans-identifying-male-who-murdered-baby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Male Prisoner Who Murdered A Baby Wants A Vagina. The ACLU Wants Taxpayers To Pay For It.</a>

Trans inmate Katana Paris

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