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Ava White: 14-year-old boy convicted of murdering 12-year-old girl stabbed to death after a row of Snapchat videos

A teenager has been convicted of murder after stabbing a 12-year-old girl after a dispute over a Snapchat video. Ava White was killed after a “casual encounter” with the 14-year-old, who could not be named for legal reasons, the night the Christmas lights were lit in Liverpool. He stabbed her in the neck with a …

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Atwood responds to book bans with the “incombustible” edition of Handmaid’s Tale

Amid the political storms over books that right-wingers consider inappropriate for school libraries, author Margaret Atwood has announced an “incombustible” edition of her most famous novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The 82-year-old Canadian author appeared in a short YouTube video announcing the project, attempting to flame the single volume with a flamethrower. Announcing the book, Penguin …

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Ava White: A boy guilty of murdering a 12-year-old girl in the Snapchat line

Ava White: A boy guilty of murdering a 12-year-old girl in the BBC’s Snapchat line A 12-year-old teenager has pleaded guilty to the murder of Ava White Sky News The 14-year-old schoolboy has pleaded guilty to the murder of 12-year-old Ava White, whom he stabbed in the Liverpool Daily Mail. A 14-year-old boy is found …

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The UK detects fourteen more cases of monkeypox in the middle of a warning that could have evolved to spread more easily in humans

A further 14 smallpox patients have been detected in England as the tropical virus continues to sweep the world amid fears that it may have mutated to spread more easily among humans. The heads of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have now confirmed 71 cases in the unprecedented global outbreak. At least one child …

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