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Former Met officers given suspended sentences for racist WhatsApps

Messages group shared referred to Duchess of Sussex, the queen and Rishi Sunak among other public figures, according to charges

The Guardian - UK

Six former Met officers given suspended sentences for sending racist messages

The six men were sentenced to between six and 14 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Evening Standard

Ex-Met officers plead guilty over racist WhatsApp jokes about Duchess of Sussex and Rishi Sunak

Five ex-Met Police officers have pleaded guilty to sharing racist jokes involving the Duchess of Sussex, Rishi Sunak, and Queen Elizabeth II in an offensive WhatsApp group.

Evening Standard

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Six Metropolitan Police officers charged over sending offensive WhatsApp messages

The former officers sent ‘inappropiate’ messages in a closed group between 2018 and 2022

Evening Standard

Bristol death notices and funeral announcements from this week

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

Bristol Post

When our brain takes an educated guess

Carrie Leonetti examines a phenomenon that allows people to accurately observe a basketball game, but not the gorilla that wanders through it – and what that means for the justice system.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ford reverses course and decides to keep AM radio on its vehicles

Federal lawmakers cite safety concerns for keeping AM radio, citing its historic role in transmitting vital information during emergencies, such as natural disasters, especially to rural areas.

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Ford to keep AM radio on 2024 models; will restore AM on 2 electric vehicles from 2023

The move comes after a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday calling on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require AM in new vehicles at no additional cost.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ford decides to keep AM radio on 2024 models, will restore AM on two electric vehicles from 2023

Owners of new Ford vehicles will be able to tune in to AM radio in their cars, trucks and SUVs after all

The Independent UK

GM nixed Apple CarPlay, Android Auto. Here's why

General Motors Co.’s controversial decision to ditch two popular phone projection systems from its future electric vehicles could be risky, but the company insists the move will pay off by giving consumers a more vehicle-embedded infotainment experience.

Tribune News Service

The week in audio: Revolutionary Letters; A Living Leg-End; Today in History With the Retrospectors and more – review

Shoutouts for single documentaries and their makers, a daily dose of history, desert island children’s books – plus the big winners at this year’s audio Oscars

The Guardian - UK

Govt pays $108k to wrongfully imprisoned driver

Cabinet improves compensation after an error meant the man was incorrectly recorded as a disqualified driver.

Newsroom.co.nz

Alan Hall case: role of crown lawyers in overturned conviction to be investigated by independent inquiry

Inquiry into conviction of innocent man jailed for 19 years will investigate why crucial witness evidence not given to defence

The Guardian - UK

A brother’s 36-year fight against one of New Zealand’s worst miscarriages of justice

Alan Hall spent 19 years in jail for a 1986 murder he did not commit. His brother Geoff speaks out about the emotional toll, and the battle that lies ahead

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Alan Hall case: New Zealand begins unprecedented inquiry into ‘significant miscarriage of justice’

Solicitor general determined to find out why man who spent 19 years in jail for murder he did not commit was ‘so severely let down by the justice system’

The Independent UK

Alan Hall: Autistic man’s murder conviction quashed in New Zealand after 19 years of jail

‘What a complete waste of a large part of Alan’s life – it’s tragic’

AAP

NZ man freed after 19 years in jail

New Zealand Supreme Court Chief Justice Helen Winklemann has quashed the murder conviction of Alan Hall, freeing the Kiwi after 19 years in prison.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand court quashes murder conviction of man imprisoned for 19 years

Chief justice says it is clear that justice had seriously miscarried in case of Alan Hall, who was convicted of murder of Arthur Easton in 1985

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