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Linda Nolan 'cries her eyes out' as she shares a heartbreaking cancer update and admits her fears that this Christmas could be her last South hopes the public understand how difficult their jobs really can be. “It’s remarkable that officers manage to do so much good work in spite of these extremely challenging circumstances. You don’t hear about the near misses, but there are so many people there who prevent things exploding.” The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, where she was eating. Journalist Christina Lamb was a friend of Victoria’s – she tells Nuala about her and the impact her death has had. In a society in which everyone is fixated on their screens, I saw the value of an environment where that isn’t possible. Mobile phones aren’t permitted in prison. Not for staff, and certainly not for prisoners. Instead, we talked. I talked with the prisoners about justice, education, loyalty. We debated, agreed, and of course, argued. But these were men in for the long haul, serving sentences often exceeding 30 years, and they had plenty of time to chat. I learned the power of that, too. The power of proper unfiltered conversation, of awkward silences, of laughter and sadness and everything in between. Real life. Being fully present in a place that demanded nothing less. Omid Scobie's sneak peak 'truth bombs': Every claim the 'Sussex Cheerleader-In-Chief' makes against the Royal Family in extracts book Endgame

Beds were hard, discipline was hard, work was hard; the cells were cold and the food basic. Warders, as they were then called, were in charge. In 2021, South left Belmarsh. ‘I’d joined for the talking, the listening, and that was no longer possible,’ she says. ‘In prison, you have all these people, many of whom want to do better and it could be such a huge opportunity. How Grace Dent overcame family tragedies to take part in I'm A Celeb before sensationally quitting show when she reached breaking pointIn her book she recalls finding a prisoner, Simpson, splashing cold water over himself, the skin on his shoulders red and peeling. His cellmate had boiled a kettle and poured it over him; in prison they call it being ‘kettled’. Camilla has 'no relationship' with Prince Harry despite sympathy for what Meghan went through, as she has 'no respect for how they handled themselves'

Kanye West attends the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after sparking an 'antisemitism' row with his new single Vultures She’d also volunteered as a mentor for a young offender and loved it. ‘It sounds idealistic, but I thought working as a PO was a chance to do some real-world good.’ Kelly Clarkson, 41, looks thin in a belted leather jumpsuit that highlights her newly slender figure after losing a dramatic amount of weightThe opening and closing recordings made in a UK prison are used with kind permission of the Prison Radio Association. Find out more here : https://prison.radio Gwyneth Paltrow joins ex Chris Martin, Dakota Johnson and children Apple and Moses on a helicopter after Thanksgiving party As chief inspector of prisons, the late Sir David Ramsbotham was raising the alarm about “ filthy, overcrowded prisons” as long ago as the 1990s. His warnings ruffled so many feathers in the Home Office that his contract was allowed to expire early.