The Daily Populous

Monday August 14th, 2017 evening edition

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In 2006 James Ward was serving a 12-month prison sentence for arson, but 11 years later he remains behind bars.

During his time in jail he set fire to the mattress in his cell.

As a result he was given an IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentence of 10 months.

But he remains in jail; there are concerns for his safety because he regularly self-harms.

IPPs were abolished in 2012 but there are more than 3,000 people in England and Wales still serving these sentences, which means they have no release date.

The chairman of the Parole Board, Nick Hardwick, says ministers ''must act now'' to address the backlog.

Zoe Conway reports for BBC Radio 4's Today and the Victoria Derbyshire programme. »

GoDaddy bans neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer

Authored by bnonews.com

Siskind's call for the website to be taken down received more than 3,000 retweets in less than two hours.

In the article, Daily Stormer founder and editor Andrew Anglin called victim Heather Heyer a "fat, childless 32-year-old slut."

The Daily Stormer website was launched in 2013 and is roughly estimated to rank as the 4,483rd most-visited website in the United States, according to Alexa.com, which analyzes internet traffic. »

Charlottesville restaurateur threatened after he boots patrons for Nazi salute

Authored by cnn.com

There was only one other couple dining at the time, outside, and the group was behaving, minding its own business.

Suddenly, the young man in the Skrewdriver shirt threw up a Nazi salute, which the others reciprocated, he said.

He witnessed them give a Nazi salute to one another, then immediately told them he doesn't accept that here and that they must leave. »

Chance the Rapper donates 30,000 backpacks to school kids

Authored by wmur.com

Grammy Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper rode through the streets of his Chicago hometown as grand marshal of the city’s back-to-school parade.

The 24-year-old rapper sat atop a white convertible waving at the crowds during Saturday’s Bud Billiken Parade, which welcomes Chicago children back for the new school year.

He was also was part of an effort to distribute thousands of free backpacks stuffed with school supplies at the parade. »