Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70

found 2025 › Apr › 07 (Mon) @ 18:10 UTC

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Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate

Clem Burke, the drummer whose backbeats powered Blondie to huge chart success across multip…

British backpacker locked up for nearly three weeks after trying to cross from US to Canada admits she was 'naive' about Trump's border crackdown

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 16:40 UTC

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Rebecca Burke, 28, from Monmouthshire, south Wales, was trying to cross into Canada from the state of Washington when she was refused entry by officials.

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 11:10 UTC

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Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinkin…

Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now | Arwa Mahdawi

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 00:27 UTC

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Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holiday

Do you like being shackled and strip-sea…

British backpacker detained by US in 'Trump crackdown' after 'breaking visa rules' is released and on her way home after two weeks following family appeal

found 2025 › Mar › 18 (Tue) @ 11:41 UTC

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Rebecca Burke, 28, was on a 'once in a lifetime' solo travelling trip across the US and Canada when she was handcuffed while trying to cross the Canadian border on February 26.

Family of Enoch Burke hauled away by security at Washington DC black tie gala attended by Ireland's PM after disrupting the event in protest of jailed teacher who refused to use the pronoun 'they' for a boy

found 2025 › Mar › 14 (Fri) @ 10:45 UTC

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Martina Burke and her two children, Ammi and Isaac, shouted loudly as they were pulled back through curtains surrounding the main dining space during a dinner at the National Building Museum in DC.

Vegan British backpacker who 'broke US visa rules' complains that she faces a month in US jail after being caught at border in 'Trump crackdown' - as her emotional parents issue TV appeal

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 14:22 UTC

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Rebecca Burke, 28, was on a solo travelling trip across the US and Canada when it turned into a nightmare after she was handcuffed while trying to cross the Canadian border on February 26.

British tourist detained by ICE at border during 'dream' backpacking trip across America

found 2025 › Mar › 10 (Mon) @ 16:29 UTC

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Becky Burke, 28, was handcuffed and taken to a detention cell in Tacoma, Washington, on February 26 and is still in custody, according to her distraught family.

Father of Irish teacher imprisoned for 'refusing to call a boy a girl' blasts 'disgraceful' Gardai for' abusing' his family - as he's released from prison after 45 days

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

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Sean Burke, who lives in Castlebar, County Mayo, was sent to Mountjoy prison in December 2024 for assaulting a female garda.

Firebrand family behind Irish gender row teacher: Enoch Burke who refused to 'call a boy a girl' is one of 10 siblings - and most are no stranger to legal battles over their own strident views

found 2024 › Dec › 21 (Sat) @ 20:34 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Burke family, from Castlebar, County Mayo, are known to picket over their evangelical Christian beliefs and campaigned for the release of their imprisoned brother Enoch.