A former soldier who stopped a car that had been driven into crowds of celebrating football supporters has been honoured for his “exceptional bravery”.

Dan Barr, 41, climbed into the back seat of a Ford Galaxy, which Paul Doyle had driven at Liverpool fans at the club’s Premier League celebration parade in May last year.

Mr Barr, who spent eight years in the Royal Engineers, moved the gear stick to park mode to stop Doyle, 54, who injured 134 people when he “lost his temper”.

On Thursday, the builder’s labourer from Birkenhead was presented with the High Sheriff’s Award for Bravery in a ceremony at Liverpool Crown Court.

Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC, who jailed Doyle for 21 years and six months in December, told Mr Barr that what he did that day “mattered”.

Mr Menary said his actions mattered “to those who were injured. It mattered to their families. It mattered to the emergency services working desperately to regain control of a chaotic scene. And it mattered to this city”.

He added the award also recognised “the resilience and solidarity of the people of Liverpool and the enduring truth that even in moments of darkness, courage and humanity prevail”.

Mr Menary said: “On behalf of the court and the community it serves, I offer you our profound respect, our gratitude and our congratulations.”

Mr Barr, who was there with his mother Honora Barr, said he felt “very privileged”, adding, “I’m really proud of this”.

High Sheriff of Merseyside Billy Hui handed Mr Barr a framed certificate which read: “This certificate is awarded to Daniel Barr in recognition of his exceptional bravery and presence of mind during the events of May 26 2025 in the city of Liverpool.

“In circumstances of real and immediate danger arising during a large public celebration, he acted selflessly to assist those at risk and to reduce the likelihood of further serious harm.

“His calm courage, concern for others, and willingness to place himself in danger to help those around him reflect the very best of civic responsibility and merit the court’s highest commendation.”

He also received £250.

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Mr Barr said last year that he did not think he did “anything special”.

Doyle, a father-of-three from Croxteth, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, nine counts of causing GBH with intent and three counts of wounding with intent.

A federal judge in California on Thursday tossed out a lower court ruling that supported broad detention powers of migrants by the Trump administration.

Judge Sunshine Sykes, a Biden bench appointee, said the government’s claim it was taking the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal immigrants for deportation was “inaccurate.”

“‘Worst of the worst’ is an inaccurate description of most of those affected by DHS and ICE’s operations,” Sykes wrote. “Perhaps in utilizing this extreme language DHS seeks to justify the magnitude and scope of its operations against non-criminal noncitizens.”

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“Maybe that phrase merely mirrors the severity and ill-natured conduct by the Government,” Sykes added. “Even though these press releases might contain an inkling of truth, they ignore a greater, more dire reality.”

The ruling could block mass deportations and guarantee bond hearings for many non-criminal migrant detainees.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been allowed to deny bond hearings to those arrested by federal immigration authorities who had been in the United States for years. 

Recent migrant arrivals have traditionally not been guaranteed an immediate bond hearing. In June, the Trump administration singled out California and launched a mass detention policy focusing on migrants in the Los Angeles area in an effort to arrest criminal illegal immigrants. 

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Several people detained sued, alleging they had been denied bond hearings. Sykes said the administration’s policies swept too broadly.

“Americans have expressed deep concerns over unlawful, wanton acts by the executive branch,” Skyes said.  “It is not the ‘worst of the worst’ that are swept into the nationwide and reckless violations of the law by the executive branch. In the past weeks, the Government detained Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son without a valid warrant.”

“Beyond its terror against noncitizens, the executive branch has extended its violence on its own citizens, killing two American citizens— Renée Good and Alex Pretti—in Minnesota,” the judge added. “The threats posed by the executive branch cannot be viewed in isolation.”

A federal appeals court based in New Orleans last week ruled for the administration, concluding the current DHS detention and bond policy was legal.

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The Justice Department had no immediate comment on the latest ruling but is expected to appeal the decision and request the detention policies be allowed to continue temporarily while the issue is being litigated.

Fox News Digital has also reached out to the White House. 

Former New York City Police Department (NYPD) chief John Chell blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for walking back the planned hiring of 5,000 more police officers amid a city budget shortfall of billions of dollars, calling it a “recipe for disaster.”

Mamdani’s predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, proposed at the end of his term that the city hire 5,000 more NYPD officers. Upon entering office, Mamdani moved to cancel all orders signed by Adams following his Sept. 26, 2024, indictment, including the proposed NYPD personnel increase.

Under Adams’ plan, the NYPD was set to gradually hire more officers over the coming years, ultimately allowing the NYPD to deploy around 40,000 officers to the streets, while Mamdani’s plan caps the number closer to its current level of around 35,000.

“We need about 40,000 [officers] and we’re roughly close to 34,000. So cutting back 5,000, we’re probably going to lose another close to 4,000 like last year,” Chell said Thursday on “Fox & Friends.”

“Recipe for disaster. Public safety is the key to New York City.”

Mamdani has also faced backlash for threatening a nearly 10% property tax increase that could impact millions of residents if Albany does not agree to raise income taxes on the city’s wealthiest. 

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Detractors say the move could squeeze middle-class homeowners — many of whom voted for Mamdani — by triggering rent hikes as landlords pass along the cost to tenants.

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When Mamdani unveiled his administration’s fiscal year 2027 preliminary budget on Tuesday, he laid out two paths available to the city in order to balance its budget in light of a $12 billion funding gap identified by his team, which was whittled down to $5.4 billion after projected savings, revenue and state aid.

The first path involves working with Albany to increase personal income taxes on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year, as well as raising corporate taxes on the city’s most profitable corporations, Mamdani said.

The second option involves a 9.5% property tax hike that the mayor estimates would impact more than three million residential units and more than 100,000 commercial buildings. It would also require drawing $980 million from the city’s Rainy Day Fund and $229 million from the Retiree Health Benefits Trust.

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“So you’re gonna raise my taxes 10% and you’re going to reduce my public safety for my city. That’s very appetizing for me to stay in New York City, isn’t it?” Chell said.

“We can’t pay for everything. Everything can’t be for free. But what you need is cops out in the street. Tell me how all these programs are gonna help when you’re getting robbed in the middle of the street?”

Fox News Digital’s Amanda Macias and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.

A top Democrat in Maryland’s state legislature threw cold water on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ campaign to oust the state’s lone Republican from Congress.

Jeffries, D-N.Y., was in Annapolis on Wednesday meeting with state leaders to discuss redrawing Maryland’s congressional map before the November 2026 midterms.

He’s one of the highest-profile Democrats pushing the state to join the growing redistricting war, which could see Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., effectively drawn out of the one Republican-leaning district in the state.

That would require both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly to approve a new map recommended by Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting commission earlier this year. But Senate President Bill Ferguson is resisting pressure from fellow Democrats.

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“It’s precisely because we want Leader Jeffries in the majority that most members in the Maryland Senate Democratic Caucus do not support moving forward with mid-cycle redistricting that will backfire in our State courts and lose Democrats in Congress,” Ferguson said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

It’s a position he’s held since last year, when he wrote a letter to state Democrats warning that “mid-cycle redistricting for Maryland presents a reality where the legal risks are too high, the timeline for action is dangerous, the downside risk to Democrats is catastrophic, and the certainty of our existing map would be undermined.”

Ferguson said they also discussed “the importance of responding to the lawless Trump Administration through economic, social, and immigration policies” and how they could cooperate in those areas.

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But redistricting remains a sticking point dividing Democrats in the Old Line State.

Moore, who spoke with Fox News Digital on Wednesday, called for Ferguson to at least allow a vote to be held on the new map.

“As someone who fought for this country and someone who fought for democracy, I just believe in fighting for democracy, and I think that requires a vote, no matter how the vote turns out,” Moore said. “It frankly doesn’t matter, but just vote. And so I think that was also the message that Leader Jeffries shared with the Senate President.”

Jeffries has met with Democrats in various states about redistricting across the country, but it’s rare for him to wage such a public pressure campaign on a fellow party leader.

He told reporters on Wednesday that he shared with Ferguson, “It’s our view, and I believe this is the view that has been clearly and decisively shared by Governor Wes Moore, that the best course of action at this moment is to allow an up-or-down vote in the Maryland State Senate so that we have an opportunity to move forward in a transparent way and see where things will land.”

Jeffries also suggested Ferguson’s decision was not final and that there were still ongoing conversations on the matter.

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Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Washington, D.C., is the leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

He told Fox News Digital last month that he would bring a lawsuit to challenge the new map if it somehow did get approved.

“Wes, we’ll see you in court,” the conservative caucus leader said.

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Redistricting is normally a process seen every 10 years, after a new census calls for the modification of congressional districts based on changes in population.

But a redistricting war has broken out ahead of the November midterms that could upend electoral maps across the country.

Both Texas and California have moved to redraw their congressional maps in favor of Republicans and Democrats, respectively.

A similar effort by Indiana Republicans, backed by President Donald Trump, was shot down by members of their own party. But states like Virginia, Florida, and Ohio could follow suit.

A marriage ceremony was taking place in a guest house in Khaga Kotwali area on Wednesday night. The girl’s side reached the guest house in the evening by bus and four wheelers from Prayagraj. The groom’s party also reached the guest house with pomp and show. Other rituals including Jaimala were completed peacefully. At around four in the morning, the ceremony of offering jewelery to the bride was going on under the pavilion.

Meanwhile, the bride’s pet dog, tied at some distance from the pavilion, which the family members had brought along, started barking. It is alleged that a young man from the groom’s side beat the dog. The bride’s side expressed displeasure on this, due to which the dispute increased. Within no time, sticks and chairs started being used between the two sides.

In the fight, the heads of Shubham Gupta, Rishabh Kesarwani and Sangeeta Devi from the bride’s side were injured and they were left bleeding. The wedding rituals were stopped due to the ruckus in the guest house. Seeing the police who arrived on information, many people fled from the spot. The police took both the parties to the police station and after getting the injured treated at CHC, sent them to Prayagraj.

On Thursday, both the parties again reached Kotwali, where people of the town also gathered in large numbers. One or two people from the groom’s side were also slightly injured. The police asked the bride about her intentions, to which she refused to marry. After this, a Panchayat was held between the prominent people of both the parties and the gifts and donations given to each other were returned. Kotwal RK Patel said that an agreement has been reached between the two parties. On receiving the complaint, investigation will be done and action will be taken.