All news for 2024-03-29

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YouTuber kidnapped in Haiti and ’kept in cage’ for ransom after trying to meet Barbecue gang boss
Addison Pierre Maalouf, known online as YourFellowArab, was reportedly kidnapped in Haiti after trying to interview notorious gang leader Jimmy ’Barbecue’ Cherizier
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Tory West Midlands Mayor Andy Street posts new homes boast - with photo from Hertfordshire
Tory mayor Andy Street was ridiculed for bragging about increasing social housebuilding across the West Midlands but being unable to find a photo to show new homes in the area
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Pervert hoax caller targets female staff at hospitals across the UK pretending to be doctor
The NHS has revealed a list of hospitals where the caller has made revolting comments to women over the past five years
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Rishi Sunak surprise honours list announced - from Christopher Nolan to Tory mega-donor
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak doled out damehoods, knighthoods and CBEs to tech experts, Tory MPs and those in the creative industry as he published a surprise list of gongs
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Crime boss who led drugs gang caught and jailed after visit to the dentist
A selfie from the dentist was sent by Khan Gorgulu to his crime partner - and was then used by police to identify him and prove his involvement in supplying cocaine and cannabis to Alderley Edge
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Northern Irish DUP party leader Donaldson steps down after police charges
The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party Jeffrey Donaldson stepped down on Friday after confirming he had been charged with "allegations of an historical nature", the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said.
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UK taxpayers could be hit with huge price rises after Thames Water investors refuse to save struggling firm
It is now likely that the Government will have to step in for the water firm via a special administration
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Moment Israel kills Iran-backed Hezbollah commander in pinpoint drone blitz on car after ‘he plotted civilian attacks’
Spine-chilling footage shows the terror boss’s final moments alive before his car is engulfed in a monstrous fireball
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Britain’s The Independent signs deal to take control of BuzzFeed UK
British media group The Independent will take control of BuzzFeed’s (BZFD.O), opens new tab editorial and commercial operations in the UK and Ireland in a multi-year licensing deal, the companies announced on Thursday.
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Armed gang who hacked DPD driver to death with an axe convicted of horrific killing
Four men have been convicted of killing a DPD worker Aurman Singh in broad daylight, after he was ambushed by masked men in a chilling act of violence that only lasted a ’few seconds’.
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Man raped schoolgirl, 15, at campsite - metres from where parents where sleeping
Andrew Magee, from Widnes in Cheshire, was trusted to join a family on a camping holiday, but when the parents fell asleep he lead their 15-year-old daughter to a tent where he raped her
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Virgin Atlantic bosses set RAF fighter pilots in their sights in a ‘double-your-money’ deal
Virgin wants only fast-jet fliers who crew Typhoon and F-35 fighter planes