All news for 2024-04-03

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Meghan Markle breaks major royal rule on visit to children’s hospital in Los Angeles
Meghan Markle made a surprise visit to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) as part of a literacy campaign, but broke a huge Royal Family rule in the process
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Brother jailed for ’completely unnecessary’ killing of sister’s ex-partner he turned up to her garden
Liam Fosbrook, 29, stabbed Dylan Towers, 35, after Mr Towers appeared at his sister Tara’s home in Stockport in December 2021
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A murder probe has been initiated following the discovery of human remains in a park located in south London
Searches are being carried out in Rowdown Fields in Croydon after the troubling discovery on Tuesday
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Multi-millionaire Rishi Sunak offers public financial advice in bizarre video
Rishi Sunak has offered financial advice to members of the public in a bizarre video posted on Twitter/X.
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1.6million more pensioners will be forced to pay income tax because of sneaky change
Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has refused to increase the threshold when people start paying income tax so record numbers of pensioners are being landed with tax bills
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Lotto £2.5m thief released from jail to free up space - despite not paying back stolen cash
Convicted rapist Edward Putman was jailed for nine years in October 2019 for stealing £2.5million from the National Lottery with the help of Camelot insider Giles Knibbs
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Inside lavish Balmoral estate as King Charles allows public to see where late Queen died
In a historic first King Charles is opening up the doors to Balmoral Castle, and the public will be able to see inside the Royal Family’s favourite holiday home for themselves
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Brit tourist gang-raped twice by three men in horror double attack in Benidorm after they snatched her from pub
Following the horrific gang-rape, the three attackers stole from her
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Johnny Mercer challenging order to hand over whistleblower names
Afghanistan Inquiry chairman Sir Charles Haddon-Cave gave Mr Mercer until April 5 to handover the names or face up to two years in prison
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Councils demand independent review of ‘arbitrary’ levelling up schemes
Boris Johnson’s 2019 policy faces accusation of being politicised and failing to tackle skills shortages
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UK government launches review into headlight glare after drivers’ complaint
Campaigners welcome move as survey suggests they have become too bright and risk causing accidents
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Ukraine military draft age lowered to boost fighting force
Volodymyr Zelenskiy signs bills lowering age for combat duty from 27 to 25 and requiring those given disability waivers to undergo a fresh assessment
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Baby killer who brutally murdered tiny daughter beaten up in prison and left with broken leg
Craig Jamieson, 44, who was caged for the murder of his four-month-old daughter Abbie, was attacked while in HMP Edinburgh and left with injuries including a broken leg
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Premier League fans ordered to evacuate stand mid-game due hanging metal inside stadium
The Premier League match between Burnley and Wolves on Tuesday saw security staff forced to move fans away from a section of Turf Moor after a piece of cladding became unstable
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7.4 magnitude quake hits Taiwan, strongest in 25 years
People rescued from buildings in cities of Hualien and Taipei amid continuing aftershocks from Taiwan’s strongest quake in decades
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One in three UK water workers verbally abused amid sewage fury, GMB finds
Exclusive: public anger over river pollution affecting employee safety, union survey suggests
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Carole and Michael Middleton unable to pay £260,000 insolvency firm costs after collapse
Kate Middleton’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, face strain as their business Party Pieces fell into administration last year, owing creditors £2.6million
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New P Diddy raid footage shows Homeland Security storming star’s house and handcuffing two men
After P Diddy’s home in Los Angeles was raided by Homeland Security, the mother of his sons Justin and King Combs Misa Hylton posted a video of who she claimed were her sons getting handcuffed
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Teachers demand Ofsted is scrapped as inspections system ’riddled with problems’
A survey by the National Education Union (NEU) found 82% think the current Ofsted system should be replaced as it has so many problems it ’would be better to start afresh’
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Blenheim Palace golden toilet thief admits stealing £4.8million throne in break-in
James Sheen pleaded guilty to burglary, transferring criminal property and conspiracy to do the same at Oxford Crown Court after stealing the 18-carat toilet from the art exhibition
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Inside flat of horrors where XL Bully was found dead in filthy living room
The dog’s owner, Phillip Boyer, was prosecuted by the RSPCA and sentenced at Liverpool Magistrates Court last Tuesday - he was jailed for 17 months and banned from keeping all animals for five years
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Ex-Special Forces hero killed in Gaza air strike revealed as married dad of 2 described by comrades as ‘brilliant bloke’
Mr Chapman had been in Gaza only a few weeks after stints in the Middle East