All news for 2024-04-05

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Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre now - beachside mansion and persistent nightmares
Virginia Roberts Giuffre claims she was trafficked to Prince Andrew at the age of 17. Now a 40-year-old mother of three, she advocates for survivors of sex trafficking
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British Jewish woman murdered by Hamas saves five lives with organ donations
Lucy Dee, 48, was murdered a year ago and her husband, Leo, met three people who received her organs, including her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart
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Energy suppliers paying out more than £540,000 in compensation over prepayment meters
It comes after Ofgem ordered a review of people who were forced onto prepayment meters between the start of 2022 and the end of January 2023
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Labour will close £430million ’loophole’ in Tory plan to axe non-dom tax for super-rich
In a major U-turn last month Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he would axe the non-dom tax break. But Labour’s Rachel Reeves warned the plans contain ’a load of loopholes’
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An assailant viciously stabbed a Costa Coffee employee in the head twelve times following the denial of a vape charger
A court heard Darren Laken, 31, took a packet of knives from Poundland before stabbing the scared worker twelve times at the coffee shop in Belper, Derbyshire.
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Man Utd fans fume at Marcus Rashford footage as Erik ten Hag singles out star
Marcus Rashford only made a short cameo as Manchester United collapsed to lose 4-3 at Chelsea on Thursday evening but has still received severe criticism from fans
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After Jeffrey Donaldson’s bombshell exit, what next for Northern Ireland’s DUP?
As party reels, new leader Gavin Robinson faces a U.K. election that could cost him his seat.
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UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills
Britain turned down an offer to remain a member of the cultural exchange program after Brexit.
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Putin’s spies caught working at Nato HQ in humiliating intelligence breach. They’ve been active in Europe for years
It comes after Ukraine warned Germany is ’riddled with Russian spies’
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Israel admits ‘serious failures’ over deadly strike but insists aid workers were mistaken for Hamas
Biden and Netanyahu spoke on Thursday for first time since deaths of aid workers as pressure mounts on Sunak to withdraw arms sales
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Tory MP William Wragg admits to leaking phone numbers in ‘honeytrap’ scandal
The senior Tory MP William Wragg’s comments came amid reports people in Parliament, including male MPs, were targeted with personalised messages and naked photos
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Prince Andrew’s reduced life now - crumbling home, Beatrice wedding snub and title shame
The release of brand new Netflix drama Scoop tells the story of how BBC Newsnight managed to secure Prince Andrew’s car crash interview about his association with Jeffrey Epstein - and it has shone the light back on the outcast royal whose life changed dramatically after the infamous chat
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Michael Gove admits to ‘moral cowardice’ during Brexit campaign
Levelling up secretary says he should have been upfront with David Cameron about his role in leave campaign
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Physically healthy woman, 28, decides to die by euthanasia after being told crippling depression will ‘never get better’
Zoraya ter Beek has set the date for her own death - and where she will die
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Alan Duncan faces expulsion from Tory party for attacking ‘pro Israel extremist’ Conservatives
Tories announce investigation into Sir Alan Duncan 24 hours after he spoke out on Gaza in the Independent - after Independent highlighted concerns over influence of Conservative friends of Israel group
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Mum of 5-year-old found dead in suitcase makes bizarre court appearance calling herself ’princess’
Police arrested a woman who has been on the run for two years after she was accused of stuffing a 5-year-old boy into a suitcase and leaving him for dead in the woods...
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Teen arrested over motorbike crash which killed two dogs and left woman in hospital
Lancashire Police were called to the crash in Leyland, Lancashire, in which a woman was injured and two dogs were killed after a teenager allegedly ploughed into them on a motorbike
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Israel’s relations with America reach breaking point
Following Israel’s killing of seven aid workers, Joe Biden delivers his sternest warning yet to Binyamin Netanyahu
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British billionaire Joe Lewis avoids US prison in insider trading case
British billionaire Joe Lewis, 87, was sentenced to three years of probation Thursday after pleading guilty to insider trading charges in New York and admitting to sharing business secrets with personal friends...
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Tory MP left ‘mortified’ after he was targeted in naked photo honeytrap
Other MPs, political staff and a journalist have since been sent explicit messages in a bid to entrap them
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King Charles ‘raring to go’ on tour of Australia this year & tells aides to ramp up plans as cancer treatment goes well
The gruelling journey includes 20,000 miles and 21-hour flights just to get there
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Man fuming as commuters use multi-million pound estate as ’free car park’ to dodge low emission zone fines
Peter Collins wants Glasgow City Council to impose harsher parking restrictions after commuters have started using his estate as a free park and ride to dodge Low Emission Zone (LEZ) fines
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Murder probe launched after death of boy, 17, killed in horror street stabbing
Greater Manchester Police were called to a road in Moss Side, Manchester, earlier today after a teenager was stabbed on Raby Street, where a cordon remains in place