All news for 2024-04-08

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Human remains found in park identified as Sarah Mayhew
Human remains found in a south London park have been identified as Sarah Mayhew, 38.
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Black Lives Matter fraudster who stole £70,000 ordered to repay just £1
A fraudster who stole £70,000 which had been fundraised for a youth group has only been ordered to pay back £1.
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Met Office issues warning for tonight as drivers rescued from cars & river bursts banks amid flooding chaos
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for tonight as drivers had to be rescued from cars amid flooding chaos.
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Ted Baker to close 15 stores starting in days
See the full list of shops closing below
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Terrifying moment giant wave washes a toddler away - before dad jumps in to rescue her
The dad bravely jumped into the water to save his daughter
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Rishi must crack the whip and increase defence spending to shield Britons from looming threats, ex-army chief says
General Richard Dannatt joined the growing chorus of pleas for more cash
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MPs propose decriminalising abortion up to 24 weeks
Amendment tabled by cross-party group including Stella Creasy is latest plan to modernise abortion law in England and Wales
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Student ‘influencer’ who shares shopping videos is main suspect after mum, 27, stabbed to death in front of her baby
A murder suspect on the run from police is a wannabe influencer and Primark vlogger who shares his ‘adventures’ on YouTube.
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Tory MP was with his wife when he received first ‘honeypot’ WhatsApp nude
A second Conservative MP has claimed to have been targeted in a parliamentary honeytrap sexting scam, as the Met Police open an investigation into ‘unsolicited messages’.
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Boy, 15, stabbed to death outside of shopping centre
The 15-year-old boy died despite the best efforts of paramedics after being stabbed in West Bromwich. Police said they were ’working hard’ to trace the suspects
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Disgraced BA stewardess flown home to UK after boozy fight at £2,000-a-night hotel
A British Airways stewardess has reportedly been ordered to return home by angry bosses after getting into a fight on a boozy trip to the Maldives - angering hotel staff and guests
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A woman’s partially clothed body discovered by the roadside following a harrowing ordeal of interrogation and torture at gunpoint
Laura Karen Rodriguez Moreno was detained by individuals associated with the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel and coerced into admitting affiliation with a rival drug cartel, alongside allegations of collaboration with local law enforcement.
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DWP giving £737 to PIP claimants suffering from one of 25 ailments and health conditions from Monday
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to increase the amount of money it pays out to people on Personal Independence Payments from Monday, April 8
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Pediatrician tragically falls to his death after accidentally tumbling from the door of a moving caravan
One of Long Island’s top doctors, Dr. Monika Woroniecka, tragically lost her life when she was flung out of a trailer that her husband was driving on a road trip
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Cash-strapped renters face 13% rise over next three years
Despite millions already facing sky-high costs, the Resolution Foundation think-tank warns that for many renters there are ’significant housing cost rises yet to come’
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Legacy Funeral Directors: Grieving families arrange second vigil amid police probe into ’unlawful burials’
A woman left heartbroken by the Legacy Funeral Directors investigation has arranged a second vigil after 35 bodies and ’suspected human ashes’ were removed from one of three branches