All news for 2024-08-07
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Terrorist attack foiled at Taylor Swift concert as two men arrested
Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna this week were a target for terrorist attacks as two men have been arrested.
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Buy an entire UK island with a castle for the price of a London studio flat
Torsa is a stunning 270-acre mini-estate with its own well-appointed, three-bedroom farmhouse, as well as a ruined castle and extensive beaches
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Polish man sentenced to four months in prison for attacking Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen suffered whiplash and was ‘clearly shaken’ by incident in Copenhagen in June, court hears
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King Charles requests daily updates on riots across Britain as police brace for 100 demonstrations on ’busiest night yet’
King Charles has asked aides to update him daily on the riots hitting Britain every night, according to reports.
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Why does Rachel Reeves want to copy Canada’s pensions model?
There is a push to consolidate the UK local government pension scheme into a larger fund to drive investment
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BBC star condemns racist rioters as ’f***ing ugly’ and ’absolute mingers’
BBC star Greg James has taken aim at rioters who have torn through the streets of major towns and cities across the country over the past week.
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Inquiry chief alarmed by MI5’s posthumous discovery of Stakeknife files
Release of intelligence year after death ‘casts doubt’ on security service’s previous claims about British spy in IRA accused of murders
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Terrified children flee the sea screaming after 10ft shark is spotted at Cornish harbour
Petrified children swimming in the sea were left paddling away in terror after a 10ft shark was spotted on the Cornish coast.
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Why Elon Musk is taking on Keir Starmer over UK’s far-right riots
From posting about civil war being ‘inevitable’ to tweeting at Keir Starmer about the Rotherham grooming gang scandal – surely Musk knows exactly what he’s doing with his platform, writes James Moore
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An anti-nuclear response: How Europe can counter Putin’s apocalyptic threats even if Donald Trump takes back the White House
Russian propagandists are once again threatening Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and for the first time, Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear saber rattling with actual exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces.
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UK arrests two in "Russian Coms" scam, shuts down platform
U.K. authorities announced Thursday in London the arrest of two individuals suspected of developing and administering the “Russian Coms” caller ID spoofing service, believed to have defrauded hundreds of thousands of people out of millions of dollars.
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Retailers advised to shut early amid concerns over potential riots
Some retailers have been advised to "err on the side of caution" amid worries of further disorder following vandalism, arson and looting in recent days.
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Investors urge Glencore to abandon spin-off plans for coal division due to pollution concerns
More than 95% of investors urged commodities firm to keep highly profitable fossil fuel arm to help maximise shareholder cash
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Southport rioter jailed for three years after punching police officer in the face
Derek Drummond receives longest sentence so far over far-right disorder, with two others jailed for 20 and 30 months each
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Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery of Pablo González’s double life
Among the Russians freed in this week’s historic exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West was a Russian-born freelance journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland since 2019
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Thousands of police ready as rioters warned they will be dealt with quickly
Police are preparing for more possible riots across England - with reports at least 30 protests could be planned for Wednesday
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Pension savers given ’28-day’ warning amid expert concerns over ’disappointing’ delays
The new figures from My Pension Expert highlight how savers still face ’significant delays’ when trying to move their money, with an improvement of just one day compared to the previous year
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Ipswich railway station murder probe as young woman knifed to death in horror incident
Suffolk Police and paramedics were called at around 7.10pm to reports a woman had been stabbed on Burrell Road near the train station in Ipswich - the woman, who has not been identified but was in her 20s, died at the scene
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UK riot thugs face up to 10 years in prison under government crackdown
Justice Minister Heidi Alexander said thugs taking part in disorder have a ’prison place waiting for them’ and could face the maximum 10 year sentence for taking part in riots
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Tory councillor’s wife arrested over ’racial hatred’ ’telling rioters to set fire to migrant hotels’
Rioters have thrown parts of England and Northern Ireland into chaos with far-right thugs targeting and setting fire to hotels housing migrants in Rotherham and Tamworth
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