All news for 2024-08-26
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’Notorious’ trophy hunter boasts about killing cheetah cubs and posts pictures of their bodies online
Cameron Hopkins shamelessly posted images of the three dead big cats despite there being just 7,000 of the animals left in the African wild - and campaigners have responded calling for an ’immediate ban’
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ScotRail driver strikes on hold but reduced timetable continues
Threatened strike action by ScotRail drivers has been put on hold after a new pay offer.
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Girl, 9, had tip of her nose bitten off in dog attack
A nine-year-old girl needed emergency surgery after a dog mauled her face, a court has heard.
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Met Police issue Notting Hill Carnival update after seizing firearms
The Metropolitan Police said there had been a single report of a stabbing at the annual event, which resulted in a victim sustaining injuries not considered life threatening
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Dagenham fire: Residents flee tower block inferno with ’Grenfell-style’ cladding
A planning application from 2023 shows the building in Dagenham, East London, was covered in “non-compliant” cladding and campaigners have demanded to know how such a fire could happen more than seven years Grenfell
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David Beckham shares an emotional video of his final moments with Sven-Goran Eriksson
David Beckham has led emotional tributes to ex-England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson after he died of cancer and revealed the last words he said to him were: ‘It will be ok.’
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British citizen found dead after ’Russian missile strike’ in eastern Ukraine
Ryan Evans, who was a safety advisor for Reuters, was found dead under the rubble of Hotel Sapfir in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
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Starmer cancels the appointment of Gwyn Jenkins as national security adviser
PM’s decision seen by some in Whitehall as precursor for role going to more politically loyal candidate
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UK ministers award KPMG a £223 million contract despite pledge to cut consultancy spending
Professional services firm to oversee training and development courses across civil service in 15-month deal
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Texas smuggling kingpin sentenced to 40 years in jail
A U.S. federal court on Wednesday sentenced a Mexican national to 40 years in prison for his role in a human smuggling operation that tragically claimed the lives of eight people near Del Rio, Texas.
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Bulgaria dismantles migrant smuggling ring
In a series of raids, authorities arrested eight alleged members of a migrant smuggling ring, including four high-value targets, Europol said in a prepared statement.
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Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies at age 76
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76.
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Blackwall fire: 70 firefighters tackle blaze as black smoke billows from block of flats
The LFB reposted an alarming video of black smoke billowing out of a 43-storey tower block at New Providence Wharf, a residential and commercial development area in Blackwall
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Shaken Putin launches the most intense missile attack on Ukraine to date
The whole of Ukraine has been placed under an air raid warning as Vladimir Putin unleashed the biggest missile attack on the country since his invasion in 2022.
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Bayesian yacht captain ’under investigation for manslaughter’ following sinking tragedy
Italian prosecutors will investigate the Bayesian’s captain after the superyacht sank in Sicily last week killing seven people.
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A major incident has been declared following a massive fire that ripped through a tower block in east London
A ‘significant’ search and rescue operation is underway after a fire broke out in a bloke of flats in east London.
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