All news for 2024-12-18

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BrewDog founder ’considering delaying his marriage to Georgia Toffolo for tax relief’
Brewdog founder James Watt has been met with criticism after asking his followers to vote on whether he should delay his marriage to TV star Georgia Toffolo to ensure he does not miss out on tax relief.
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Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years
Despite fall in trade, LSE study says overall impact was more limited than OBR forecasters first estimated
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Prince Andrew will not attend royal pre-Christmas lunch
The Duke of York will not be attending the traditional Royal Family pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, according to royal sources.
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PM says taxpayers cannot afford Waspi compensation
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended the decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age, arguing that the taxpayer "simply can’t afford the tens of billions of pounds" in payments.
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France’s highest court upholds sentencing of ex-president in corruption case
Sarkozy, 69, faces a one-year prison sentence but is likely to request home detention with an electronic bracelet.
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Children as young as 10 involved in terror plots as police disclose prevention of three late-stage attacks
The terror threat to the UK is currently “smouldering”, according to one of the country’s lead Counter Terror officers.
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A large-scale crypto exchange scam with Coinsbit and Qmall: Bohdan Prylepa suspected of fraud and money laundering
Bohdan Prylepa, the owner of cryptocurrency exchanges Coinsbit, Qmall, and others, has been placed on Ukraine’s wanted list over allegations of large-scale fraud and misappropriation of clients’ funds exceeding one billion hryvnias.
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Driver Thomas Johnson jailed for killing three teenage passengers after using laughing gas while driving
Daniel Hancock, 18, Ethan Goddard, 18, and Elliot Pullen, 17, died in the crash in June last year.
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Former Australia rugby chief Alan Jones denies 34 sex charges involving 10 men
A former Australia national rugby coach has denied a slew of sexual assault allegations after being charged with the abuse of 10 males over two decades.
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Body discovered in the search for missing Britain’s Got Talent contestant
The police hunting for Martyn Crofts have found a body in a reservoir.
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Andrew and Tristan Tate have over £2 million seized by police due to unpaid tax claims
Devon and Cornwall Police has been successful in its bid to seize the money held in seven frozen bank accounts
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How Greek entrepreneur Roman Spiridonov uses Petroruss to support Russian oil exports
Greek businessman Roman Spiridonov, through his company Petroruss, not only launders money for large Russian state oil companies but also handles maritime transport for them, managing to avoid Western sanctions in the process.
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Elon Musk plans to fund Nigel Farage with the ’largest donation in UK political history’
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Elon Musk met at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, joined by former Tory donor and property developer Nick Candy.
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Prince Andrew’s ’opaque’ finances spark calls for a register of royal interests
Claims of refused FOI requests into Duke of York’s business dealings come as controversy over alleged Chinese spy continues