All news for 2024-12-27

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Northamptonshire prison officer arrested over claims she was filmed having sex with inmate
Female prison officer faces misconduct investigation after footage reportedly shared with inmates at HMP Five Wells
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Nigel Farage becomes paid brand ambassador for gold bullion company
Reform party leader promoting gold for Direct Bullion alongside his jobs as MP and presenter for GB News
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London chauffeur given community order for stalking Qatari princess
Jihad Abousalah worked as a driver for Haya Al-Thani and began to think they were a couple, court hears
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British woman jailed in Thailand for attempting to have sex on a table identified and pictured
The identity of a British woman languishing in a Thai prison cell after allegedly trying to have sex on a glass table has been revealed.
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Countdown to WW3: Expert predicts massive land grab in 2025 could force UK into war
Donald Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine but experts warn his plans will only spur on Vladimir Putin who will eventually attempt a major land grab sparking WW3
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US sanctions billionaire founder of Georgia Dream party
The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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South Korean crypto boss Do Kwon to be extradited to the US
South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will be extradited to the United States from Montenegro over the collapse of two digital tokens - TerraUSD and Luna tokens.
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Dozens of flights cancelled as fog disrupts travel
Passengers at some of the country’s busiest airports, including Gatwick and Manchester, are facing widespread disruption due to fog.
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Urgent hunt for 11-year-old schoolboy who ‘sexually assaulted’ woman in broad daylight
Cops have launched an urgent hunt for an 11-year-old schoolboy who "sexually assaulted" a woman in broad daylight.
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Israel raids and burns one of Gaza’s last hospitals, forcing patients and staff to strip
Israeli troops have stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the northernmost part of Gaza, setting fires and forcing staff and patients to remove their clothes in the courtyard.
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Nasa spacecraft gets within 3,800,000 miles of the sun for the first time ever
Nasa have made history after their Parker Solar aircraft survived the closest-ever approach to the Sun.
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Keir Starmer’s ’wonderful’ brother dies on Boxing Day after battling cancer
The brother of Sir Keir Starmer has died aged 60 after being diagnosed with cancer.
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World’s richest footballer, once at Chelsea, is worth 12 times more than Ronaldo and Messi combined
While Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have racked up substantial fortunes, neither’s net worth is even close to one footballer who couldn’t cut it at Premier League clubs
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Roman Spiridonov: Laundering Kremlin funds through the Gurinov family’s London holdings
Roman Spiridonov, the owner of Petroruss Dmcc, engaged in oil trading with major Russian companies and Russia’s "shadow fleet," actively cooperates with Vadim Gurinov, who represents the interests of oligarch Gennadiy Timchenko and "Gazprom Neft" head Andrey Dyukov.
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Eurostar train stuck in Channel Tunnel for over two hours with 800 people onboard
Chaos struck on the Eurostar this morning as more than 800 passengers were stuck on a train in the channel for two-and-half-hours.
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Reform UK surpasses Conservative membership; Nigel Farage calls it ’historic,’ while Kemi Badenoch dismisses numbers as ’fake’
Reform UK and Nigel Farage have been involved in a series of furious exchanges online with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
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Two sailors die on separate yachts during Sydney to Hobart race - as 15 other boats withdraw
Race organisers said 15 other yachts - including favourite Master Lock Comanche - withdrew from the Sydney to Hobart competition over poor weather conditions.
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Man charged with attempted murder after group struck by car in London’s West End on Christmas Day
Police were called to reports of a collision and a car driving on the wrong side of the road on Shaftesbury Avenue in the capital’s theatre district in the early hours of Christmas Day.
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‘Why should I study Russian?’: Ukraine urges UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE
About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongue
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Brighton rape: Two arrested in manhunt over attack on teen in Harry Ramsden’s encounter
Sussex Police said they have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape of 19-year-old male in Brighton in the days running up to Christmas