All news for 2025-02-17
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UK ticket holder claims £65 million EuroMillions jackpot
A claim has been made by a UK ticket-holder for the Valentine’s Day’s £65m EuroMillions jackpot.
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Hospital placed on lockdown after 16-year-old boy stabbed in the street
Police are investigating after a Birmingham hospital was forced into lockdown when a group ‘ambushed’ the emergency department.
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Gisele Pelicot’s attackers are already walking free weeks after guilty verdicts
Less than two months after more than 50 men were found guilty of the rape and abuse of Gisele Pelicot, at least six of them are already free.
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Major internet provider in London with 1,300,000 users has been hit by an outage
London’s largest fibre internet network is experiencing major outages.
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Ukraine will not take part in Russia-US talks, Zelenskyy states from the UAE
The Ukrainian leader stated that he will be in Turkey while Russia and the US hold talks in Riyadh.
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Woman who was shot dead at a Kent pub on Valentine’s Day identified
Police continue to search the River Thames for the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, on Friday.
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’One in a million’ British dad, 37, ’left to die alone in a Las Vegas hotel’
The wife and two young sons of William Howell are suing the renowned Aria Casino Hotel in Sin City, including its security team, along with the ambulance company and its crew, regarding his death.
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"I thought it was fireworks": Pub landlady recounts moments before the fatal Valentine’s Day car park shooting
The landlady of the Kent pub where a woman was shot dead on Valentine’s Day told LBC she confused the sound of gunshots with "fireworks".
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Man sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in Goa
An Indian man has received a life imprisonment sentence after being found guilty of the rape and murder of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in 2017.
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Luxurious mansion of Putin’s banker worth $223 million: how Andrey Kostin built a villa for himself and his lover Nailya Asker-Zade
In August 2019, prime-time TV presenter Nailya Asker-Zade found herself at the center of a scandal: journalists discovered her to be in possession of a nearly $33 million plot of land near the village of Razdory in Rublevka, a luxurious residential area outside Moscow.
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Badenoch and Farage to compete for the attention of Trump allies at London summit
Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will gather global right-wing figures, including senior US Republicans.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle responded to Donald Trump with a blunt statement
It has come to light that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation has donated money to several organizations associated with Donald Trump’s rival party, the Democrats - and now the couple’s team has defended this decision.
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Assassination of Europe’s ’most wanted’ drug lord who once faked his death
Marco Ebben was one of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ men for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands.
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World’s ’first openly gay imam’ killed in car ambush
Muhsin Hendricks – considered to be the world’s first openly gay imam – has been shot dead during an ambush on his car in South Africa.
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Actress Zoe Saldana was taken off camera for swearing as she was rushed to finish her acceptance speech in a viral BAFTAs moment
Zoe Saldana was pulled off camera for swearing as she was hurried to finish her BAFTA acceptance speech.
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Poorest UK households spend an increasing portion of their income on council tax, study finds
Resolution Foundation report states that failure to reform has ‘gradually brought back the problems that dismantled the poll tax’.
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UK companies consider the largest layoffs in ten years as business confidence declines
Surveys show that the impending tax rises from the autumn budget are causing a collapse in sentiment and an increase in redundancy intentions.
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Conclave wins Best Film at the BAFTAs, with Adrien Brody named Best Actor
Conclave and The Brutalist have led the 2025 BAFTAs, each winning four awards.
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Ministry of Defense confirms that Special Forces obstructed 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos
UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan commandos who had shown credible evidence of service in units that fought alongside the SAS and SBS, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time.
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Police investigate man’s death following officers’ response to reports of a child being assaulted
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating after a 45-year-old man died when police officers responded to reports of a child being assaulted.
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Manchester Victoria stabbing: Search underway after victim discovered with severe injuries on platform
A man in his 20s was discovered with stab wounds on a tram platform at Manchester Victoria station. He was taken to the hospital, and police report that they are looking for a suspect.
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James Murdoch reveals his relationship with his ’misogynist’ father amid a succession battle in a rare interview
Rupert Murdoch’s second son discloses bitter details setting the stage for a courtroom clash over the News Corp empire.
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Starmer prepared to deploy British troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is achieved
It is believed to be the first time the PM has been explicit about deploying British peacekeepers to Ukraine.
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