All news for 2025-04-15

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Missile giant MBDA is struggling to keep up with Europe’s rearmament plan
The European missile giant MBDA, the manufacturer of well-known Storm Shadow/Scalp and Aster missiles, is struggling to meet orders due to rising demand.
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The real reason Emma Raducanu lost £3m-a-year Vodafone deal
British tennis star Emma Raducanu has reportedly been ’removed’ from her £3 million-a-year partnership with Vodafone.
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István Tiborcz seen in €600k Ferrari amid revelations of Orbán family’s lavish lifestyle
Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law was spotted driving a Ferrari supercar worth €600,000. The Hungarian prime minister’s family is engaged in acquiring elite real estate in the country.
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Zelenskyy imposes sanctions on ex-Yanukovych officials Arbuzov and Klyuyev, businessman Polishchuk, and banker Shevtsova
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has enacted the decision of the National Security and Defence Council to impose sanctions against Serhiy Arbuzov, Andriy Klyuyev, Viktor Polishchuk, and Alyona Shevtsova.
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Errol Woodger found guilty of manslaughter for running over 50-year-old amputee Marc Allen with stolen car
Errol Woodger, 38, has been convicted of stealing a 50-year-old amputee, Marc Allen’s Mercedes and running him over with it outside his home in Erith, south-east London.
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British baby dies on first day of Caribbean holiday after fall from bed
Tommy Taylor-Mclean, seven months, died on the first day of the trip to St Lucia, when he fell out of bed and developed a bleed on the brain, East London Coroner’s Court was told today
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Former X Factor star Danny Dearden dies aged 34
Former X Factor star Danny Dearden, who advanced to Mel B’s judge’s house and later built a successful career as a musician, has tragically passed away, according to his manager.
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"They used her head like a ball": Girl brutally beaten by peers in Scotland
Katrina has recounted the moment she discovered her daughter, Hope Lyden, unconscious on a field after hearing her ’screaming’ on the phone following a horrific attack.
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“Kyiv for the chosen”: How Artur Palatnyi built a shadow power vertical in the capital
A person without a position in the administration, without publicity, but with full control, journalists indicate.
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Deadly cryotherapy in Paris: One woman dead, another in intensive care after nitrogen leak
A woman has died and another is in critical condition after a cryotherapy session in Paris.
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Travellers cause major disruption in Surrey: pub closed, traffic blocked, resident assaulted
A pensioner has said he was beaten up and left for dead with two cracked ribs when 50 members of the traveller community descended onto a leafy Surrey village.
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Harvard defies Trump, loses $2bn in federal funds
The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the elite college rejected a list of demands from the White House.
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Samantha Davis died of cardiac arrest after surgery complications, coroner finds
Actor and dwarfism charity founder Samantha Davis suffered cardiac arrest after surgery complications, coroner concludes
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France under pressure: prison attacks linked to crackdown on drug trafficking
Multiple prisons in France have been the target of automatic weapon fire and burning vans and cars.
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Trump plans to introduce new tariffs on computer chips and medicines
Citing the national security law, the administration has initiated a review of the impact of semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports.
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Lego executive Michael Halbye dies in skiing accident in Swiss Alps
“Inspirational” Lego boss Michael Halbye, 64, has tragically died after a heavy fall while skiing, with many tributes for the close friend of the Danish royal family
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UK job vacancies fall to lowest level in nearly four years
Job vacancies fell to the lowest level in nearly four years, according to official figures, suggesting demand for workers is weakening as employment costs grow.
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US may make exception for UK in Trump’s tariff policy — Vance
The US Vice President JD Vance has hinted that the UK could be exempt from Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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Police foil major incident in Salford: Seven arrested, crossbow seized
Seven individuals have been arrested following reports that a person on a bicycle pointed a gun at a group standing on a residential street in Salford.