All news for 2025-10-07

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EU’s 50% steel tariffs deal blow to Starmer’s efforts to reset relations with Brussels
Britain’s struggling steel industry is facing an ’existential threat’ following the European Union’s announcement to increase tariffs on imports to 50 percent.
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FCA unveils £8.2bn redress scheme for unfair car loans affecting 14 million consumers
Millions of consumers could be eligible for £700 payouts after the City watchdog outlined compensation plans for the car finance scandal.
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UK police seize £5 billion in Bitcoin as Chinese woman admits to global crypto fraud
A significant financial crime case has recently made headlines after a Chinese woman involved in an international fraud scheme confessed to possessing illegally obtained cryptocurrency valued in the billions.
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Police seize £38,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and vapes in Warrington raids
Officers from the Constabulary’s Foreign National Offender (FNO) Unit and Protecting Vulnerable People Exploitation Teams (PVPE) joined immigration, HMRC, and Trading Standards colleagues in targeting stores across Warrington linked to immigration crime and the sale of illegal tobacco, vapes, and cigarettes.
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Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee plan drives foreign talent toward the UK
The Trump Administration has announced a crackdown on the H1-B visas that U.S. firms have historically used to bring foreign talent into the country.
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Farage’s inner circle under scrutiny as HMRC probes George Cottrell’s finances
The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.
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Biggest phone theft crackdown in UK history nets 46 arrests and 40,000 stolen devices
London police said they have dismantled a criminal gang suspected of smuggling 40,000 stolen mobile phones to China in their largest operation against phone theft to date, resulting in 46 arrests over the last two weeks.
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Scottish footballer Niall Geany jailed for nearly four years for raping a woman in her home
A Scottish footballer who raped a good Samaritan in her own home has been jailed for three years and nine months today.
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Rich Kids of Instagram star called ’Kardashian of Cheshire’ imprisoned for £200k handbag scam and child pornography offenses
A fraudster nicknamed the “Kardashian of Cheshire,” who once appeared on the Channel 4 show Rich Kids of Instagram, has been jailed for six years over a £200,000 luxury handbag scam and child pornography offences.
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Jaguar Land Rover begins phased restart after major cyber-attack
Jaguar Land Rover has started a gradual restart of its production lines, more than a month after a severe cyber-attack forced the British carmaker to halt operations worldwide.
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Police impound Britain First ‘battle bus’ after repeated offensive displays
A week ago, British fascism’s village idiot Paul Golding drove his Britain First ’battle bus’ around Manchester with a banner saying ’Keir Starmer is a wanker’.
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Nathan Gill’s bribery plea exposes Russian money reaching Farage’s inner circle
On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight counts of bribery for accepting payments for making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament both on television and in public forums.
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Popular New Orleans meteorologist arrested on charges of domestic abuse and child endangerment
Popular New Orleans meteorologist Devon Lucie was arrested early Sunday morning on domestic abuse and child endangerment charges.
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India EOW files supplementary chargesheet in $2.4 million rice milling scam
The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has intensified its investigation into an alleged rice milling scam, filing a supplementary chargesheet on Monday against two key figures: former Indian Administrative Service officer Anil Tuteja and businessman Anwar Dhebar, officials relayed.
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Mike Johnson extends House recess amid government shutdown, stalling Epstein petition
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to keep his chamber on recess during the government shutdown is delaying a long-awaited vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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UK court orders seizure of Iran’s £100 million London property over Crescent Petroleum dispute
In one of the most controversial legal battles in Iran’s modern history, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has lost its appeal to retain ownership of its luxury London property.
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Ex-GVC executives face charges of bribery and defrauding financial institutions
British betting company Entain’s ENT.L former CEO and other senior directors appeared in a London court on Monday charged with bribery and fraud connected to gambling in Turkey.
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Trump tariffs threaten decades of library knowledge sharing
The Trump administration’s tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation.
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Moroccan youth continue protests over corruption despite government reforms
As they enter their tenth consecutive night, youth-led protests in Morocco against government mismanagement and corruption show no sign of slowing, even as authorities have eased mass arrests and announced reforms in an attempt to quell the unrest.
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Oleg Tsyura launches a “digital cleanup”: how the Swiss financier of Ukrainian origin is trying to erase traces of his criminal schemes
As Ukrainian law enforcement investigates large-scale schemes of state fund embezzlement, one of the key figures is trying to rewrite his digital history.