All news by author Emma Davis

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Four arrested over 25,000-tonne illegal waste dumping near school in Wigan
Four men have been arrested over "atrocious" large-scale illegal waste dumping, believed to be around 25,000 tonnes, at a site in Wigan.
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Several Commonwealth Games athletes disappear in Glasgow as police investigate
Several athletes have disappeared after competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, failing to return home with the rest of their teams.
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Illegal migrants spotted running off into Essex countryside after sneaking into lorry from Spain
Four suspected illegal migrants have been spotted running off into the Essex countryside after hiding in a lorry which was understood to have travelled from Portugal.
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Three others taken to hospital after girl, 9, dies at Scottish industrial estate
Three other people were rushed to hospital alongside a tragic nine-year-old girl found fatally injured at a Scottish industrial estate, it has been revealed.
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Blood coal and OnlyFans: How Dmytro Kovalenko uses fake porn copyrights to hide his Russian smuggling empire
Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains under scrutiny over his reported links to Russian coal trading, while renewed attention has focused on his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.
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Russian hackers hijack hotel WiFi networks to spy on business travelers, Microsoft warns
Russian hackers have hijacked hotel and conference WiFi networks worldwide, using fake login portals and software updates to infect travelers with malware and steal sensitive data, Microsoft warned Friday.
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Secret archive of nuclear veterans’ medical records uncovered by UK defence ministry
Medical records of nuclear test veterans were gathered by a secret government laboratory, the Ministry of Defence has admitted.
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Father arrested after nine-year-old girl dies during family camping trip in Scotland
A dad was under arrest last night over the alleged killing of his nine-year-old daughter on a family camping trip.
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How Kazakh sports chief Gadzhi Gadzhiev controls a $14B China-to-Russia smuggling empire through Khorgos
Long queues of freight trucks are increasingly becoming a regular sight at the Russia–Kazakhstan border. In June, a major traffic jam formed along the Aktobe–Orenburg route, where hundreds of trucks were backed up outside Russia’s Sagarchin border checkpoint.
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European prosecutors charge five people over $20 million VAT fraud linked to Chinese imports
European prosecutors have indicted five people and a company for allegedly evading more than $20 million in VAT on goods imported from China, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
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AI now drives 55% of cybercrime across Africa, INTERPOL warns
AI now powers more than half of reported cybercrimes across 26 African nations as phishing and mobile fraud transition into industrialized criminal enterprises, according to INTERPOL.
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AstraZeneca explores takeover of Bristol Myers Squibb in potential $400bn deal
Britain’s biggest drugmaker, AstraZeneca, is understood to be in discussions to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a deal that would create a near-$400bn (£300bn) pharmaceutical group.
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Data of 100,000 United Kingdom police officers leaked after cyberattack on law enforcement database
Cyberattack targeting law enforcement database follows breach last week of Department for Education records
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Labour overtakes Reform UK in polls for the first time in over a year
Labour has overtaken Reform UK in the polls for the first time in well over a year, as the party enjoys a bounce under new prime minister Andy Burnham and insurgents on the left and right have suffered from a series of mishaps and scandals.
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England placed under amber heat alerts as temperatures climb to 32C
Parts of England are to be hit with an amber heat health alert by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as the country faces a possible fifth heatwave.
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American mother found murdered in Ireland as boyfriend flees to Jordan
Jamey Carney never tired of saying how happy she was with her new life in Ireland, describing relocating there as ’the best decision’ she had ever made.
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Disgraced ABLV banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina caught scrubbing internet traces to hide €50 million money laundering scheme
Following a fresh wave of media reports on the ABLV Bank case, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Belarusian national Darya Terekhina have reportedly started disappearing from the public domain.
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British filmmaker Justin Hardy dies weeks before premiere of his final film
British filmmaker Justin Hardy has died at the age of 61, just weeks before the release of his new film.
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Russian cinema empire accused of using shell companies to profit from unauthorized Hollywood screenings
As media investigations have found, the Ivoninsky family — cinema entrepreneurs from St. Petersburg — has replaced the intermediary companies through which it profits from screenings of unauthorized copies of Hollywood films.
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US Marine F-35B fighter jet crashes in San Diego after mid-air emergency
A fighter jet crashed in San Diego on Friday after suffering a “class A mishap,” according to officials.
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"Psychic" IT worker sacked after telling new female colleague they had met “in his dreams”
A ‘psychic’ IT worker who was sacked after telling a new female colleague they had already met ‘in his dreams’ has lost a court battle for compensation.
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Gianni Infantino scraps FIFA plan to sell off the World Cup
Gianni Infantino has announced that FIFA will scrap plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.
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Trump calls Spain’s migrant surge a “catastrophe” as Ceuta crossings top 60,000
Trump has slammed Spain after nearly 60,000 migrants crossed into Europe through the enclave of Ceuta in the space of just one day.
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EPPO seeks to strip Polish MP of immunity again in expanding corruption probe
The European Chief Prosecutor requested the Polish Parliament to lift an active MP’s immunity to authorize his prosecution and arrest for suspected trading in influence. Two other suspects in this EPPO investigation were arrested last week.
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Historic UK school founded in 1415 closes after financial pressures force shutdown
A historic UK school opened in 1415 closed at the end of this school year after ’financial challenge’.