All news by author Thomas Brown

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s safety ’a concern’ after Portugal’s win is marred by Euro 2024 pitch invaders
Portugal boss Robert Martinez expressed concerns about the safety of his players after several fans got onto the pitch to seek a selfie with Cristiano Ronaldo during and immediately after Portugal’s 3-0 win over Turkey in Dortmund on Saturday.
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Rishi Sunak and Zelensky criticize Nigel Farage for dangerously claiming that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Rishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky have slammed Nigel Farage for his dangerous claims that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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British tourist fatally stabbed outside Spanish nightclub
Another person was injured and taken to hospital. It happened outside the Oxygen nightclub in Calella at about 4am this morning.
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Mum’s powerful statement to teenager who murdered her child in cold blood
A knife-obsessed 15-year-old who stabbed another boy through the heart on the way home from school has been locked up for life.
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Laura Saunders: Second Conservative candidate under betting investigation is married to the party’s head of campaigns
Laura Saunders is married to Tony Lee, head of Conservative campaigns. Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary aide, Craig Williams, is also under investigation, and the PM’s close protection officer has been arrested over betting allegations.
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UK among wealthy countries not contributing their fair share to restore nature, report finds
Only two countries provide fair amount to compensate lower-income nations for biodiversity loss, with most paying less than half what they should, says ODI
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Adulterated cooking oil floods Nigerian markets
The Nigerian government has raised alarm over the recent rise in contaminated palm oil into which middleman are allegedly adding dye, transformer oil or other harmful substances to increase their profit.
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Coventry dog attack: Seven-month-old baby dies after horror family pet mauling
The seven-month-old girl suffered catastrophic head injuries after being mauled by the dog, West Midlands Police said, as they were forced to "humanely destroy" the animal
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UK achieves 2 percent inflation target
The metric bolsters a beleaguered Conservative party that had made inflation a central issue ahead of the July 4 election.
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Man attempts to ’kidnap’ 12-year-old boy and toddler in street attack
This is the harrowing moment a man attempted to kidnap a Jewish toddler and his 12-year-old brother outside a synagogue in north London in broad daylight.
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Dario G star Paul Spencer dies aged 53 after cancer diagnosis
The dance music producer’s hits included Sunchyme and Carnaval De Paris. Last year, he was diagnosed with stage four rectal cancer.
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Fewer than 200,000 Britons living abroad apply to vote in UK election
Lack of awareness and obstacles such as last-known UK address requests cited as reasons for low participation
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England begin Euro 2024 campaign with a tense victory over a spirited Serbia
England edged to a nervy 1-0 victory over Serbia in their opening game of Euro 2024, with Jude Bellingham heading in the winning goal.
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Governor of new ’super-prison’, plagued by staff exodus, to take over jail rocked by 10 deaths in three months
Five Wells governor to take over at scandal-hit HMP Parc in Bridgend, Wales
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Thorpe Park’s Hyperia rollercoaster breaks down again, leaving thrill-seekers hanging at 236 feet
Dozens of Thorpe Park thrillseekers were stuck at the highest point on Britain’s ‘tallest and fastest’ ride
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Horror footage showed black smoke billowing into the air after the boat blast that left two injured
Horror footage showed black smoke billowing into the air after the boat blast that left two injured
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Home Secretary demands ’urgent explanation’ after police car filmed running over a cow
A video circulating on social media shows the police vehicle ramming into the cow and sending it skidding down the road - before approaching the animal for a second time and appearing to trap its head.
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Former police officer sentenced to prison for perverting justice in connection with a killing
A former police officer has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for conspiring to pervert the course of justice in connection with a sectarian killing in 1997.
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Sham trial set for falsely jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as Russia wrongly accuses journalist of spying for CIA
Washington has called the charges against Gershkovich ’fiction’
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Escaped prisoner Daniel Gee seen in new CCTV images with a woman and a pram
Notorious gangster Daniel Gee escaped from Kirklevington Prison in Stockton on May 27, and Cleveland Police has now released CCTV images of a woman who appeared to meet him at a train station.
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Mystery at chicken factory as two workers are discovered frozen to death in a narrow crawl space
Norfolk Police confirmed last week that two companies are being prosecuted for corporate manslaughter
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Nigeria detains 127 internet fraud suspects in nightclubs; guests describe the raid as brutal
Guests of two nightclubs claim Nigerian authorities randomly rounded up anyone they found inside on Saturday, accused them of internet fraud, seized their phones, and beat and humiliated them.
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Both Israel and Hamas have been found to have committed war crimes since October 7, according to a UN body
Parallel reports describe serious crimes during Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent offensive in Gaza
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Europe’s £8.1 billion high-speed train that puts the UK to shame
A luxury high-speed train between two major European cities puts the UK’s creaking rail network to shame.
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Irish MEP Clare Daly loses seat
Controversial MEP will not be returning to Brussels after she was eliminated on 17th count in Dublin constituency.