All news by author Thomas Brown

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Irish duo Daly and Wallace trailing in EU Parliament election poll
Though final result is difficult to predict, Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace face an uphill battle for re-election in latest poll.
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Eurostar announces how EU’s post-Brexit rules will change journeys out of London
Eurostar passengers from the UK will have to use electronic kiosks before checking in for London departures when new post-Brexit EU border rules come in this year.
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Disney’s Pixar Animation to lay off about 14% of workforce
Pixar Animation Studios, which produced such classic films as "Toy Story" and "Up," began laying off about 14% of its workforce Tuesday as it scales back development of original streaming series, according to a source familiar with the development.
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Inmates used plastic cutlery to dig through the walls of Winchester prison
One in 10 prisons in England and Wales barely fit for purpose, says audit of prisoner treatment
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Tory MP Craig Mackinlay discloses that his hands and feet have been amputated due to sepsis
Mackinlay will return to public life on Wednesday for the first time since being diagnosed last September
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Mauricio Pochettino leaves Chelsea after one season
The Argentinian manager, who joined Chelsea in July 2023, guided the West London club to a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League.
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UK’s Sunak slams ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
British prime minister says International Criminal Court’s move is ‘deeply unhelpful’ and flirts with ‘moral equivalence’ between Israel and Hamas.
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Kate Middleton cancer update: Decision made on Princess’s return to royal duties
A Royal insider has given a major update on the Princess of Wales’ health and revealed that Kate "needs the space and privacy to recover right now".
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Man, 26, dies after Great Bristol run
The event is one of the UK’s most popular running events and has been part of the city since 1989
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The robots are coming: How Ukraine became the testing ground for AI-powered combat
As autonomous drones soar toward the frontline, bigger countries like China and the U.S. are watching.
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Rwanda denies entry to senior human rights researcher
Human Rights Watch says Clementine De Montjoye’s case raises fresh questions about UK’s asylum seeker scheme
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Georgia president vetoes ‘foreign agent’ law
Governing Georgian Dream party can still force the controversial legislation through parliament.
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Twickenham fire: Massive flames engulf bus as firefighters battle blaze
A bus has caught fire in a London street sparking a large emergency response, with video from the scene showing showing sirens blaring as fire crews tackle the blaze
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Singapore money laundering suspects invested large sums in Dubai property
Three people arrested in a raid on an alleged money laundering ring in Singapore invested over $30 million in Dubai real estate, leaked data reveals.
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"From pig farm to Bitcoin mine: How Dagestan became Russia’s crypto Klondike"
In 2024, Russia stands as one of the world’s leaders in cryptocurrency mining, rivaling the United States.
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Norovirus outbreak on P&O Ventura cruise ship puts it on lockdown with hundreds affected
Spme 150 passengers have been locked down in their cabin in Tenerife with a further 250 confirmed cases of the virus in the last four days - with holidaymakers describing violent bouts of sickness and toilets ’covered in excrement’
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Kent: 25 workers ’poisoned’ at Swaleside prison by ’inmates working in staff canteen’
Workers were allegedly given the narcotic by "prisoners working in the staff canteen" at HMP Swaleside in Kent, with a union demanding a "full investigation".
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Crypto scammers sold Dubai properties despite facing charges
So-called CryptoQueen Ruja Ignatova and her security adviser, Frank Schneider, liquidated Dubai assets despite being charged in the U.S. for their alleged roles in a $4bn fraud. The whereabouts of both is unknown.
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Royal Mail is inclined to accept a £3.5bn takeover bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky
Under the new offer, Royal Mail shares are 73% more valuable than before news of a possible takeover broke.
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Prince William and Harry went from RAF Army Air Corps Apache pilots to air ambulance roles
King Charles handed over a prestigious role with the Army Air Corps to one of his sons
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Turkey has evolved into a crucial intermediary for Putin, serving as a transit point for the sale of disguised fuel to the EU
Moscow bagged €3 billion through a sanctions loophole that allows Turkey to relabel Russian oil and ship it to the EU.
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The Slovakian Prime Minister was shot and wounded outside the Culture Ministry following a cabinet meeting
The Slovakian Prime Minister has been seriously injured in a shooting outside of the country’s culture ministry.
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Tech company Raspberry Pi is preparing to launch its initial public offering on the London stock market
Cambridge-based business could be valued at up to £500m and is boost for UK after some companies switched listings
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An innocent woman was shot amidst a drive-by gun battle, according to witnesses, as armed police search for the gunman
Both cars raced off after the woman was gunned down, it is said
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Preparing for reparations: Strategies for Russia to provide compensation to Ukraine for the economic damages incurred from the war
On April 16, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling for “frozen Russian state assets to be transferred to a new fund to reconstruct Ukraine.”