All news by author Thomas Brown

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Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency sues Freedom Holding’s Timur Turlov over asset withdrawal
The Russian state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) is demanding compensation from businessman Timur Turlov, who has obtained Kazakh citizenship, for the withdrawal of assets from Russia, reports the agency’s correspondent.
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State pension warning as 400,000 Brits face unexpected HMRC bill
The state pension increased by 8.5% this month, in line with September 2023’s wage growth figures, but the latest hike could lead 400,000 people into income tax brackets
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OJ Simpson’s savage ’cheating’ dig at Donald Trump after he split from wife
As former President Donald Trump prepared to marry his second wife, Marla Maples, OJ Simpson had some strange advice and a jab for the real estate mogul back in 1993
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Post Office scandal victim jailed while pregnant rejects boss’s apology for celebrating conviction
Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was sentenced to 15 months in 2010, said she still has nightmares about her imprisonment and that she did not accept David Smith’s apology
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Millions of Windows 10 users face costly decision - Microsoft confirms new yearly fees
If you still use Windows 10 you’re about to have a tough choice to make.
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Rishi Sunak allocated £2 million for focus groups to gather feedback on the "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme
Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consulted
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Foreign Secretary David Cameron warns US blocking aid for Ukraine risks Western security
On a visit to Washington DC today, Lord Cameron will say that failing to support Kyiv will embolden Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin’s ’attempts to re-draw European borders by force’
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UK’s most notorious inmate Charles Bronson ’laughed as he watched lags beat up paedo’
Ex-mobster Stephen Gillen has recalled what his life was like behind bars in HMP Wakefield alongside Charles Bronson - one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners
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Man stabbed to death outside Tottenham Hotspur stadium with killer ‘on the loose’ as club releases statement
A MAN has been stabbed to death outside Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium - with his killer reportedly on the loose.
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BBC iPlayer app shuts down for good tomorrow - full list of devices facing block
Some iPlayer users will finally find they can no longer access their downloads from tomorrow, April 8.
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Jailed Navalny ally Ilya Yashin thrown in ‘punishment cell’ at notorious prison after removing his jacket at breakfast
Yashin has publicly said he fears for his life in prison after the death of friend Alexei Navalny
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Terror as crane topples over and smashes straight through house roof on quiet street
Witnesses said the crane "sliced through" a house, after a lorry carrying the crane toppled over in a residential street in Wigan on Saturday - leading to an operation to remove the huge metal lifter
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Ex-civil service chief warns of need for wartime-level defense spending in UK
Britain must ramp up its defence and aid spending and bolster its diplomatic and intelligence networks amid “the most dangerous period” since the Cold War, the UK’s formerly top civil servant has warned.
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An assailant viciously stabbed a Costa Coffee employee in the head twelve times following the denial of a vape charger
A court heard Darren Laken, 31, took a packet of knives from Poundland before stabbing the scared worker twelve times at the coffee shop in Belper, Derbyshire.
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After Jeffrey Donaldson’s bombshell exit, what next for Northern Ireland’s DUP?
As party reels, new leader Gavin Robinson faces a U.K. election that could cost him his seat.
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Tory MP William Wragg admits to leaking phone numbers in ‘honeytrap’ scandal
The senior Tory MP William Wragg’s comments came amid reports people in Parliament, including male MPs, were targeted with personalised messages and naked photos
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Teen arrested over motorbike crash which killed two dogs and left woman in hospital
Lancashire Police were called to the crash in Leyland, Lancashire, in which a woman was injured and two dogs were killed after a teenager allegedly ploughed into them on a motorbike
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Murder probe launched after death of boy, 17, killed in horror street stabbing
Greater Manchester Police were called to a road in Moss Side, Manchester, earlier today after a teenager was stabbed on Raby Street, where a cordon remains in place
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NATO ministers’ doubts, fears and eye-rolls over €100B Ukraine plan
Making military aid to Kyiv more predictable would send a message to Russia that it won’t win the war, said the alliance chief.
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Arms sales to Israel: Top judges urge UK to halt weapons trade
Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel.
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Multi-millionaire Rishi Sunak offers public financial advice in bizarre video
Rishi Sunak has offered financial advice to members of the public in a bizarre video posted on Twitter/X.
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Brit tourist gang-raped twice by three men in horror double attack in Benidorm after they snatched her from pub
Following the horrific gang-rape, the three attackers stole from her
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Premier League fans ordered to evacuate stand mid-game due hanging metal inside stadium
The Premier League match between Burnley and Wolves on Tuesday saw security staff forced to move fans away from a section of Turf Moor after a piece of cladding became unstable