All news by author Thomas Brown

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Well-connected private investor acquires hydropower rights in Georgia
Businessman Koka Kokolashvili keeps a low profile in Georgia — but he does have family connections to the country’s political elite. Now, as the EU is looking to Georgia’s hydroelectric industry as an untapped energy resource, companies he owns have landed government contracts to develop a new wave of hydropower plants on Georgia’s rivers.
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Eight dead and at least 17 injured in mass stabbing at college in China
Police are investigating whether the suspect, believed to be a recent graduate, carried out the attack after he failed an exam and was denied a graduation certificate
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Mould, leaks, and collapsing roofs: a look inside Britain’s ‘best council estate’
Lillington Gardens in Pimlico has won multiple awards for its design and desirable location in central London - but behind the flat doors, residents have told LBC they’re living in a nightmare.
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Russian spy ship escorted away from critical cables in the Irish Sea
Yantar intelligence ship was seen operating drones in an area containing subsea energy and internet infrastructure
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Prince Andrew’s battle to keep Royal Lodge could compel the Crown to begin removing valuables
Prince Andrew has been embroiled in a debate over whether he should continue to occupy the Royal Lodge at Windsor, but a royal expert has suggested it could soon be a hollow victory
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Oktobank and Innova Holding’s threats: who profits from laundering the Russian elite’s dirty money in Uzbekistan?
Journalists investigating Oktobank’s criminal activities, allegedly serving as the "wallet" for Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family, have received threats from the email account of the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.
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Steward Health Care: Former House Speaker John Boehner testifies before U.S. grand jury
Boehner was a board member for the private healthcare giant, which declared bankruptcy amid corruption allegations.
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Urgent hunt for missing man due to stand trial for rape
A man who is on trial for rape has gone missing after breaching his bail conditions.
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Liam Payne allegedly asked hotel staff for ’seven grams of cocaine’ in a heartbreaking video hours before his deat
Former One Direction star Liam Payne, who tragically fell to his death on October 16 in Buenos Aires, allegedly asked a hotel worker for ’seven grams of cocaine’ before his death
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Bosnian Serb general Krstić says he ‘aided and abetted’ Srebrenica genocide
Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prison
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Prison officers deal drugs and ask inmates for sex, media told
Next to a vandalised wire fence opposite HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, 28-year-old Beatrice Auty brushes away tears. The memories of her time inside the jail are too much to bear.
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Clifton Suspension Bridge’s dramatic exit from Twitter sparks wave of online jokes
One of England’s most iconic bridges has become the latest high-profile exit from Elon Musk’s X.
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’Drunken soldiers’ caught in Apache cockpit romp prompt military safety review
Two soldiers who were caught having boozy late-night sex in the cockpit of a Apache helicopter have triggered a safety review by the military.
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’Major’ Turkish supplier of small boats for Channel migrant crossings arrested as UK’s ’British FBI’ conducts airport operation
A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Amsterdam, accused of supplying small boats for English Channel crossings.
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Mafia-linked VAT fraud syndicate: €520 million seized in European investigation
Investigators across Europe froze more than half a billion dollars in mafia-linked revenue generated from Value Added Tax fraud
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Premier League referee David Coote filmed ’snorting white powder’ while ’working at Euro 2024’
David Coote was suspended on Monday after a clip thought to have been filmed several years ago leaked - and now another video has been released of the under-fire referee
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Owner of Aberdeen and Glasgow airports sold in £1.53bn deal
Spanish construction giant Ferrovial and joint venture partner Macquarie agreed to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance.
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Assisted dying: Wes Streeting orders review into potential costs of changing the law
The Department for Health will look at the potential costs of implementing a controversial policy that is due to be debated by MPs later this month.
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Spanish police detain ex-fraud chief after finding €20 million stashed in his walls
Investigation into country’s largest cocaine bust reveals cash in home of former head of anti-money laundering
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Turkish police arrest 270 suspects linked to a major organized crime network
In a sweeping operation against organized crime, Turkish authorities have arrested hundreds of individuals believed to be part of a notorious crime syndicate led by Ramazan Bayğara.
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Starmer says he "won’t tell people how to live" as he attends COP29 climate summit with Taliban representatives
Keir Starmer has said he "will not be telling people how to live their lives" as he takes part in a climate conference snubbed my most world leaders - but attended by the Taliban.
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Dozens killed and multiple injured after car hits crowd outside stadium in China
At least 35 people are dead and 43 more have been injured after a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre in southern China.
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Covid inquiry reveals Treasury blocked NHS bed request
Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
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Diana’s chauffeur speaks out about fallout from conspiracy claims
Princess Diana’s former chauffeur has insisted Princess Diana would still be alive if he hadn’t been ‘forced out’ of his job by claims he’d been plotting against her.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby faces increasing pressure to resign over Church abuse scandal
The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing pressure to resign over a damning report into a barrister thought to have been the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England.