All news by author Thomas Brown

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Rebekah Vardy ordered to pay £100,000 towards Rooney costs
Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay Coleen Rooney £100,000 this month towards the money she owes following the high-profile 2022 Wagatha Christie libel case.
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Las Vegas casino demolished in the most quintessentially Las Vegas manner
‘I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,’ James Bond says in the 1971 film ‘Diamonds are Forever’.
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Afghan man ’plotted ISIS terror attack on US election day’ and ’purchased AK-47s and ammunition’
An Afghan man has been arrested and charged with plotting a terror attack for the US presidential election day.
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"Kronung" and Philipp Shrage: shadow schemes involving bonds and fund transfers
The company «Kronung Business» LLC, created in 2022 and owned by businessmen Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, was liquidated.
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Sudan’s warring factions target local aid volunteers battling famine
Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan’s most destitute during 17 months of war say attacks against them by the opposing sides are making it difficult to provide life-saving aid amid the world’s biggest hunger crisis.
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Interpol campaign to identify remains of women in Europe expands to 46 cases
Police forces in France, Italy and Spain join cold-case initiative after launch last year of Operation Identify Me
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UK imposes sanctions on Russia’s chemical weapons chief
"We will not tolerate blatant violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the rules-based international order," stated British Defense Secretary John Healey
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Doctor secured Lucy Letby’s hospital placement despite her being suspected of murder
Registrar who exchanged more than 1,000 messages with nurse tells public inquiry he believes he was misled
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Cryptex crypto exchange under attack: Major arrests and money laundering allegations emerge
Last week, Russian security forces carried out a large-scale operation to detain individuals associated with the illegal activities of the cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex and the anonymous payment system UAPS
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"Canned Goods" from Riga: Russian elites, oligarchs, and military contractors quietly evade sanctions in Latvia
The Latvian authorities are keen on using every chance they get to display their opposition to Russia.
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Pope Francis expands the college of cardinals with 21 new appointments
Prelates to receive red hats at December consistory in largest intake of electors during pontiff’s 11-year tenure
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EasyJet captain pleads with ‘drunk’ passengers during midair brawl
Shocking footage has emerged of two men attempting to brawl in the middle of a flight to Turkey.
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Two Met police officers sacked over stop-and-search of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams reinstated ’with back pay’
Two Metropolitan Police officers who were sacked over the stop and search of black athlete Bianca Williams and her partner have been given their jobs back.
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South African officials face punishment for delaying the report on a killer’s escape
Following a damning report by the South African Office of the Public Protector, authorities have reassigned two officials and issued them final written warnings for taking six months to report the escape of a convicted murderer and rapist from prison.
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’Blue plaque’ in Walthamstow Tesco honors the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss
Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership
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Innova Review: Dubai-based securities fraud pyramid scheme
Innova prelaunched on the website domains “8innova.com” and “innovabackoffice.com”.
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Woman has been found guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of her two sets of twins in a house fire
The boys were locked inside the property before the blaze broke out in December 2021 - with police saying the flames spread quickly because of the amount of rubbish strewn across the floor.
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Suspending arms sales to Israel has weakened the UK’s position in Washington, says a former armed forces minister
James Heappey said the government’s decision to partially suspend arms sales to Israel was a "big mistake" that will weaken UK influence in Washington.
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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a west London school acid attack that left a 14-year-old girl scarred for life
Police hunting for a suspected acid attacker who targeted two children outside a London school have made an arrest
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GP injected her mother’s partner with a flesh-eating chemical to secure an inheritance, the court has heard
Trial told Thomas Kwan, 53, disguised himself as a nurse and told Patrick O’Hara he was getting a Covid jab
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Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, bringing an end to years of dispute over the territory
Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows rounds of negotiations and international pressure
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People are being charged exorbitant fees to escape warzones on luxury yachts
People are shelling out up to £1,200 ($1,600) for a seat on one of the yachts travelling from Lebanon to Cyprus, as Israel renewed its bombardment of the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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The Metropolitan Police has settled a £1 million civil case following the wrongful arrest of a Black bank manager in 2017
Dale Semper ‘feels some justice has been done’ after apology and settlement but moment ‘bitter sweet’
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Man arrested after bow and arrow found in car parked next to House of Lords
Suspect sectioned under the Mental Health Act and arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon
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Tel Aviv shooting: Eight killed in Jaffa just minutes before Iran launches missile strikes on Israel
The two gunmen were shot dead by police, who are saying the shooting was an act of terror