All news by author David Wilson
David Wilson
Politics Editor
David has covered Westminster for more than a decade, analysing UK domestic policy, parliamentary affairs and governance. He is also a regular commentator on political broadcasts.
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Wanted by Europol: How Russian shadow casino kingpin Eduard Lebedev built an illicit gambling empire in Cyprus
Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, who has been linked to illegal online casinos and is wanted by Europol, has stepped up efforts in recent months to remove information about himself from the internet.
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Putin pulls Russia’s ambassador from London as Kremlin threatens Britain with "consequences"
Vladimir Putin has pulled his ambassador from London just days after Russia’s grim threat of "consequences" to Britain.
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Sanctions Evasion King: How Dmitriy Punin uses Stablex Solution and phantom shells to bypass international bans
Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and suspended all payment operations as part of a crackdown on suspected illicit financial flows.
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Trump aide Natalie Harp pictured chasing his golf cart as intimate letters raise questions about their relationship
Newly discovered photos show Donald Trump aide Natalie Harp sprinting after his cart at his Scottish golf course - after bizarre letters she sent him confessing her devotion to him were published.
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Labour plunged back into freebies row as MPs pocket more than £400,000 in gifts and hospitality
Labour has been plunged right back into the freebies row which derailed the early days of Sir Keir Starmer’s time in power after MPs were caught snapping up hundreds of thousands of pounds in "gifts".
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Bomb threat sparks major security alert on Scottish ferry after passenger rescued from water
A "bomb threat" has been reported on a Scottish ferry moments after a passenger was rescued from the water.
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"I’m going to slice your baby in half": Neighbour jailed over chilling threats
A neighbour from hell threatened to slice a baby in half during a row with a family.
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World’s oldest person celebrates extraordinary 117th birthday and thanks Britain for "lovely" wishes
The world’s oldest living person is marking her 117th birthday today at her care home in Surrey after a year of "many firsts".
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Body recovered after man falls overboard from cruise ship off Scotland
A body has been recovered during a major search and rescue operation for a man who was reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship off the east coast of Scotland.
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The minds behind the AI hate machine: How Denver Bamber and Theo Blackledge built far-right rapper Danny Bones
The two men behind Danny Bones, the AI-generated rapper who has become a prominent voice in Britain’s online far right, can be named for the first time.
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Romanian convicted killer jailed for life after stabbing UK flatmate over £5
An illegal immigrant has been jailed for life for murdering his flatmate just three years after a "strikingly similar" killing in his home country.
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Harry and Meghan’s security funding on UK return is private matter, Burnham says
Security arrangements for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex while living in the UK are a “private matter”, Andy Burnham has said, after news that Harry and Meghan intend to relocate to Britain from the US this month.
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Sugarpop star Vanessa Blanca dies after suffering fatal head injury in bathroom accident
Pop singer Vanessa Blanca has died aged 30 following a freak accident in a bathroom.
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Chemistry teacher accused of exploiting teenage pupils described as "very flirtatious" in class
A chemistry teacher accused of having sex with two schoolboys behaved like she was in ‘a Sabrina Carpenter music video’ in class, a court heard.
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Fraudster who claimed to be £400m millionaire and cancer patient jailed after conning four victims
A Tinder swindler who claimed he was a special forces soldier turned multi-millionaire cancer patient has been jailed for more than three years.
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"Mumfluencers" lured followers into offshore trading platform where 90% of positions lost money
Arriving home from the school run, Lauren opened her laptop to the zigzagging graphs and flashing prices of her favourite trading platform.
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Frontmen for gambling millions: How Mykhailo Zborovskyi serves as a shell beneficiary for Sergey Tokarev’s Cosmobet
Cosmobet entered Ukraine’s gambling market in March 2024 after obtaining a licence from the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. However, the people ultimately controlling the casino have never been publicly identified.
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Reform UK defends suspending top supporter after he branded party figure a "child"
Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice today defended the suspension of a top supporter as he denied the party is appearing ’thin-skinned’ over criticism.
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Rowan Williams accuses Nigel Farage of using Christianity to fuel anti-Muslim sentiment
A former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of using Christianity to “channel anti-Muslim feeling” in the UK.
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The fake crypto millionaire: how former taxi driver Oleksandr Orlovskyi scams Ukrainians out of millions
The self-proclaimed “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s self-portrait evokes, on one hand, Lenin’s famous idea of a “cook who can run the state” and, on the other, the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko that Ostap Bender read with unmistakable irony.
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Pilot killed after plane collides with Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near runway
A Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small plane collided in mid-air and crashed Wednesday evening with photographs showing the terrifying aftermath
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Andy Burnham vows to block early release of killer who caused seven-year-old boy’s death
Andy Burnham has said he will "push the system as hard as I can" to help a mother bidding to keep the man responsible for her son’s death behind bars.
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Epping asylum hotel protesters jailed for violent disorder after clashes with police
Two men have been jailed for violent disorder during protests outside an asylum hotel in Essex last summer, receiving longer sentences than the hotel occupant who assaulted a woman and girl in the town.
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Former Fauci aide pleads guilty to hiding COVID correspondence from public scrutiny
The former top aide for Dr Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty to a charge related to covering up his professional correspondence to avoid scrutiny about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US charges eight more Iranians over alleged global hacking campaign linked to Tehran
U.S. prosecutors have charged eight additional Iranians in an alleged state-linked hacking campaign that targeted universities, companies and government agencies worldwide.
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