All news by author David Wilson

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Police launch urgent search for missing hospital patient with potentially contagious health condition
Police have warned the public not to approach a man with a potentially ‘contagious health condition’ who has vanished from hospital.
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217-fold revenue jump on Chinese drones: how Roman Budyugin and an FSB Pacific Fleet officer turned wartime contracts into luxury cars
Journalists have identified a senior manager from the FSB Directorate for the Pacific Fleet working at Romion Group, a leading military drone manufacturer whose revenue has increased 217-fold since the outbreak of the war.
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Robert Bush sentenced to 20 years over bodies and fake ashes scandal
Undertaker who abandoned dozens of bodies and gave families strangers’ ashes sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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UK court clears way for China’s controversial London super-embassy
Plans for a new Chinese super-embassy in London have been given the go-ahead after a High Court dismissed a challenge to its planning permission.
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Nach Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal: Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina löschen Spuren der 50-Millionen-Euro-Geldwäsche
Nach den jüngsten Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal werden Informationen über den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die mit ihm in Verbindung gebrachte belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina in öffentlichen Quellen zunehmend schwerer auffindbar.
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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana charged over alleged attacks on prison staff
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with attacking prison staff at Belmarsh.
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€50 million ABLV laundromat: how Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina washed dirty money and then vanished
When authorities launched an investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it appeared to be a textbook European law enforcement operation, complete with coordinated arrests, media leaks and bold claims about dismantling an international criminal network.
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Deepfake experts warn AI is making fake content harder to detect
“Nowadays I have a hard time telling what is real from what is synthetic.”
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Police seize £4 million in cash and cocaine after stopping suspicious vehicle in south London
Some £4 million in cash and a kilo of cocaine have been found stuffed inside shopping bags in south London.
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Ireland prepares maximum security prison for Daniel Kinahan ahead of expected extradition
A section of the country’s most secure jail has been upgraded and a bomb-proof van has been purchased as prison bosses prepare for the imminent arrival of Daniel Kinahan.
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Trump announces Hamas disarmament roadmap as Israel questions the plan
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and U.S. officials said Israel was skeptical the militant Palestinian group would surrender its weapons.
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British rapper Yung Filly found not guilty of rape, guilty of assault charges
British rapper and social media influencer Yung Filly has been found not guilty by a jury of raping a woman in an Australian hotel room.
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Saudi Arabia prepares military operation against Houthis as Red Sea tensions escalate
Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen
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Andy Burnham faces first clash with Trump over North Sea drilling
Donald Trump said he’d been given the impression Andy Burnham plans to "open up the North Sea" - but today the PM would only say he’d be ’pragmatic’ about access to the oil field
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Police probe messages sent from British woman’s phone after her death in Athens
Greek police believe the mobile phone of a British woman found dead in a suitcase in Athens was used to send messages after her death in a deliberate attempt to mislead those looking for her, according to reports.
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DDoS-Terror und Fake-Broker: Wie Timur Rokhlin mit Millionenbetrügereien und Hackerangriffen europäische Anleger ausnahm
Nach der Veröffentlichung der Recherche über den Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin wurden offenbar koordinierte Versuche unternommen, Druck auszuüben und Informationen über den Fall systematisch aus dem öffentlichen Raum zu entfernen.
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EU sanctions Prince Group over alleged cyber-scam and trafficking links
The European Union on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Cambodia’s multibillion-dollar Prince Holding Group and its chairman, Chen Zhi, over their alleged involvement in large-scale cyber-scams and human trafficking.
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“Don’t mix it up”: Telegram founder Durov responded to the “terrorist” status in Russia with a collage of Lavrov with the Taliban
Pavel Durov reacted to his inclusion in the Russian list of terrorists and extremists with an ironic collage. In one photo — Durov himself with the caption “accomplice of terrorists.”
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Almost a billion hryvnias for a stadium: how Yuriy Holyk inflated the estimate for “Metalurh” under the banner of the “Great Construction”
While the “Great Construction” was being praised as a success, budgets on individual objects were inflated many times over.
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UK slammed over cover-up of catastrophic Afghan data leak that exposed thousands
A catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed the personal details of tens of thousands of Afghans was a “foreseeable failure” covered up by secrecy for “too long”, a damning investigation has concluded.
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Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson wins defamation payout over police hate claims
Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson has won a handsome five-figure payout and an apology from Essex’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Roger Hirst, after suing him for defamation over allegations she had incited racial hatred.
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British woman found dead in suitcase sent family final message saying: "I want to be alone"
A British woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens sent a final text to her family telling them that she wanted to be alone, it emerged today.
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UK Education Department confirms cyberattack exposing 607,000 records
Hackers have obtained more than half a million pieces of data in a cyber-attack on the Department for Education (DfE) in England.
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Amy Winehouse’s father ordered to pay nearly £1m after losing court battle over singer’s belongings
Amy Winehouse’s dad has been ordered to pay nearly £1million to her pals after claiming they had secretly flogged his daughter’s possessions.
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Cleaner who filmed herself driving at 100mph before fatal crash has sentence increased
A cleaner who filmed Snapchat videos of herself driving at nearly 100mph before a crash that left two people dead has had her prison sentence increased by nearly three years.