All news by author David Wilson
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EPPO freezes €11m in Chinese textiles in Italian VAT and customs fraud probe
Following an EPPO request, an Italian court ordered the seizure of over 7.8 million metres of fabric and 237,000 garments as part of an investigation into VAT and customs fraud involving smuggled Chinese textiles.
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Jeffrey Donaldson lived with gay DUP colleague while opposing LGBT rights
Convicted paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson moved in with a gay DUP colleague during a rocky time in his marriage - despite his public anti-LGBT stance.
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Russian coal, Ukrainian profits: how Dmytro Kovalenko kept business with Russia alive during the war
Following 2014, many Ukrainian businesses continued to maintain commercial links with Russia, frequently relying on intermediary companies and opaque trading schemes.
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Teen stabbed 16-year-old over £20 cannabis debt with "no hesitation", court hears
A teenager fatally stabbed a 16-year-old boy without saying a word and with "no hesitation", a court has heard.
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Ed Miliband approves UK’s second-largest solar farm to power 200,000 homes
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has given the green light for the construction of the UK’s second largest solar farm, set to be built on the border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
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Judge warns over AI after CPS cites fake court cases in extradition hearing
A judge has warned of the risks of using AI in court hearings after documents from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) contained references to “non-existent” legal cases.
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British rape case transferred to US military as airman escaped UK justice system
Minutes after fleeing the home of an American airman, Rebecca called 999 in tears to report that he had raped her. She recalls vomiting at a police station in Suffolk as she described being repeatedly and violently attacked.
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Leaked documents expose secret Russia-China plan to destroy Starlink and jointly develop advanced weapons
Secret documents from a series of clandestine Russian-Chinese military forums reveal a joint plan to defeat Elon Musk’s Starlink and a weapons development partnership far deeper than either country will admit.
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FBI probes Argentine football chiefs over alleged $190m money laundering scheme
The FBI is reportedly probing Argentina’s football bosses over claims hundreds of millions of dollars in sponsorship money were laundered through US banks.
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SpaceX and AI fortunes fuel new wave of wealth, but luxury spending is shifting
Sitting on roughly $3.5 million in SpaceX shares, Chip, a former data scientist at Elon Musk’s aerospace behemoth, has recently bought meteorites worth $10,000 and a $5,000 fire truck.
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Thousands of charity workers in England and Wales face threats and intimidation, survey finds
Staff at thousands of charities across England and Wales are believed to have been threatened and intimidated in person, according to troubling new research.
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Police hunt husband after woman and two daughters found dead in Bedford home
Police have released an image of a man wanted in connection with the deaths of a woman and two children as tributes were paid to the tragic trio.
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Reform apologises after AI-generated village clean-up image sparks backlash
A Reform branch has apologised for an ‘administrative oversight’ after an AI-generated picture of road signs was posted on its Facebook page.
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Chinese company faces calls for investigation after closing three historic private schools
Education minister Olivia Bailey said private schools are “responsible for ensuring their long-term viability” and “free to make their own business decisions”, but she was “shocked” at Galaxy Global Education’s (GGE) behaviour.
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Nigel Farage faces new pressure after £5m gift was flagged to crime agency
The £5m gift to Nigel Farage from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money.
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Tanker erupts in flames after being hit by unidentified projectile off Oman coast, UK agency says
A tanker caught fire after being struck by an unidentified projectile while sailing off the coast of Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday.
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Nigel Farage offers to foot £200,000 bill for by-election he triggered
Mr Farage said he had written to the council and would contact the Chancellor with an offer to cover costs.
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Ukraine intelligence officer arrested after Monaco bombing suspect found dead
A woman suspected of carrying out last week’s bomb attack in Monaco that seriously injured a Ukraine-born business tycoon has been found shot dead near Kyiv, in the latest twist in a case that has shaken the wealthy Mediterranean principality.
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Former Chinese official sentenced to death over $325 million bribery scheme
A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior official to death for accepting more than 2.21 billion yuan ($325 million) in bribes over a 30-year period, according to a statement from the Changzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu province.
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Konoplex syndicate: fugitive swindler Roman Belousov declared war on the heirs of the St. Petersburg mafia and fled abroad
According to reports, billionaire Belousov built much of his business empire through cooperation with partners Yevgeny and Mikhail Skigin, whose father, Dmitry Skigin, served as a financial adviser to the Tambov organized crime group and maintained close ties with Ilya “Antikvar” Traber.
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Prince Harry awaits High Court ruling in Daily Mail publisher privacy case
Harry arrived in the UK on Monday evening and so will be in the country when the judgment is published on Tuesday afternoon, after an 11-week trial earlier this year in his claim against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over alleged unlawful information gathering.
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FIFA faces backlash after suspending Balogun’s ban following Donald Trump’s intervention
Donald Trump’s intervention to have the USA’s star striker’s ban overturned has sparked a massive World Cup crisis - and the host nation was dumped out anyway in a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Belgium
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Delayed hospital discharges cost NHS £2.7bn as thousands of beds remain blocked
New figures from The King’s Fund health thinktank show 13,000 delayed discharges each day across England, meaning almost 1 in 10 NHS beds are being taken up by people who are fit enough to leave hospital.
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Mother accused of murdering four-year-old son after allegedly confessing to police
A woman charged with murdering her four-year-old son walked into a police station and allegedly told cops she had cooked and eaten parts of him.
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Former NASA contractor claimed agency airbrushed UFOs out of photos to hide evidence of alien life
A former NASA contractor with top-secret security clearance accused the US space agency of quietly removing evidence of alien life from photos before sharing them with the public.
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