All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s private jet collection as they list one for $39m
Billionaire Jeff Bezos is selling one of his private jets - among the fastest in the world - for a mere $39 million.
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Is disgraced Duke of York planning escape to the Gulf in bid for legitimacy after ’Chinese spy’ scandal?
Prince Andrew may flee to the Gulf in a final attempt for legitimacy, it has been claimed.
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Rapper Slowthai breaks down as he is cleared of rape
Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai has broken down in court after being cleared of raping a fan at an after-show party.
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Woman arrested in connection with the death of Steve Bruce’s four-month-old grandson
A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Steve Bruce’s four-month old grandson, Madison Smith, after she was discovered unresponsive
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Bohdan Prylepa’s crypto ventures: failed exchanges and billion-dollar losses
Bohdan Prylepa’s name has sparked significant controversy in recent months: some accuse him of defrauding tens of thousands of Ukrainians and embezzling volunteer funds, while others argue he is a victim of fabricated attacks.
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Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte, with hundreds feared dead
Witnesses tell of ‘apocalyptic scenes’ after worst storm to hit the Indian Ocean territory in almost a century
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Assad’s torture victims speak out as Syrian torture chamber horrors are finally exposed
Victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime were silenced for years - but after the Syrian president was toppled by rebel forces, they can now speak out about the torture they faced
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Texas man gets 100 years in prison for shootings that killed 1, wounded others in Nevada, Arizona
A judge in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona.
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US to push UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal
US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers
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Man missing for 24 hours after skiing alone in Scotland
Police are urgently searching for a 40-year-old man who went missing while skiing alone in the Scottish Highlands yesterday.
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Royal Mail fined £10.5m for failing to meet delivery targets
Ofcom said postal company took ‘insufficient and ineffective steps’ to improve its performance after £5.6m fine last year
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Blood and Ore: Mexican cartel violence silences mining opponents
The abduction of a Mexican community activist who campaigned against an iron ore mine owned by New York-listed Ternium has shone a light on how local cartels benefit from the presence of mining companies in the region.
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Woman arrested following Buckingham Palace staff Christmas party
Police officers were called to a bar in central London following reports a customer had smashed glasses and tried to assault a member of staff.
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Dark update on Liam Payne’s ’erratic’ hotel struggles as texts from escorts come to light
Liam Payne’s last movements before he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Palermo hotel are being traced by police - with now five names being investigated
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Tory peer faces suspension over ’Lord Poppadom’ comment
Lady Meyer found to have breached harassment rules with behaviour towards Lord Dholakia that had ‘racial element’
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Oligarch’s daughter buys £32.5m mansion, then sues seller over ’millions of moths’
Iya Patarkatsishvili and husband Dr Yevhen Hunyak are suing the previous owner of their luxury £32.5million London mansion after alleging he did not disclose a moth infestation
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Baby girl fights for life after attack by ’XL Bully’ dog
A baby girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being bitten by an ‘XL Bully-type’ dog in Kent.
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11-year-old girl rescued off Italian coast after three days clinging to tire tubes
Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people
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How the drug trade funded Bashar al-Assad’s £5 billion regime in Syria
Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus in an offensive that toppled the iron-fisted ‘tyrant’ President Bashar al-Assad and took the world by surprise.
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UK uses DragonFire laser to shoot down aerial drone in a groundbreaking test
An industry team has for the first time destroyed an aerial target using a high-power shot with its DragonFire laser, the British Defence Ministry announced Friday.
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Hundreds of tractors converge on Westminster in latest farmers’ protest
Farmers and tractors have started to descend into London today to protest against the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax.
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Family’s screams captured as house explodes, but they achieve a ’miracle survival’ in London
The neighbour to an East London house which was destroyed in an explosion last night says it was a ‘miracle’ no one in his property was hurt.
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UK monitoring British jihadists in Syria closely
Any prospect of British jihadists returning from Syria would be "a concern" and the UK is keeping "a very close eye" on the situation, a Home Office minister has said.
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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Irish boy Kyran Durnin
Eight-year-old boy believed to have disappeared two years ago but only reported missing in August