All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Scam investment firms use fake Trustpilot reviews to appear legitimate, investigation finds
Suspected scam investment companies are exploiting Trustpilot’s review system by giving themselves five-star ratings to persuade potential investors that they are legitimate businesses, a report has warned.
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Secret Service finds suspicious hunting stand near Air Force One’s Palm Beach route
The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct sight line to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One.
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Virginia Giuffre’s memoir claims she miscarried after orgy with Prince Andrew and Epstein
Virginia Giuffre, who passed away earlier this year, made a series of explosive claims about her alleged encounters with Prince Andrew and being trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein.
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Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers dead at 48 — band mourns loss of their “heartbeat”
Sam Rivers, bassist and founding member of the metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, the band announced in a social media post. No cause of death was stated, although he had a history of alcohol-related liver disease; he was 48.
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Mississippi residents sue Drax over toxic air pollution permit
Residents of a small Mississippi town are suing Drax Biomass after the company won a permit to become a “major source” of hazardous air pollution at a local wood pellet production plant.
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Body of Israeli hostage Eliyahu “Churchill” Margalit returned by Hamas
Israel’s military has identified the remains of a 75-year-old hostage, transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza late Friday, as Eliyahu “Churchill” Margalit.
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UK mussel exporter loses £150,000 after French customs reject shipments
One of the UK’s biggest mussel exporters has taken a £150,000 hit after French customs turned back three EU-bound consignments in recent weeks.
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Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges over classified diary notes
John Bolton, the former national security adviser to Donald Trump in his first term, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges relating to diary-like notes he shared that contained top secret information with relatives and stored classified documents at his home.
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Royal Navy poster girl jailed for £2,034 fraud over bogus travel claims
A Royal Navy ’poster girl’ who appeared in a TV advertisement defrauded the military of more than £2,000 by submitting fraudulent travel expenses.
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Mango billionaire’s fall sparks probe into possible homicide, family defends son
The family of Mango founder Isak Andic has maintained his son’s innocence after media reports suggested he might be a potential suspect in the billionaire’s death.
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Government unveils the UK’s first digital ID card
Digital veteran cards launch today and will serve as a “case study” for the Government’s much-maligned mandatory digital IDs.
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NHS medical negligence liabilities soar to £60 billion, watchdog warns
The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit £60 billion, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.
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Florida mother faces death penalty over alleged child exploitation case
A mother is accused of coercing her 11-year-old daughter into horrific sexual abuse—some involving the family dog—and recording it for a stranger’s gratification. If convicted, officials warn she could face the death penalty.
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Three men charged after alleged sexual assault on travel influencer in India
While touring the world on motorbikes with her husband, a travel influencer was brutally gang-raped by seven men.
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’Challenging market conditions’ force Paddy Power to close 57 betting shops
Flutter, the parent company, cited ‘rising cost pressures and tough market conditions’ as the reason for the closures.
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Porn, games, beer distracted dad while daughter died in hot car
Reports indicate an Arizona father became so absorbed in video games and pornography that he forgot his 2-year-old daughter was still in his hot car.
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Hamas says it returned all hostage remains as Israel transfers bodies of 120 Palestinians to Gaza
Hamas announced it has handed over all the remains of hostages it currently has access to, saying that retrieving additional bodies in Gaza would require “significant efforts and specialized equipment.”
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Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir accuses Prince Andrew of acting as if sex was his “birthright”
In a memoir released posthumously, Virginia Giuffre alleges Prince Andrew acted "as though he believed sleeping with me was his birthright."
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Hungarian FM calls EU energy diversification “crazy” during 13th Moscow visit
On his 13th trip to Russia since its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Szijjártó denounced the EU’s energy diversification agenda as "crazy".
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Ex-funeral director admits massive fraud after human remains scandal
A former funeral director has pleaded guilty to more than 30 fraud charges after a major investigation into the discovery of human remains at his premises - but will face a trial after denying dozens of other claims.
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Two people found dead in camper van after New Forest cider festival
Two people have been found dead in a camper van after attending a cider festival held in a national park.
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Former FTC member Alvaro Bedoya warns Trump-era policies favor corporate elites over ordinary Americans
Alvaro Bedoya, a former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), told the New Republic that before his dismissal by President Donald Trump this year, he witnessed widespread manipulation of government systems and the free market.
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Vučić says three Russian nationals were at Serbian camp training foreigners to destabilize Moldova
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirmed on Wednesday that three Russian nationals were present at a training camp near the western town of Loznica, where authorities recently detained two suspects accused of preparing Moldovan and Romanian citizens to interfere in Moldova’s upcoming elections and incite unrest.
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F1 scandal: Schumacher nurse ‘raped multiple times’ by driver at Swiss estate, prosecutors say
A racing driver from Australia has been accused of raping one of Michael Schumacher’s nurses in a bedroom at the Formula 1 legend’s family residence.
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Keir Starmer to release China case evidence, says trial collapse rooted in Tory-era security stance
Keir Starmer has said he will release the crucial evidence from the Chinese espionage case that led to the trial collapsing.