All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Welsh government outlines plans to prohibit greyhound racing
A proposal to implement a ban in Wales was among the most popular petitions on the Senedd’s website, garnering over 35,000 signatures.
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Sara Sharif’s father protected by ’Muslim gang’ in jail after being attacked with jagged tuna can lid
Reports claim that the father of murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif is being protected by a “Muslim gang” in prison after his throat was slashed.
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14-year-old boy dies after injecting himself with a dead butterfly for an ’online challenge’
Teenager Davi Nunes Moreira was taken to a hospital in Planalto in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia after he began vomiting and limping, informing doctors he had injected a butterfly.
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Billionaire’s £200m superyacht observed in UK city with incredible luxury item
The superyacht Ulysses, owned by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, arrived at Plymouth’s Barbican on Monday, astonishing onlookers with its grandeur. The 103-meter vessel features its own pool, winter garden, and four hot tubs.
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Individual imprisoned for sending harmful communications to Jess Phillips
A man who sent ‘malicious communications’ to Labour minister Jess Phillips has been put behind bars.
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Elon Musk releases more powerful model Grok-3
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI showed off the updated Grok-3 model, showcasing a version of the chatbot technology that the billionaire has said is the “smartest AI on Earth.”
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Football League referee, 46, is charged with child sex offence and suspended from officiating
An assistant referee who officiated EFL and FA Cup matches is due to appear in court charged with a child sex offence.
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Dublin stabbing victim was a Nigerian asylum seeker who had previously been accused of rape in Italy
Quaham Babatunde, 34, was fatally stabbed in the chest in the center of Dublin early Saturday morning - his friends say he was accused of rape in Italy.
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Meta intends to connect the US and India with the world’s longest undersea cable project
Project Waterworth, which involves a cable longer than the Earth’s circumference, will also reach South Africa and Brazil.
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Libya’s inaugural private oil company expands under the influence of the eastern commander
A Libyan company linked to the powerful faction that controls eastern Libya has exported oil worth at least $600 million since May, marking an end to the National Oil Corporation’s monopoly on exports, according to shipping records and U.N. experts.
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Hospital placed on lockdown after 16-year-old boy stabbed in the street
Police are investigating after a Birmingham hospital was forced into lockdown when a group ‘ambushed’ the emergency department.
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Major internet provider in London with 1,300,000 users has been hit by an outage
London’s largest fibre internet network is experiencing major outages.
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Woman who was shot dead at a Kent pub on Valentine’s Day identified
Police continue to search the River Thames for the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, on Friday.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle responded to Donald Trump with a blunt statement
It has come to light that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation has donated money to several organizations associated with Donald Trump’s rival party, the Democrats - and now the couple’s team has defended this decision.
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Assassination of Europe’s ’most wanted’ drug lord who once faked his death
Marco Ebben was one of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ men for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands.
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Starmer prepared to deploy British troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is achieved
It is believed to be the first time the PM has been explicit about deploying British peacekeepers to Ukraine.
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A 17-year-old boy dies after an Audi overturns at a petrol station
A 17-year-old boy has died after his car overturned at a petrol station in East Sussex.
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Google complied with censorship requests from Russia and China
An investigation has revealed the tech firm’s collaboration with authoritarian regimes to eliminate unfavorable content.
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Britain’s most miserable town might soon become part of London
The UK’s most miserable town dubbed ‘an island of despair’ could become a part of London leaving some people less than thrilled.
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Craig and Lindsay Foreman: British couple detained in Iran are named - as the family expresses ’significant concern’
Craig and Lindsay Foreman’s family state they are "deeply focused" on ensuring the safety of the British nationals following their detention in Kerman, Iran. They referred to their detention as an "unexpected turn of events".
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Oxford versus Portsmouth halted due to medical emergency as broadcast is removed from TV
Oxford United and Portsmouth had completed only 15 minutes of their Championship game on Saturday when a medical emergency occurred in the stands, prompting both teams to leave the field while staff addressed the situation.
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Cardiff city center ’stay away’ warning after bus attack and street mobs
A large mob was captured on video clashing with police on foot and on horseback around Cardiff city centre - following reports of missiles being thrown at the pub and a bus being attacked.
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The most mischievous night club in Chelsea has returned at 151 King’s Road
Sticky floors and rum drinks are out, mushroom cocktails and house party playlists are in! Chelsea’s new-old club is poised to become the town’s most hedonistic, celebrity-studded venue, according to Simon Mills.
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Calvin Parris: One of the UK’s most wanted men sentenced to 12 years in prison following arrest in the Algarve
Parris, from Cardiff, was the final member of an organized crime group to be sentenced after being detained by Portuguese police in October.
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Renowned Chiltern Firehouse was affected by a fire just hours before the Valentine’s dinner service.
A fire has broken out at a luxury five star hotel in central London as 100 people are evacuated from the historic building.