All news by author: Nick Sommerlad

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Two ex-Tory donors to profit from £6.4million Rwanda contract for Home Office
A pair of wealthy former Tory donors are set to profit from a multi-million Home Office contract to practice forcing asylum seekers onto planes heading to Rwanda
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100 children a day blackmailed over naked photos as sextortion scams soar
Experts believe up to 100 children per day are falling victim to these sextortion scams and some youngsters, including Dinal De Alwis, have killed themselves after being targeted
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Tyson Fury eyes up mansion on offshore tax haven popular with the super-wealthy
Boxer Tyson Fury, whose net worth is estimated to be around £50million, has been eyeing up an exclusive period mansion near the Isle of Man village of Ballabeg
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Top Tory accused of offering 'VIP lane' for Rishi Sunak's wife's firm in UK
A Mirror Investigation has revealed details of a meeting between a top Conservative operator and the tech company in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata has £624m in shares
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Michelle Mone's husband refuses to be grilled by prosecutors over £5m fraud
Doug Barrowman, husband of Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone, refused to be grilled at his £5million embezzlement case in Santander, Spain, where he faces a five-year jail sentence
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Michelle Mone's husband Doug Barrowman fails to get £5m fraud case thrown out
Bra tycoon Michelle Mone did not join her husband Doug Barrowman, 58, in court, with the entrepreneur and six co-defendants on trial in Spain in a £5million embezzlement case
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Thousands of Covid ventilators bought for £50k flogged off for as little as £100
The Good Law Project found the ventilator machines bought during the coronavirus pandemic are now up for grabs at online auctions, after being kept in expensive storage facilities
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Prison officers to train contractors in forcing asylum seekers onto planes
Government contractor Mitie, which runs immigration detention centres, is hiring “use of force instructors” to force asylum-seekers on to planes bound for Rwanda
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Michelle Mone and husband Doug Barrowman have £75million worth of assets frozen
The pair are being investigated by the National Crime Agency for alleged PPE fraud during Covid and the court order covers assets including a £25million townhouse in Belgravia, Central London, and an estate on the Isle of Man
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Tory health minister hasn't sold stake in Covid testing firm a year after pledge
Labour called on millionaire Tory minister Lord Markham to explain why he has not sold his stake private health screening firm Cignpost a year after telling Parliament he would
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Suspended children's home company run by reality TV star still recruiting roles
The home run by AP Care Homes Limited only opened in July but was judged “inadequate” following its first Ofsted inspection in November but it is still recruiting for staff
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Over £300m of taxpayers' money spent by govt on Covid VIP lane is 'lost'
Firms that landed massive pandemic contracts have now stopped trading, meaning that hundreds of millions of pounds spent on unusable PPE is likely to never be recovered
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Luxury property linked to Michelle Mone's husband being flogged for £25million
The 6,000 sq ft, six-bed residence is described as a “meticulously designed and elegant family home” with a sauna, steam room and cinema
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David Beckham's firm paid someone £10m salary but won't reveal who it is
One of David Beckham's enterprises, DB Ventures, paid someone a £10million salary in 2022, but they refuse to say if the big bucks went to the Man U and England football legend
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Michelle Mone's £80m fire sale of luxury houses, private jet and superyacht
Michelle Mone and her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman have revealed her bank accounts have been frozen during the two year NCA investigation
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Michelle Mone interviewed under caution by detectives over £200m PPE scandal
The Mirror can reveal that Baroness Mone was interviewed under caution by detectives along with her husband as part of an ongoing investigation into the couple's roles in the PPE Medpro scandal
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Michelle Mone admits she did mislead Mirror over £200million PPE scandal
Baroness Mone has admitted regret to misleading the Mirror over her role in the PPE Medpro scandal, saying she regrets 'not saying to the press straight away' her involvement
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Fund set up by top Tories is huge investor in firm behind Sunak family fortune
Somerset Capital Management LLP, founded by the Business Minister Lord Johnson, owns a £105m stake in Infosys, the Indian IT firm started by Rishi Sunak's father in law, the Sunday Mirror can reveal
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Figure of wasted taxpayers' cash on PPE revealed in case linked to Michelle Mone
Government lawyers revealed the figures at the High Court, where the claim against a PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone was having its preliminary hearing
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Faces of patients who expose England's worst A&E crisis - check your hospital
As the NHS is expected to face its worst winter crisis yet, a Mirror investigation reveals that most A&E units in England have been rated 'inadequate' or 'requiring improvement'
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Brutal reality behind Liverpool gang wars that left women and children dead
Britain’s seventh largest city, Liverpool plays an outsized role in the importing of drugs primarily cocaine which has had a devastating effect on the community
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Owner of farm where four boys died in car crash describes 'brutal' conditions
Four teenagers from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, travelled to Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park for a camping trip but tragically never returned home
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Mourners gather in rain to remember four teenagers killed in Wales crash
Vicar Reverend Roland Barnes lead the village of Garreg, around a mile from the crash site, in prayers today after the discovery of four boys Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Hugo Morris, 18, and Wilf Fitchett in an overturned vehicle in Snowdonia
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Car with four teens inside spotted by binman two days after they went missing
Farmer Rhys Williams described "brutal" weather conditions on Sunday when Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, lost contact with their families in Garreg, Wales
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Four bodies found in submerged car after teens out camping go missing - updates
North Wales Police confirmed four bodies were found in a car belonging to Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Hugo Morris, 18, and Wilf Fitchett after the four friends vanished on a camping trip in Eryri/Snowdonia, Wales