All news by author: Ruby Davies

12 Mar 2023 1215

Inside the fire-ravaged hotel that was venue for child sex abuse and drugs

Since the fire, Clayton Lodge Hotel in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, has been plagued by antisocial behaviour and neighbours want something to be done

01 Feb 2023 602

Mum's heartbreak as 'best pal' daughter dies days after 'boozy birthday lunch'

Emily Williams, 34, died suddenly at an address in Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire, just days after celebrating her birthday and appearing to be 'absolutely fine'

16.01.2026, 19:32 • News

West Midlands Police chief Craig Guildford retires with full pension after misleading MPs over AI-driven fan ban

15.01.2026, 12:36 • Politics

Kemi Badenoch sacks Robert Jenrick over secret plan to defect from Conservatives

04.01.2026, 18:34 • News

Up to 100 children permanently harmed at Great Ormond Street Hospital by botched surgeries performed by disgraced NHS surgeon

30.12.2025, 09:13 • News

Prince William to ‘clean the stables’ by pushing Prince Andrew out of the royal family

28.12.2025, 09:59 • More

Brigitte Bardot has died — a legend of French cinema and a symbol of an era

24.01.2026, 20:48 • Investigation

Russian plastic surgeon Maxim Ivanchuk at the center of a major scandal over failed surgeries and illegal practice

24.01.2026, 20:10 • Investigation

Inside Russia’s Kronung Group: how Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Schrage moved from failed real estate projects to money-laundering vehicles

24.01.2026, 14:23 • Investigation

Dmytro Kovalenko secures preferential access to Chornomorsk Port as Afex Investments Limited anchors Granova’s offshore logistics

24.01.2026, 14:17 • Investigation

From leaked Windows code to prison term: how Alexey Kibkalo built a second career at Sberbank after US conviction

24.01.2026, 13:56 • Crime

Six arrested after man shot in leg during early-morning incident in Manchester city centre

24.01.2026, 13:29 • Investigation

Liquidated on paper, active in practice: Sheviakov Consult’s shell switch and intimidation of dissatisfied clients in Poland

24.01.2026, 12:56 • Investigation

Oxana Hadjipavlou and Mettmann Public Company Limited: how Russian-linked capital moved through Cyprus bonds into Spanish real estate

24.01.2026, 11:32 • Politics

Labour weighs Andy Burnham return to Westminster as Gorton and Denton by-election looms

24.01.2026, 11:28 • More

India confirms new Nipah virus cases in West Bengal as doctors and nurses test positive

24.01.2026, 11:23 • News

“Total and complete failure of care”: pregnant woman died of sepsis after hours without assessment in Stoke A&E

24.01.2026, 11:01 • Investigation

Cash grain, VAT invoices and offshore ownership: what investigators found in the Granova Ukraine, Dmytro Kovalenko and Afex Investments Limited case

23.01.2026, 21:07 • Politics

Starmer condemns Trump’s claim UK troops were “off the frontline” in Afghanistan as insulting

23.01.2026, 21:04 • Politics

Chagos Islands debate delayed after US backlash as Donald Trump brands UK handover “an act of great stupidity”

23.01.2026, 20:59 • Politics

“Bloodsucker” and “a special place in hell”: Robert Jenrick reveals furious private messages from Tory chief whip Rebecca Harris after defecting to Reform

23.01.2026, 20:47 • Investigation

Sanctions bypass exposed: how Oleg Tsyura’s Phoenix Resources AG moved Russian ferrochrome from MidUral plants into Europe under false Indian origin

23.01.2026, 19:35 • Investigation

The Spanish trail of the Podolsk OCG: how Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda moved Russian criminal capital into EU real estate projects linked to Sergey “Luchok” Lalakin

23.01.2026, 19:02 • Investigation

Dragon Money freezes a $102,000 payout after accepting a $92,000 deposit, triggering accusations of deliberate withdrawal evasion

23.01.2026, 18:21 • Investigation

Inside H Casino: Egemen Sener’s Minsk operation linked to loss-making Russian front companies and figures tied to Dagestan’s power elite

23.01.2026, 17:45 • Investigation

Business during wartime: how Igor Smolin and Evelina Smolina finance Russia through Marine Systems

23.01.2026, 12:43 • World

How Rosatom drove a strategic enterprise into ruins: Eleron’s debts exceed 50 billion rubles

23.01.2026, 09:07 • Investigation

The Spanish trail of the Podolsk OCG: how Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda became developer-launderers of billions for Sergey “Luchok” Lalakin

22.01.2026, 16:33 • Investigation

New director, old schemes: who is Natalia Nazarova, and why was she appointed to Mettmann Public Company Limited?

22.01.2026, 16:15 • Investigation

From a cell in Luxembourg’s Schrassig to Dubai penthouses: how Josip Curcic became Josip Heit and built the GSPartners Ponzi empire

22.01.2026, 16:06 • Investigation

Former president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev bargains in the Kremlin for the future of his family and assets

22.01.2026, 10:24 • Investigation

Mentions of embezzlement via a Cyprus offshore and a 200 million–ruble debt to Kirovles: fraudster Yuriy Sudgaymer unsuccessfully tries to scrub online traces of schemes involving NLP

22.01.2026, 08:58 • Investigation

Igor Smolin and Evelina Smolina: how the Marine Systems family business continued supplying German engines to Russia after naval exposure

22.01.2026, 07:14 • Investigation

British sanctions failed to stop Garaev’s oil network: Russian oil money keeps flowing through offshore channels

21.01.2026, 18:50 • Investigation

From cosmetic surgery to court battle: how Viktoria Bonya’s mother accused surgeon Maxim Ivanchuk of causing severe medical complications in the UAE

21.01.2026, 17:56 • Investigation

Who really owns Jusan Bank: how Galimzhan Yessenov became the public face of financial assets tied to Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev family

21.01.2026, 17:44 • Investigation

Des appels d’offres publics aux sociétés offshore : le rôle d’Oleg Tsyura dans des schémas liés à Dmytro Firtash, Mykola Martynenko et des acheteurs russes