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James Cleverly targeted by dirt-digging firm’s ’dossier’ during Tory leadership contest
Party said it would give public warnings to any candidate attacking rivals or backbiting
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Russia accuses six British diplomats of espionage
Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats it has accused of spying.
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Watch live as billionaire embarks on the first ever private spacewalk
The world’s first commercial spacewalk is officially underway, headed by billionaire Jared Isaacman.
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MPs vote to approve cuts to the winter fuel payment
MPs have backed plans to massively scale back winter fuel support for pensioners – despite a significant chunk of the Labour benches refusing to lend their support.
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’Bleak’ September forecast with 6,000 steel and oil jobs set to be cut
The government warns of a "grim" September, with up to 6,000 jobs expected to be cut in steel and oil refining, according to the BBC.
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Superbug, doctor shortages, and neonatal unit failures at Lucy Letby hospital revealed
As the Thirwall hearings approach, the Guardian has discovered concerns were repeatedly raised about alarming shortcomings at Countess of Chester
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Keir Starmer stated he "doesn’t think England is a racist country" following the recent riots
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that he does not think England is a racist country following the far-right riots last month.
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A neighbor of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has revealed insights into how the couple is living in "voluntary exile" since stepping back from royal duties
Ahead of his 40th birthday, we explore the Duke of Sussex’s day-to-day life – and the rumours that he wants to come home
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Fake Ozempic: Criminal groups are using batch numbers to distribute dangerous weight loss drugs
In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens.
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The Grenfell Tower fire was the result of "decades of failure," with an inquiry uncovering "systematic dishonesty"
In its final report, the Grenfell Tower inquiry has laid bare how Government complacency and industry dishonesty and greed led to the 2017 tragedy that claimed 72 lives
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Inside Nigel Farage’s £3m luxury property empire of four homes, all purchased since Brexit
The self-styled man of the people has amassed a property portfolio worth almost £3million since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Our disclosures come after it was revealed that the Reform leader is earning around £700,000 a year outside Parliament
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A notorious drug kingpin established shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to hire suspected cartel members, according to documents
Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.
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Bodies found in superyacht wreck are Mike Lynch and his daughter
Two bodies recovered from the wreckage of the sunken Bayesian yacht are those of Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah, the Italian authorities believe.
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Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech boss missing in superyacht sinking?
After selling his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard he was cleared in June of 15 counts of fraud
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Victims of infected blood scandal to receive lifelong financial support
More than 30,000 Britons were infected with deadly diseases after being given contaminated blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice invested millions into offshore tax haven property empire
The multi-millionaire businessman admits he set up a family trust in the Channel Islands tax haven of Jersey more than three decades ago, but rejects claims he undermined the British government
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Girl, 11, stabbed in ‘targeted attack’ in London’s Leicester Square, saved by tea shop worker
A security guard tackled a knifeman to the ground as he attacked an 11-year-old girl and a woman in central London’s Leicester Square.
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Tory councillor’s wife arrested over ’racial hatred’ ’telling rioters to set fire to migrant hotels’
Rioters have thrown parts of England and Northern Ireland into chaos with far-right thugs targeting and setting fire to hotels housing migrants in Rotherham and Tamworth
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Russia frees Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap since cold war
Several foreigners and Russian political prisoners released as Germany frees hitman Vadim Krasikov as part of deal
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated, escalating fears of all-out war in the Middle East
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday, accusing Israel of orchestrating the killing
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Southport: Police officers injured in disorder outside mosque following deadly stabbing attack
The disorder comes after the home secretary urged people not to spread "false information" about Monday’s attack or the suspect - with a 17-year-old who was born in the UK having been arrested over the stabbings.
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Undercover investigation suggests super-rich are being advised on how to evade Labour’s tax clampdown
Wealthy being pitched offshore products said to shelter fortunes from inheritance tax and capital gains tax
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Britain warned it ’has three years to prepare for World War 3 due to specific threat’
A possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan could spiral into a global conflict, or even WW3, that Britain’s army is not fully prepared for - a top UK general has warned
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President Joe Biden finally bows out of race after weeks of Democratic Party pressure
Joe Biden has announced he will not seek re-election against Donald Trump in November.