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Rail passengers may receive ‘yellow cards’ for genuine errors instead of fines
Train passengers caught without a ticket should be let off with a warning for a first offence, a watchdog has said.
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The UK coast faces a ’catastrophic disaster’ threat from Russia’s covert fleet of tankers
Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers designed to avoid sanctions poses a serious threat to the UK and other international waters, it has been warned.
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Brad Pitt responds to ’awful’ scammers who deceived a French woman using his photos
Anne, 53, was scammed out of hundreds of thousands after believing she was in a long-term relationship with the actor.
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Homeless people given free lunch to attend Trump Jr event in Greenland
People in Maga hats at meal last week did not know Donald Trump’s son and were invited off the street, hotel boss says.
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Nearly a quarter of job-seeking Harvard MBA class of 2024 struggled to find work after months of searching
Compensation was once again on the upswing at Harvard Business School in 2024. But that’s not the headline in a terrible year for MBAs on the job hunt.
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Inside the ’fight night’ white supremacist groups gearing up for a global race war
A hateful white supremacist network with a ‘fight club’ ethos is spreading across the US and around the world, new research shows.
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McDonough man arrested for threatening ’revenge porn’ against ex
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for multiple charges including coercion, unlawful surveillance and harassment.
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David Lynch, director of ’Twin Peaks,’ dies at 78 after revealing he can no longer leave home
David Lynch was one of the world’s most visionary directors.
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Starbucks reverses open bathroom policy; no longer offers free restroom access
Starbucks has introduced a policy that will require people to make a purchase if they want to hang out in their cafes or use the restroom. It’s part of a strategy that the new CEO hopes customers will welcome at a time of declining profits.
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UK farmland contaminated by ’forever chemicals’ linked to cancers
Levels of PFAS chemicals found in sludge destined for British land would not be considered safe for allotments
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Dozens dead or injured after consuming methanol-contaminated alcohol
Moonshine tainted with methanol has killed 23 people and dozens more have been left injured in Turkey.
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Transgender girl lured to roller skating party and repeatedly stabbed ’in revenge for lying about gender’
A woman who was stabbed, punched and kicked in a transphobic assault planned on Snapchat is still living "in fear" after the attack, a court has heard.
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"UK bans ’zombie drug’ found in vapes after 11 deaths from flesh-eating substance
The drug, which is strong enough to knock out an elephant, has also been linked to 11 deaths here since 2022.
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Clean energy pioneer’s lab destroyed in suspected arson attack in Liverpool
Luke Evans, whose work has been called ‘breathtakingly new’, says he has lost experimental data and all equipment.
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Singer Linda Nolan dies at 65, surrounded by sisters, after a 20-year battle with breast cancer
Linda Nolan has passed away aged 65 following a battle with breast cancer.
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Georgia indicts 3 developers for operating crypto mixers Blender and Sinbad
The indictment accuses the developers of operating mixers used by hackers and cybercriminals, posing public safety and national security threats.
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Whose line is it anyway? Star Tony Slattery dies of heart attack at 65
Tony Slattery was famous for appearing on comedy improvisation shows on Channel 4 and BBC radio. In recent years, he had spoken candidly about suffering with mental health problems...
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Terminally ill teen left on hospital trolley in corridor for 14 hours
A terminally ill teenager was placed into a coma after being left on a trolley in a Glasgow hospital corridor for 14 hours.
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Bankrupt caravan park billionaire, who sold his mansion due to the Kinahan Cartel, now faces a new legal battle over his empire
A caravan park billionaire who claims he was forced into bankruptcy by a drugs cartel is at the centre of a new legal row over his properties.
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Dog groomer and mother of two jailed for blackmailing an innocent man, threatening to label him a ’paedophile’ to extort £100,000
A ‘callous, cruel and entitled’ businesswoman who demanded payments totalling £100,000 from an innocent man has been jailed for blackmail.
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Twitter, under Elon Musk, is paying Reform UK MPs, including Nigel Farage, thousands of pounds monthly
The party leader, along with ex-Tory Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe all get a share of the ad revenue on their tweets on the social network - prompting questions over whether they should declare an interest when discussing the billionaire in Parliament.
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Relative of Jack the Ripper victim demands new inquest after DNA breakthrough
A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper’s victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history’s most notorious serial killers...
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Tributes flow as inquest into helicopter crash begins
Tributes have been paid to five people who died in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s King Power Stadium, as an inquest into their deaths got under way more than six years later.
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Inside The Vivienne’s £1.3 million luxury home where beloved star passed away
The Vivienne was reportedly due to move into a £400,000 home in the weeks before their death aged just 32. But at the time they were living alone in a former stately home worth an eye-watering amount.
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Second man charged with aiding ex-soldier Daniel Khalife’s prison escape
A second man has been charged with helping former soldier Daniel Khalife after he escaped from prison.