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Accuser shares how she plans to spend Trump's $83M as lawyers plan challenge
The writer and columnist was awarded the astonishing figure after she successfully won a civil case against the ex-US president in a civil case in New York on Friday
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Nadine Dorries says Tories 'deserve to be wiped out' if they swap leader again
Top Tory Kemi Badenoch insisted she is not plotting to topple Rishi Sunak - but her former colleague Nadine Dorries accused her of harbouring leadership ambitions
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Police officers sent to investigate only one in five shoplifting offences
The Mirror is demanding urgent action to tackle the epidemic of shoplifting that is sweeping Britain's high streets as figures show there are record numbers of thefts
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Nadine Dorries told to 'pipe down' as she rows on BBC Laura Kuenssberg show
Rosena Allin-Khan could be seen shaking her head at former Tory MP Nadine Dorries as they appeared on a panel together on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show
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Kemi Badenoch says she doesn't want to oust Sunak and rebels 'not my friends'
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is being talked up in Westminster as a possible successor to flailing Rishi Sunak as panicking Tories discuss installing a new leader
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Department of Health slammed by stats watchdog for 'misleading' NHS waits claim
The Tories were accused of 'pathetic attempts to hide the truth' with claim to have cut NHS waits when numbers were higher than when Rishi Sunak vowed to slash the backlog
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'We should be outraged at Rishi's attempts to rig the outcome of the election'
Conservative Party has introduced voter ID, which threatens to disenfranchise two million people if they turn up on the day without the right documents, and is now accused of trying to rig the election
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'Conservative Party is enough to for anyone to give up dry January'
With thousands predicting "utter electoral oblivion", Keir Mudie blasts the Conservative Party and the Tories' repeated plots, which he says "are not making temperance easy"
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Tory plotters look to by-elections as next chance to strike at Rishi Sunak
Losses in Wellingborough and Kingswood - especially if accompanied by a surge in support for the Reform Party - would spell further misery for the beleaguered PM
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Nadine Dorries claimed £75 of expenses for printer ink days before quitting
The former minister, who has entertained Westminster with lurid tales of plots and schemes by shadowy figures to overthrow her old boss, Boris Johnson, announced she would quit as an MP “with immediate effect” on June 9 last year. But it took until 23 August for her to actually put in her letter and vacate her Mid-Beds seat.
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Tories are 'rigging General Election rules' as voting watchdog slams reform plot
The independent Electoral Commission slammed the plans, comparing the proposals to a cricket team “telling the umpire how to enforce the rules of the game”
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Welsh minister Vaughan Gething's bid to become first Black European leader
Wales' economy minister previously served in the health ministry for seven years - but his first experience of the country was one of rejection and racism.
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Rishi Sunak slammed for saying pleas to save more steel jobs are 'churlish'
The PM was asked by Labour MP Sarah Champion in the Commons to back an alternative plan for the town’s steelworks that would save all 8,000 at the plant while still transitioning to low carbon steelmaking
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The lifesaver £30 Sleep Pod warms the homeless in freezing temperatures
The prism-shaped tents use body heat to raise the temperature inside to 5C - even when it is as cold as -16C outside - and have been handed to 1,200 rough sleepers by nearly 40 charities
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Trump's sudden weight loss sparks health concerns as he 'skips meals'
Donald Trump has claimed to lose "15, maybe 20lbs" as he is "too busy to eat", prompting fears for his health as medical experts claim the weight loss could be a sign of over-exertion
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How Trump will afford $83million court order amid confusion over net worth
In a separate civil fraud trial, Trump has been accused of dramatically over-inflating his net-worth, which is sure to take a hit following a court order he pays $83.3million
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Trump rants over 'ridiculous witch-hunt' and vows to appeal $83.3m court order
Donald Trump took to his truth Social, his personal social media platform, where he branded the case a 'Biden Directed Witch Hunt" and vowed to appeal
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'The Tories are fueling their electoral defeat with their anti-woke card'
The weird anti-woke agenda the Tories want voters to buy into is a smokescreen to hide the misery, division, economic decline and decimation of social fabric they have inflicted writes Brian Reade
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Labour promises clampdown on pay-offs for ex-ministers after Tory £1m giveaway
Figures show £933,086 was handed out in a year as the changes in PM from Boris Johnson to Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak led to an unprecedented turnover in ministers
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Joe Biden gives strange speech in 'different language' as he stumbles over words
Joe Biden appeared to give a bizarre speech in a 'different language' as he stumbled over his words during a visit to a brewery in Superior, Wisconsin, to talk about his record on the economy
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Shocking images of road used as dumping ground by fly-tippers for 20 years
The road in Erith, southeast London, has been used as a dumping ground for more than 20 years. Lorry driver Kevin Richards says the unlit road has been a hotspot for fly-tippers
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Tory chairman teases two tax-cutting announcements this year to keep MPs on-side
Richard Holden said there will be "more of that later in the year as well" after a challenging week for the Prime Minister
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Mum ripped out six-year-old's teeth with pliers as she couldn't book a dentist
MP Scott Benton told the House of Commons of a mother who was unable to find a dentist and had to remove her daughter's tooth with pliers amid the dentistry crisis in the UK
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Nadine Dorries given £16,876 of taxpayers' money 'by mistake' in Tory blunder
Ex-Tory MP Nadine Dorries received the generous severance payment when she stepped down as Culture Secretary even though she was not entitled to the cash as she was over 65
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Tories urged to introduce council tax 'super bands' for houses over £2million
The Northern Powerhouse Partnership said the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt must overhaul the 'actively regressive' and 'broken' council tax model based on 1991 valuations of homes