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Police hunt for two men in connection with £200k luxury handbag theft
The owner of a vintage handbag business has been forced to move premises after a "high percentage" of her stock was stolen.
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Man missing for 24 hours after skiing alone in Scotland
Police are urgently searching for a 40-year-old man who went missing while skiing alone in the Scottish Highlands yesterday.
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Bird flu prevention zones established in the UK after detecting first case of ’highly infectious’ strain
Four Bird Flu prevention zones have been enforced in the UK after a ‘highly infectious’ strain has been detected.
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Wayne Rooney’s ex-Premier League teammate sentenced to 20 years for bribery
Statement from the Duke of York says he met the businessman through ‘official channels’ and ‘nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed’
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UK fighter unlawfully killed in Ukraine - coroner
A former British soldier who went out to Ukraine to help in the war effort against Russia was unlawfully killed by a "comrade", a coroner has found.
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UK electric vehicle charger rollout risks creating a regional divide, report warns
National Audit Office says government on track to install 300,000 charge points by 2030 but areas outside south-east risk missing out
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The Shard to share title of UK’s tallest building as new skyscraper gets approval
The new building, 1 Undershaft, will be 309.6m tall, matching the height of the Shard to the centimetre
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Royal Mail fined £10.5m for failing to meet delivery targets
Ofcom said postal company took ‘insufficient and ineffective steps’ to improve its performance after £5.6m fine last year
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Woman arrested following Buckingham Palace staff Christmas party
Police officers were called to a bar in central London following reports a customer had smashed glasses and tried to assault a member of staff.
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Primary school on lockdown after man in his 40s stabbed; attacker still on the run
A primary school was locked down this morning after a man in his forties was stabbed and the attacker fled.
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Man arrested after pensioner carrying Christmas presents dies in crash
Police have made an arrest after a 72-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed last night.
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Queen Camilla’s son speaks out on the ’barbaric’ treatment of Prince William and Prince Harry
Tom Parker Bowles has candidly revealed his thoughts about his stepbrothers Prince William and Prince Harry in a rare interview where he’s expressed ’sympathy’
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Monster who stamped 2-year-old girl to death and paraded her body in a pram jailed for life
Isabella Wheildon was just two years old when she was found dead in a shower, covered in blankets after suffering "extensive external traumatic injuries" by her mum’s boyfriend
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Police van hitting 13-year-old boy with a water pistol off his bike was ’reasonable force,’ inquiry finds
Armed cops who swarmed a 13-year-old boy after his water pistol was mistaken for a real gun have been cleared of wrongdoing by the police watchdog.
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Prince Andrew’s ’close confidant’ denied entry to the UK over national security concerns and ties to China
Known as H6, the man was invited to the royal’s birthday party in 2020, but the Home Office said he was considered to have engaged in "covert and deceptive activity". A judge has ruled the Chinese businessman had an "unusual" degree of trust from the royal.
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Tory peer faces suspension over ’Lord Poppadom’ comment
Lady Meyer found to have breached harassment rules with behaviour towards Lord Dholakia that had ‘racial element’
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Body discovered in the search for former England rugby star Tom Voyce after his car was swept away in Storm Darragh
A body has been found in the search for missing England rugby star Tom Voyce.
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Oligarch’s daughter buys £32.5m mansion, then sues seller over ’millions of moths’
Iya Patarkatsishvili and husband Dr Yevhen Hunyak are suing the previous owner of their luxury £32.5million London mansion after alleging he did not disclose a moth infestation
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Rioter at asylum hotel sentenced to nine years in prison
A man who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the joint-longest prison sentence in connection with the UK’s summer of riots.
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British tourist, 20, dies while climbing a dangerous path in Spain
A Brit, 20, has died after falling from a path in Spain while attempting a dangerous hike.
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Baby girl fights for life after attack by ’XL Bully’ dog
A baby girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being bitten by an ‘XL Bully-type’ dog in Kent.
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Student ’electrocuted in St James’s Park while taking a photo’
Anastasija Grigorjeva is taking legal action against Royal Parks after she says she was electrocuted and left with brain damage
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Liam Payne toxicology report reveals heartbreaking details about his final struggle
As two more suspects are listed in connection with the tragic death of Liam Payne, investigators have begun to piece together the circumstances which led to the One Direction star’s fatal fall in Argentina
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Elon Musk’s Tesla lobbied the UK to raise petrol costs for drivers
Elon Musk’s electric car firm Tesla pushed the government to make petrol car drivers "pay more" in the days after Labour won the general election.
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Police chief reveals ’dozens’ under investigation in Post Office scandal
A meeting has been held between senior Metropolitan Police officers and victims - with officers currently sifting through at least 1.5 million documents.