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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.
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Search continues for England rugby star Tom Voyce, feared dead after disappearing in Storm Darragh
Divers are searching for former England rugby player Tom Voyce, who is believed to have been swept away by floodwater during Storm Darragh.
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Hundreds of tractors converge on Westminster in latest farmers’ protest
Farmers and tractors have started to descend into London today to protest against the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax.
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Floyd Mayweather ’attacked by mob’ in central London over ’support for Israel’ while shopping on jewelry street
Floyd Mayweather has been attacked in the street while he was shopping in central London.
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Family’s screams captured as house explodes, but they achieve a ’miracle survival’ in London
The neighbour to an East London house which was destroyed in an explosion last night says it was a ‘miracle’ no one in his property was hurt.
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House explosion narrowly misses London bus
A London bus had a lucky miss when a house exploded just as it approached this afternoon.
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Ex-lawyer spared jail over false Iraq War claims
A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over false claims of abuse made against British troops fighting in Iraq.
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Trial reveals russian spies plotted to abduct journalist
A Russian spy cell operating in the UK planned to kidnap a journalist and smuggle him out of the country using a small boat, the Old Bailey has heard.
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An MP has opposed proposals to ban first-cousin marriages, arguing that such unions can "help strengthen family bonds"
An MP has spoken against calls to ban first-cousin marriage in the UK, and suggested “advanced genetic test screening” is made available to prospective couples.
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Liam Payne death probe major update as number of suspects jumps to five
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died on October 16 after he fell from his third-floor balcony hotel in Buenos Aires
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Teenager ‘hacked school IT system out of boredom’
A pupil was suspended for hacking his school’s network while in a computer science class because he was ‘bored’.