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M&S has been given the green light by Angela Rayner to demolish its Oxford Street store
Approval for Marks & Spencer to rebuild flagship London store ends three-year planning battle over art deco building
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Conor McGregor ordered to pay Nikhita Hand’s €1.5 million legal costs in civil rape case
Ruling comes on top of damages fighter was ordered to pay last month after a jury found he had assaulted Hand in a Dublin hotel
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Loganair flight forced to return to Manchester Airport after lightning shatters windshield
Loganair Flight LM26 returned to Manchester "under emergency conditions" after a "potential lightning strike" fractured the aircraft’s windshield
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Parents who dropped out of society created their own ’kingdom’ and embalmed their 3-year-old son’s body before burying him in their garden
A couple, who invented their own religion and lived off-grid, buried their son in a back garden after he died through ’breathtaking neglect’.
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YouTuber Elliot Eastman, 26, reportedly ’dead’ after being kidnapped by fake police on a speedboat
Elliot Eastman, 26, was dragged away on a speedboat on the evening of October 17 by gunmen pretending to be police officers who shot him in the leg and abducted him
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BBC Bargain Hunt’s Charles Hanson appears in court over allegations of assaulting his wife
Charles Hanson has appeared in Derby Crown Court through a video link for a short hearing concerning his upcoming trial for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife
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British Army could be wiped out within six months in a major war, minister warns
It could take only six months for enemy soldiers to destroy the entire British Army in a major war, a defence minister has warned.
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Killer nurse Lucy Letby questioned from prison over deaths of more babies at two hospitals
Lucy Letby has been interviewed from prison over the alleged murder of more babies.
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King hosts Qatari ruler at state banquet, with David Beckham seated next to Kemi Badenoch
The Queen is at the banquet as she recovers from pneumonia, while the Princess of Wales is not present as she has only partially returned to public duties following cancer treatment.
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Undercover ’spy cop’ acted recklessly by fathering a child while on duty, inquiry hears
Bob Lambert accused of failing to consider wellbeing of woman he deceived into sexual relationship
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UK delays full shift to digital immigration system amid eVisa flaws
People will be allowed to use expired identity documents amid ‘real fear’ of another Windrush-style scandal
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Bitcoin miner sues over £600m ’lost in tip’ dispute
A man trying to recover a Bitcoin hard drive in a landfill site which he says is now worth about £600m is "seeking to bribe the council", it has been claimed in court.
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Spy ring plotted to extract data from Ukrainians’ phones at a US airbase in Germany, UK court hears
The group planned in late 2022 to gather information and relay anything that could aid Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
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Putin test-fires hypersonic missiles into the Mediterranean, posing a new threat to the West
Putin has fired hypersonic missiles into the eastern Mediterranean in a new round of drills by the Russian Navy, posing a fresh threat to the West.
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British free-climber "fell to his death from 630ft bridge while filming social media video"
A British influencer who plunged from a 630ft-tall bridge close to Madrid died from head injuries, an inquest has revealed.
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Buckingham Palace reveals details of Queen’s mystery illness
Queen Camilla has confirmed that the illness which struck her down and forced her to pull out of several royal engagements was a form of pneumonia.
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Prince Andrew’s mysterious benefactor ’uncovered’ amid Royal Lodge rent riddle
As speculation grows over Prince Andrew’s living arrangements and finances, sources have claimed they know who is paying for the upkeep of Windsor’s Royal Lodge
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Queen to skip ceremonial welcome for Qatari state visit due to ’lingering side effects’ of chest infection
It is the third event the Queen has missed in recent weeks since contracting the chest infection after her long haul trip to Australia and Samoa in October.
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Starmer’s NHS plans will turn A&E into a ’war zone,’ bosses warn PM
NHS bosses are warning that A&E could become like a ’war zone’ because of Sir Keir Starmer’s targets for routine operations.
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Factory owner arrested in breakthrough of Laos mass methanol poisoning that killed six backpackers
A factory owner has been arrested by police in a major breakthrough in the mass methanol poisoning in Laos that left six backpackers dead.
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More than 20,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Labour won the election
Labour will be publishing a migration plan this week but it will not include targets, a minister told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.
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Boys, 14 and 16, charged over suspected chemical attack at Surbiton station
British Transport Police ‘exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline’ at railway station
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Man in his 40s dies after car plunges into the sea during late-night incident in Isle of Wight village
A man in his 40s has died after his car "entered the sea" during a late-night incident in an Isle of Wight village.
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Teenager killed in motorbike crash, another in critical condition in hospital
A teenager has been killed and another is fighting for his life after falling off from a motorbike.