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UK tourists could face hefty fines for buying bargains in Spain
If exploring the local shopping scene is your first go-to when holidaying abroad, you’ll know that there’s nothing better than snapping up a bargain or two.
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Nurses have declared a ’national emergency’ as NHS patients are being treated in ’storage cupboards and car parks’
Patients are receiving cancer diagnoses in public areas, and may have to undergo intimate examinations there too, the Royal College of Nursing says.
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US embassy in London refuses to pay $18.6 million in congestion charge fees
The US embassy in London is refusing to pay more than $18.6 million in charges from unpaid congestion fees, according to Transport for London (TfL), which oversees the city’s vast transport network.
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David Beckham bonds with King Charles over beekeeping as he is named charity ambassador
Soccer icon David Beckham exchanged beekeeping tips with King Charles, he said, when the pair met ahead of the former England captain being named ambassador for The King’s Foundation.
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’Biggest man cave’ built without permission with bowling alley and casino to be torn down
Built by a Gloucestershire millionaire in his garden, the illegal construction housed a cinema, bowling alley and a casino, and will be turned to rubble within the next eight weeks
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Healthcare assistant defrauded vulnerable patients
A healthcare assistant who targeted vulnerable patients in what a judge called "the most grotesque breach of trust" has been jailed for 15 months for fraud.
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Google is down for thousands of users worldwide
Google is down for thousands of users worldwide, leaving them unable to use the popular search engine.
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Knifeman stabs multiple people on YouTube livestream at political rally
This is the harrowing moment a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage during a rally in Germany today.
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Eight stag do Brits arrested over mass fight at Majorcan restaurant
This is the disturbing moment a group of British tourists on a stag do in the Spanish island of Majorca started a melee at a restaurant.
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Girl, 9, shot in London restaurant drive-by was having dinner with her family
A nine-year-old girl who was having dinner with her family is in critical condition after being shot in a Hackney Turkish restaurant yesterday evening.
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Half a billion Ticketmaster customers’ data allegedly stolen in major hack
Hundreds of millions of Ticketmaster customers could be at risk after hackers allegedly stole their data – including partial credit card details.
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Investigators can’t determine the gender of the person sucked into the KLM jet engine at Amsterdam airport
Several Dutch outlets have said the victim may have been an airport worker involved in a takeoff manoeuvre
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Child among four injured in east London shooting
A child and three adults have been injured after they were shot near a restaurant in Hackney, east London, on Wednesday evening.
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Junior doctors in England to begin a five-day strike next month
The British Medical Association’s industrial action will take place from 27 June to 2 July - meaning it will clash with the ongoing general election campaign.
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Virgin Airlines flight sparks emergency response at UK airport
Edinburgh Airport was flooded with emergency services this morning after a Virgin Atlantic flight made an emergency landing.
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Three police hurt and 40 arrests at pro-Palestinian march in London
Three police officers were injured and 40 people have been arrested during a demonstration in Westminster.
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Major outage leaves thousands of customers unable to access banking app
Thousands of NatWest customers have been unable to log into their banking apps this morning after a major outage hit the service.
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Post Office scandal: UK assembles 80-detective team for criminal investigation
Scotland Yard is set to probe whether there are any grounds to bring criminal charges for perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office workers
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A 40-year-old man tragically dies after collapsing during the Great Manchester Run
Tributes have been paid after news broke about the death of a 40-year-old man who collapsed during Sunday’s Great Manchester Run, which took place on the city’s streets
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Hundreds of infected blood victims launch fresh legal action against government
The civil action was put on hold in 2018 but has been relaunched after the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry report, with around 500 victims putting their names to the lawsuit.
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Twelve injured in Qatar Airways turbulence over Turkey, a week after Brit killed in storm-related jet plunge
Emergency services were called to the tarmac at Dublin Airport
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Documents reveal that an asylum-granted refugee operated a people-trafficking ring while employed at a chicken shop
Sivagankan had been granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain after fleeing the war in Sri Lanka in 2003
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Brexit staff shortages scupper plans to reopen Clarence House to the public
Palace officials have struggled to find the workers needed to open the doors at the king’s London home this summer
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RAF aircraft crashes in a field in Lincolnshire
An RAF aircraft has crashed in a field in Lincolnshire.