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From palace renovations to helicopter trips: Britons question the cost of the monarchy
Most Brits want to see the amount of public money given to the Royal Family reduced.
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Married celebrity and sports star feared exposed after stalker leaks thousands of intimate messages and selfies
A prominent female star had thousands of intimate images and messages revealing an affair with a sports star leaked online.
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Trapped at sea: Why the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the Hondius has alarmed health authorities worldwide
As the MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, on April 1st, the gray skies over Tierra del Fuego cleared, lighting up the fresh snow on the mountain peaks and the autumn foliage closer to the shore.
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British passengers from the rat-virus cruise ship to isolate at a Merseyside hospital
British passengers and crew from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak are set to be taken to a hospital in Merseyside to isolate.
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"They went full throttle into the house": Tractor driven into terraced home in shocking overnight attack
A tractor has smashed into the front of a Middlesbrough residence. The red agricultural vehicle has crashed straight through the terraced property on Priory Road.
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Sarah Ferguson had years-long ‘secret relationship’ with P Diddy
Sarah Ferguson was once in a relationship with rapper P Diddy, it has been claimed. P Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, reportedly first met Sarah Ferguson in New York in 2002.
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Man arrested after threatening approach to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near royal estate
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was ‘shaken’ by an encounter with a man wearing a balaclava near the Sandringham estate.
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Buckingham Palace hosts lavish summer garden party with cakes, tea and royal encounters
The Prince of Wales told a yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack “you’re so brave,” and she said it was “like meeting an old friend again” after they chatted at a garden party.
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UK launches emergency repatriation of passengers from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
Brits are being flown home from the virus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, with passengers and crew scheduled to arrive back on British shores on Sunday.
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Huge Networks CEO denies involvement after leaked archive links company to Mirai-based botnet
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks.
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Trump administration releases first batch of classified UFO files
The first batch of the long-awaited UFO files was released by the Trump administration on Friday, with hundreds of previously unseen videos, photographs and records published.
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Bank worker caught after flaunting lavish lifestyle on Facebook while stealing from elderly victims
A Nationwide cashier who stole thousands of pounds from vulnerable customers has been jailed after she was caught out by colleagues when she posted Facebook pictures of her ’lavish’ holidays.
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Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak sparks global tracing operation across multiple countries
An outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship is not the start of a pandemic, the UN health agency has said.
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"Total Eclipse of the Heart" star Bonnie Tyler in induced coma as doctors aid recovery
Singer Bonnie Tyler has been placed into an induced coma to aid her recovery after emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star has said.
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Driver "targeted Jewish schoolboys" in Barnet as Met launches hate crime investigation
The boys were unhurt but police are appealing for witnesses with dashcam footage to come forward.
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Marius Borg Hoiby blocked from returning to royal estate as he awaits rape verdict
Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, requested to be moved to a royal residence as he awaits the ruling from his trial.
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UK immigration officer convicted of spying for Hong Kong and China
Two men, including a British immigration officer, were found guilty in a London court on Thursday of spying on behalf of Hong Kong and ultimately China
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HSBC hit with $400m fraud loss tied to collapse of UK lender MFS
The collapse of Market Financial Solutions amid fraud allegations in February ensnared some of the largest lenders on Wall Street.
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UniCredit to exit Russia in €3bn deal with UAE investor after years of pressure
UniCredit has struck a deal to sell part of its Russian business to a private investor in the United Arab Emirates.
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Failed blockchain city plan sparks multimillion-dollar political vendetta in Nevada
Five years ago, a Nevada state senator helped put an end to a crypto tycoon’s vision of creating a blockchain city in the Reno desert.
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Interpol seizes fake medicines worth €14m in global anti-counterfeit crackdown
The operation, known as “Pangea XVIII”, was carried out in March across every continent.
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Royal Navy shadows Russian warship protecting shadow fleet tankers near Britain
Britain’s Royal Navy tracked and followed a Russian frigate every day last month as it sailed from the Atlantic to the North Sea.
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Reform UK candidate accused of mocking disabled residents in alleged Facebook messages
Media has received a series of Facebook messages and posts from a Reform UK candidate appearing to mock disabled residents.
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Harry and Meghan’s UK return risks renewed royal rift as Kate distances herself further
Catherine, Princess of Wales, is said to have "completely ended" hopes of a summer reconciliation with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after becoming increasingly frustrated by what royal insiders describe as the Sussexes’ "faux royal" behavior overseas.
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Man arrested after threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near Sandringham Estate
A ’balaclava-clad’ man has been arrested for the possession of a weapon after threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor close to his home in Norfolk.