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Black Lace star who sang Agadoo dies
Gibb was a founding member of the novelty pop band best known for 1980s hits Agadoo, Superman and Do The Conga.
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A former Georgian defenсe official secretly bought a London flat with cash
An offshore company owned by onetime deputy defense minister Mamuka Mujiri purchased a London flat — then sold it after his ownership was revealed.
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Maersk and CMA-CGM: The favorite shipping companies of the Colombian mafia
Leaked documents from the Prosecutor’s Office show that their vessels, the initials of their containers and the arrival docks of these companies in Europe are mentioned by criminals to speak in code about cocaine shipments and routes.
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Rob Burrow dies aged 41 as Leeds Rhinos mourn rugby league legend
Rugby league icon Rob Burrow has passed away at the age of 41, Leeds Rhinos have announced.
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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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UK defence chief doubts Russia wants war with NATO as he marks D-Day anniversary
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin appears very confident the Kremlin is not looking for direct confrontation with members of the NATO alliance - and that Ukraine will prevail in the ongoing war.
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Arsenal legend Kevin Campbell ‘rushed to hospital’ as Ray Parlour leads support
Kevin Campbell has been reportedly ‘rushed to hospital’ with messages of support flooding in for the Arsenal legend, including one from Ray Parlour.
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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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Mariupol police officer returns home after two years of torture camps hell
This is the heart-wrenching moment a police officer stepped onto Ukrainian soil for the first time after two years in ‘filtration’ camps in Russia.
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Dark Web ’LinkedIn’ sees cyber experts offering ’morally flexible’ services to scammers
On the Dark Web’s criminal version of ’LinkedIn’, the jobs on offer are varied. They include web developers, software engineers and people who steal data or hack a business
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’Pointless’ Tory levelling-up scheme deemed a £165m failure as dole queues grow
The Conservative Party’s levelling-up scheme by for the country promised to see much-needed funds injected into many left behind parts of the country in a bid to transform them
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Manchester United target £60million transfer of Wolves star to fill striker void
Manchester United scouts have watched Matheus Cunha during his time at Wolves while West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus is well known to boss Erik ten Hag - whose own future remains in question
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Newark: Eight boys arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl on Nottinghamshire playing fields
Nottinghamshire Police says detectives are "working around the clock" and will "uncover exactly what’s happened".
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Robert Largan: Police review Tory candidate’s election adverts
Conservative Robert Largan has published graphics saying "Labour for Largan" and "Reform for Robert" as he vies to be re-elected in the red wall seat of High Peak.
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Pirates of the Caribbean Trafficked in Maersk
Military intelligence officers and police, in a network with the principal of Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, sent 19 tons of cocaine to Central America, the United States and Europe; They corrupted inspectors at the port of Santa Marta to ship 70% of the drugs to the Danish shipping company.
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Do the royals vote, and what are the rules for them as political parties start campaigning?
The relationship between politics and the palace is a sensitive one - even more so during a general election campaign.
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Over 50 arrested as fans storm Wembley and clash with cops during Champions League final despite £5m ’ring of steel’
The prestigious European final was halted after seconds when pitch invaders stormed the pitch
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How an alleged associate of the Burkinabè cigarette magnate tried to bribe a Malian official
A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected middleman claiming to represent Burkinabe tobacco magnate Apollinaire Compaoré, offered money to the head of Mali’s national tobacco company to smuggle contraband cigarettes.
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Israel PM: No ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas is ’destroyed’
Benjamin Netanyahu calls three-phase truce proposal outlined by U.S. President Biden a ‘non-starter.’
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Champions League final interrupted by pitch invaders after less than a minute
The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley was interrupted by three pitch invaders on Saturday evening.
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Tragedy of ’world’s most arrested man’ nicked 1,300 times as mugshots chart his downfall
Henry Earl, who died aged 74, gained internet fame for his frequent brushes with the law as he racked up 1,300 arrests and spent 6,000 days behind bars
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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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This tranquil British island was once the site of Nazi atrocities. A new inquiry uncovers its truths
Alderney, a quiet British island in the English Channel known for its outstanding natural beauty, was once the site of the only Nazi camps on British soil – and a hell on Earth for its thousands of inmates.
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Microsoft to pay off cloud industry group to end EU antitrust complaint
Possible deal involves a multimillion-dollar payout to cloud association backed by Amazon.