All news for 2025-02-06
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Teacher with long Covid awarded £42k for unfair dismissal
A teacher with long Covid has won more than £42,000 in a disability discrimination case after she was fired for taking too much time off work.
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When a drug dealer refused to provide his phone PIN, the police simply pointed the screen at his face
Grant Lester was caught after an undercover police officer became suspicious of his car.
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High Court rules that SAS soldiers’ use of lethal force in the killing of four IRA men was unjustified
Four Provisional IRA members - Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 - were shot and killed on 16 February 1992 at St Patrick’s Church in Clonoe, Co Tyrone.
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Foreign Office expels Russian diplomat following a ’spying’ dispute in a tit-for-tat move
Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK was "unapologetic about protecting our national interests" and warned Russia: "If you take action against us, we will respond."
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DeepSeek frenzy drives patriotic investments in Chinese AI stocks
Chinese investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to a boom in the sector and give the initiative to China in an intensifying Sino-U.S. technology war.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has put the owners of the Russian online casino Pin-UP, which profited from Ukrainian players, on the wanted list
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine’s wanted registry now includes leaders of the organized criminal group linked to the Russian online casino Pin-UP.
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Hospitals face their busiest week of the winter season so far
Hospitals in England have just had their busiest week of this winter so far.
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Bank cuts growth forecast in half, dealing a setback to Reeves
The Bank of England has halved its growth forecast for this year in a blow to the government.
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Trump to present a ’100-day peace plan’ to end the Ukraine war, involving British peacekeepers, a buffer zone, and halting Putin’s advances
Donald Trump is set to reveal his long-awaited peace plan to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Salami expert dies in a helicopter crash on his family’s castle grounds
One of Italy’s top salami moguls has died after a helicopter crashed into his family’s castle grounds, killing three.
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Italy helicopter crash results in the death of a salami heir and at least two others
The helicopter crashed into the property belonging to the family whose company previously sponsored the Bundesliga team Schalke on Wednesday evening leaving at least three dead.
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Man Utd releases an official statement confirming Lisandro Martinez’s severe injury
Lisandro Martinez came off during Manchester United’s dismal 2-0 loss at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday, with the defender suffering what’s turned out to be a serious knee injury.
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France prepares for the trial of a surgeon accused of abusing anesthetized children
A former surgeon who is accused of abusing hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic, is set to go on trial this month in the largest child abuse trial in French history.
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Top civil servants may be dismissed if they fail to deliver savings for taxpayers
Top civil servants could face the sack if they do not deliver savings for the taxpayer under rules announced by the Government on Thursday.
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Number of women caught carrying knives has tripled over the past decade
The number of women and girls caught carrying knives has trebled in the last decade, according to new LBC research, with a sharp increase since the rape and murder of Sarah Everard.
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Baltics prepare for potential cyberattacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid
A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.
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British conman on trial in France for allegedly ramming police with his car
Robert Hendy-Freegard, 53, a serial swindler who featured in Netflix documentary, allegedly injured officers in getaway attempt.
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How Favbet owner Andriy Matyukha helped the Kremlin launder billions through the Ukrainian gambling business
An interesting case is being considered in the Dnipropetrovsk Economic Court, involving the withdrawal of money from gambling through the payment system "Diamond Pay". It is interesting because of the reasons that lead directly to Russian special services, which control a significant part of Ukraine’s gambling market.
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Owner of the spyware implicated in the WhatsApp breach terminates their contract with Italy
Decision comes after it emerged an Italian investigative journalist and two activists targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware.
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Power cut disrupts billion-dollar global scam industry, but doubts remain about its impact on stopping the swindling
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry.
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UK plans to simplify the process for building nuclear reactors
The government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, as part of its efforts to boost UK economic growth.
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The Silicon Valley prodigy linked to the Zizian trans ’death cult’ is implicated in six killings
’Jack Amadeus LaSota left our lives but not our hearts on August 19 after a boating accident,’ an obituary, published on the Daily News-Miner on September 7 2022, read.
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Donald Trump signs executive order prohibiting trans women athletes from participating in female sports
Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders in his first days and weeks in office, with three targeting transgender people.
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Met Police arrest hundreds in one week during crackdown on phone thefts
The Metropolitan Police described the reselling of stolen phones abroad and in the UK as a £50million-a-year trade.
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American gang believed they would make a fortune but were busted at a UK airport after hiding in toilets
Seven people were arrested when the huge haul was discovered after a bag went through an X-ray machine and the alarm was raised at Manchester Airport.
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