All news by author James Smith

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Hacker admits to stealing unreleased tracks by Coldplay and Rexha
A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and US singer Bebe Rexha.
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Seven-month-old baby boy dies after car veers off road and crashes into tree
A seven-month old baby boy has been killed as a car plowed into a tree in Lincolnshire amid ‘icy conditions’.
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South Korea: Investigators fail to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol
A Seoul court issued a warrant for Yoon’s detention on Tuesday after he evaded multiple requests to appear for questioning and blocked searches of his office in Seoul.
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New bill proposes travel restrictions and social media bans for suspected people smugglers
Critics say border security bill for England and Wales likely to have minimal effect as record number of people cross Channel illegally.
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Elvis Presley estate locked in legal battle over sale of ’stolen’ £1.6million items
Days before what would have been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday, a lawsuit has been lodged over more than £1.6million of items supposedly bought from his manager in 1990
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Fraud in Adam Vincent Gilmer’s business: The legend of "organic" products and MLM
Entrepreneur Adam Vincent Gilmer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to the US in 1989.
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Buyer found for iconic ’Home Alone’ house just in time for Christmas
House was put up for sale for $5.25m earlier this year.
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Nationwide reports UK house prices surge 4.7%, approaching record highs
UK house prices increased for the fourth month in a row in December, sitting just below an all-time high according to Nationwide Building Society.
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Coventry woman missing for 52 years found alive and well
Mystery of Sheila Fox’s disappearance at 16 solved after fresh police appeal.
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Liverpool fan suffers severe head injury in attack by rival supporter
A Liverpool fan is ‘lucky to be alive’ after being attacked by a rival fan not long after the final whistle.
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The Royal Navy recalled 200 sailors on Christmas Day to monitor Russian warships
The Royal Navy recalled nearly 200 sailors on Christmas Day to shadow Russian warships for 500 miles in the North Sea and through the English Channel.
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Prisons in England and Wales have seen a rapid increase in the use of drones to deliver drugs
Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures showed the number of aerial incursions predicted to have tripled in two years.
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SUV ploughs into New Year revellers on Bourbon Street, leaving 10 dead and many injured
Ten people have been killed and at least 35 are injured after an SUV ploughed into revellers celebrating New Year on a busy street in New Orleans in a "terrorist attack"
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Inside Sednaya, the Assad regime’s most brutal prison, often referred to as the Slaughterhouse of Damascus
The new Syrian authorities have arrested military judge Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, who issued death sentences to prisoners of the Sednaya prison complex.
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Ireland has recorded 47 homicides so far in 2024
Four gun killings occurred – two on each side of the border.
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Former Newcastle United prospect Michael Newberry tragically dies aged 27
Cliftonville footballer Michael Newberry has died suddenly at the age of 27.
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Over 5 million Brits living without a dentist as NHS services decline across England
An estimated 5 million people in England do not have a dentist, new figures reveal.
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Train services at the airport have been disrupted due to a cable theft worth £100,000
Trains to Manchester Airport have been affected by the theft of more than £100,000 of power cable from a railway line.
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A South Korean plane with 181 passengers crashed, only two people survived
179 people are presumed dead after a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea.
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Putin apologises for Azerbaijan Airlines plane ‘shot down by Russian missile’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people on Christmas Day.
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London chauffeur given community order for stalking Qatari princess
Jihad Abousalah worked as a driver for Haya Al-Thani and began to think they were a couple, court hears
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Black Sea drilling platforms: Ukrainian oligarch Oleksandr Katsuba accused of large-scale embezzlement
"Boyko’s Rigs" or "Katsuba’s Rigs"? The former Deputy Chairman of the Board of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" and a member of the Supervisory Board of SE "Chornomornaftogaz", ex-regional Oleksandr Katsuba...
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Urgent hunt for 11-year-old schoolboy who ‘sexually assaulted’ woman in broad daylight
Cops have launched an urgent hunt for an 11-year-old schoolboy who "sexually assaulted" a woman in broad daylight.
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Keir Starmer’s ’wonderful’ brother dies on Boxing Day after battling cancer
The brother of Sir Keir Starmer has died aged 60 after being diagnosed with cancer.
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Eurostar train stuck in Channel Tunnel for over two hours with 800 people onboard
Chaos struck on the Eurostar this morning as more than 800 passengers were stuck on a train in the channel for two-and-half-hours.