All news by author Emma Davis

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Sellafield has been directed to pay nearly £400,000 for its cybersecurity failings
Nuclear waste dump in Cumbria pleaded guilty to leaving data that could threaten national security exposed for four years, says regulator
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A buried U.S. Second World War bomb has exploded at a Japanese airport
Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injuries
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Who has the stronger military out of Iran and Israel?
Grasping the prospect of a war between two of the Middle East’s strongest militaries is a challenging task for most people.
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Co-op bank app and website down with customers reporting issues
Co-operative Bank’s mobile app and online banking are down, driving customers to vent frustration on social media.
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The network showed Iranian missiles that did not explode
Judging by the videos circulating on social networks, a large part of the ballistic missiles either did not explode or were simply not filled with explosives.
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Putin has ordered the conscription of 133,000 new soldiers for front-line duty
Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of another 133,000 soldiers to aid his war in Ukraine.
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Community leaders say many British Jews perceive the BBC as being hostile toward Israel
Jewish organisations back report that finds corporation has failed to cover Middle East conflict impartially
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Scientists respond to Boris Johnson’s claims that COVID was ‘made in a lab’
Boris Johnson has revealed that he now believes that the Covid pandemic was the result of a leak from a Chinese laboratory.
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British woman says Israel’s strike on Lebanon killed five of her family members
Sana Chamseddin’s uncle, his wife and their three daughters died in IDF bombing of Tyre
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German far-right politician accused of exploiting political prisoners as cheap labour in Belarus
Reports of dissenters working for £4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jörg Dornau
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MP quits Labour over Keir Starmer’s ’sleaze’ amid freebies and gifts scandal
Rosie Duffield has resigned as the Labour MP for Canterbury, becoming the first MP to jump ship since the General Election.
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MoD to investigate the conduct of British troops in Kenya amid rape and murder allegations
Defence secretary to meet family of woman allegedly killed by soldier, as ITV airs documentary alleging fresh abuses
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Cinema in mafia boss’s Sicilian hometown refuses to screen film about his life
Venue owner says Sicilian Letters, about the Cosa Nostra leader Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘doesn’t interest me’
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Football stadium submerged after thunderstorms and flash floods across the UK
A football club’s pitch is barely visible after heavy rainfall left it completely underwater.
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Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star Dame Maggie Smith dies aged 89
Dame Maggie Smith, the award-winning British acting legend whose work ranged from Downton Abbey to Harry Potter, has died at the age of 89.
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Drone drops fake bombs on £7,000,000 navy warship during Nato war games
The Royal Navy has been staging exercises at sea weeks after Vladimir Putin staged his own war games in the Arctic.
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Man has confessed to murdering Sarah Mayhew and disposing of her body parts in London
Steven Sansom, who has previous murder conviction, pleads guilty to murder and perverting course of justice
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Oil pollution in UK waters far worse than reported, says conservation group
‘Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report
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Sainsbury’s in the UK sells its cash machine business
British supermarket group Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L), opens new tab said it has sold its cash machine operation in a further move to simplify its banking business and reduce costs.
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First arrest for zombie knife made only 22 minutes after new law was implemented
A man arrested in Oxford is believed to be the first to be charged under the new ban on zombie knives.
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Manchester detective found guilty after stealing cocaine and giving it to dealers
Andrew Talbot used police systems to look up dealers to help him sell the drugs
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Keir Starmer admits receiving a £20,000 donation to support his son’s GCSE studies
Sir Keir Starmer has defended taking £20,000 in donations for accommodation during his election campaign due to his son’s GCSE revisions.
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X-ray reveals ’cocaine bullets’ found in stomach of woman stopped at airport
A 30-year-old woman, described as a "drug mule" by South African police, was carrying 68 "cocaine bullets" in her stomach with an estimated weight of 850g when she was detained at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport, according to police.
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Woolwich stabbing: Two arrested on suspicion of murder after victim, 15, identified
Two people have been arrested by detectives who have today named the teenage victim of a stabbing in Woolwich as Daejuan Campbell
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Terrifying simulation shows what would happen if nuclear bomb hit central London
Russian television has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on central London with more than 850,000 deaths.