All news by author Emma Davis
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A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder and arson after a mother of three was found dead in a house
A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Northamptonshire.
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Environment Agency staff crisis leaves hazardous sites unchecked
Staffing crisis at the Environment Agency, which assists in monitoring 950 sites, results in hearing about incidents later than usual, an insider says.
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Moscow expels two British embassy staff, London calls Russia’s claims lies
Kremlin accuses individuals of ‘intelligence and subversive activities’ in what seems to be the latest in a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions
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The UK criticizes Israel after the electricity in Gaza is ’immediately’ cut and used as a bargaining chip in the Hamas ceasefire negotiations
The dramatic new development comes a week after Israel blocked the delivery of food, fuel and medicines to the area of more than two million people
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‘Depraved’ mum who raped and abused children found dead in prison
A woman who sexually assaulted and abused children with a partner she met online has been discovered dead in her prison cell.
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U.S. sanctions seven Houthi leaders and Yemeni businessman over arms smuggling, recruitment for Russia’s war
The United States has imposed sanctions on seven senior Houthi members and a Yemeni businessman for their involvement in arms smuggling and recruiting fighters for Russia’s war in Ukraine, underscoring the increasing connections between the Houthis and Moscow.
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Brian James, founding guitarist of The Damned, dies at 70
The Damned founding guitarist Brian James has died aged 70.
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"Send them, Starmer!": Putin allies mock UK, France, and Germany over troop plans
A leading pro-Putin politician has mocked Sir Keir Starmer for seeking to be a “cool British prime minister” by considering sending troops to Ukraine as World War 3 tensions rise
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Jess Phillips marks a decade of reading names of women killed by men in Commons
Jess Phillips has marked her tenth year reading out in the House of Commons the names of women thought to have been killed by men in the past year.
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Maltese trader Alkagesta, owned by an Azerbaijani company, is suspected of involvement in the illicit trade of Libyan fuel
In 2022, while researching locally-based companies that were potentially violating sanctions, Alkagesta was on my list. The Azerbaijani-owned company is a commodity trader headquartered in Malta with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and even Georgia.
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Dean MacLeod, son of feared Edinburgh gangster, dies in jail
Dean MacLeod, who was found dead in his jail cell days after a violent attack on an officer, committed horrific crimes alongside his father, Ian MacLeod, a notorious gang leader.
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Police investigate viral video of footrest thrown from Westfield Stratford balcony
Police are conducting an investigation following a viral video on social media that shows a footrest being thrown from the top floor of the Westfield Stratford shopping center, narrowly missing unsuspecting shoppers below.
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UK’s Black and Asian police officers’ leader under investigation for tweet on Chris Kaba case
The head of the UK’s Black and Asian police officers is being investigated for a tweet criticizing the case of Martyn Blake, the firearms officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba.
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Key Aryan Brotherhood member sentenced to 14 years for fentanyl trafficking and firearms possession
A key member involved in the Aryan Brotherhood fentanyl trafficking case was sentenced to fourteen years. Authorities identified the defendant as the "transporter, pill maker, and enforcer for the leader of a drug distribution cell."
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Zombie knife footage shown at mum’s murder trial
Police bodycam footage of a man waving a zombie knife moments before a woman was fatally stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter has been shown at a trial for her murder.
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Police release CCTV image of man after sexual assault at Hastings bus stop
Police want to speak to a man caught on CCTV after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted at a bus stop.
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M62 closed westbound after serious crash and vehicle fire near Heywood
Drivers have been warned of ‘long delays’ after a serious crash and fire overnight led to the M62 motorway being closed westbound.
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Hunt for gang who ‘hurled a dog to its death’ from block of flats
A hunt has launched for a gang of men after a dog died when it was thrown from a block of flats in Birmingham
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Major ’spy cops’ scandal exposes systemic abuse and deceit within undercover police operations
Total shows scale of dishonesty in undercover operations over more than three decades
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Gunshots and a surge of panic: footage shows the final moments of a 12-year-old boy killed in the West Bank
Two children are killed each week in the West Bank. Two cameras recorded the circumstances of one such death.
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Trudeau charged taxpayers $81,000 for groceries in one year
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau billed taxpayers for $157,642 in household food expenses over a two-year period, according to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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Trump ridicules Zelensky’s attire - Six most outrageous moments as Presidents face-off
Donald Trump’s week of promising discussions with foreign leaders ended on a disappointing note today after Volodymyr Zelensky was expelled from the White House - without a deal for Ukraine.
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Gotbit founder extradited to the US to face market manipulation and fraud charges
Aleksei Andriunin was reportedly involved in a wash trading scheme to enable token listing on major exchanges.
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Pope Francis experiences a ’breathing crisis’ causing his condition to suddenly worsen
Vatican states that the pontiff was provided with non-invasive mechanical ventilation, to which he responded well and remains alert.
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Top Australian criminal suspect Zhao linked to Fiji media startup
A businessman associated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), recognized as one of Australia’s top criminal targets, was involved in setting up a new media venture in his adopted home of Fiji, according to documents and interviews.
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