All news by author Thomas Brown
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Millions of pensioners will lose their winter fuel payments
Millions of pensioners are set to lose winter fuel payments this year after an attempt to block the cuts failed in Parliament.
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Patient found dead in hospital’s kitchen oven
An investigation has been initiated after a patient was discovered dead in a hospital catering oven.
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Putin unsettled after Ukraine conducts aerial bombardment on Moscow
Vladimir Putin has awoken to one of the largest bombardments on Moscow and other parts of Russia after 30 months of bloodshed.
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Man found guilty in ’landmark’ female genital mutilation conspiracy case
A former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) in what has been described as a "landmark case".
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Four-year-old girl attacked by two ’XL Bullies’ while playing in the park with her mother
A girl, four, has been mauled by two ‘XL Bullies’ while out in a park with her mum in Sheffield.
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Harvey Weinstein was rushed to the hospital for emergency heart surgery
Disgraced film mogul taken from Rikers Island prison last night after experiencing chest pains, representatives say
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Mandelson-backed Bank of London secures £42 million in new funding just days after a winding-up order
Clearing bank’s future was thrown into question by HMRC action over unpaid taxes last Thursday
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Money laundering and sanctions evasion: Oybek Tursunov and Alisher Usmanov’s Octobank laundromat
Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.
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At least 14 killed in Israeli airstrikes across Syria
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says military scientific research centre housing pro-Iranian weapons experts was hit; strikes also killed people in Hama province
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Starmer removed a portrait of Margaret Thatcher, explaining he dislikes "pictures of people staring down at him"
Keir Starmer removed a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from the No. 10 study, citing his dislike for "pictures of people staring down at him." He also revealed his family’s new Siberian kitten is named Prince.
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A Paralympic sprinter missed out on a gold medal after colliding with a teammate in the 100m final
Ambra Sabatini missed out on a gold medal at the Paralympics after a fall in the final of the women’s 100m T63 also took out her Italian teammate.
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A "dangerous" British prisoner has escaped from a Portuguese jail by reportedly "climbing up a ladder"
A British prisoner serving time at a Portuguese jail for kidnap and robbery has managed to escape by ‘climbing up a ladder’.
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A watchdog claims that Google is employing anti-competitive tactics in the UK advertising market
CMA says tech company has ‘abused its dominant position’ to the detriment of publishers and advertisers
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Namecheap cooperates with Russia and deceives its customers, having Ukrainian management
Namecheap has a reputation for being one of the most competitive domain name registration options.
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Thomas Birley, the arsonist responsible for a fire outside a migrant hotel, has received the longest sentence yet for the UK riots
Thomas Birley, 27, has been sentenced to nine years over his role in the riots at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, a hotel housing asylum seekers who were targeted by "racist mob violence".
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Cyprus-registered secretive funds were employed to hide megayachts and luxury properties linked to a sanctioned Russian banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In one case, these funds were used to obscure the ownership of offshore companies that allegedly held luxury assets linked to powerful Russian banker Andrei Kostin, including two megayachts worth tens of millions.
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The bodies of babies and children have been discovered in a mass grave
More than 300 bodies including hundreds of children and babies have been found in a mass grave in Oldham.
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Top army officer avoids jail after admitting to drunken conduct in karaoke bar
A senior Army officer has narrowly avoided prison after he was found guilty of drunkenly touching a woman in a karaoke bar and attempting to kiss her, a court martial heard.
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The TUC leader has urged Keir Starmer to ensure wealthy Brits pay higher taxes to "level the playing field"
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak made the call as he expressed ’real concerns’ about Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to cut the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners
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Labour is pushing for progress on establishing a special tribunal to try Russia for its actions in Ukraine
Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial
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A shooting at a Georgia high school has left four dead and nine injured
Sheriff’s office reports one suspect in custody after incident at Apalachee high school, 50 miles north-east of Atlanta
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The Grenfell Tower fire was the result of "decades of failure," with an inquiry uncovering "systematic dishonesty"
In its final report, the Grenfell Tower inquiry has laid bare how Government complacency and industry dishonesty and greed led to the 2017 tragedy that claimed 72 lives
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Scottish government raids £460m green energy fund for public sector pay rises
Finance secretary says ‘tough decisions’ are needed to fill £1bn hole in the budget
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Bayesian yacht passengers’ cause of death revealed as more details of horror sinking come to light
US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian superyacht sank in a sudden, violent storm off Sicily on August 19
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Samantha Fox threatened to knock out police officer’s teeth, court hears
The ex-glamour model told PC Ashley Smith "I know where you Iive", Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court heard.
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