All news by author Thomas Brown

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London Waterloo platforms evacuated due to fan heater alarm
Several platforms have been evacuated at the UK’s fourth-biggest railway station after what was thought to have been a fire.
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Three teenagers arrested for murder after boy fatally stabbed at bus station
Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a ‘popular, well-liked’ boy who was stabbed to death at a bus station on Bedford.
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€2.5bn aircraft dispute begins in Dublin court
World’s largest aircraft lessors and insurance firms battle over compensation for jets stranded after Ukraine invasion.
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Inside the UK’s first legal drug consumption room
Welcome to the Thistle - the UK’s first and only drug consumption room.
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Royal treasures were lost for decades found in cathedral crypt
As a second world war loomed, caretakers of a cathedral in Lithuania decided to hide its royal treasures.
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Venezuela opposition leader freed; government denies involvement
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday, her Vente Venezuela movement...
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Satellite images expose the true extent of the devastation caused by the LA wildfires
‘Hell on earth’ is how the LA wildfires are being described by people on the ground. And looking at these satellite images it is not hard to understand why.
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Police hunt black-clad gang after 17-year-old student killed at Bedford bus station
The boy was pounced on yesterday evening in Bedford and was rushed by paramedics to hospital where he died from his injuries
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$2.7 billion in "dirty" dollars: Who is behind the WhiteBIT crypto exchange and its frauds?
The story of the theft of almost one million dollars from the cryptocurrency exchange Four Dragons, registered in Kyrgyzstan, has long gone beyond an internal incident.
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Foreign Secretary vows Shamima Begum will not return to Britain
Shamima Begum will not be allowed to return to the UK, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said, despite calls from Donald Trump’s...
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Theft at Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham’s new HQ as police issue statement
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bankrolled Wrexham’s rise to League One, but the Hollywood duo are now dealing with the aftermath of a theft at the club’s new academy base.
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Why the California wildfires spread rapidly despite non-traditional season
Intense winds have turned sparks into infernos moving at "alarming speed" in California.
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Manchester airport warns of delays after runway closures due to heavy snow
Travel disruption to road and rail services are likely on Thursday in areas with yellow warnings, as well as the potential for accidents in icy places, the Met Office has said.
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Hollywood Boulevard evacuated as wildfires spread; death toll rises
Hollywood Boulevard has been evacuated as the "apocalyptic" wildfires ravaging LA continue to spread.
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UK to target people traffickers with innovative sanctions scheme
New sanctions will target the finances of people smuggling networks in government attempts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel.
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Japanese yakuza leader admits to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
US authorities charged Takeshi Ebisawa with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons.
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Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur carried off on stretcher after receiving oxygen on pitch
The Uruguayan appeared to hit his head on the turf as he stooped to head a corner in the opening exchanges of the Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool on Wednesday.
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Missing Brit’s body found naked on Thai beach after argument
Regan Kelly, 28, from Selsdon, south London, had just started a month-long trip to Thailand when his family tragically...
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Liam Payne inquest confirms medical cause of death after balcony fall
Former One Direction star Liam Payne’s medical cause of death has been confirmed in a UK inquest opening as ‘polytrauma’.
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Two teenage rape victim sisters are arrested in Pakistan after dousing their father in petrol and burning him alive
Two teenage sisters have been arrested in Pakistan for killing their father by setting him on fire in revenge for rape.
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UK spends £100m annually on public inquiries as Tories push for grooming gangs probe
The UK has spent more than £100 million on public inquiries every year over the past decade...
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Met faces inquiry over handling of Mohamed Al Fayed allegations
Internal inquiry, overseen by IOPC, will seek to establish if there were ‘any missed opportunities or failures’.
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Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from detention in Iran
Sala, who had been detained since 19 December, is flying home, Italian PM’s office says.
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Nigerian pastor arrested in major child-trafficking bust, 13 children rescued
Authorities arrest popular Nigerian pastor, rescue children from his cartel.
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OpenAI chief Sam Altman denies sister’s sexual abuse accusations
Ann Altman’s attorney says the family is trying to ‘divert attention away from the harm that they caused.’