All news by author Sophia Martinez

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Mum who ran £1 million racket flying drones over prison walls to deliver drugs and phones is jailed
Detectives were able to download telltale software from the homemade, heavy duty drone
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UK’s new defence secretary has already been bundled into a bomb shelter on first Monday in new job
Britain’s new defence secretary was forced to take cover after air raid sirens blared out on his first visit to Ukraine.
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Shopping centre catches fire as huge plumes of smoke rise into the sky
Flames are rising from the top floor of a shopping centre in Thurrock, Essex.
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Princess Kate releases personal message to Andy Murray after Wimbledon farewell amid cancer recovery
The Princess of Wales reflected on Andy Murray’s impressive career
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England beats Switzerland in a penalty shootout to reach Euro 2024 semi-finals
Trent Alexander-Arnold converted the winning spot kick in a penalty shootout to send England into the semi-finals of Euro 2024 after Manuel Akanji missed for Switzerland.
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Removal vans spotted outside No10 as Rishi Sunak forced out
Rishi Sunak is moving out of Downing Street after resigning as Prime Minister following the Conservative Party’s devastating defeat at the General Election
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Investment manager stripped in park, stuffed mud in boxers, behaved inappropriately
Bollag lives in nearby Queen’s Gate Place, South Kensington, where apartments go for more than £5million
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Brazil has detained eight individuals suspected of transporting cocaine in private jets
Brazil’s Federal Police detained eight individuals on Tuesday as part of a broader operation against drug traffickers who have used private jets to transport cocaine worth billions of Brazilian reals across the continent, as well as to Europe and Africa.
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Nigel Farage was heckled and called a ’racist’ during his first speech as a Reform UK MP
Nigel Farage’s first press conference as an MP descended into chaos before it had even started after it was taken over by multiple hecklers.
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Man charged over alleged theft of Garry the gorilla
Officers raided 33-year-old’s home and allegedly seized statue along with 24 suspected stolen drivers’ licences and prescription medication
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Jacob Rees Mogg snoozes and loses as the ‘big beast’ is forced to take a nap
Britain is waking up to a new chapter in its history – Conservative Party ‘big beast’ Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg losing his seat, and a Labour majority.
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Tory heavyweights Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps, and Penny Mordaunt lose their seats in a General Election wipeout
The fuming former Defence Secretary has laid into the Tories after losing his seat
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Nigel Farage has been elected as an MP for the first time during a breakthrough night for Reform UK
Reform were projected to win 13 seats in the exit poll.
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Moscow has accused a French researcher of espionage
Russia announced on Wednesday that a French NGO worker arrested last month in Moscow was accused of collecting military information that could compromise the security of the Russian Federation.
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A Canadian has been sentenced for involvement in a pump and dump securities fraud scheme
A U.S. court sent a Canadian trader to prison for 3,5 years and ordered him and his co-conspirator to pay more than US$215 million in restitution for defrauding investors by artificially inflating penny stocks and then selling them at a high prize.
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A polling station worker reveals earnings and warns voters about a common ballot error they make
One hundred and fifty thousands people will be helping out at polling stations today to ensure the general election voting runs smoothly - and one worker has shared what it is really like, how much you can earn, and common mistakes voters make
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Spanish and Portuguese police have busted a fraud network that targeted the elderly
Spanish and Portuguese authorities arrested 54 suspected members of a network that used a cunning mix of fraudulent phone calls and social engineering to swindle nearly 100 elderly people, depriving them of some 2.5 million euros (US$2.68 million), Europol said on Tuesday.
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‘Spy cops’ filed reports on Diane Abbott’s anti-racism campaigning, inquiry told
Black MP Bernie Grant also spied on, with secret Met reports claiming he made ‘inflammatory’ speeches
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A school trip turned tragic when a 17-year-old drowned at a Sussex seaside spot popular with celebrities
The boy was reportedly among 50 pupils visiting West Wittering during a school trip, with other teens looking visibly distressed as they watched him being airlifted to hospital
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A major fire at an industrial estate in Liverpool is raging as firefighters battle massive flames
A massive fire that has broken out at an Huyton Industrial estate in Merseyside. Images show a huge mound of rubbish alight with black smoke billowing up into the air
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Labour looking to their first 100 days in office - before General Election
Keir Starmer’s caution as leader of Labour has carried the party to the brink of power and his team are already looking ahead to their first 100 days in government
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Drivers could face a £150 fine for an offence ’even if they don’t commit it themselves
A spokesperson for waste experts Wheeldon Brothers warned that the Government raised the maximum on-the-spot penalty for littering from £80 to £150 in 2018
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UK tourists heading to Europe have been issued an urgent warning about their finances
Brits can end up wasting their hard-earned cash abroad by not following the simple advice
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Thousands have been arrested in a global operation aimed at targeting cybercrime
Authorities in 61 countries collaborated last week to dismantle multiple online scam networks, freezing 6,745 bank accounts and seizing assets worth US$257 million, including $2 million in cryptocurrency.
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England WAGS arrive in Germany on separate private jets in ridiculously lavish display
Dani Dyer, Megan Pickford and Georgina Ramsdale were among the WAGs who jetted into Germany on private planes before meeting the England team at their 5 star hotel