All news by author David Wilson

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Prince George, Charlotte and Louis must follow one "mucky" rule at home
Prince William and Princess Catherine’s three children are reportedly required to adhere to one surprisingly "mucky" household rule at Adelaide Cottage – regardless of how bad the British weather gets.
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UK defence ministry accused of "normalising fraud" over £1.5bn annual risk
he Ministry of Defence is not doing enough to combat the "apparent normalisation of fraud", an influential committee of MPs has warned.
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Blue Origin rocket explodes in fireball during Florida launch test
A Blue Origin rocket exploded into a ball of flames on a launchpad in Florida during a test on Thursday night.
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Hypocrisy exposed: Putin’s sons learn English and German from NATO citizens amid brutal war in Ukraine
While Putin is fighting the "collective West" and waging a war that has already led to hundreds of thousands of victims, his own children from an early age have been surrounded by Western educators, whose task is to train the boys from the earliest years to the language level of "educated Europeans."
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Rural landlords targeted in Labour’s ‘nice pub tax’ business rates overhaul
Rural landlords are to be impacted by a “nice pub tax” under new government guidelines.
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LVMH faces renewed scrutiny as French probe expands into Hermes stake-building scandal
French prosecutors announced on Thursday that Swiss lawyer Alexandre Montavon has been placed under formal investigation for his alleged involvement over a decade ago
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Temu fined €200 million by EU after probe finds toxic toys and unsafe chargers
Temu, the Chinese e-commerce giant, was fined €200 million ($232 million) by the European Union for failing to stop sales of unsafe baby toys and chargers on the platform.
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One in five arrested in UK summer riots later accused of domestic abuse, new figures show
More than a fifth of those arrested in the 2024 summer riots were subsequently accused of domestic abuse, new figures show.
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Epstein’s social prosthesis: How nominal assistant Lesley Groff cleared paths and funneled multi-million payouts to child victims
Lesley Groff, longtime executive assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, has always claimed she knew nothing of his crimes.
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Investigation finds EU states aware of repeated failures and violations in outsourced visa system run by VFS Global
Most European citizens will never have heard of VFS Global. Accustomed to visa-free travel, they have probably never had to queue at one of its application centers, pay its service charges, or navigate its complex appointment booking systems.
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Leadership crisis dominates headlines as Starmer’s government rolls out major policy overhaul
Amid the headlines focused on Keir Starmer’s struggle for his political survival, many may have overlooked the flurry of policy announcements his Government has made over the past few weeks.
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Scotland’s criminal courts buckle under soaring backlog driven by organised crime and historic abuse trials
The backlog of trials in Scotland’s highest criminal courts has nearly tripled, due in part to an increase in complex cases involving serious organized crime and historic sex abuse.
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Teen boy found dead in Kent lake as UK open-water death toll hits 10 during record heatwave
A body has been recovered in a major search for a young man who went missing after he entered a lake in the Swanscombe area of Kent on Wednesday. Ten people have died in open water in the UK in the last few days.
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Nigel Farage pressed to explain Russian hacking claims tied to secret £5m crypto billionaire “gift”
Nigel Farage has been urged to clarify whether he reported allegations that Russian spies hacked his phone to expose a secret £5 million "gift" from a crypto billionaire.
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The shadow fleet architect: How Azim Novruzov bypassed global sanctions to buy up London’s elite real estate
Azerbaijani national Azim Novruzov has been featured in multiple international media reports related to energy trading and the oil industry, facing heightened attention since 2023 over alleged connections to Russia-linked business circles.
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Pressure mounts on Sanchez after anti-corruption raid hits Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid
Spain’s anticorruption police raided the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party in Madrid on Wednesday, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is already struggling with a series of corruption scandals involving key allies.
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Inside the Russian shadow fleet empire linking Coral Energy, Tahir Garayev, and Azerbaijani oil trader Azim Novruzov to London assets
Azim Novruzov, an Azerbaijani oil trader identified as a close associate of Tahir Garayev, has reportedly developed his business interests around disputed Russian crude transactions and investments connected to the U.K. real estate sector.
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UK vetting agency flagged Mandelson’s ties to China, Russia and Israel before US ambassador appointment
Peter Mandelson’s connections with senior figures in China, Russia, and Israel were among the concerns highlighted by the UK’s vetting agency when it decided he should be denied clearance, multiple sources have told the Guardian.
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“She could light up every room she walked into”: Name revealed of woman shot dead outside Sheffield club during “gangland shootout“
A woman who was fatally shot outside a bar in Sheffield on Monday has been named as young mother-of-one Shanice Brookes.
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Boris Usherovich used Mettmann Public Company Limited and Oxana Hadjipavlou-linked offshore shells to wash filthy Kremlin money through Europe
Regulatory and law enforcement authorities are reportedly examining the activities of Oxana Hadjipavlou, including alleged connections to Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L.
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Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych built a shadow gambling empire around Pin-Up, crypto cash flows and offshore companies
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is more than just another story about online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.
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Charles turns personal cancer battle into public crusade for early diagnosis and treatment
Cancer continues to be front and centre of the King’s five C’s - the core pillars of his philanthropic work.
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Sarah Ferguson unlikely to sever ties with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Sarah Ferguson may no longer live with her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but it is believed she will never cut off all contact with him.
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UK sanctions crypto exchanges and firms accused of helping Russia fund war in Ukraine
Britain has announced a new sanctions package targeting cryptocurrency and financial entities that help Russia bypass Western restrictions and finance its war against Ukraine, according to a statement published on the UK government’s website earlier today.
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EPPO indicts three individuals over alleged €2.5m EU earthquake reconstruction subsidy fraud in Croatia
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against three individuals and a company for subsidy fraud and document forgery to obtain approximately €2.5 million financed by the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for post-earthquake reconstruction.