All news by author David Wilson

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Scientists reconstruct the face of the ’cruellest man who ever lived’
Centuries after he died while playing chess, scientists reconstructed the face of brutal tyrant Ivan the Terrible - showing that the cruel Russian leader indulged in a "disorderly life"
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King and Queen were rushed to safety over ‘suspect on roof’ after Trump shooting
The ‘false alarm’ which caused King Charles and Queen Camilla to be pulled away from an event on Jersey has been revealed.
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Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears
The ex-PM is opening the new facility supplying food and basic necessities against a backdrop of concerns for the wellbeing of children over the summer holidays
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Nationalist campaigner for the Ukrainian language is shot dead in Lviv
Iryna Farion, 60, a former MP known for her opposition to officials speaking in Russian, was attacked on the street
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Yorkshire Water bosses get hefty bonuses after company failed customers
CEO and CFO given total of £616,000 for a year in which some residents struggled to go about daily lives
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Zelenskiy asks Starmer to ‘show leadership’ and let Ukraine use weapons anywhere in Russia
Ukrainian president says ability to use western weapons to strike into enemy territory is key to his country’s defence
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India cracks down on traffickers exploiting youths in Southeast Asia
Indian authorities announced Wednesday a crackdown on four suspects involved in a massive human trafficking and cyber fraud case across Laos and other Southeast Asian countries.
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Emergency Cobra meeting held as NHS and airports hit by global IT outage
An emergency Cobra meeting has been held as Government issues respond to the global IT outage after major disruption has hit to airlines, railways and GP surgeries
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Banks, airlines and media outlets hit by global outage linked to Windows PCs
Widespread outage linked to Windows workstations has affected major companies, including Sky News UK, Melbourne Airport and Thameslink
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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US hits accountants tied to cartel fraud scheme
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tuesday three Mexican accountants implicated in a timeshare fraud scheme run by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels.
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Baby-faced murderers, 13 and 14, jailed for life for stabbing schoolboy over cannabis dispute
The court heard how Nathaniel and Dermody had previously been pals
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Mortgage broker guilty of murdering wife to claim £450k life insurance after accruing debt
Killer spun evil web of lies but was snared by fitness device that showed ’spike’ in his heart rate
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EU to ease Brexit travel checks for British passengers as new border plan faces further delays
Entry-exit system will now start in November – with ‘relief valve’ to reduce congestion
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17-year-old boy dies at Polmont Young Offenders Institution
Young people aged 16 and 17 are supposed to be placed in secure accommodation rather than young offender institutions (YOIs) under the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act, which became law last month.
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Mum and dad killed and two children ‘very poorly’ in hospital after house fire
A man and a woman have been killed and two children are in hospital after a fire ripped through a house in Blackpool.
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UK inflation remains unchanged despite increasing hotel prices
UK inflation held steady in June despite hotel prices rising strongly, according to the latest official figures.
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Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery trial; New Jersey Democrat found guilty of accepting gold bars and cash
Sen. Bob Menendez, a powerful New Jersey Democrat, was convicted Tuesday in a sprawling bribery scheme in which he was accused of selling out his office for lucrative bribes, including cash and gold bars.
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Is Jason Grosfeld accused of being an Irongate multi-million real estate scammer?
Jason Grosfeld is the son of James Grosfeld, who ran Pulte Homes and is one of the largest shareholders of ESG firm Blackrock. Irongate, the development company by Jason Grosfeld, Mitchell Laufer, and David Waller, has been sued numerous times for real estate fraud, including a failed Hawaii development with Donald Trump.
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Brits found shot dead in burned out car in Sweden as murder probe launched
Two British citizens have been tragically found shot dead in a burned-out car in Sweden, with police opening a double-murder investigation
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How crypto ATMs in the U.S. became a favorite tool for scammers
While crypto ATM operators insist they take steps to protect the public, investigators say the machines are a gift to criminal networks.
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Ex-Rolls-Royce head designer fatally stabbed at his £3M mansion
A former head designer at Rolls-Royce was found stabbed to death on the doorstep of his £3,000,000 mansion.
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Money doesn’t stink
Belarusian business in Crimea and Donbas
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UK government urged to create ‘safe and legal’ asylum route as poll shows public support
Survey finds support for proposal that would allow in up to 40,000 a year with strong asylum claims and ties to Britain