All news by author David Wilson

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Massive power cut at major UK airport leads to travel chaos
Passengers at Manchester Airport are facing huge delays and cancellations after flights have been stopped due to a power cut.
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Flagship free school costing £35m closes due to lack of pupils
Government funded Parkfield, in Dorset, after ‘unbelievable’ lack of due diligence, says expert
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Boy, 15, falls 60ft off cliff during geography school trip while having his photo taken by a friend
The lad somehow sustained only a small cut to his head
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Unidentified body found washed up on UK island with poignant ring on finger remains a mystery
The unidentified man, found on February 21, 1979, is believed to have been born between the world wars and investigators estimate he was aged between 40 and 60
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Search teams discover man’s body in Manchester canal, marking a tragic outcome
A body has been pulled from a canal in east Manchester. Emergency services descended on Varley Street, in Miles Platting, after 7.45am today (June 21) following reports of a person seen in the Rochdale Canal.
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Ireland is hoping for a UK Labour landslide victory
Irish eyes are smiling at the prospect of Keir Starmer in Downing Street surrounded by Irish-savvy aides.
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Massive power outage hits several European countries and holiday islands
Large parts of Europe were hit by power cuts today, knocking out traffic lights, halting electric trains and switching off the internet.
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Friends of missing teenager in Tenerife urge UK and Spanish police to assist in search
Jay Slater, 19, reported missing on Monday morning after phoning friend while walking in vast nature reserve
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Betting scandal engulfs UK election
Conservative figures are accused of betting on the timing of the snap election. The scandal couldn’t come at a worse moment for Rishi Sunak.
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Acid attacks and crimes involving corrosive substances increase by 75%
Abdul Ezedi’s body was pulled from the River Thames earlier this year following a manhunt after he doused his ex-partner with an alkali substance.
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Teen killer who stabbed a 17-year-old boy on the dancefloor during end-of-term celebration is jailed for life
Yura Varybrus stabbed Charlie Cosser three times in the chest as around 100 teenagers celebrated the end of the school term - today he was named for the first time and sentenced to prison
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Reform UK criticized as ’shameful’ for charging constituents £3.41 to meet Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage has left voters furious after charging for a campaign event in the Essex town he is standing in as Reform UK leader. The right-wing politican has been dubbed ’shameful’
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Trial begins for ’esoteric’ faction of alleged German coup plotters
GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsbürger
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Justin Timberlake has been arrested for drink driving in the Hamptons
Justin Timberlake has been arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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’Disastrous for the UK’: MPs’ pension fund exits Britain’s stock market
Jeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves have been squaring up to the UK’s pension sector in recent months with threats to strong-arm money managers into backing homegrown British companies.
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Tech layoffs from Tesla, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok bring the total to nearly 100,000 this year
Global tech layoffs are nearing 100,000 this year as the likes of Tesla, Google and Microsoft continue to shed employees in a bid to satisfy investors.
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Massive £5 million cannabis farm discovered in an unused building
Over 3,000 cannabis plants were seized by police
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At least 10 people have died, and dozens are missing following two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean
Rescuers near Italy report 10 bodies found on wooden boat and 50 missing in a separate incident off Calabria
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Three arrested as boy, 16, killed by falling tree
A 16-year-old boy has died after being injured by a falling tree in Nottinghamshire.
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Home Secretary denounces disturbing video of police car ramming a cow
The horrific moment an escaped cow is rammed by a police car twice has caused outrage after being posted to social media.
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Eight Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, marking one of the deadliest incidents for Israeli forces since October 7
Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7.
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Russia plans to reintroduce an antipsychotic drug for autism treatment based on a cruelty-focused approach
In the spring of 2024, the Russian Society of Psychiatrists proposed new clinical guidelines for the treatment of pediatric autism.
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Russia accused of using ’deliberate’ starvation tactics in Mariupol, according to ICC submission
Lawyers say strategy of denying food and services to people in Ukrainian city during siege could amount to war crime
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German prosecutors close investigation into former Afghan politician’s properties
German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into real estate deals by Ajmal Rahmani, a former Afghan politician who says the decision strengthens his lawsuit against the U.S. government, which sanctioned him for alleged corruption.
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Rishi Sunak spent £50 of taxpayer money on a custom ’stopped’ stamp for a gimmicky pre-election video
The prime minister sent a Downing Street staffer on the hunt in London for an ink-stamp in the shape of the word ‘stopped’ before slapping it on examples of visa applicants he was barring from Britain