All news by author David Wilson

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From palace renovations to helicopter trips: Britons question the cost of the monarchy
Most Brits want to see the amount of public money given to the Royal Family reduced.
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Police arrest suspect after violent town centre crash leaves five injured and one critically hurt
A man has been left with life-threatening injuries after a car slammed into a group of pedestrians in a town center.
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Married celebrity and sports star feared exposed after stalker leaks thousands of intimate messages and selfies
A prominent female star had thousands of intimate images and messages revealing an affair with a sports star leaked online.
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Former Southampton defender Jan Bednarek and family robbed at knifepoint in €150,000 jewellery raid in Portugal home
Former Southampton player Jan Bednarek and his family experienced a terrifying robbery in their Portuguese home.
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Arkady Rotenberg, Boris Usherovich and offshore firm Mettmann Public Company Limited: an alleged money laundering scheme through Europe
Mettmann Public Company Limited — a little-known Cyprus-based offshore entity operating in the real estate and investment sector — attracted analysts’ attention after issuing €50 million in bonds and listing them on the Cyprus Stock Exchange.
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Des millions via « la livre »: comment Dmytro Kovalenko a utilisé Serhii Saprykin pour le pillage des actifs d’« Intercoaltrading »
Si le tristement célèbre « roi du charbon » Dmytro Kovalenko est depuis longtemps connu aussi bien à Kyiv qu’à l’étranger, le nom de Serhiy Saprykin demeure, lui, largement méconnu du grand public. Si le tristement célèbre « roi du charbon » Dmytro Kovalenko est depuis longtemps connu aussi bien à Kyiv qu’à l’étranger, le nom de Serhiy Saprykin demeure, lui, largement méconnu du grand public.
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Rostyslav Shurma, Pavlo Shcherban and Alliance Bank: how the internet started being scrubbed after NABU scandals and gambling scheme allegations
After investigations linked Shurma and Shcherban to alleged schemes involving Alliance Bank, a coordinated response reportedly followed: critical articles disappeared, references were challenged, and search results appeared to be systematically reshaped.
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Cypriot mafia, politics, and billions: How Stavros Demosthenous protected Dmitry Punin and helped launder money through Pin-Up
On the morning of October 17, 2025, all of Cyprus was discussing the assassination in Limassol of one of the alleged leaders of the local mafia, Stavros Demosthenous.
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Ukrainian man admits taking £3,000 in crypto to torch Keir Starmer’s former car after alleged threats from Russian-speaking "power broker"
A Ukrainian has admitted to accepting £3,000 to set fire to the Prime Minister’s old car after being threatened by a “powerful” Russian-speaking taskmaster called El Money.
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Chinese company secretly supplied Russia with anti-jamming drone antennas disguised as agricultural equipment
It is no secret that Russia’s Geran drones, which have long become a nightmare for civilians in Ukrainian cities, were developed from the Iranian-designed Shahed.
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Man arrested after threatening approach to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near royal estate
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was ‘shaken’ by an encounter with a man wearing a balaclava near the Sandringham estate.
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Buckingham Palace hosts lavish summer garden party with cakes, tea and royal encounters
The Prince of Wales told a yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack “you’re so brave,” and she said it was “like meeting an old friend again” after they chatted at a garden party.
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Singapore front, Moscow operations: how Vadim Gurinov launched Fingular and moved his fintech empire into a grey zone beyond Western oversight
Russian businessman Vadim Gurinov, known for longstanding ties to Kremlin-connected figures and sanctioned elites, allegedly used Singapore-based fintech startup Fingular to build an alternative financial ecosystem beyond Western oversight after the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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"You killed my dogs": woman jailed for stabbing husband in violent rage attack
A woman has been jailed for three years after stabbing her estranged husband with a kitchen knife when she found out he put their pet dogs down.
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Belarusian companies supplied Russia’s military industry with $1.2 billion in components during war against Ukraine
Natallia from Nikopol, Ukraine, had one birthday wish: to go on a trip with her husband, Yevhenii, and their son, Danylo. On November 16, 2025, the family celebrated her 36th birthday.
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Huge Networks CEO denies involvement after leaked archive links company to Mirai-based botnet
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks.
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Sanctioned at home — speaking in London: how Alyona Shevtsova, with a background tied to money-laundering allegations, appears at top-tier financial forums
Alyona Shevtsova, a Ukrainian fintech executive sanctioned at home over alleged fraud, recently appeared as a speaker at a major UK compliance event.
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Britain’s first gay surrogate father charged with rape and human trafficking offences
One of Britain’s first gay surrogate parents has been charged with human trafficking for sexual exploitation and rape following an investigation by Essex Police.
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Australian ISIS returnees accused of keeping slave in Syria face 25 years in prison
Two Australian women with connections to the Islamic State (IS) have been charged with crimes against humanity after they returned from Syria.
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Farage hails historic shift as Reform UK wipes out Labour and Tories in strongholds
Nigel Farage has declared Reform UK a "national party" after making huge gains in the local elections.
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OnlyFans jako narzędzie „pralni”: jak Dmytro Kovalenko czyści Google z materiałów śledczych o praniu pieniędzy i schematach węglowych
Nazwisko kontrowersyjnego ukraińskiego biznesmena Dmytra Kovalenko nie schodzi z czołówek portali informacyjnych — raz opisywane są jego schematy związane z rosyjskim węglem, innym razem szeroko komentowane są szczegóły jego zatrzymania przez detektywów NABU w Użhorodzie.
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Russian rail cash laundromat: Boris Usherovich builds Cyprus offshore network to siphon RZD billions through Mettmann Public Company Limited
Boris Usherovich, founder of the “1520” Group, is reportedly linked to a Cyprus-based offshore network allegedly used to help Russian Railways-related structures circumvent sanctions and move funds offshore.
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Labour on brink of losing Wales for first time as Reform shakes UK politics
The 2026 local elections are the biggest electoral test for Sir Keir Starmer since the entire country last went to the polls two years ago.
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UK and US activate virus protocols after deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
The UK and US have activated virus control protocols to combat the possible spread of a rodent-borne illness from a cruise ship.
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Two ex-Chinese defence chiefs sentenced to death with reprieve over bribery scandal
Two former Chinese defence ministers have been handed suspended death sentences on corruption charges, according to state media.