All news by author David Wilson

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A judge mocked a drug dealer caught on CCTV for "not being very good at it"
A judge described a drug dealer as ‘not very good at it’ after he was caught on CCTV selling outside a casino.
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M6 closed after lorry falls off bridge and crashes into ground below
The M6 has ground to a halt after a lorry has fallen off the Thelwall Viaduct and crashed into the ground below.
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Did UK politicians violate lobbying rules with their inquiries about Northern Cyprus?
Politicians are required to register their interest in a subject before asking questions about it in parliament. Records indicate that five politicians failed to do so after taking sponsored trips to northern Cyprus, a breakaway territory recognized only by Turkey.
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Thames Water may be prevented from securing new debt financing next week
Troubled firm has until 7 October to agree to extension, according to holding company accounts
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Four officers are under investigation for potential disciplinary action related to the David Carrick case
A serial rapist was reported to the police eight times, but no action was taken until his arrest in 2021.
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Trump comes up with way to cut crime that’s worse than the death penalty
Donald Trump was mocked online after proposing a solution to crime that has been compared to the horror film The Purge.
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Four rivals in the UK Conservative leadership contest outline their vision
The four candidates vying to be the next leader of Britain’s Conservatives began to outline their vision for the nation on Sunday, with immigration due to dominate the debate over the future of the party after a crushing election defeat.
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Boy, 8, fatally shot in the head and face while ’hunting rabbits’ on a farm; man in his 60s arrested for ’manslaughter’
An eight-year-old boy fatally shot in the head and face yesterday was reportedly hunting rabbits on farmland, while a man in his 60s has been arrested.
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Tottenham humiliates Manchester United as Bruno Fernandes is sent off
This is the nadir of Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United tenure. A slipshod shambolic mess that Tottenham exploited gleefully, pinging the ball about and punching through their storied hosts as if in a men-v-kids knockabout.
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West Brom fan dies while watching Baggies play Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough
West Bromwich Albion have confirmed one of their supporters sadly passed away after being taken ill during the Baggies’ clash with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough
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Israel claims to have killed a Hezbollah leader in airstrikes on Lebanon
Israel’s military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air strike on Beirut.
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Three arrested as Just Stop Oil targets Van Gogh paintings again after two activists jailed for ’souping’ Sunflowers
Three people have been arrested after Just Stop Oil activists targeted more Van Gogh paintings following the sentencing of two activists earlier for throwing soup over the iconic ’Sunflowers’ piece.
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Britain’s youngest knife killers stabbed stranger to death in a ’horrific’ machete murder
Boys murdered teenager Shawn Seesahai in random and ‘senseless’ attack in Wolverhampton
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Alert over animal euthanasia drugs that may have been sold to the public
Police have released an urgent warning after medication used to euthanize animals has been stolen from a car.
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Naomi Campbell banned from charity work after £7,800 hotel stay controversy
Naomi Campbell has been banned from being a charity trustee for five years by regulators. A Charity Commission probe found serious mismanagement of funds at Fashion for Relief, which the supermodel founded.
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British SAS soldier dies in parachute accident in South Africa
A British SAS soldier who worked on top secret operations has died in a parachute accident in South Africa.
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Baroness Warsi resigns from Tories, citing the party’s shift to the far-right
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the Conservative party after claiming the Tories have become too ‘far-right’.
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Prosecutor demands six years in prison for jailed Kyrgyz investigative journalists
Amid a crackdown on free expression, journalists from OCCRP’s local partner Temirov Live are confronted with the prospect of a draconian prison sentence on charges they insist are trumped up.
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OpenAI plans to shift away from its non-profit structure, allowing Sam Altman to gain equity in the company
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its non-profit board, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a move that will make the company more attractive to investors.
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Dozens of prisoners mistakenly released under Labour’s early release scheme
The Ministry of Justice has admitted 37 prisoners were wrongly released under Labour’s plans to reduce overcrowding in jails.
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SEC charges Apex promoters in $5 million fraud scheme involving cryptocurrency technology
The SEC has filed securities fraud charges against two Apex promoters.
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Scottish salmon farm allegedly removed tons of dead fish before inspection, charity claims
Scottish Sea Farms claims footage captured by Animal Equality UK before MSPs’ visit shows routine daily procedures.
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Israel mobilizes reserves as IDF chief reveals Lebanon ground offensive plans, while Hezbollah prepares for border attack
Iran are said to have been bolstering up Hezbollah’s war arsenal in preparation for any escalation
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Thousands are falling for new ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ scam
Nearly 550,000 individuals have shared a fraudulent Instagram story claiming that if they don’t post it, Meta will ’use their information.’ This statement is misleading and part of a broader scam aiming to exploit user fears about data privacy.
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Suspect in Kenya’s Anglo Leasing Scandal employed offshore secrecy to hide connections to various companies
Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission as a suspect in the Anglo Leasing procurement scandal, was the owner, director or signatory of at least six offshore firms implicated in the case.