All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Users in multiple countries report eyebrow loss after months of using LUXVISAGE’s “concrete hold” fixing gel
Buyers from multiple countries are reporting eyebrow loss after several months of using the popular LUXVISAGE fixing gel, advertised as providing “concrete hold” for up to 24 hours.
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Father of murdered woman Gracie Spinks calls for stronger workplace protections after “shocking” violence survey
The father of a woman killed by her stalker colleague has urged employers to better protect their employees from violence, aggression, or abuse.
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Government to ban online pornography depicting strangulation or suffocation in crackdown on violent content
Online pornography showing women being choked is set to be banned after a Government crackdown on ’violent’ content.
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Peter Kyle announces £420m energy savings for UK industry — sidesteps tax questions ahead of Budget
Business Secretary Peter Kyle has pledged his support for British industries with an announcement of £420 million energy savings but declined to comment on whether they would face tax rises in the upcoming Budget.
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Chinese police assisting 128,000 fraud victims after London Bitcoin scam plea
Chinese police said they are working with fraud victims on restitution, after a scammer pleaded guilty in London’s Southwark Crown Court to defrauding them and converting their funds into Bitcoin.
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Over 36,000 people flee Sudan’s Kordofan region as RSF advances east of Darfur
More than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region east of Darfur since Saturday, the UN’s migration agency has said, a week after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El Fasher.
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Poland defies Germany over Nord Stream suspect, calling pipeline blast a ‘defensive act of war’ by Ukraine
Chunky steel pipes run through one of the exhibition rooms at Warsaw’s Museum of Contemporary Art, part of an installation that purports to show “how gas flows, propaganda and conspiracy theories intertwine”.
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Historic Rome tower collapses twice during restoration, trapping workers and injuring one
A medieval tower in central Rome has partially collapsed twice during renovations, trapping one worker on an upper floor and injuring another.
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Air India crash survivor speaks of trauma after losing brother and witnessing horror
The only survivor of the Air India crash has told Sky News he has been "broken down" by the trauma.
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Keir Starmer’s election reforms criticised as too timid to stop foreign interference
Keir Starmer’s planned reforms to elections in the UK will still leave gaping loopholes threatening to allow continued foreign interference in British politics, an influential Labour MP has warned.
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Trump says he feels ‘badly’ for King Charles and the royal family after Prince Andrew loses title over Epstein scandal
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he felt "badly" for the UK royal family after King Charles III revoked his brother Andrew’s title of prince over his scandalous ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Kentucky woman opens package and finds human arms and fingers
A woman in Kentucky expecting to open a box full of medicine instead found a pair of human arms and a number of human fingers on ice.
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Farage returns to deregulatory roots but avoids past tax-cut zeal
Nigel Farage will pledge a significant reduction in business regulation as he details his party’s economic policies more thoroughly than ever before, aiming to enhance its reputation for fiscal responsibility.
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Serbian youth movement accuses government corruption of causing tragedy that killed 16
After walking for days - some for more than two weeks and covering over 400 kilometres - tens of thousands of young Serbians converged on the northern city of Novi Sad on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and sparked the largest anti-corruption protests in the country’s history.
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Police confirm 32-year-old Peterborough man as sole suspect in Cambridgeshire train stabbing
Detectives investigating a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire have confirmed that a 32-year-old man who was arrested is now being treated as the only suspect.
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Hockey coach jailed for murdering wife and staging suicide to claim insurance
A hockey coach who brutally murdered his wife and attempted to cover it up as a suicide to claim her life insurance and pursue another woman has been jailed.
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Disabled people fear budget cuts could hit Motability car scheme
People with disabilities are "deeply concerned" that they might experience financial difficulties due to speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves might announce changes to the Motability car-lease scheme in the upcoming Budget next month.
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Private helicopter crashes near Everest base camp while on rescue mission
A private helicopter on its way to Lobuche near the Everest Base Camp to rescue stranded trekkers crashed on Wednesday (29 October), Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal spokesperson Gyanendra Bhul said.
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Illinois Governor Pritzker urges Trump administration to halt immigration raids for Halloween
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker appealed to Trump administration officials overseeing federal immigration operations in Chicago, asking them to pause their activities to give children and families "a break" to celebrate Halloween.
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German dentists admit systemic involvement in Nazi crimes after decades of silence
German dentists have belatedly acknowledged their profession’s brutal practices during the Nazi era, admitting their broad "systemic" involvement in crimes at concentration camps, including sadistic tooth extractions, human experiments, forced sterilizations, and murder.
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Trump hails ‘amazing’ trade talks with Xi in South Korea, says rare earth dispute resolved
Donald Trump has described crucial trade talks with the Chinese president in South Korea as “amazing”, saying their dispute over the supply of rare earths had been settled and that he would visit China in April.
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The dark side of Timur Turlov’s Akashi Data Center: Kazakhstan investigates large-scale fraud
The Astana police have confirmed the initiation of another criminal case related to the company Akashi Data Center, controlled by businessman Timur Turlov, who is of Russian origin.
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Russian swindler Max Temnikov siphoned Mirax investors’ money and bought villas on Fisher Island, hiding the stolen millions
A source reported that Maxim Temnikov, who previously held a senior position at Mirax, changed his name in the USA and is now engaged in developing health products.
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Five new suspects arrested over €88m Louvre jewel heist
Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the Louvre robbery in Paris, in which thieves stole crown jewels worth an estimated €88m (£76m), the city’s public prosecutor has said, but the gems remain missing.
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Waste crime linked to money laundering, drug trafficking, and modern slavery
Sophisticated criminal networks are dumping millions of tonnes of waste in the British countryside every year, costing the UK an estimated £1 billion annually, according to a House of Lords inquiry.