All news by author Elizabeth Baker

17 Oct 2025 794

Royal Navy poster girl jailed for £2,034 fraud over bogus travel claims

A Royal Navy ’poster girl’ who appeared in a TV advertisement defrauded the military of more than £2,000 by submitting fraudulent travel expenses.

Crime

17 Oct 2025 585

Mango billionaire’s fall sparks probe into possible homicide, family defends son

The family of Mango founder Isak Andic has maintained his son’s innocence after media reports suggested he might be a potential suspect in the billionaire’s death.

News

17 Oct 2025 684

Government unveils the UK’s first digital ID card

Digital veteran cards launch today and will serve as a “case study” for the Government’s much-maligned mandatory digital IDs.

Finance

17 Oct 2025 665

NHS medical negligence liabilities soar to £60 billion, watchdog warns

The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit £60 billion, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.

World

16 Oct 2025 806

Florida mother faces death penalty over alleged child exploitation case

A mother is accused of coercing her 11-year-old daughter into horrific sexual abuse—some involving the family dog—and recording it for a stranger’s gratification. If convicted, officials warn she could face the death penalty.

World

16 Oct 2025 757

Three men charged after alleged sexual assault on travel influencer in India

While touring the world on motorbikes with her husband, a travel influencer was brutally gang-raped by seven men.

World

16 Oct 2025 836

’Challenging market conditions’ force Paddy Power to close 57 betting shops

Flutter, the parent company, cited ‘rising cost pressures and tough market conditions’ as the reason for the closures.

World

16 Oct 2025 647

Porn, games, beer distracted dad while daughter died in hot car

Reports indicate an Arizona father became so absorbed in video games and pornography that he forgot his 2-year-old daughter was still in his hot car.

World

16 Oct 2025 605

Hamas says it returned all hostage remains as Israel transfers bodies of 120 Palestinians to Gaza

Hamas announced it has handed over all the remains of hostages it currently has access to, saying that retrieving additional bodies in Gaza would require “significant efforts and specialized equipment.”

News

16 Oct 2025 731

Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir accuses Prince Andrew of acting as if sex was his “birthright”

In a memoir released posthumously, Virginia Giuffre alleges Prince Andrew acted "as though he believed sleeping with me was his birthright."

World

15 Oct 2025 539

Hungarian FM calls EU energy diversification “crazy” during 13th Moscow visit

On his 13th trip to Russia since its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Szijjártó denounced the EU’s energy diversification agenda as "crazy".

Crime

15 Oct 2025 777

Ex-funeral director admits massive fraud after human remains scandal

A former funeral director has pleaded guilty to more than 30 fraud charges after a major investigation into the discovery of human remains at his premises - but will face a trial after denying dozens of other claims.

Crime

15 Oct 2025 850

Two people found dead in camper van after New Forest cider festival

Two people have been found dead in a camper van after attending a cider festival held in a national park.

World

15 Oct 2025 656

Former FTC member Alvaro Bedoya warns Trump-era policies favor corporate elites over ordinary Americans

Alvaro Bedoya, a former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), told the New Republic that before his dismissal by President Donald Trump this year, he witnessed widespread manipulation of government systems and the free market.

World

15 Oct 2025 583

Vučić says three Russian nationals were at Serbian camp training foreigners to destabilize Moldova

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirmed on Wednesday that three Russian nationals were present at a training camp near the western town of Loznica, where authorities recently detained two suspects accused of preparing Moldovan and Romanian citizens to interfere in Moldova’s upcoming elections and incite unrest.

Crime

15 Oct 2025 973

F1 scandal: Schumacher nurse ‘raped multiple times’ by driver at Swiss estate, prosecutors say

A racing driver from Australia has been accused of raping one of Michael Schumacher’s nurses in a bedroom at the Formula 1 legend’s family residence.

Politics

15 Oct 2025 807

Keir Starmer to release China case evidence, says trial collapse rooted in Tory-era security stance

Keir Starmer has said he will release the crucial evidence from the Chinese espionage case that led to the trial collapsing.

World

14 Oct 2025 836

Dozens feared dead as sleeper bus catches fire on Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway in India

Dozens of people are feared to have died after a sleeper bus caught on fire on a motorway in India.

World

14 Oct 2025 884

“Operation Cava bag”: Inside the alleged bribe to Trump’s border adviser Tom Homan

On Sept. 20, 2025, multiple reliable news outlets reported that Tom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s border czar, had accepted $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent.

World

14 Oct 2025 644

Nepal charges ex-Speaker Mahara with gold smuggling amid anti-corruption drive

Nepalese authorities charged former Speaker of Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Monday with gold smuggling and organized crime, marking the first high-profile arrest by the newly-installed interim government as it looks to crack down on corruption

World

13 Oct 2025 763

Six suspects — including three Bosnian officials — identified in EU motorway corruption investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has officially identified six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.

World

13 Oct 2025 822

Royal Marines deliver £35m blow to drug trade in Middle East operation

Royal Marines have incapacitated a high-speed drug boat with a single, precise sniper shot in one of the most dramatic counter-narcotics operations the Royal Navy has conducted in the Middle East.

World

12 Oct 2025 569

Trump travels to Israel and Egypt as Gaza hostage release nears

Donald Trump is on his way to Israel and Egypt to oversee the crucial hours of a Gaza ceasefire he helped broker, as relatives of hostages "held their breath" ahead of their expected release.

Finance

12 Oct 2025 707

Rachel Reeves may raise taxes or cut spending to strengthen fiscal rules

British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to build up a bigger buffer against her main fiscal rule at next month’s budget in an effort to better insulate government finances from future shocks, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

News

12 Oct 2025 706

Palace insiders say Harry’s latest move “blows it all up again”

Prince Harry’s delicate relationship with his father, King Charles III, has deteriorated after the duke restated his demand for taxpayer-funded armed police protection when visiting the U.K.