All news by author: Benjamin Lynch

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Pub dropped from Good Beer Guide after outrage over 'racist' golly dolls display
The White Hart in Grays, Essex, has been dropped from the Good Beer Guide after its landlords refused to stop displaying the dolls after it was raided by police earlier this month
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Mum walks free after kidnapping drug dealer and threatening to slit his throat
A vigilante mum has walked free from court after she abducted and tied up a suspected drug dealer. Scot Linda Gowers, 40, bundled Michael Graham into a van and took him to her house in Kirriemuir, Angus before calling the police
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Woman, granddaughter and driver injured as car crashes into bungalow
Three people were reportedly injured after a car crashed into a bungalow in in a village in Derbyshire. Police, fire and ambulance crews all attended the property believed to belong to an elderly couple in the village of Killamarsh
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Men's desperate dash to save drowning paraglider after he plunges into the sea
Two heroic men have descirbed the moment they jumped into save a stricken paraglider who had crashed into the sea in Worthing. Scott Ricketts, 31, and Tim Browne, 35
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Seven breathtaking sites in the UK are in running to win World Heritage status
A total of seven UK and overseas territories are being considered for UNESCO World Heritage statues. Important cultural and historical sites like York and the Zenith of Iron Age Shetland
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Police's 'sexist' Facebook page 'objectified women for cheap laughs'
A Facebook page containing a number of 'offensive and sexist posts' has raised concerns among police officials. The page has current and serving officers "not aligned with policing values", a police body said
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Key players reflect on 25 years since 'emotional' Good Friday Agreement
The Good Friday Agreement was hailed as a landmark moment for securing peace in Northern Ireland. It remains under stress to this day, but some of the key players who were there at the time say it brought a lasting peace
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Trump 'unnerved' by court case but would 'feel invincible' if found not guilty
Donald Trump previously said during his campaign bid for the Republican nomination in 2016 he "could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”
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Warning not to visit over 30 UK beaches this weekend due to raw sewage
Warnings are in place for Brits not to visit over 30 beaches over the bank holiday weekend as they have pollution warnings in place. Warnings include famous beaches like Whitby, Blackpool and Weston-super-Mare
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Huge 8ft gorilla statue named Gary stolen from garden centre 'spotted on M40'
A huge gorilla statue has been stolen from a garden centre in Lanarkshire, Scotland. 'Gary' the gorilla was taken by thieves and later spotted travelling on a motorway in England
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Dramatic video shows yachtsman being rescued in 50mph wind speeds and 20ft waves
Footage caught the dramatic moment brave volunteers from the RNLI managed to save a stranded yacht off the Devon coast. The yacht was stuck in 50mph winds and waves of up to 20 feet
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'Three pubs in our village are closing - and now its turning into a ghost town'
A Kent village is feeling the brunt of problems with the pub industry as three of its boozers are set to close down. Residents of Dymchurch are worried they will be left living in a 'ghost town'
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Donald & Melania Trump's crumbling marriage she brands court case 'his problem'
Sources say Melania Trump considers her former President Donald Trump's legal problems as 'his problem' as he faces criminal charges for alleged hush money payments relating to affairs he denies
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Man goes missing after bragging about stealing $50,000 from fearsome drug cartel
Erik Tadeo Ramirez, from Texas, US, bragged about stealing $50,000 from the Cartel del Noreste - less than two hours later he was kidnapped by a group of armed men from his home
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Dad bandaged after 'stabbing girlfriend 100 times & throwing son to alligators'
A father in St Petersburg, Florida is accused of stabbing his partner over 100 times and throwing his son into a lake with alligators. Thomas Mosley, 21, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder
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Stormy Daniels posts very X-rated tweet poking fun at Donald Trump
Stormy Daniels, who is alleged to have had an affair with former president Donald Trump, shared a graphic tweet which cannot be published in full as she mocked the 76-year-old
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Olivia killer 'has £250k bounty placed on head by gangsters who fear he'll talk'
Thomas Cashman may have to watch his back as he serves his sentence for murdering the nine-year-old in August last year
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'We live next to the world's most expensive homes but struggle to pay our bills'
People living close to one of the most expensive areas to live on the planet say they cannot afford food and are forced to use food banks. Locals in Poole, Dorset, are close to the wealth and luxury Sandbanks estate
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Three Brits held by Taliban in Afghanistan including notorious 'danger tourist'
Controversial 'danger tourist Miles Routledge is among three Brits currently held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Mr Routledge is being held along with charity medic Kevin Cornwell and another unnamed man
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Interactive map shows how much water bills to rise from today - see your area
Brits can expect different increases in the price of their water bills depending on where they live and who their provider is. A handy map has broken it down as increases come into effect today
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Mum now uses wheelchair and lives off £20 a week after trying to help stranger
Kellie Radcliffe was left with just £20 to live on after she hurt herself trying to do a good deed after trying to help an elderly woman who had fallen over outside her home
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Woman's body found in marina as man, 61, arrested on suspicion of murder
A man has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in the water at a marina in Reading as Thames Valley Police say they 'are in the very early stages of this investigation'
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Mum's car 'torched' after defending daughter's grooming gang rape lies
The mum of Eleanor Williams had her car torched in a suspected arson attack. Williams was jailed earlier this month for falsely accusing three men of raping her and mum Allison Johnston's car became engulfed in flames earlier this week
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Clever student overturns £60 parking ticket by using ChatGPT AI to write appeal
Millie Houlton managed to overturn the fine she received from York City Council - despite having a parking permit - after asking ChatGPT to write a response letter for her
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Toddler orphaned after dad dies in tragic accident six months after wife's death
The death of an ex-Marine in the British Virgin Islands earlier this month has left a toddler orphaned. The body of American Robert Safford, of North Carolina, was found floating after a boating accident