All news by author: Joe Smith

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Met Office say 'no signals' of sunshine to return ahead of Bank Holiday weekend
The heat from the past few days has built up, feeding more humidity into the atmosphere which leads to the clouds that cause thunderstorms, forecasters have said
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Pilot killed in replica Spitfire crash 'died following his passion' says widow
Former RBS marketing executive Trevor Bailey, 68, died after the replica spitfire plane he was flying crashed in a field in Enstone, Oxfordshire on Tuesday afternoon
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Beverley Allitt - the nurse who murdered 4 kids and may have inspired Lucy Letby
"Angel of Death" nurse Beverley Allitt was given 13 life sentences at after murdering four children, she also attempted to murder three others and caused grievous bodily harm to another six
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Twisted 'Sixth Commandment' killer forced to pay £124k to his victims' families
Ben Field preyed upon elderly neighbours Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin, gaslighting them and convincing them to change their wills to leave him tens of thousands of pounds
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Doomsday cult Brits tried to build 'nuclear dirty bomb' for 'radioactive attack'
Austrian police have arrested two Brits and an accomplice after medics called to their home in Ruden found a huge stash of weapons and explosives and raised the alarm
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'Amazing' girl, 8, skipped home on last day of school and was dead 2 weeks later
Emily Smith had just started her school holidays when she told parents Andy and Sarah that she had an “unusual” feeling in her arm - just 12 days later she died in hospital
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Real reason why William didn't go to Australia to watch Women's World Cup final
It has been suggested a matter of protocol may be barring Prince William from attending the England Team's World Cup match in Australia as well as environmental concerns
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Couple found dead in home - and bodies may have been there for SIX MONTHS
Detectives investigating the deaths at a property in Newry, Northern Ireland, say they are not treating the circumstances as suspicious however they have said they believe the couple might have died some time ago
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Andrew is 'long-term problem' as he's braced for more Epstein bombshells
A palace source said that Andrew is "more of a long-term problem than Harry and Meghan" as "more stuff" could come out about his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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Ways to spot five diseases years before you can be diagnosed with them
Sometimes this can be due to a lack of knowledge of the part of the patient but some conditions can have very few symptoms or show symptoms that look like another illness, causing delays in treatment
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Lucy Letby sent colleagues chilling texts to gain sympathy as she killed babies
After Letby killed babies she would send texts to her colleagues claiming to be heartbroken and looking for sympathy, even asking to work more shifts on the intensive neonatal unit
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Prince William 'broke royal brother's pact' leaving Harry heartbroken
Prince Harry described how his brother, Prince William, broke a pact they had made based on their experience growing up watching their father
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More Boots stores to shut as 300 sites are set to close down permanently
The firm has made the drastic move as part of plans to reduce their shops across the brand from 2,200 to 19,00
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Man held after Hartlepool night of chaos sees homes evacuated and cars torched
Terrified residents were left in fear for their lives after they were forced to flee their homes while emergency crews tackled a string of fires
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Kerry Katona begs daughter to have a baby so she can be a young grandmother
Kerry’s 21-year-old daughter, Molly, currently lives in Ireland with her grandparents and she does not seem to be in any rush to have children
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Sophie Ellis Bextor fans slam 'unfun' BBC for 'rude' response to Glastonbury set
Sophie Ellis Bextor fans have been left fuming at the BBC following a Glastonbury performance which the singer called the highlight of her career
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Love Island guest booed by Aftersun audience as she angers with Mehdi remark
Rapper Stefflon Don provoked an angry reaction from Love Island fans as she speculated over Mehdi's sexuality on the live ITV2 spin-off show
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Katie Price's mum says Dwight Yorke is only one of daughter's exes she liked
Amy Price said 'my heart sank'when her daughter first revealed she was dating the footballer because of his reputation with women
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Netflix viewers blast ‘shameless’ decision to stream Titanic after sub tragedy
The company has been accused by some of cashing in on the disaster while the Titanic is back in the headlines, with online commenters blasting the decision to stream the 90s blockbuster now
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Boy, 5, dies after plunging from harbour wall in horror fall
We'll be bringing you all the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story
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'Major blow' to Maddie McCann probe for cops investigating Algarve dam site
German prosecutors have spent the past two weeks carefully going over items found during their search of the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal
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Wagner chief smiles in selfies as he leaves Russia for exile after Putin bust-up
The 62-year-old looked unphased at the failure of his armed march on Moscow yesterday as he returned to the Wagner base of operations at Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia
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Youngest person to explore Titanic says he would never have gone on Titan sub
Sebastian Harris descended 12,500 feet to visit the historic wreck with his father G Michael Harris when he was just 13 years old, he criticised safety aboard the Titan sub
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James Cameron says Titan sub's Achilles heel was 'fundamentally-flawed' hull
The Hollywood director, who is an undersea expert, also shared the potentially horrifying revelation that the crew may have known something was wrong before the disaster
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Brit UFO hunter says new snaps are 'definitive evidence' that 'we are not alone'
The spooky snaps reveal an “alien flying saucer” according to John Mooner who photographed the strange visitor over Devon