All news by author: Saskia Rowlands

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Asylum seekers being kept waiting over two hours on 24-hour Migrant Help hotline
The 24-hour Migrant Help hotline was handed £17million last year to support refugees, but asylum seekers face lengthy delays to speak to an advisor and calls often get cut off
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Price of visiting palaces rises by more than inflation in 'right royal rip-off'
Many tourist destinations including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle have seen inflation-busting hikes in fees, but the Royal Collection Trust said prices are bench-marked against other attractions
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TikTok rogues exploit Barbie to sell illegal nasal sprays linked to skin cancer
The bottles come in pink packaging emblazoned with pictures of dolls and a logo copied from the Barbie movie but contain the banned chemical melanotan II which is linked to cancer
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Jamie Oliver urges Government to give children free school meals in the holidays
Jamie Oliver says the Government must act now as a survey shows one in four secondary schoolchildren know someone their age who regularly skips meals and goes hungry
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Mum's vow to keep schoolgirl's killer behind bars forever
The distraught mum of Rebecca Aylward, 15, said: "That cowardly monster planned to kill my beautiful daughter in the most horrific way possible – he should never be released"
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Victims of 'Grenfell of the 70s' inferno call for justice to honour 50 who died
The campaign is being backed by survivors and those who lost loved ones as the horrific memories of the night in 1973 will never fade
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Archie Battersbee's mum releases unseen photo of lad who wanted to be a gymnast
Archie Battersbee's heartbroken mum Hollie Dance has shared unseen snaps of her son in action - and said he dreamed of performing as a gymnast at the Olympic Games
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Johnson's swimming pool plans on hold as councillors want archaeological dig
Parish councillors are calling for archaeologists to excavate land around Boris Johnson's Oxfordshire mansion – as its five-acre grounds are believed to have been the site of a 12th-century siege castle
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Tracker apps used by celebrities 'being abused by stalkers', charities warn
The Life 360 app is used by over three million households in the UK alone – and celebs including Tess Daly, Jamie Oliver and Gwyneth Paltrow , but charities warn they are being abused by stalkers
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Rebekah Vardy facing new court date - over Wagatha trademark with a linen firm
Rebekah, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie, owns the commercial rights to the name and could therefore use it to market a range of product - but linen firm Christy has accused her of imitating their brand
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Boris Johnson's new neighbours brutally taunt him with EU flags in their gardens
Some of Boris Johnson's new neighbours aren't pleased the ex-prime minister has moved to their village, and they're taking their revenge by loudly flying the EU flag in their gardens
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Dating app scammers rob Brits of £30million in a year as cruel cases skyrocket
Over the last year thousands have fallen foul of fraudsters and scammers with fake profiles and sob stories hoping to swindle Brits looking for love on internet dating sites
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Cop who exposed Jimmy Savile as pervert insists suspended BBC presenter is named
The former police officer who exposed Jimmy Savile as a pervert has insisted the suspended BBC presenter, who allegedly payed a teen for explicit pics, should be named
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BBC star partied with bosses at awards bash after sex pic allegations were made
Former detective Mark Williams Thomas said licence fee payers had a right to now the name and slammed the BBC, as a string of big names have confirmed it isn't them
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King's Cross wine bar co-owned by Idris Elba slapped with one-star hygiene score
Porte Noire had a spot check from Camden Council in May with inspectors calling for major improvement at the swanky nightspot which sells slow-cooked beef cheeks and burnt matcha cheesecake
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Gourmet menu for Rishi Sunak's daughter as 4m pupils go hungry in free meals row
The PM's girl Anoushka, 10, attends £22,000-a-year Glendower Prep in South Kensington, London – where pupils enjoy a menu that bosses boast 'can’t be bettered'
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How Deborah James inspired thousands to get cancer check in year since her death
The much-loved Bowel Babe – who touched the nation with a podcast chronicling her illness – passed away last June aged 40
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Devastated girlfriend spoke to Brit 10mins before he was killed in Vegas stag do
Georgia Cooke said she had been talking to her partner Chris Moran until 10 minutes before he was struck by a lorry in Las Vegas - and he was telling her how much he loved the city
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Libby Squire's mum blasts police's lack of action to crack down on peeping Toms
Libby Squire, who was raped and murdered by serial sex offender Pawel Relowicz, would still be alive today had the offender been stopped earlier, her mother Lisa said
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Homebuilder CEOs flaunt wealth but firms won't sign pledge to fix safety issues
Developers Dandara, Abbey New Homes and Rydon declined to sign a government pledge to strip over 1,000 high-rises of flammable materials to prevent another possible Grenfell tragedy
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'My daughter dreamed of being a lawyer before she was killed in beach tragedy'
Sunnah Khan's devastated mum has told of her grief after losing her 'cheeky' daughter in the Bournemouth beach tragedy 11 days ago. She has now made it her mission to spare other families her agony
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Teens aged 17 offered lip fillers as clinics flout ban and don't check IDs
Fillers can cause extreme swelling, blood clots and even blindness - and experts fear for youngsters' safety as social media pressures drive them to cheap deals
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Special moment London Bridge terror attack survivor meets the man who saved her
Eliana Caroccia was with friends in a restaurant when three knife-wielding jihadis stormed in. And Roy Larner, who was unarmed, took them on giving the woman and dozens more time to flee
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Princess Margaret's millionaire godson kicks disabled soldier out of his home
Andrew Johns, 57, moved into the cottage a decade ago and says he was promised a roof for life - but he has now been served a no-fault eviction notice and given eight weeks to leave his home
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Katie Price 'uses son's Blue Badge' to nab disabled parking spot for a meal out
Katie Price displayed a Blue Badge on the dash of her boyfriend Carl Woods’ SUV while they went out for a family meal with her three children - but 21-year-old Harvey was not with them