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Women failed as quarter convicted of exposure go on to commit further crimes
Since 2018 there have been 219 cases where a person convicted of exposure have gone on to commit violent sex crimes such as rape, including killer cop Wayne Couzens, with the Lib Dems warning the justice system is failing women and girls
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'Killing must halt and help be allowed in to two million Palestinians trapped'
What Hamas did on October 7, butchering 1,400 Israelis and seizing more than 200 hostages, was a war crime. So too is taking the lives of many more Palestinians
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Donald Trump Jr crack jokes as he testifies in father's fraud trial in New York
Donald Trump Jr joked as news photographers took his photo before taking to the stand to answer questions about his education and career at the family business, the Trump Organisation
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Rishi Sunak denies he's planning secret new career after Downing Street
The Prime Minister shot down rumours he is plotting a surprise change in career as he welcomed world leaders and tech bosses for a summit on Artificial Intelligence
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US Vice-President warns AI is 'currently causing harm' in London speech
Joe Biden's deputy warned concerns about Artificial Intelligence must go beyond 'existential' fears about threats of cyber attacks or bioweapons as she laid out how the tech could harm
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Top aide claims women lost lives in pandemic as macho No10 focused on hunting
Helen MacNamara, who was Britain’s most senior female civil servant, said Boris Johnson let the country down by not tackling the 'toxic' culture in Downing Street
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Are you surprised by the Covid Inquiry findings - vote in our poll
The Covid Inquiry has shined light on the chaos in No10 in the lead up to the first lockdown, with Boris Johnson suggesting Covid is "nature’s way of dealing with old people"
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Boris Johnson asked experts if you could kill Covid by blowing hairdryer up nose
The then-PM questioned Government health experts on whether people could get rid of coronavirus with hot air after he watched a YouTube clip that suggested this
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Ruthie Henshall's message to Boris Johnson over her mum's care home death
The actor and singer, whose mum Gloria passed away in lockdown, said she was 'deeply shocked and offended' by Boris Johnson's attitude towards older people during Covid
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Kids devastated after binmen throw away carved pumpkins night before Halloween
Residents in south London were left devastated after binmen seemingly accidentally took their carved pumpkins and threw them out, the night before Halloween
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I'm A Celeb star says Nigel Farage will win as MP 'holds talks' to take part
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! 2022 is set to get underway in the next few weeks, with multiple well-known celebrity faces set to go into the jungle – one of which is tipped to be Nigel Farage
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Dominic Cummings set to give explosive evidence at Covid Inquiry - live updates
In a scathing series of WhatsApp messages Mr Cummings said the former PM was "melting down" in the buildup to the first lockdown and branded officials "terrifyingly s***"
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Donald Trump and Melania brush away split rumours at raucous Halloween party
Donald Trump and wife Melania have been seen in public together for the first time since Easter as they joined a Halloween bash at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
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16 bombshells from day of nightmare revelations at Covid Inquiry on Halloween
Evidence from Boris Johnson's ex-adviser Dominic Cummings and his ex-communications chief Lee Cain revealed the terrifying chaos at the heart of No10 during the pandemic
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Donald and Ivanka Trump's tense bond - as she returns to his side despite 'feud'
At times slammed as a fair-weather supporter, Ivanka Trump was regularly seen by her dad Donald's side during his Presidency only to melt away in the aftermath of the January 6 Riot in Washington DC
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Voters fear AI-fuelled fake news could threaten next general election
A study marking Journalism Matters week comes as world and tech leaders gather for the first Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire
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Boris Johnson said 'the old should accept their fate' in sick Covid death jibe
Boris Johnson claimed coronavirus was 'nature's way of dealing with old people' as he refused to introduce lockdown restrictions that could have saved lives during the pandemic
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Parents forced to pay £1,900-a-month for cannabis for children
Fewer than five NHS prescriptions for unlicensed medical cannabis were given between November 2018 and July 2022, according to data that was released in January
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'Covid brought out best in so many - even Piers Morgan – but the worst in Boris'
As the Covid Inquiry has been revealing, the Government's handling of it was even more shambolic and useless that we'd thought
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'The Tories fatally let down Britain during Covid - voters should remember that'
Families mourning lost elderly relatives will be outraged that then Prime Minister Boris Johnson saw the virus as 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'
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Boris Johnson refused to sack Matt Hancock despite warning he was 'killing' old
In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS
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BBC and Sky News forced to apologise over Dominic Cummings' explicit texts
The broadcasters were left in a flap as expletive heavy messages were read unfiltered during the Covid inquiry - but some viewers argued 'the swearing isn't the offensive part of this'
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Rishi Sunak ignored pleas from Covid experts to give workers cash to isolate
Government scientists told Rishi Sunak when he was Chancellor that he should provide money to make it financially viable for those on low incomes to quarantine at home
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'The battle to keep rail ticket offices is over, but the war is not won yet'
The Transport Secretary has pulled back now, but is he genuinely abandoning the journey, Paul Routledge asks, or merely changing trains and not the destination?
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Keir Starmer's car ambushed after he defends not calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
More than a dozen demonstrators who surrounded the Labour leader's Land Rover Discovery were pushed back by police following his speech to the Chatham House think tank