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03 Jan 2025 905

Chilling items of Trump Tower hotel bomber’s Tesla Cybertruck

As investigators probe the motive behind the Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, they have laid bare the contents of the truck, displaying the scale of explosive material inside.

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03 Jan 2025 855

George Michael’s estate earns £292,000 weekly from Netflix series and Wham

The estate of the late George Michael - who died in December 2016 - raked in an astonishing £292,424-a-week in the past two years, accounts show.

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03 Jan 2025 817

Company led by former UK ethics envoy earns £13m from non-profit visa services

Cloud Bai-Yun was asked to resign from Ecctis, which runs language and qualifications tests for UK visa applicants.

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03 Jan 2025 676

’Snooty’ town declared the most desirable place to live in the UK in 2025

Just 33 miles north of central London, you’ll find Harpenden – the ‘snooty’ but ‘beautiful’ place ranked the most desirable to live in 2025.

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03 Jan 2025 666

Seven-month-old baby boy dies after car veers off road and crashes into tree

A seven-month old baby boy has been killed as a car plowed into a tree in Lincolnshire amid ‘icy conditions’.

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03 Jan 2025 757

New bill proposes travel restrictions and social media bans for suspected people smugglers

Critics say border security bill for England and Wales likely to have minimal effect as record number of people cross Channel illegally.

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03 Jan 2025 1042

TV icon tops list of highest-earning British comics with over £27m in 2024 thanks to huge residency

Peter Kay laughed all the way to the bank in 2024 — as the world’s fourth biggest comedy earner.

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03 Jan 2025 552

Elvis Presley estate locked in legal battle over sale of ’stolen’ £1.6million items

Days before what would have been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday, a lawsuit has been lodged over more than £1.6million of items supposedly bought from his manager in 1990

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02 Jan 2025 672

Nationwide reports UK house prices surge 4.7%, approaching record highs

UK house prices increased for the fourth month in a row in December, sitting just below an all-time high according to Nationwide Building Society.

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02 Jan 2025 639

Coventry woman missing for 52 years found alive and well

Mystery of Sheila Fox’s disappearance at 16 solved after fresh police appeal.

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02 Jan 2025 1103

Scottish comedian Rachel Jackson jailed after rant at Nashville airport

A Scottish actress launched into a foul-mouthed tirade with airport police after refusing to take orders, instead claiming she would only listen to an airline captain because of Titanic.

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01 Jan 2025 715

The Royal Navy recalled 200 sailors on Christmas Day to monitor Russian warships

The Royal Navy recalled nearly 200 sailors on Christmas Day to shadow Russian warships for 500 miles in the North Sea and through the English Channel.

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01 Jan 2025 863

Floods lead to major incident being declared in Manchester

Police say they are supporting clean-up operations which taking place following floods across Greater Manchester in Bolton, Didsbury, Harpurhey, Stalybridge, Stockport and Wigan - along with the Environment Agency, National Highways and the fire service.

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01 Jan 2025 603

Prisons in England and Wales have seen a rapid increase in the use of drones to deliver drugs

Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures showed the number of aerial incursions predicted to have tripled in two years.

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01 Jan 2025 620

NHS error leaves over 800 Derbyshire families without genetic test results

More than 800 African-Caribbean families in Derbyshire were not sent results of tests for genetic blood disorders

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01 Jan 2025 863

New Year’s Eve celebrations in Birmingham ruined by fake fireworks news

Thousands of revellers in Birmingham were disappointed at the stroke of midnight when a New Year firework display turned out to be fake news.

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01 Jan 2025 814

Two men injured, one seriously, as car ’swerves towards crowds’ during New Year fireworks on Primrose Hill

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving, causing grievous bodily harm and possession of controlled drugs, after a car swerved towards crowds of people watching the New Year fireworks in London.

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31 Dec 2024 858

Teen girl causes chaos on EasyJet flight, forcing emergency landing in Italy

A flight full of Brits was forced to make an emergency landing after a teenage girl attacked a cabin crew member and attempted to open the plane door mid-flight.

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31 Dec 2024 643

Boy, 16, fighting for life after being sprayed with ’unknown substance’ in Anfield home

The 16-year-old victim was sprayed with an ’unknown substance’ and also suffered slash wounds to his head, back and buttocks during the assault in Anfield, Liverpool

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31 Dec 2024 602

£10m jewellery heist exposes gaps in Camden’s security despite armed guards nearby

The victims of a £10 million jewellery heist said it was ‘100% a pre planned job’ by a highly professional thief.

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31 Dec 2024 622

Millionaire influencer reveals she’s victim of £10.4 million jewellery heist and offers £1.5 million reward for thieves’ capture

Her social media account had previously showcased some of the items that were stolen earlier this month.

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30 Dec 2024 631

The UK’s richest plumber from £70m fortune quitting Britain over Labour tax raid

Charlie Mullins is the country’s richest plumber but has moved to Spain over fears he could be hit with a nasty inheritance tax bill.

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30 Dec 2024 876

Police seize 6,000 illegal wild bird eggs in largest haul in UK history

Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggs

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30 Dec 2024 603

Man ‘stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend’ in north London

A man who was stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend in north west London has been named.

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30 Dec 2024 740

British teen, 18, ’surrenders’ to Dubai authorities to begin one-year sentence after ’holiday romance’ with girl, 17, in UAE

A British teenager who was sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail following a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl from London has handed himself in to UAE authorities.