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£5,000,000 stately home, once owned by a historic British record holder, burned to the ground
A £5million stately home that that used to belong to the British land speed record holder has burned to the ground.
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Mohamed al-Fayed’s daughter acquitted of stealing her brother’s £1900 iPhone
Camilla Fayed was accused of robbing her brother’s £1900 iPhone in the gym of their family’s estate, Barrow Green Court, in Surrey, back in May 2020.
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Grave exhumed near the Northern Ireland border in search for IRA ’disappeared’
Search for Joe Lynskey, who was murdered and secretly buried by IRA in 1972, takes place in County Monaghan
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Baby boy fighting for his life after being found injured and unresponsive at home, with a man and woman charged
A baby boy is fighting for his life after being found injured and unresponsive at home. Police rushed to a house in Seacombe, Wirral, on Sunday following reports of concern for a child.
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South Korean leader calls for action over North Korean troops spotted in Russia
President Yoon Suk Yeol met with a Ukrainian delegation as the North Korean troop deployment threatens to expand the war.
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Car crashes into hospital, injuring three, as fire and ambulance services respond to the scene
A car crashed into a temporary building at Torbay Hospital in Torquay, Devon, this morning, injuring three people as fire and ambulance services rushed to the scene.
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Iconic London club, popular with celebrities, closed over ’serious crime’ allegation
Soho’s Groucho Club has been closed with immediate effect over claims it is associated with ‘serious crime’.
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Lucky Brit wins colossal £177m EuroMillions jackpot, third biggest win of all time
The UK ticket holder is believed to have won the third biggest National Lottery win of all time, with it being described as a "truly incredible night" for the winner
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Drake takes legal action over Kendrick Lamar’s ’false’ sex offender accusation
Drake has launched legal action against his and Kendrick Lamar’s label UMG, claiming the Humble rapper ‘falsely’ accused him of being a ‘sex offender’.
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Tesco and Ocado remove Conor McGregor’s whiskey from their shelves
Tesco has said it will no longer sell Conor McGregor’s whiskey after the UFC star was found to have assaulted a woman who accused him of raping her.
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Drones spotted again over three US air bases in the UK
It comes after unidentified drones were previously spotted between Wednesday and Friday of last week over the same three airbases.
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Tenbury Wells tractor driver arrested after ’video captured him driving through flooded streets’
A video shared on social media showed a wave created from a tractor, which smashed into shop windows as UK floods water surged through the historic town of Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
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Man in his 30s fighting for his life after suspected ’chemical attack’
Five people have been arrested after a man was attacked with a ‘chemical’ substance on a high street.
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Extra bank holiday ’planned for next year’ as the UK prepares to celebrate a major anniversary
World War Two veterans, around 70,000 of whom remain in 2024, have given their full support to the prospective plans that could give Britons an extra four-day weekend
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Boy, 3, found buried in his garden, ’died due to parents’ shocking cruelty
A three-year-old boy whose parents ‘secretly’ buried him behind their home was ‘dreadfully neglected’, a court has heard.
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Body discovered on Scottish island during search for missing 28-year-old hairdresser
A body has been found after a major search for a 28-year-old woman missing in the Outer Hebrides.
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Conor McGregor removed from video game ’effective immediately’ following court case
Conor McGregor has been axed from the popular video game franchise Hitman following his civil court case.
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Twelve British soldiers injured in Estonia after Army minibuses collide in severe snow pile-up
Twelve British soldiers have been injured after a major traffic accident on the Tallinn-Narva highway in Estonia involving two minibuses transporting NATO troops to their base.
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A 25-year-old Briton found dead in Greek waters after ’losing consciousness while diving,’ with two people arrested
The 25-year-old male was found dead in the sea after ‘losing consciousness while diving’ in Vouliagmeni, south of Athens, Greece, on Saturday afternoon
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British ex-soldier ’captured by Russian troops while fighting in Kursk’ after leaving the UK to join the Ukraine frontline
Fighting in the Kursk region has intensified after Ukraine troops gained ground there
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Body found in Wales as Storm Bert continues to batter the UK
A body has been found in Wales during widespread flooding, as disruption from Storm Bert continues in many parts of the UK.
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Perfume boss admits to ignoring Russia sanctions
A British businessman caught on camera confessing he was illegally selling luxury perfume to Russia is not facing criminal charges, the BBC has learned.
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Army officer charged over dummy grenade incident at Edinburgh Airport
According to government guidance, imitation explosive devices, as well as mines, grenades, and other explosive military stores, cannot be taken on planes in either hand luggage or in the hold.
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Dramatic moment police wrestle man to the ground as he flees on e-bike with a loaded gun
Police officers in Birmingham wrestled a gunman to the ground as he attempted to flee on an e-bike.
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‘Unique’ cemetery tells grieving relatives they must pay for VIP passes to visit graves
A cemetery has started charging £5 per visit to their loved one’s graves.