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Police investigating historical sexual offense allegations against Russell Brand have reportedly submitted a file to the CPS
Russell Brand has denied the allegations against him and has said his relationships were "always consensual".
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A 10-year-old girl has died after being attacked by her family’s dog at home
A 10-year-old girl has died after being mauled by her family’s dog.
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King Charles cuts ties with Prince Andrew and revokes his £1 million allowance amid Epstein scandal
There has been increasing pressure to evict Andrew from Royal Lodge and move him to a smaller residence.
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In 1995, police dismissed a teenager’s sexual assault allegation against Mohamed Al Fayed
Family of Samantha-Jane Ramsay says she made allegation 10 years before police say first complaint made
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A man has been sentenced to prison for falsely claiming that he had fought for the Wagner group in Ukraine
Piotr Kucharski wore insignia for proscribed terror group on combat clothing at Suffolk Viking re-enactment
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UK still suffering from trauma of Liz Truss, says Treasury chief
Darren Jones says ‘we’ve all got PTSD’ after Truss’s 2022 mini-budget, amid market jitters after this week’s budget
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Moment drink-driver intentionally crashes into Chequers gates, causing £38,000 in damages
Shocking footage shows the moment a drink driver caused more than £38,000 worth of damage by crashing into the Prime Minister’s country residence.
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Rachel Reeves faces backlash over inheritance tax hike, accused of neglecting small family businesses
Chancellor also criticised for letting the very rich off the hook with a lower than expected rise in capital gains tax
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Five individuals remain in jail 16 years after receiving IPP sentences of less than six months
‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars
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Security boost after detective stole £400k of cocaine
The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has said the force’s security has been "tightened up" after an "irredeemably corrupt" detective stole cocaine valued at £400,000 from property stores.
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Wildlife Trusts purchase Rothbury estate in England’s largest land sale in 30 years
Charities plan to create flagship for nature recovery on 3,850-hectare portion of estate sold by Duke of Northumberland’s son
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CNN guest removed from air after telling Muslim journalist, ‘I hope your beeper doesn’t go off’
A writer has been banned for life from CNN after telling a British Muslim journalist he hoped his ‘beeper doesn’t go off’.
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Hazardous new drugs found in fake medications across the UK
Super-strength drugs linked to hundreds of deaths have been found in samples of fake medicines bought across the UK, the BBC can reveal.
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Tickets for thousands of Oasis fans could face cancellation
The promoters of Oasis’s reunion concerts have announced they will begin cancelling tickets which have ‘broken the terms and conditions’ in the coming weeks.
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CCTV ’captured the tragic moment’ Liam Payne fell from a hotel balcony
Liam Payne fell to his death from the third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this month. It has been claimed that he fell after ’fainting’
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Russian ship ’Ruby,’ dubbed a ’floating bomb’ and carrying 20,000 tonnes of explosives, docks at UK port
Ruby, a Russian cargo ship, is understood to contain seven times the amount of explosives than those that tore through the Lebanese city of Beirut in 2020 and has been turned away by several nations
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Woman mistakenly classified as male and sent to an all-male prison
Once the gaffe came to light at HMP Perth, the woman was kept in segregation overnight and transported to the female prison estate the following morning.
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Police accessed sensitive files on Sarah Everard out of ‘curiosity,’ panel told
Seven Met officers accused of accessing X-rays and witness information after Wayne Couzens was arrested
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Cult members jailed for storming court and trying to kidnap a coroner
Members of a cult who tried to kidnap a coroner for ‘detrimental necromancy’ have been jailed.
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Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months after admitting lies about refugee
Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to showing a defamatory video of a Syrian refugee during a protest last year.
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Fertility rate in England and Wales falls to lowest level since records began in 1938
The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level since records began, according to government data.
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British lawmakers accuse Starmer of having a ’colonial mindset’ in the slavery reparations debate
Some British Labour lawmakers on Sunday accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of having a "colonial mindset" and trying to silence nations pushing for discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery at this month’s Commonwealth summit in Samoa.
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Mother who died in tower block tragedy reportedly fell from window while smoking
A heavily pregnant mum who fell 90ft to her death from a tower block in Leeds may have been the victim of a tragic accident.
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Labour MP Mike Amesbury is cooperating with police in an investigation into an assault involving a backbencher
Labour MP Mike Amesbury says he is cooperating with police investigating reports of an assault involving the backbencher.
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UK government warned to change drug policy or face increased poisoning deaths
Experts call for consumption rooms and wider testing of substances, as number of people dying hits new high