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River Thames boat capsizes with six aboard; search launched for missing person
Emergency services rushed to Sunbury Lock near Wheatleys Eyot in Surrey following reports of a small boat in trouble this morning. Five people were rescued and one is missing
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Gosport hospital opioid deaths: police identify 24 suspects
Kent and Essex police unit says files are being submitted to CPS in relation to hundreds of deaths up until 2000
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Homeless man sentenced to life for pushing stranger onto Tube tracks in random attack
A man has been jailed for life after pushing a complete stranger onto the live tracks of the London Underground.
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Stolen digger from Dorset found 1,200 miles away in rural Poland
Hitachi digger tracked down to town of Pruchnik, with arrangements made to reunite it with its owner
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Thames crossing delayed after planning costs exceed those of the world’s longest road tunnel
The 14 mile project was first proposed in 2009, and would connect Kent and Essex through a road and tunnel beneath the River Thames to reduce congestion.
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Rebekah Vardy ordered to pay £100,000 towards Rooney costs
Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay Coleen Rooney £100,000 this month towards the money she owes following the high-profile 2022 Wagatha Christie libel case.
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Holly Newton murder: Logan MacPhail identified as the 15-year-old’s killer after restrictions lifted in Hexham knife attack
MacPhail inflicted 36 knife wounds, including five "defensive" injuries. Holly was taken to hospital but couldn’t be saved.
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Auschwitz survivor, honoured by the King, dies at 100
A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor, whose story became famous as she searched for the family of a soldier who saved her, has died.
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Daniel Khalife: soldier accused of prison escape delivered package to Iranian agents in Turkey
The former member of the Royal Signals, who denies the charges, told MI6 he wanted to be a double agent, a jury hears.
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Disgraced presenter Huw Edwards lists six-bedroom Dulwich home for sale at £4.75 million
Disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards has put his six-bedroom Dulwich home up for sale for £4.75 million after being convicted of child porn offences.
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Christian B, Madeleine McCann suspect, cleared of unrelated sexual assault charges
Christian B’s lawyer says his client was put on trial for the sex crimes only because he is the suspect for the abduction of Madeleine, who vanished from her family’s rented holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007.
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Four people hospitalized after a school bus overturns in Northern Ireland
Most of those hurt were well enough to be discharged at the scene, according to the ambulance service
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Doctor secured Lucy Letby’s hospital placement despite her being suspected of murder
Registrar who exchanged more than 1,000 messages with nurse tells public inquiry he believes he was misled
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Exact date revealed for when 7,000,000 workers could receive extra sick pay
A new bill which would bolster people’s sick pay, maternity leave and protection against unfair dismissal is set to be pushed through parliament on Thursday.
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Park Royal police chase ends in tragic crash, leaving a 17-year-old boy dead and another fighting for life
Four males were in the car at the time of the crash outside the Central Middlesex Hospital in west London, with one now dead, two in hospital, and a third not thought to be seriously injured
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15-year-old boy rushed to hospital after stabbing at Sloane Square Tube station
A 15-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at Sloane Square Tube station.
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Reports of XL bully cruelty surge since ban, including cases of decapitation and being left for dead in a cage
Reports of intentional harm towards the breed have risen 164% and abandonments have gone up by 692%, says the RSPCA.
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King Charles will ’pause cancer treatment’ during high-profile overseas royal tour
Both King Charles and Queen Camilla are gearing up to travel to both Australia and Samoa next week - with the King said to be making a change to cancer treatment while overseas
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One person dead and three injured following an explosion at a block of flats
One man has died and at least three more people have been injured after an explosion ripped through a block of flats.
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Prince Andrew faces eviction from royal lodge, told to ’pay up or get out’
Prince Andrew has been given a deadline to find £2million for repairs to Royal Lodge, otherwise he faces being kicked out of the property, a source has claimed
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Long-term UK residents fear being ’locked out’ by eVisas
Physical documents proving residence rights to be replaced by online visas at end of year despite functionality concerns
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Private firms operated nearly all care homes in England that were forced to shut due to breaches
Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt set to attend UK international investment summit
Labour hopes the gathering will encourage a fresh injection of private money to drive its growth agenda
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AUKUS navies remotely control ships from 10,000 miles away in an experiment
The navies of Britain, Australia and the U.S. were able to control uncrewed ships in Australia while sitting more than 10,000 miles away in Portugal as part of a series of military experiments, Britain’s Royal Navy said on Friday.
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Bahrain fails in its attempt to block a lawsuit in the UK over spyware used against dissidents
Bahrain cannot claim state immunity to block a lawsuit brought in Britain by two dissidents who say its government hacked their laptops with spyware, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Friday.