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Rishi Sunak condemns Iran’s ’reckless attack’ on Israel and says regime is ’sowing chaos in backyard’
The Prime Minister said the UK will "continue to stand up for Israel’s security and that of all our regional partners" as reports suggested RAF Typhoons would be involved in protecting the country on Saturday
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Grand National 2024 prize money: How much winning owners and jockeys are paid at Aintree
The Grand National took place on Saturday afternoon at Aintree Racecourse, with I Am Maximus going off as joint favourite and romping to victory, ensuring a fat payday for owner JP McManus
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Grand National security ’planning for worst case scenario’ at Aintree as terror attack ’likely’
Extra security measures have been introduced for the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in Merseyside after Animal Rising’s protest last year – as well as increased risk of a terror attack in the UK
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Children as young as nine added to toxic WhatsApp group promoting sexual violence and self-harm
The WhatsApp group is said to have promoted self-harm, sexual violence and racism, and Northumbria Police has warned schools across Tyneside about the dangers of the messaging app
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Cafe owner once friendly with David Cameron found guilty of sexual assaults
Victims have revealed they were left ’very distressed’
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Massive 40% rise in emergency calls for people ’at risk of freezing to death’
Emergency calls for people at risk of freezing to death have shot up by around 40% in England since 2019, according to new data released with more than half of them elderly
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State pension warning as 400,000 Brits face unexpected HMRC bill
The state pension increased by 8.5% this month, in line with September 2023’s wage growth figures, but the latest hike could lead 400,000 people into income tax brackets
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Ex-Post Office boss blamed ’subbies with hand in till’ for Horizon shortfalls in 2009 email
Ex-Post Office boss Alan Cook said his ’instincts’ told him cash-strapped subpostmasters were stealing from tills as they were struggling due to the recession in an email in 2009
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British tourist found dead in Thailand drain following pub crawl on notorious ’Death Island’
Brit backpacker Theo Bailey, believed to be in his 30s, was sadly found lifeless in a shallow water drainage ditch the following day outside the Roctapus diving centre on Koh Tao Island
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OJ Simpson’s savage ’cheating’ dig at Donald Trump after he split from wife
As former President Donald Trump prepared to marry his second wife, Marla Maples, OJ Simpson had some strange advice and a jab for the real estate mogul back in 1993
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Post Office scandal victim jailed while pregnant rejects boss’s apology for celebrating conviction
Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was sentenced to 15 months in 2010, said she still has nightmares about her imprisonment and that she did not accept David Smith’s apology
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A Heathrow employee was caught stealing a weary passenger’s suitcase, rifling through it, and absconding with £29,000 worth of jewelry
Priti Sthankiya told police she was "going through a difficult time" after admitting she wheeled the woman’s bag away from Terminal 2 and hid it under a carousel before removing valuables
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The infamous bloody gloves from the O.J. Simpson trial are still held as evidence, preserved for decades
The infamous black gloves from OJ Simpson’s 1995 double-murder trial are being kept in a lock-up long after the ex-NFL star was acquitted by a jury
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Hundreds of passengers stranded with flights cancelled as ‘pothole’ appears on the runway at busy UK airport
A passenger onboard a BA flight described the moment the ’pothole’ was discovered
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Drug-fuelled thug guilty of murder after telling victim ’payback’s a bi**h’ following champagne bottle attack
’Never underestimate a short-a**e’, Dean Hughes told Shane Maloney as he lay unconscious
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Michelle Donelan’s libel bills cost taxpayers £34,000
Legal bills paid by the taxpayer after Science Secretary Michelle Donelan falsely accused an academic of extremism came to more than £34,000.
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Former Prime Minister ‘had an affair with staff member while in Downing Street’
An adviser to Harold Wilson has revealed that the former PM had an affair with his deputy press secretary while in Downing Street. Joe Haines agreed with former adviser Bernard Donoughue to reveal Harold Wilson’s affair with Janet Hewlett-Davies due to its importance to the ‘historical record’. The bombshell was revealed on Wednesday evening during an interview with The Times newspaper – and this morning Lord Donoughue told the BBC they agreed to reveal the 50-year-old secret following Ms Hewlett-Davies’ death last October. ‘We kept it secret because we thought it would be used damagingly against him at that time,’ Lord Donoughue said. ‘There’s no reason for that now, and we waited until they had both died – Wilson some time ago and Janet just a few months ago, and so I felt as a sometime historian this was important to go in the historical record of Harold Wilson.’ Lord Donoughue said the then-prime minister had cryptically confessed the affair to him during a walk around Number 10 towards the end of his premiership. ‘He, in a very Wilsonian way, because he wasn’t a very direct person, he said he was very pleased I was a friend of Janet,’ he explained. ‘So I, knowing him, know that he would not have raised that unless he had got some interest or concern, so I knew that he was asking me: did I know about him and Janet?
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The Ministry of Defence faces accusations of "dangerous levels of incompetence" for lacking awareness of who has accessed nuclear secrets
The Atomic Weapons Establishment says a ’software update’ means it has lost track of who has used its highly-classified databases.
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The implementation of new Brexit checks is projected to cost UK businesses £2 billion and could contribute to fueling inflation
Additional measures from 30 April for imported animal and plant products could hike costs by 10% in first year, says Allianz Trade
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Rishi Sunak allocated £2 million for focus groups to gather feedback on the "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme
Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consulted
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Police storm a plane from Manchester Airport following an emergency diversion prompted by an unruly passenger
A plane from Manchester was forced to divert due to an ’unruly passenger’, leading to police storming the aircraft on Tuesday night (April 10).
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Former council house in London is on the market for £3,500,000
This unassuming home may have a deceptively modest exterior, but it’s price tag is pretty eye-watering at a cool £3.5 million.
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Student died after using two to three ‘big bottles’ of laughing gas a day
A student who may have been killed by long-term use of laughing gas was inhaling two to three “big bottles” of the substance each day, an inquest into her death has heard.
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A 17-year-old boy tragically passes away after falling into a river while riding an inflatable canoe with friends in Bolton
A 17-year-old boy was pulled from the River Croal in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and pronounced dead at the scene after falling into the water while riding an inflatable canoe
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Police Scotland reports that only 3.8% of complaints related to hate crimes have been verified as authentic thus far
Official data for first week shows 7,152 reports received though nearly half of those were made on 1 April