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Drug smugglers convicted for shipping large cocaine haul hidden in banana boxes through Portsmouth port
Organised criminals that smuggled a large amount of cocaine in a shipment of bananas through Portsmouth port have been convicted.
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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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Florida issued new Category 3 Hurricane Nadine warning just hours after facing monster Hurricane Milton
The hurricane has calmed since exploding onto US soil, dropping from a Category 4 to a Category 1. But forecasters have now warned that Potential Hurricane Nadine could exceed the already dangerous benchmark
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Croatian police accused of burning asylum seekers’ phones and passports
Photos of burnt belongings – including documents needed to apply for asylum – are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU borders
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Autistic people in service in British intelligence
The BBC has been given rare access inside MI5’s headquarters in London to meet a senior intelligence officer who shares what it was like to discover he was neurodivergent.
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Helene was supercharged by ultra-warm water made 500 times more likely by global warming, study finds
The exceptionally warm water of the Gulf of Mexico that supercharged deadly Helene last month was made up to 500 times more likely by human-caused climate change, which also ramped up the hurricane’s wind and rain, according to a new scientific analysis.
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Two boys murdered in a ’revenge attack’ were innocent victims of mistaken identity
Two boys murdered in a ‘revenge attack’ by four other teenagers and a man wielding ‘fearsome weapons’ were completely innocent victims of mistaken identity, a court has heard.
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Premier League star ’almost died’ after fainting on a flight
Brighton star Julio Enciso says he ‘almost died’ after fainting on his flight to Ecuador with a fellow passenger coming to his rescue.
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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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Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory leadership race
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are through to the final round of the Conservative leadership race after knocking out James Cleverly.
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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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Meta launches its AI chatbot in the UK on Facebook and Instagram
The assistant, which has sparked privacy concerns, can also be accessed on £299 Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses
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Urgent warning issued over ’convincing’ fake NHS dentist website that ’steals personal details and money’
Do you know how to spot a dodgy site from the real deal? Find out below
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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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British woman ’stabbed after being ambushed’ in Spain
A British woman was stabbed during an robbery in the coastal region of Costa Brava in northeastern Spain.
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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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Man arrested on suspicion of Mary Ward’s murder
A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Dublin on suspicion of the murder of 22-year-old Mary Ward who was found dead in south Belfast.
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Las Vegas casino demolished in the most quintessentially Las Vegas manner
‘I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,’ James Bond says in the 1971 film ‘Diamonds are Forever’.
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How private equity and an ambitious landlord put Steward Health Care on life support
Nearly 300,000 internal documents leaked from Steward Health Care to OCCRP show how a private equity firm, real estate investors and top executives drained billions from the hospital operator as it lurched towards bankruptcy and failed hospital patients.
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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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Son of Kinahan cartel kingpin Thomas Kavanagh extradited to UK for firearms offences
The son of Kinahan cartel kingpin Thomas Kavanagh has been extradited to the UK to face trial for firearms offences.
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Afghan man ’plotted ISIS terror attack on US election day’ and ’purchased AK-47s and ammunition’
An Afghan man has been arrested and charged with plotting a terror attack for the US presidential election day.
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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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UK auction house cancels ’disrespectful’ sale of shrunken heads and skulls
Museums and Indian minister criticised Swan auction house in Oxfordshire over sale of human remains
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Startup develops eco-friendly onion skin packaging to combat waste
An innovative business in Oban is creating sustainable packaging from onion skins, aiming to reduce waste and lower emissions