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All news for 2024-07-18

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Leeds riots: Shocking images reveal angry mob vandalizing police car on the street
Angry rioting broke out in a Leeds suburb today as an angry mob were seen smashing up a police car - with footage posted on social media showing large groups of people rioting
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UK employment market slows down as wage increases decelerate
Interest rate cut hangs in balance after ONS figures show annual pay growth eased to 5.7% in three months to May
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From Hunt to Hancock: six politicians under scrutiny in Covid inquiry report
While many of the failings are seen as institutional, the report names some politicians for their role in the crisis
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Royal Mail revenues boosted by election and rise in stamp prices
Parent firm’s CEO defends postal service after reported delays to ballot papers, saying: ‘What we got, we delivered’
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London’s Burning and Grange Hill star John Alford, 52, charged with sex offences involving a child
Alford will face trial at St Albans Crown Court on December 2
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Man, 24, charged with murder of 14-month-old baby girl who died after more than a year of hospital treatment
The young child was rushed to hospital but later died from her injuries
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11-year-old girl killed on her birthday by poisonous gas ’desperate’ neighbour used for bedbug infestation
Jesmin Akter failed to read the packaging before using a deadly amount of aluminium phosphide, which reacted with moisture to create the poisonous gas phosphine, likened to chemical warfare agents.
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Tiny clue leads to the collapse of £2,500,000 cannabis empire
A man has been jailed after his DNA was matched to a blood stain at a storage container where £2.5million worth of cannabis was stored.
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Just Stop Oil protesters receive record jail terms for disrupting M25
Five Just Stop Oil protesters have been jailed for planning to block the M25 motorway.
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US targets accountants linked to cartel fraud scheme
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tuesday three Mexican accountants implicated in a timeshare fraud scheme run by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels.