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All news for 2024-12-05

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The prison population in England and Wales is projected to exceed 100,000 by 2029
Rising prosecutions, higher maximum sentences and soaring number of people on remand driving growth from 86,000 today
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The Transport Secretary is unaware of the cost of rail nationalisation
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander could not say what the cost of nationalising rail operators will be, but said it would be "a fraction" of what is currently paid in management fees to train companies.
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during a crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Conor McGregor has been ordered to pay Nikhita Hand’s €1.5 million legal costs in a civil rape case
Ruling comes on top of damages fighter was ordered to pay last month after a jury found he had assaulted Hand in a Dublin hotel
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The GRU vandals: Moscow’s hired thugs are causing chaos in Estonia
Russian military intelligence (GRU) enlisted an Estonian pro-Russian propagandist to orchestrate a series of vandalism acts designed to intimidate and silence critics of Russia within Estonia.
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Brothers found guilty of raping teenage girls nearly 20 years ago
A pair of brothers have been found guilty for raping two teenage girls in Rotherham almost two decades ago.
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Man charged with operating a cannabis farm after house explosion that killed 7-year-old boy
A man has been charged with two counts of manslaughter after a seven-year-old boy and father were killed in a major house explosion in Newcastle.
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Missing Hannah Kobayashi linked to ’green card scam marriage’
Missing photographer Hannah Kobayashi has been linked to a ’green card scam marriage’ nearly a month after disappearing from Los Angeles airport.
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Assassin’s chilling three-word message found on bullets used in shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
An assassin is believed to have left a chilling three-word message on the bullets used to shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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The coal route to Switzerland: how Ukrainian trader Dmytro Kovalenko bypasses sanctions and collaborates with Russia
Coal supply remains a critical issue for Ukraine. Since 2014, the occupying country has nearly eliminated Ukraine’s ability to mine and deliver this resource from Donbas.