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All news for 2024-12-30

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David Beckham earns £28m in dividends as personal brand flourishes
Former footballer’s commercial tie-ups with Stella Artois and Boss offset losses at TV production studio
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Edinburgh’s New Year’s Eve events canceled due to severe weather forecast
Hogmanay festival organisers cancel outdoor events with high winds and rain predicted to hit city in coming days
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Underwater cable linking Estonia and Finland damaged in suspected Russian sabotage
Electricity cable link to Estonia was damaged on Christmas Day in suspected Russian act of sabotage
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Britain’s richest plumber Charlie Mullins moves to Marbella to escape tax hikes
Charlie Mullins is the country’s richest plumber but has moved to Spain over fears he could be hit with a nasty inheritance tax bill.
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Pyramid mastermind Yehor Alshevski faces global scrutiny for $20M fraud
The New Ostap Bender of his time, Yehor Valerevich Alshevski (previously Evdakov) (Alshevsky), achieved success through the IRS and Kairos Technologies projects.
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LastPass breach fuels over $250M in crypto theft: $5.4M lost in latest attack
Crypto holders urged to act as attackers leverage 2-years old LastPass breach to drain millions despite strong encryption claims.
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Jewellery worth £10.4m and designer bags stolen in London house burglary
A huge haul of Hermes handbags, cash, and bespoke jewellery worth millions of pounds has been stolen from a home in London.
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Five individuals, including a former friend, charged over Liam Payne’s fatal hotel plunge
Argentinian media are reporting five people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne.
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Russian footballer dies in Ukraine after joining war effort to avoid drugs conviction
Aleksei Bugayev, who was part of the Russia team that featured at Euro 2004, playing two games before later retiring from football in 2010, has been killed on the frontline while fighting in the Ukraine conflict
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Horror Salford double-decker bus crash leaves five in hospital, police provide major update
Five people were taken to hospital following a collision between a black Mercedes-Benz car and Bee Network bus on Sunday and has led to a police investigation into the circumstances around the crash