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BBC ‘appalled’ by Huw Edwards as disgraced star receives a 6-month jail sentence suspended for 2 years
Huw Edwards has been handed a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years after admitting accessing indecent images of children.
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Four young boys died in a fire ’surrounded by excrement after their mother went to Sainsbury’s’
Deveca Rose is accused of the manslaughter of her four sons, twins Kyson and Bryson, four, and three-year-old twins Leyton and Logan after a devastating a house fire in December 2021
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The council set to ban ’dangerous’ Lime bikes
In Brent, local people are upset with abandoned green bikes creating a hazard and teenagers speeding along pavements
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Manchester crematorium ’closed by forensic police after discovery of human remains’
Dukinfield Cemetery in Tameside, Greater Manchester, has been swarmed by police and a witness says "the full area is closed down" as the investigation continues
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Stolen Banksy "Girl with Balloon" painting recovered
One of British street artist Banksy’s best-known paintings, "Girl with Balloon", has been found after its theft from a London gallery last week with two men charged, police said on Friday.
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Teenager arrested over London transport cyberattack
A teenager has been arrested following a cyberattack on London’s public transport body last week in which some personal customer data was accessed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Thursday.
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CEO of rape crisis center resigns following report on organizational failings
The chief executive of a sexual assault support service has stood down after a review found it failed to protect women-only spaces.
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Over 2,000 prisoners released within a week under early release program
The prison population in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in a week following the mass early release of offenders to deal with overcrowding.
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British dad and two sons injured in fatal head-on crash in Menorca
A British father and his two sons have been injured in a head-on death crash in Menorca.
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Three people killed inside block of flats
A teenager has been arrested after three people died in a flat in Luton on Friday morning.
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Lucy Letby described as ’the elephant in the room’ at hospital with spike in baby deaths, inquiry reveals
The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that doctors did not discuss neonatal mortality or concerns raised about Letby until the new year following a pivotal board meeting in 2016
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EasyJet’s parent company loses High Court trademark dispute
EasyJet’s parent company has lost a High Court trademark dispute against a shopping website which has “easy” in its name.
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Oliver Campbell: Man jailed in 1991 for Hackney shopkeeper’s murder has conviction overturned
Three judges ruled on Wednesday that Oliver Campbell’s conviction for the murder of Baldev Hoondle in east London in July 1990 was ‘unsafe’
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Dubai conference cancels talk by former children’s hospital doctor under UK investigation
Former Great Ormond Street hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar removed as speaker at orthopaedics event
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25-year-old soldier found dead in river with rope tied around him died accidentally
A soldier found dead in a river with rope wrapped around his legs and torso following an alleged assault died by accident.
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MPs approve cuts to the winter fuel payment
MPs have backed plans to massively scale back winter fuel support for pensioners – despite a significant chunk of the Labour benches refusing to lend their support.
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UK COVID contracts worth £15 billion raise corruption concerns
A new report by Transparency International UK claims that about a third of public contracts for COVID-19, totaling billions, bypassed standard procurement safeguards and were awarded to entities linked to the Conservative Party.
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Inquest begins in London into death of infant linked to contaminated IV nutrition
Mother describes the loss of Yousef Al-Kharboush at nine days old in 2014 as the "worst experience a parent could have" during the hearing.
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Minister confirms steps to prevent domestic abuse prisoners from being released early tomorrow
About 1,700 prisoners will be released early on Tuesday to try to alleviate overcrowded prisons in England and Wales.
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An 87-year-old British man has been arrested in Greece for allegedly attempting to suffocate his elderly wife with a pillow
The 87-year-old Brit allegedly tried to suffocate the 89-year-old woman with a pillow yesterday in Paleo Faliro, around 7km west of Athens city centre in Greece
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Boy, 15, dies after struggling in water at beauty spot
A 15-year-old boy has died after being pulled from the water at a beauty spot in Greater Manchester.
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A body has been found during the search for the wife of Scotland rugby star Scott Hastings
Jenny Hastings had been missing since she failed to return from swim at Wardie Bay in Edinburgh on Tuesday
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721 children were treated by a ‘rogue surgeon’ at Great Ormond Street Hospital
The hospital has launched an investigation into the surgeon, who no longer works there (Picture: AFP)
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The price of a first-class stamp is set to increase to £1.65
Royal Mail has announced it will hike the price of first-class stamps by 30p due to "very real and urgent" financial challenges.
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A train derailment in Manchester caused people’s "houses to shake"
The Friday afternoon peace has been shattered in Greater Manchester after a train derailed near houses.