China used a Border Force officer to carry out “shadow policing operations” in the UK including spying on dissidents and forcing entry to a suspected fraudster’s flat, a court has heard. Retired Hong Kong police superintendent Chung Biu (Bill) Yuen, 65, is alleged to have tasked Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 38 – who worked for […]
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The after-effects of a debacle that has seen taxpayers pay hundreds of millions for a pair of ferries at nearly four times the original budget, are continuing with the harbour that was too small to fit the ships set to be taken into public ownership. The affair has been one of Scotland’s biggest political scandals
A man has been charged after a “disturbance” in Edinburgh, in which two people needed hospital treatment. Armed police locked down the Calder Gardens area of the Scottish capital following reports of a man with a bladed weapon at about 8.25am on Monday. A stand-off followed within the Cobbinshaw House tower block, which eventually came
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England players have raised concerns with their union about not wanting to be pressured into speaking out on political issues around the World Cup in the US, Sky News can reveal. There are 100 days to go until another politically-charged tournament, with concerns raised by rights groups about Donald Trump’s travel bans, immigration crackdowns, the
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Families whose children attended the nursery at which paedophile Vincent Chan worked are set to meet the education secretary to demand reforms to safeguarding. Chan was jailed for 18 years last month after admitting 56 sexual offences in a campaign of sexual abuse dubbed “every parent’s worst nightmare”. Now, relatives of children who attended Bright
Rapper Ghetts has been jailed for 12 years after killing a Nepalese student in a hit-and-run collision. The grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW struck 20-year-old Yubin Tamang last October. Clarke-Samuel, 41, had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in Ilford, northeast London. Mr Tamang,
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Emmanuel Macron has announced France will increase its nuclear arsenal – claiming that France needs to be “feared” on the world stage. The French President will also allow temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time ever. The move is part of a new strategy aimed at strengthening Europe’s independence
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Videos have been released of the testimony former president Bill Clinton and secretary of state Hillary Clinton gave to US politicians about Jeffrey Epstein. The pair answered questions in front of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee about the late convicted sex offender and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell last week. Videos of their individual sessions were
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Rachel Reeves will insist she has “the right economic plan for our country” and that “working people are better off” thanks to Labour when she delivers her spring forecast to the Commons today. Addressing MPs, the chancellor will set out the need to ensure “stability in public finances”, as the world becomes “yet more uncertain”,
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Nearly 500 jobs are expected to be lost when craft beer giant BrewDog is taken over by an American cannabis firm. One MP has branded the move “disastrous” for workers, while crowdfund investors look set to be left empty handed. Tilray Brands, which produces medicinal cannabis and craft beer in the US, has acquired the
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