Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour high command may be relieved that Peter Mandelson has quit the House of Lords. But for both the prime minister and the soon-to-be ex-peer, their humiliation and torment may be about to get even worse. Mr Mandelson faces a full-blown probe by the Met’s specialist crime team into allegations […]
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of Royal Lodge, palace sources have said – as police assess claims that a woman was sent to the former duke by Jeffrey Epstein in 2010. The former duke’s move is part of a permanent move to Norfolk, which may take some time, according to Sky’s royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills.
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Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have condemned the US Department of Justice’s release of files about the disgraced financier, with one saying “a five-year-old could have done a better job”. Jess Michaels claims she was raped by Epstein in his penthouse after meeting him as a 22-year-old professional dancer in 1991. Speaking to Sky News’
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A National Cancer Plan for England “that will revolutionise the way we treat cancer”. It is a bold and ambitious claim to make, but this strategy cannot afford to be anything else. Cancer destroys far too many lives. According to the charity Macmillan, someone in the UK is diagnosed with the disease at least every
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The government says it wants to recruit 10,000 more foster carers by the end of the next parliament, launching what ministers describe as a major drive to reverse a long-term decline in support for vulnerable children. Backed by £88m in funding, the plan promises to open fostering up to younger and more diverse households, sweep
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Two Albanian burglars have been jailed for 56 months each after targeting seven properties, including the home of a footballer. Denis Puka, 28, Erisjan Laska, 29, and a third unidentified man equipped themselves with masks, tools and walkie-talkies to go on a string of break-ins last year. Their operation had been “sophisticated and well-planned”, Judge
A US fighter jet has shot down an Iranian drone that was flying “aggressively” towards an aircraft carrier, the US military has said. The incident in the Arabian Sea comes as Washington prepares for talks with Tehran later this week. The Shahed-139 drone had approached the USS Abraham Lincoln with “unclear intent” before it was
A criminal investigation has been launched into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked market sensitive information from Downing Street to Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after emails appeared to show conversations between the pair about political matters while Lord Mandelson was serving as business secretary and the de-facto deputy prime minister in 2009, in Gordon Brown’s government.
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The ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with first-degree murder after the death of his wife. William Stevenson, 77, was indicted on Monday by a grand jury in New Castle County, Delaware, in connection with the death of 64-year-old Linda Stevenson last year. Mrs Biden married Stevenson in February 1970, when
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A bronze statue of a world champion boxer has been stolen from a park in east London – as CCTV footage captured the brazen theft by a masked gang. The statue of Teddy Baldock was removed from its stone plinth in Langdon Park in Poplar on Sunday night, the Metropolitan Police said. Police, who were