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Van driver admits killing King’s College London university student in campus crash

A man has admitted killing a King’s College London student after hitting her with the van he was driving near the university’s central London campus. Christopher Jackson, 27, appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey on Monday to plead guilty to causing Aalia Mahomed‘s death by dangerous driving on 18 March last year. The […]

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MP Dan Norris further arrested on suspicion of rape and other offences

A man in his sixties – understood to be MP Dan Norris – has been further arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault, voyeurism and upskirting, Avon and Somerset Police has said. Mr Norris, currently the independent MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, was formerly a member of the Labour Party, until he was

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Epstein files: Police reviewing misconduct claims after Mandelson accused of leaking sensitive information

Sir Keir Starmer is set to chair a cabinet meeting today as police assess allegations his former US ambassador Lord Mandelson leaked sensitive information from the heart of government to Jeffrey Epstein. The Metropolitan Police is investigating allegations of misconduct in public office after emails appeared to show conversations between the ex-cabinet minister and paedophile

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Oscar-nominated screenwriter arrested in Iran days after criticising regime

One of the screenwriters of an Oscar-nominated film has been arrested in Tehran days after signing a statement condemning Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime’s violent crackdown on protesters. Mehdi Mahmoudian, who co-wrote the script for the Iranian drama It Was Just An Accident, was arrested on Saturday, representatives of the film said

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Scottish Labour commits to banning transgender women from female prisons if Anas Sarwar becomes first minister

Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prison estate “within days” if he becomes first minister after the Holyrood election. The Scottish Labour leader has pledged his party will “act swiftly” to ensure prisons are “single-sex, based on biological sex” if it gets into power in May. His declaration comes ahead

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Emma Caldwell: Family of woman murdered by serial rapist say there must be ‘no attempt’ to shut down evidence at public inquiry

The family of a woman who was murdered by a serial rapist more than 20 years ago said there must be “no attempt” to shut down evidence at the public inquiry into the police’s handling of the case, as they met the chairman for the first time. Iain Packer murdered Emma Caldwell, 27, in 2005

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Former TikTok employee accuses company of bullying, harassment and union busting

“There was lots of bullying, harassment, exclusion from the team, from projects. A lot of things were going on.” For the first time, former TikTok worker Lynda Ouazar is speaking out to expose what she says was an environment of bullying, harassment and union busting at one of the world’s biggest social media companies. “I

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Grammy winners Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Olivia Dean hit out at ICE as they accept awards

Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar and British artist Olivia Dean were among the big winners at a politically charged Grammys ceremony, which saw several winners using speeches to hit out at the immigration operation in the US. Anti-ICE messages were shared on stage by Billie Eilish, Dean and Bad Bunny while other stars including Justin and

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Lord Mandelson quits Labour Party to avoid ‘further embarrassment’ over Jeffrey Epstein links

Lord Mandelson has resigned his membership of the Labour Party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after documents in newly released files appeared to show he received $75,000 from Jeffrey Epstein. The latest batch of files released by the US Department of Justice includes three apparent bank statements detailing three money transfers of $25,000 each

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