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Baby in serious condition and boy, 13, arrested after e-bike hits pregnant woman in Poole

A 13-year-old has been arrested over an e-bike crash involving a pregnant woman whose baby was born afterwards in hospital and remains in a serious condition. It happened on 26 January in Herbert Avenue, Poole, and police said the rider reportedly failed to stop at the scene. The female pedestrian, in her 30s, went to […]

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Andrew and Mandelson photos in Epstein files were taken inside US paedophile’s homes, Sky News analysis finds

Photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crouching over a woman were taken in Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City mansion, while an image of Peter Mandelson in his underwear was taken in the paedophile financier’s Paris flat, a Sky News analysis has found. Our Data and Forensics unit matched elements shown in the photos to details in images

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Teenager died from blood clot linked to birth control pill – her family fear tragedy could happen again

The family of a teenager who died suddenly from a blood clot linked to a birth control pill says more needs to be done “to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again”. Aine Rose Hurst, 19, died in March last year from a blood clot in her brain, linked to her prescribed oral contraceptive pill

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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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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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Bangladesh hands down jail sentences to former PM and her Labour MP niece

Bangladesh has sentenced former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her niece, Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, to jail in a corruption probe. The country’s corruption watchdog alleges that Hasina colluded with government officials to illegally secure six plots for herself and her family in a development near the capital, Dhaka. Now she’s been sentenced to 10

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IRA bombing victims withdraw damages claim against Gerry Adams

Three victims of Provisional IRA bombings in England have discontinued their damages claim against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams. Their lawyers told London’s High Court their decision on Friday, the last day of the two-week trial. The claim will be discontinued with “no order as to costs” after “proceedings developed overnight,” according to Anne

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