Grooming gang victim was offered gift to drop case
Alaboud's friend Abdullah Kalzli and father Ahmad Alaboud called the victim, who was 13 when she was abused by the gang, to implore her to withdraw her statements. Ahmad Alaboud, a 59-year-old asylum seeker from Syria…
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Activist Danny Tommo faces trial next year over Dover migrant centre claims
The 37-year-old, real name Daniel Thomas, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via video link from HMP Winchester on Wednesday for a brief case management hearing. He previously pleaded guilty to going into a…
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Investigation into explosives linked to 'extreme right-wing terrorism'
On Monday, a 35-year-old man was remanded into custody charged with storing explosives and detonators. Wesley Thomas Fletcher is also accused of having a consignment of Taser stun guns. Police seized the devices during…
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Cash machine dumped on M1 after suspected ram raid
Officers said three men loaded the cash machine into a white van before abandoning both on the slip road leading to the northbound M1 at junction 12. The group fled from the M1 in a BMW, while a yellow digger was left…
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Fatal train crash could have been avoided if drain was built correctly - sheriff
The train derailed after hitting debris which had washed from the drain following heavy rain. After a fatal accident inquiry (FAI), Sheriff Lesley Johnston said it was not constructed and installed in accordance with its…
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Protesters target opening of new Harry Potter shop on Oxford Street
Read our privacy notice . Protestors demonstrated outside the new flagship Harry Potter store that opened on Oxford Street on Wednesday morning, chanting in support of transgender rights as the shop prepared to open its…
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Exclusive: Tottenham face triple transfer decision after surprise recall
Read our privacy notice . Tottenham goalkeeper Luca Gunter will assess his loan options in January after being recalled from Boreham Wood last month. Gunter joined the runaway National League leaders over the summer and…
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Five reasons why Republicans lost so badly
While the incumbent president's party generally tends to have a bad night in these elections, the scale of the Republican defeat is being viewed as a resounding rejection of Donald Trump's two years in the White House.…
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Angler's 52kg carp catch hailed as world record
Photographs and videos of the catch have been shared widely online, with Hegarty receiving calls from German and Swedish journalists. Hegarty said: "I'm just an ordinary lad from Blackburn who loves fishing, and somehow…
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Could Russell Brand go to prison if convicted – and how long would he be jailed for?
Join today Already a member? Log in Russell Brand is accused of three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault against six women as he rose to fame between 1999 and 2009. The…
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