May 2 last year, Cheryl Bennett, 27, agreed to help out a colleague, Qasim Mughal, who was standing in the local elections that day by delivering Labour Party leaflets.

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EXCLUSIVE: Under guidelines devised by the ombudsman and seized upon by banking groups, Brits who use their card in a hacked machine have 'consented' to the fraudulent transaction.

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The father-of-two (pictured) was detained by the National Crime Agency after being sentenced to eight year in jail for his role in the trafficking operation.

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Denali Brehmer lured her former friend, 19 year old Cynthia Hoffman, into the Alaskan wilderness then filmed her death and sent it to a man who posed as a millionaire

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The 57-year-old actor was accused of exposing himself on set multiple times.

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As hair-loss treatments improve, one wonders if we’ll start to get nostalgic for a good comboverIt is with mixed emotions that I announce the end of baldness. Rest in pates, old friend. This year will see the very last generation of men who, having arrived at the threshold of their 30s, are forced to accept the loss of their hair, with all their future sons and grandsons nipping instead to Turkey for a little implant and some kofta. Gone today, hair tomorrow.It’s true, look around. Compared with the Sean Connerys and Bruce Willises of yore, the number of bald celebrities on screen today can be counted on a single fist. The surgical technology has evolved, the transplants have become more accessible, the preventative drugs have improved, the death of bald is nigh. Like combovers, the hair plugs bring their own acts of faith of course, with hairlines so straight and thick it appears sometimes as if they are creeping down the face at night like a mask – every time I see one on telly I’...

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ITV1's newest drama Out There was filmed in Wales and here is everything you need to know

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Rangers have started their January business and things look to be ramping up at Ibrox

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January window is ramping up with some major deals possible

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Denali Brehmer was offered $9 million to kill someone and send photos and videos of the murder to a stranger, enlisting the help of friends to carry out the shocking crime

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There have been regular gripes about Sir Andy Murray's personality, but the tennis legend proved that those who often stuck a knife into him were mistaken

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The aggression from the Tesla billionaire is new; but Britain has years of experience in the consequences of falling for misleading promises‘Never under­estimate the power of ignorance.” I came across this thought while looking for something to watch late at night after the television news on the horrors in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and the Los Angeles fires.The quote comes from an old episode of my friend Paul Whitehouse’s The Fast Show. It applies, among many other things, to the background to the re-election of the criminal Donald Trump, and the continuing damage being wrought upon itself by a British electorate, 37% of whom voted, in frustration at other economic and social problems, for Brexit. With few exceptions they did not know what they were letting themselves in for; but they do now. Continue reading...

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EXCLUSIVE: Experts warn fakes can also pose a potentially deadly threat to buyers, with faulty electrical items at risk of suddenly catching fire.

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Bonnie Blue embarked on a sleazy mission to bed 1000 men in 12 hours last Saturday. I can exclusively reveal, that those shocked by her antics include, it is believed, her estranged husband Ollie Davidson.

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David Beckham described Denis Law as 'a true gentleman,' after the Hall of Fame footballer died at the age of 84

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Katie Price and Kerry Katona are said to be 'in talks' with several distribution companies regarding a new television show as they grew closer over the Christmas period

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It only takes a quick skim through London’s depressingly exploitative ‘room for rent’ adverts to realise that live-in landlords are inflicting increasingly unreasonable conditions on their tenants. Helen Coffey investigates the creeping practice that restricts a lodger’s access to their own room and asks the experts whether there is any legal pushback

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Thousands of millionaires have fled Britain amid growing concerns that new tax plans will damage the economy and international investors.

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Benjamin Netanyahu warns ceasefire with Hamas is ‘temporary’ as first hostages expected to be released on Sunday

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TikTok has become an unexpected teacher of criminality, exposing young people to 'attitudes and behaviours which normalise everyday dishonesty and everyday cheating' boffins reckon

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A$AP Rocky is about to go to trial on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021

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Brits have revealed why they traded in their grey day-to-day life in Britain for the famously laid-back and sunny Aussie lifestyle. 

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The Masked Singer's Kingfisher has fans of the ITV show wondering exactly which celebrity is behind-the-mask - and comedian Paul Whitehouse has finally addressed whether it's him

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The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg were at the Hay Adams hotel opposite the White House as Brexiteer Brits hosted the biggest inauguration party in town and plotted a populist future with their US allies

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Disgraced Joseph Jones was captured using his body weight to restrain the defenceless victim.

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Mr Trump's key advisers are also debating whether to put Sir Keir Starmer 'at the back of the queue' of world leaders invited to Washington after tomorrow's inauguration.

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GoFundMe is now the backbone of American comeback stories. But the people with better connections get lifted up firstI love my landlord. I don’t mean that I find him charming, though I do. I mean I moved on to a swath of dirt in Los Angeles county with three ancient cabins on it, and over the course of six years, went from pleasantries in the driveway to saying: “Love you Jeri, bye!” on the phone.When I moved into one of the rickety structures on his unlandscaped property in Topanga Canyon, one of the last hippie enclaves just north of the Pacific Palisades, I was the latest in a very long line of tenants. It was a bucolic slice of land and it had to be, because without the scenery, you would notice the three cabins were one good gust away from falling down the cliff.Kelton Wright writes ShangriLogs, a diary from another fire country in Colorado Continue reading...

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UFC star Paddy Pimblett went toe to toe with Dennis Frimpong but had to be dragged off him during an exposive sparring match at Frimpong's gym, Manchester Top Team

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Witnesses heard shouting and victim was later found with severe injuries

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Arsenal's lack of squad depth was exposed as Aston Villa came from 2-0 down to draw in the Premier League on Saturday against an injury-depleted side at the Emirates Stadium

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On this day in 1975, 2JJ – which later became Triple J – started broadcasting, exposing Australia to banned songs, swear words and radical politics. Those who were there reflect on the anarchy and the legacyFifty years since the launch of 2JJ, or Double Jay – the station that became Triple J in 1981 – radio’s former enfant terrible is now legacy media. Once the cornerstone of Australian popular music and youth culture, it risks irrelevance as listener numbers dwindle in the face of social media and streaming services. Or, as its defenders will argue, maybe the critics are simply nostalgic for when Australia’s youth radio station was aimed at them: there is a saying within the ABC that on the second day that Double Jay was on air, someone rang up and complained that it wasn’t as good as it used to be.When Double Jay launched at 11am on Sunday 19 January 1975, the brief from Arthur Wyndam, then ABC’s head of radio, was that the station should: give public concerts, expose the public t...

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The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg were at the Hay Adams hotel opposite the White House as Brexiteer Brits hosted the biggest inauguration party in town and plotted a populist right future with their US allies

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Food Standards Agency (FSA) data show there are thousands of restaurants and cafes across the UK where dirty kitchens and dining rooms are failing health inspections.

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The Masked Singer UK viewers are convinced they know the identity of Teeth, thanks to some cryptic clues.

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EXCLUSIVE: Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, was killed with four other people when his personal Leonardo AW169 helicopter span out of control and smashed into the ground in a fireball

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As semi-tame lynx are captured roaming in the Cairngorms, experts have raised concerns that Britain's exotic pets could be putting animals and humans at risk.

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Paul Danan's friend Dapper Laughs shared a voicenote conversation between himself and the late Hollyoaks star where they candidly discussed their addiction struggles

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Her bestselling debut Elizabeth Is Missing was inspired by her grandmother’s dementia. Now the novelist has drawn from her own experiences for a thriller about the power dynamic between personal trainer and client Emma Healey’s two previous novels explored themes vivid in her own life. The protagonist of her bestselling debut, Elizabeth Is Missing, for which Healey won the 2014 Costa first novel award, is Maud, who has dementia but is forced to turn detective in the hunt for her missing friend. Magnificently rendered by Glenda Jackson in the BBC adaptation, she was in part inspired by Healey’s desire to see the world through the eyes of her grandmother, who had the disease. Her 2018 follow-up, Whistle in the Dark, allowed Healey to consider what her teenage depression might have been like for her mother. Her new novel has an autobiographical element, too.Sweat is a psychological thriller about coercive relationships, the futility of revenge and when sel...

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Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with MoscowThe news was sensational. It travelled quickly among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. “I heard from a friend of a friend,” one officer, Vitalii Ovcharenko, recalled. “This was half an hour after it happened. My friend said: ‘We’ve got a North Korean prisoner! He’s in shock but OK.’ I said: ‘Wow.’” Ovcharenko added: “Everyone wanted a selfie. They wrapped him in a blanket and gave him tea.”Last week’s capture of two North Korean servicemen was an extraordinary moment in Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine. The Kremlin has taken elaborate steps to conceal the presence of 12,000 elite troops sent in autumn by Pyongyang to Russia. At camps in the Far East they were given Russian equipment: uniforms, rifles and fake military documents. Continue reading...

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Launched nine years ago by its CEO Greg Jackson, Octopus now serves nearly one in four British households with more than 12.9million household accounts, according to analyst Cornwall Insight.

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When his friend, the legendary songwriter, had a catastrophic stroke, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin put together a programme of music therapy. Now he’s recommending it for a whole range of conditionsIn 2015, Joni Mitchell suffered a catastrophic stroke. According to her friend, the musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, “when she got back from the hospital, she couldn’t walk and she couldn’t talk, and the doctors were so pessimistic about her recovery, they hadn’t scheduled any follow-ups”. For a while it looked as though one of the most gifted songwriters of the 20th century would be permanently silenced.One day, though, the nurses caring for her at her home found Levitin’s number on a piece of paper in the kitchen, and called him. They had noticed that Mitchell perked up when she heard music coming from their phones, and wondered if he had any suggestions for songs she might respond to. Remarkably, he’d helped her compile a CD of her favourite tracks for a seri...

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The backlash against Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in the United States continues to grow, as a scathing new exposé highlights new bullying claims against them.

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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Kiena Dawes left her baby at her friend's house along with her mobile phone containing a diary of horror at the hands of Ryan Wellings, before taking her own life

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Those who are tuning into the Masters snooker at Alexandra Palace may recognise one of Great Britain's most popular presenters on their television screens

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The Met Office has revealed a host of weather patterns set to batter the nation in the coming weeks as winter takes aim at Britain.

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The Traitors are back in action on the hit BBC show and the two remaining traitors are yet to be exposed - but fans think they've worked out another connection

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A new study sheds a light on the worrying trends mostly 'associated with younger people' and changing social attitudes that have made theft almost a 'national sport'.

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His 'Flying Kremlin' Ilyushin 96-300 disappeared from radar screens over the remote Altai region in Siberia, after a flight from Moscow

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I could hardly believe my eyes when I opened my Daily Mail on Wednesday to see my neighbour and friend Becks being embraced by the Princess of Wales at London's Royal Marsden Hospital.

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From a ‘golden era’ to post-pandemic mistrust, the UK has had a turbulent relationship with the world’s second-largest economyKerry Brown is director of the Lau China Institute, King’s College LondonIn the last decade, Britain’s relations with China have been on a rollercoaster. In 2015, during the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the UK, then chancellor George Osborne was able to declare the two countries were in a “golden era”. He did this with the conviction that with a growing economy and rising middle class, China offered plenty of opportunities for Britain. But by 2022, Rishi Sunak had declared the “end of the golden era”. And in 2023, deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden labelled China Britain’s greatest economic security threat, to align closer with the position of the US, and through fears of deeper Chinese espionage and interference in the outside world. Seldom had a diplomatic boom-bust cycle happened so rapidly and so completely.In view of extremes such as these, to ...

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