18 h. ago Brit tourist facing life in Thai jail for 'smuggling cocaine to Bangkok bars'

The Brit, 25, was arrested at a luxury apartment block in central Bangkok after being found with more than a kilogram of cocaine worth almost £70,000 - as well as a 'quantity' of marijuana in his room

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64 h. ago Drugs gang who smuggled £68million worth of cocaine into the UK in gas bottles are locked up for total of 141 years

The 16-strong syndicate began importing vast amounts of the drug in 2020, 'flooding' the streets of the North East.

Economics

66 h. ago Hotel worker arrested after Brit tourist, 45, ‘raped on Greek holiday island’

The 45-year-old British tourist was holidaying on the Greek island of Kos when she claims she was attacked by a member of hotel staff in her room, triggering a local manhunt

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3 d. ago Laura Woods' life now after 'death threats' and damning split comment as she earns huge sum

Laura Woods is one of the most recognisable faces in sports broadcasting. Here is a closer look at her life away from the TV cameras

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3 d. ago British woman facing execution in Bali for drug smuggling to be repatriated

Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been on death row in Indonesia since 2012, after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine in her suitcaseA British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned in Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine worth $2.5m hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago British woman on death row in Bali for drug smuggling to be repatriated

Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been on death row in Indonesia since 2012, after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine in her suitcaseA British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned in Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine worth $2.5m hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Moment wanted thug hurls boiling cooking oil in police officer's face in attack that left him scarred for life

Mohammed Sarfaraz, 45, of Gosforth in Newcastle, heated up cooking oil when he learned that police officers were on their way to his parents' house.

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4 d. ago Scotland in 1956: 25 amazing pictures of Scottish life nearly 70 years ago

Life looked very different seven decades ago in Scotland.

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8 d. ago Kat Timpf says she faced ‘life and death’ in health update amid breast cancer diagnosis

The comedian was diagnosed with breast cancer in February

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8 d. ago USC doctoral student accused of being serial rapist and spent years spiking women’s drinks then assaulting them

Sizhe Weng faces a potential life sentence as well as being added to the sex offender register if convicted.

Society

8 d. ago Vernon Kay admits 'we had tears streaming down our faces' in home life insight with Tess Daly

In a recent BBC Radio 2 broadcast, as host Scott Mills handed over to Vernon, the two colleagues could be heard chatting about a hilarious moment from an episode of The Celebrity Traitors

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9 d. ago Clare Balding's large age gap to wife and the secret she refused to reveal for a decade

The presenter, who is battling it out with other famous faces on The Celebrity Traitors, has opened up about her life away from the cameras

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9 d. ago Evil boyfriend who stabbed woman 26 times in hot tub murder faces life in prison

Aren Pearson, 41, knifed Claire Leveque, 24, in a hot tub at his mother's home in Sandness, Shetland, on February 11 2024.

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1 week ago Stacey Solomon says 'it's not easy' as she shares reality of major change to family's life

The Loose Women star shared a glimpse into her family life which faced a major change earlier this year

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1 week ago Florida grandma sobs and swears her innocence in court as she faces life in prison for son

The 75-year-old was convicted last month of masterminding the 2014 murder of Dan Markel

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1 week ago Paul Gascoigne gives emotional health update as he admits ‘I just get miserable’

Despite saying life is good, the ex-Tottenham midfielder admits he still faces emotional lows and the constant pull of addiction

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2 w. ago Strictly’s Thomas Skinner gives health update on twin girls, 2, after hospital dash – and fears life changing diagnosis

THOMAS Skinner says his twin daughters suffered seizures on the same day. Now doctors have warned they face a life-changing diagnosis. The terrified Strictly Come Dancing star rushed his two-year-old girls to hospital on Wednesday evening for urgent tests. Thankfully, Roma and Darla are now recovering at home after having febrile convulsions while suffering from...

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2 w. ago Harry Judd's wife Izzy reveals one of their children has been diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance

The violinist, 41, who married McFly drummer Harry, 39, in 2012, shared the candid insight into their home life while discussing the challenges they face as parents of a neurodivergent child.

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2 w. ago Love Island icon faces 'hardest 24 hours of his life' with brutal mental battle

EXCLUSIVE: Former Love Island star Kem Cetinay has spoken exclusively to Daily Star and admitted that he is currently gearing up for an ordeal he's branded "the hardest thing he will ever do"

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2 w. ago Tron: Ares review – even Gillian Anderson can’t slap this mind

Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a screensaver than an actual film. It’s a threequel to the original movie Tron from 1982, a film that was mould-breaking and boldly pioneering for its day in a way that eludes this one and its predecessor Tron Legacy from 2010. Tron: Ares (almost) comes to life just once – when Evan Peters gets a smack in the face from Gillian Anderson playing his mum, in an old-fashioned bit of analogue reality. That’s a bit of firm parenting you might feel like handing out to every producer involved in this film, and it’s sad to see the estimable Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith being made to look so lifeless.The situation now is that an evil AI corporation with the unsubtly gangster-ish name of Dillinger has become a rival to the virtual reality firm Encom, originally set up ...

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