5 h. ago Taxi driver in France charged with stealing from David Lammy and his wife

Driver allegedly stole luggage and cash from foreign secretary and Nicola Green after ride from Italy to French ski resort A taxi driver has been charged by French police with stealing luggage and cash from the UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, and his wife, Nicola Green. The driver took the couple more than 600km (370 miles) from the town of Forli in Italy to the French ski resort of Flaine, Haute-Savoie, last month. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said Lammy and his spouse were victims in the case and that the driver has been charged with theft after driving off with their luggage. It also denied that the Labour MP for Tottenham had refused to pay the driver. Whitehall sources said no sensitive material was in the pair’s holiday luggage. Prosecutors opened an investigation into a “commercial dispute” in Bonneville after the driver filed a complaint. The Bonneville prosecutor, Boris Duffau, told the BBC the taxi driver was being charged with theft. He sai...

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6 h. ago Taxi driver who claims he was 'assault victim' had 'intimidated David Lammy's wife with a KNIFE after demanding extra cash for taking the Foreign Secretary from Italy to French ski resort' 

A taxi driver who claimed to be the victim of an assault at the hands of British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of intimidating his wife with a knife

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11 h. ago David Lammy denies claim he dodged £590 taxi fare on trip to French ski resort with wife

French prosecutors probe claims Foreign Secretary and wife refused to pay taxi fare and driver sped off with luggage

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14 h. ago Taxi driver says he was 'the victim of assault' when David Lammy and his wife 'refused to pay £590 fare after driving them from Italy to French ski resort'

The driver said he collected Lammy and his wife on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy

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3 w. ago Inside tiny village where residents are 20x more likely to catch horror disease there's no cure for

Montchavin, a ski resort in the French Alps with a population of around 200, has seen an alarming cluster of the fatal motor neurone disease (MND) - with around one in ten people diagnosed

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3 w. ago Brit, 27, swept to death by avalanche as French ski resort hit by monster snow storm

Several warnings have been issued for the French Alps following avalanches this week - one of which pushed a Brit man 15 metres and caused him to have a heart attack

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3 w. ago British man, 27, dies in horror avalanche at popular ski resort in French Alps

The man was buried in the snow and carried about 15 metres by its force

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3 w. ago British man, 27, dies in avalanche at ski resort in French Alps

The avalanche occurred at Val Thorens ski resort, in the Savoie region of south-west France, shortly after 10am on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Briton, 27, swept 50ft to his death in avalanche at French ski resort after huge snow storm

The victim, who has not yet been named, was found buried under the snow, officials said

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3 w. ago British man, 27, is swept 50ft to his death in an avalanche at top French ski resort after 'exceptional' snow storm

The 27-year-old was found buried under the snow at the entrance to the resort on Thursday before emergency services dashed him to Grenoble Hospital where he was declared dead on Friday.

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