4 d. ago 'I'm ill and have decided to fly to China for treatment instead of using NHS'

A frustrated British woman who says she has contributed £54,000 in National Insurance over the past five years believes it would be a much quicker and smoother process to seek treatment in the Far East

Politics

4 d. ago Over £30,000 raised to bring woman's body home to Scotland after crash in Ireland

Chloe Hipson sadly died in the two-vehicle collision in the townland of Gibstown in Dundalk, County Louth, at 9pm on Saturday.

Events

5 d. ago China’s power play: MI5 warns of relentless espionage attempts in Britain

Alert says Beijing trying to recruit British sources in parliament, even if potential gains may be unclearAn unexpected connection on LinkedIn. An offer of work from a headhunter, most likely a young woman, based in China. The chance to earn perhaps £20,000 part-time writing a handful of geopolitical reports for a Chinese company peppered with “non-public” or “insider” insights. Payment in cryptocurrency or cash preferred.It may seem obvious, on this telling, that something about this approach would be amiss. Nevertheless, China’s powerful ministry of state security (MSS) still considers it worthwhile to deploy recruitment consultants to try it – leading MI5 to warn repeatedly about their activity online. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Tindler Swindler victim who was 'conned out of £39,000' in shock of fraudster's release from prison after facing up to ten years behind bars

Shimon Hayut had faced up to ten years behind bars after being arrested there in September for an alleged £38,000 fraud committed in Germany against a Berlin-based woman.

Events

1 week ago Woman says when she won £127,000 it was 'worst day of my life'

Lisa says the life-changing sum was the start of a nightmare and has urged others not to make the same mistake

Economics

1 week ago Stark warning of abuse 'epidemic' after woman steals £125,000 from own grandfather

Madeline Shaw, from North Yorkshire, has been jailed for 18 months after she admitted stealing from her frail grandfather who had trusted her to act as lasting power of attorney

Events

1 week ago NHS trust fined £565,000 after woman killed herself on ‘death trap’ ward

Alice Figueiredo, 22, died in 2015 on the Hepworth ward at Goodmayes hospital after 18 similar attempts to self-harm A woman whose daughter killed herself on a “death trap” mental health ward in London has called for urgent change after an NHS trust was fined more than half a million pounds.Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life at Goodmayes hospital, Redbridge, after 18 similar attempts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Chinese woman ordered to pay over £3,000 for deliberately flooding hotel room

Woman from Jiangxi province reportedly turned on bathroom sink and shower and let the water run for hours

Economics

2 w. ago LA man posed as ‘famous singer’ to meet women and sexually assault them, police say

Davionne Jackson, 33, was arrested more than 2,000 miles from home

Events

2 w. ago Southport inquiry: parents of victims call for killer’s parents to be ‘held to account’

The comments came after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert the police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Southport inquiry: killer’s parents must be ‘held to account’, say victims’ families

Call comes after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: One woman’s journey with lupus, the disease of 1,000 faces

Ruth Wilson doesn’t look sick yet “everywhere hurts all the time” – because her immune system is attacking her own body.

Culture

2 w. ago Cowboy builder who swindled homeowners out of £200,000 and chased woman for cash as her father died is jailed for four years

James Morgan harassed and intimidated terrified customers into handing over payments during a two-year period, bombarding them with messages or lurking outside their homes.

Economics

3 w. ago Thieving woman steals £125,000 from own grandfather and left him with nothing

Madeline Shaw, 32, had not been paying his granddad's care home fees after he suffered a fall and instead removed £135,000 from his bank account - she cried as she was jailed for 18 months

Economics

3 w. ago Woman stole £125,000 from her 'frail' grandfather while he went without toiletries

Madeline Shaw has now faced a court

Economics

3 w. ago 'Goldilocks' burglar hunted after breaking into luxury £450,000 beach hut and living there for a week

The unknown woman let herself into the £450,000 wooden cabin at Mudeford Spit in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, by breaking a window pane, police say.

Economics

3 w. ago Cop who claimed she couldn’t find ‘paedophile hunter’ blackmailer was actually the culprit

A police officer who posed as a 'paedophile hunter' to blackmail an arrested suspect in order to pay off gambling debts, has been jailed for more than three years

Politics

3 w. ago Heartless fraudster posed as a police officer to steal cash and jewellery from pensioner's home in affluent Cheshire village

A man has been jailed for his role in a courier fraud in which an elderly woman was scammed out of thousands of pounds of cash and jewellery.

Events

3 w. ago Heartless fraudster who posed as a police officer to steal £27,000 of cash and jewellery from pensioner's home in affluent Cheshire village

Sharmarke Ahmed (pictured), 34, from the Wandsworth area of London, pretended to be a cop when he phoned the victim, who is in her nineties, on her landline on March 5.

Economics

3 w. ago 'Despicable' scammer posed as a police detective to steal £27,000 from woman in her 90s

Sharmarke Ahmed took cash and jewellery

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