5 h. ago Pensioner 'living in fear' after Met Police raid his Hampshire home in drugs bust

Lorrimer Christians, 80, from Southampton, was getting ready for bed when drugs squad officers smashed through his front door with a battering ram.

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44 h. ago HMRC loses £47million to major fraud that saw organised criminals 'masquerading' as 100,000 taxpayers to extract rebates from government

Facing MPs HMRC 's chief executive JP Marks said around 100,000 people were affected by an operation mounted by 'organised crime.

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50 h. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of assembling ‘rogues’ gallery’ to attack NGOs

Congressional Integrity Project calls Wednesday hearing led by Greene ‘political theater’ and exercise in hypocrisyThe far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has assembled a “rogues’ gallery of extremists, conspiracy theorists and C-team political operatives” to promote Donald Trump’s crackdown on non-government organisations (NGOs), a congressional watchdog has claimed.The House of Representatives’ Delivering on Government Efficiency (Doge) subcommittee, chaired by Greene, is due to hold a hearing on Wednesday entitled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK will slump to 1% growth next year as Trump tariffs bite, says OECD

US, Mexico and Canada economies likely to be worst affected by ongoing tariff battles, says forecastBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s economic growth will be slower than expected this year and next as the damage caused by Donald Trump’s tariff war hits trade and investment, according to a gloomy forecast by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The international body downgraded its expectations for this year and next from a forecast made in March, pushing down UK growth from 1.4% to 1.3% in 2025 and from 1.2% to 1% next year. Constraints on Whitehall spending and higher than expected inflation also played a part in a downgrade, the OECD said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Drugs bust sees six arrested during joint operation with organised crime

Five men and a woman were due to appear in court on Friday.

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2 w. ago Charlotte May Lee fears being locked away for 20 years over £1.2m drugs bust

British nail technician Charlotte May Lee, 21, is accused of trying to smuggle the synthetic opioid 'kush' into Sri Lanka - and fears she could spend decades in jail after being caught

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2 w. ago Vietnamese man caught in drug bust tells judge he 'just can't return' to homeland

Tu Ba Bien told the court his 'life would be in danger' if he were sent back after police raided a property and uncovered his crimes

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3 w. ago Meet Violeta! Oakland Zoo helps rescue adorable endangered spider monkey after drug bust

This is the zoo’s second spider monkey rescue of the year. They are one of the world’s most trafficked animals

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4 w. ago Armed police raid petrol station and find stash of guns, knives and machetes

Armed officers swooped on a row of businesses around the Gulf Petrol Station in Birmingham today amid a major operation to tackle organised crime .

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