1 hour ago American woman feared losing job and home after Home Office visa error

Ordeal comes as government considers lengthening the standard qualifying period for indefinite leave to remainUK politics live – latest updatesAn American woman married to a British man feared she would have to leave the UK and lose her house and job after a Home Office error led to her being issued with a visa for less than two weeks.Ashley, who requested that her real name not be published in the current UK migration climate, ended up having to apply for a second visa, paid for with savings for a deposit for a home. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Brit tourist holidaying in Portugal admits 'lesson learned' after 'nearly dying'

A British woman has issued a travel warning after her first ever holiday abroad to Portugal was marred by a health issue which required hospitalisation the moment she returned home

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3 h. ago Sotheby’s losses more than double to $248m as art market slumps

Auction house also takes hit from hefty severance costs, despite its headcount only dropping by 24 employeesLosses at Sotheby’s auction house more than doubled last year, as the company owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi suffered from a continued slump in the art market and high severance costs.Filings from its parent company, Bidfair Luxembourg, showed losses widened significantly to $248m (£184m) over the 12 months to 2024, after losses of $106m a year earlier. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Leaked files cast doubt on source of £2.6m in Tory donations

Official log refers to Wafic Saïd, a Canadian billionaire whose British wife has given millions to party, as ‘donor’The Conservative party is facing questions over a possible breach of electoral law involving one of its largest benefactors, after leaked files cast doubt on official declarations of donations worth £2.6m.More than 40 donations to the Tories over 23 years have been registered in the name of Rosemary Saïd, a British woman. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Horrific moment teen is repeatedly gored and tossed around by a rampaging bull during Spanish festival

The incident happened in the town of Mocejon, in the province of Toledo in central Spain , on Tuesday, 9th September, during festivities in honour of the Virgin of Angustias.

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24 h. ago Two men killed in freak 'glass accident' were crushed by panel which fell on them as they were unloading lorry

The workers died suddenly on Saturday afternoon while they were removing the cargo from the back of the HGV in the overflow car park at Hitchin Football Club, Hertfordshire.

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37 h. ago Hitchin Town FC issue statement after two men die in 'freak' glass accident

The tragedy took place at the car park of Hitchin Town FC in North Hertfordshire on Saturday, September 6 at around 2pm as they unloaded glass panels from a lorry

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44 h. ago Pictured: Scene of tragedy after two men were killed in 'freak' glass accident at Hitchin Town FC car park

The pair had been unloading glass panels from a lorry when they suffered fatal injuries near the stadium off Fishpond Road, North Hertfordshire at around 2pm on Saturday.

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45 h. ago Hitchin Town FC offers 'sincere condolences' after two men killed in 'freak' glass accident in club's car park

The pair had been unloading glass panels from a lorry when they suffered fatal injuries near the stadium off Fishpond Road, North Hertfordshire at around 2pm on Saturday.

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46 h. ago Dubai's strict drug rules explained after Mia O’Brien jailed for life in UAE 'Alcatraz'

The 23-year-old British woman faces 25 years behind bars under Dubai's ultra-strict drug laws after reportedly being found in possession of 50g of cocaine imn the UAE

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63 h. ago Two men die in 'freak glass accident' in football club car park

The tragedy took place at the car park of Hitchin Town FC on Saturday at around 2pm. Paramedics announced the pair dead at the scene while a third man was also treated for minor injuries.

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2 d. ago Police reveal cause of death of British woman who vanished on Greek holiday

Michele Ann Bourda, 59, disappeared on a beach in northern Greece

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3 d. ago British woman, 23, is killed and two others injured with one left fighting for life after 'drugged

One of the survivors is fighting for her life in hospital, it emerged today as officials confirmed all three women were from the UK.

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3 d. ago Erling Haaland left needing STITCHES after freak accident with Norway's team bus

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland required three stitches after suffering a bleeding mouth while on international duty with Norway. 

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3 d. ago Revealed: British woman's cause of death after body is found one month on from disappearance

Michele Bourda, 59, suddenly disappeared from Ofrynio beach, in the Greek city of Kavala on August 1 and left all her belongings on a sun lounger while her husband slept.

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3 d. ago British tourist is seriously injured in crash that killed another woman after driver 'high on laughing gas' mounted kerb and ploughed into group in Spain

The British woman, 23, was one of three rushed to Ibiza's main state hospital Can Misses after the fatal crash, which took place at 11.15am on Sunday in San Jose, a municipality on the popular party island.

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner’s exit proves it. Unless Starmer is able to meet this moment, Reform is on the path to power | John Harris

The prime minister increasingly looks like a man next to a burning house, offering to buy a new bookcase and rugSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreOne hundred and twenty miles from Westminster, it felt like I had arrived at the perfect place to understand the meaning of Angela Rayner’s exit from the government: Reform UK’s brief conference, a giddy and surreal gathering of about 10,000 people in a hangar-like box on the edgelands of Birmingham.News of her resignation broke a couple of hours into the event’s first day, and the symbolism was glaring. Among midday pints, onstage pyrotechnics and a huge stand advertising the wonders of investing in gold, a party led by those bumptious public schoolboys Nigel Farage and Richard Tice was suddenly rejoicing in the departure of British politics’ most prominent working-class woman. The news, moreover, only boost...

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4 d. ago Inside Dubai's 'Alcatraz' where Mia O'Brien will spend her life: Former British inmates who endured confinement in notorious Al

A British woman is being held in a Dubai prison dubbed 'the Middle East's Alcatraz' that is run by Russian gangsters after she was caught with 50g of cocaine. 

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5 d. ago Fundraising appeal for British woman, 23, jailed for life in Dubai is taken down for violating guidelines

Mia O'Brien, 23, from Huyton, Liverpool, made a 'very stupid mistake' and is now being held in the city's central prison, her mother revealed.

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5 d. ago Brit woman, 23, jailed for life in Dubai after 'mistake' sees fundraiser REMOVED

There is fresh agony for the mum of a young British woman jailed for life in Dubai after her hopes of raising money via a GoFundMe to fight her sentence were dashed

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