7 h. ago Man 'arranged for 25 others to pay for sex with vulnerable woman in his flat'

Thomas Crossey, 56, from Belfast, allegedly used a vulnerable woman over a four-year period by providing her with drugs in exchange for sex, a court heard

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1 week ago Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher’s assassination to be staged in Liverpool

Short story set in 1983, and published a year after the former prime minister’s death, considers ‘what happens when people feel they don’t have a voice’ says director John YoungHilary Mantel’s controversial story imagining the murder of Margaret Thatcher in the summer of 1983 is to be staged next year in Liverpool.The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher – August 6th 1983 was published in the Guardian in 2014 and gave the title to Mantel’s collection of short stories that year. In the tale, a woman opens the front door of her flat in a “genteel corner” of Windsor expecting a plumber yet finds a gunman entering. He is intent on using her home’s vantage point to take aim at the then prime minister, who is having an eye operation at a nearby private hospital. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tributes pour in for ‘caring’ woman, 37, found dead after horror Scots flat fire

A WOMAN who died in a house fire in Dundee has been named locally. The 37-year-old lost her life in the blaze on the city's Byron Street on Friday morning. Emergency crews rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised around 7.25am. Firefighters extinguished the flames but the woman who was found within the...

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3 w. ago Woman who died in Dundee flat fire named as tributes pour in for 'kind soul'

Heartbroken friends rushed to pay tribute to the 37-year-old after the incident on Byron Street early on Friday morning.

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3 w. ago Dundee incident: Man, 26, arrested after woman, 37, found dead following Scottish flat fire

Police have now confirmed a 26-year-old man is in custody.

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3 w. ago Man jailed after breaking into flat and killing woman in west London

Man jailed after breaking into flat and killing woman in west London  This Is Local London

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3 w. ago Major South London road closed after woman and 2 children rescued from flat fire

Major South London road closed after woman and 2 children rescued from flat fire  MyLondon

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3 w. ago Boy, 14, took his own life after woman, 22, claimed he had burgled her flat and stolen her baby's ashes, inquest hears

Kai Lloyd was arrested and questioned by police in connection with the supposed theft in November 2021, but was later released.

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4 w. ago Romanian grooming gang led by 'smirking pimp' are jailed for grooming vulnerable women and forcing them to take part in 'sex games'

Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims - aged between 16 and 30 - at flats across Dundee between 2021 and 2022.

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4 w. ago Romanian grooming gang led by 'smirking pimp' are jailed for grooming vulnerable Scottish women and forcing them to take part in 'sex games'

Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims - aged between 16 and 30 - at flats across Dundee between 2021 and 2022.

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