7 h. ago 'I defied my parents to wed a Masai warrior': British woman who converted to Islam for Kenyan tribesman she met aged 16 says marriage collapsed when he 'cheated on her'

When Christina Miles defied her parents' wishes and converted to Islam to marry a Maasai warrior twice her age, she was determined their love would last.

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9 h. ago 'I defied my parents to wed a Masai warrior': British woman who converted to Islam for Kenyan tribesman she met aged 16 reveals marriage collapsed when he cheated on her

When Christina Miles defied her parents' wishes and converted to Islam to marry a Maasai warrior twice her age, she was determined their love would last.

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4 d. ago Driver, 20, who inhaled laughing gas moments before he hit and killed cyclist, 81, on pedestrian crossing faces a 'very long time in jail'

Cain Byrne, 20, smashed into Graham Slinn, 81, as he walked across the A57 near Todwick, South Yorkshire beside his bicycle, prosecutor Laura Marshall told Sheffield Crown Court.

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8 d. ago IMF chief warns of broader risks from US strikes on Iran, after oil hits five

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsPrice of oil could spike after Iran’s parliament votes to close key shipping routeThe UK stock market has dropped at the start of trading, as traders weigh up the situation in the Middle East.Airline shares are down, with easyJet (-2.1%) and British Airways parent company IAG (-2.2%) leading the fallers on the FTSE 100 share index. Higher oil prices push up their costs, and the crisis could also force airlines to cancel flights to the region. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Car rampage killer was on bail from immigration detention centre, court told

Albanian national Emiljano Kasaj was suffering from severe mental illness when he deliberately used his Mercedes to kill a pedestrian and a cyclist.

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2 w. ago British toddler had to fight for his life after illness on US holiday left him looking 'like a skeleton'

Ayesha and Melissa Jevins, from Warrington, Cheshire, were visiting family in Florida when their one-year-old son Dylan was rushed to A&E with a mystery illness that left him 'skeletal'.

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3 w. ago Two men appear in court accused of murdering schoolboy pedestrian, 16, killed in 'hit

Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Armaan Ahmed, 26, were remanded in custody at Sheffield Magistrates' Court accused of killing Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi.

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3 w. ago Parents of British backpacker, 24, on trial for 'killing pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

Alicia Kemp, 24, a psychology graduate from Redditch, Worcestershire, was arrested and charged with riding the e-scooter on a footpath that fatally knocked down 51-year-old engineer Thanh Phan, 51.

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3 w. ago Schoolboy pedestrian, 16, killed in fatal hit and run was 'going to meet father at shops' when he was mowed down by Audi that 'swerved towards e

Abdullah Yaha Al-Zaidy was walking along the pavement when a grey Audi appeared to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy.

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3 w. ago Man, 20, is arrested on suspicion of murder after teenage pedestrian killed and e

The incident, which took place in Sheffield, saw a grey car appear to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy as he walked along the pavement.

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment teenage pedestrian is killed in 'hit and run': Video shows Audi in sickening crash that killed boy, 16, and left e

The incident, which took place in broad daylight, saw a grey car appear to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy as he walked along the pavement.

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3 w. ago British backpacker, 24, killed pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

A British backpacker allegedly killed a father after ploughing into him while riding drunk on an e-scooter, an Australian court has heard. 

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