3 h. ago Scottish exams body investigating data breach amid claims thousands of files have been leaked

Scotland's exams body is investigating a security breach after claims that 17,000  documents have been leaked online.

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6 h. ago How TikTok fraudster Samantha Cookes went from 'cynically exploiting' the 'natural goodness' in people to jail

Carrie Jade Williams, an Englishwoman based in Ireland, whose real name is Samantha Cookes, has been jailed after she falsely claimed thousands in welfare benefits.

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21 h. ago How to officially get rid of a hangover as boozers plead 'solve age old problem’

Scientists have claimed to help the thousands of people who wake up with a hangover every Saturday and Sunday morning, drawing help from an ancient herb widely used

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27 h. ago A woman was violently murdered two decades ago. Her killer got life but investigators never found her body – now the search continues

Jennifer Marcum vanished without a trace after traveling to Denver International Airport, Colorado on February 17, 2003. For the past 22 years, her family and senior FBI officials were tormented by her convicted killer “Hannibal.” but her father said they never found solace in her loss because they were deprived of giving her a proper burial. Now the lead FBI investigator on the case and the victims’ father tell Madeline Sherratt why they never gave up on Jennifer

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38 h. ago Scots disabled woman living in fear after release of paedo who wrote to her from jail

Mary McGoldrick received a letter from trans prisoner Jo White who had been posted her name, address and intimate social work records in a major data breach.

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38 h. ago Scots disabled woman living in terror after release of paedo who wrote to her from jail

Mary McGoldrick received a letter from trans prisoner Jo White who had been posted her name, address and intimate social work records in a major data breach.

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51 h. ago Police searching for Valentine's Day pub shooting suspect find body in river

Lisa Smith, 43, just after 7pm on Friday, February 14 - police now say they have found a body linked to a murder investigation

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52 h. ago Knockholt pub shooting: Body found in River Thames linked to Valentine's Day killing

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was killed near The Three Horseshoes pub just after 7pm on Friday, February 14 - police now say they have found a body linked to a murder investigation in Knockholt

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3 d. ago Gene Hackman update as police investigate 'disturbing' body camera footage from death scene

Police are trying to establish a "fully rounded picture" of the final days of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy and are looking at the bodycam footage from the scene.

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6 d. ago Body of man pulled from Scots river as cops investigate 'unexplained' death

A body has been recovered from a Scots river by emergency personnel.

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7 d. ago Attorney General Pam Bondi insists more Jeffrey Epstein files are being released – despite disastrous ‘phase 1’

‘We will get everything. We will have it in our possession,’ attorney general says amid claims ‘thousands of pages’ of Epstein documents are being withheld by the FBI

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8 d. ago Woman's body found stuffed inside abandoned suitcase after 'barbaric murder'

Himani Narwal, a 22-year-old political worker in the Indian Congress party, was found with her body stuffed inside an abandoned travel bag sparking a murder investigation

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8 d. ago Horror find as woman's body found dumped in suitcase on road

Himani Narwal, a 22-year-old political worker in the Indian Congress party, has been found with her body stuffed inside an abandoned travel bag sparking a murder investigation

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9 d. ago Cops stunned as man eating Chinese takeaway walks into station to confess to 'worst thing'

Mark Donovan's confession to police in Ilford, east London, led to Essex Police's grim discovery of Elise Mason's body - and a complex investigation followed

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1 week ago Thousands of people could be missing out on benefits claim worth over £4,000

Thousands of pensioners on low incomes could be missing out on Pension Credit claim worth over £4,000 after record number of applications processed

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1 week ago DWP urgent 'sort by April 5' state pension warning issued to thousands of Brits

A warning has been issued over a five-week window to claim backdated voluntary National Insurance contributions or risk losing out on thousands over the course of their retirement

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1 week ago DWP legal battle update as victory means disabled will get compensation after losing cash

The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed the payment timeline for tens of thousands of disabled benefit claimants who lost out

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1 week ago Social Security Administration could lay off up to 50% of its workforce, source says – live

Social Security Administration expected to lay off at least 7,000 people, but a source tells Associated Press reduction could be as high as 50%As Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk work zealously to slash tens of billions in federal spending by axing thousands of jobs and gutting some government agencies, Musk faces mounting claims he has conflicts of interest and no oversight, legal and ethics experts say.Trump’s largest campaign donor and the world’s wealthiest man, Musk was tapped by the president to lead the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) in a radical and opaque cost-cutting drive that allows him to keep control of SpaceX, Tesla and other huge companies with billions of dollars in federal contracts.We expect that today’s meeting will be the first in a series of such expert consultations that will bring us closer to overcoming the disagreements that have arisen with the American side, strengthening confidence-building measures. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Democrat slams tariffs announcement: ‘Trump is driving the US economy straight into a wall’ – live

Ron Wyden, ranking member of Senate finance committee, says tariffs on neighboring countries will be felt by Americans and called it a betrayal to Trump’s votersTrump threatens China with additional 10% tariff in escalation of trade warAs Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk work zealously to slash tens of billions in federal spending by axing thousands of jobs and gutting some government agencies, Musk faces mounting claims he has conflicts of interest and no oversight, legal and ethics experts say.Trump’s largest campaign donor and the world’s wealthiest man, Musk was tapped by the president to lead the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) in a radical and opaque cost-cutting drive that allows him to keep control of SpaceX, Tesla and other huge companies with billions of dollars in federal contracts.We expect that today’s meeting will be the first in a series of such expert consultations that will bring us closer to overcoming the disagreements that have a...

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1 week ago Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths ‘suspicious enough’ for investigation, warrant says

Warrant raises questions about scattered pills, after Betsy Arakawa’s body had ‘mummification in hands’An active investigation is under way into the deaths of the Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, after their bodies were found “in a state of decomposition” along with that of one of their dogs in their home in New Mexico, the local sheriff’s department has confirmed.The local gas provider, the New Mexico Gas Co, was involved in the investigation alongside the Santa Fe county sheriff’s department, Associated Press reported, raising speculation that carbon monoxide poisoning lay behind the deaths. The emergence later on Thursday of a search warrant, however, cast doubts about a possible gas leak and raised alternative questions about the discovery of prescription pills near Arakawa’s body. Continue reading...

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