34 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' who was jailed after boasting about claiming UK benefits in Thailand jets home without son, 4, after being freed from hellish prison

Ellis Matthews, 32, was deported by Thai authorities after spending more than three months locked up in an overcrowded and squalid immigration prison with her son Cairo, 4.

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39 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' who was jailed after boasting about claiming UK benefits in Thailand returns home without son after being freed from hellish prison

Ellis Matthews, 32, was deported by Thai authorities after spending more than three months locked up in an overcrowded and squalid immigration prison with her son Cairo, 4.

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48 h. ago Teenager held on suspicion of murder after woman falls from block of flats

Emergency services were called to reports a woman had fallen from the building in Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, shortly after 2.40pm on Thursday.

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55 h. ago Moment 'pickpocket' is grabbed by the hair by irate husband who 'spotted her stealing from his wife'... before 'thief' demands they free her because she's pregnant

The woman, who claims to be pregnant after being caught, is held by the hair and arms and stopped from 'stealing' the tourist's bag at Piazza di San Lorenzo, a square in Florence.

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4 d. ago Russian media vows to ‘protect’ suspect as Brit boy, 3, ‘abducted’ from Marbella

Putin's state-control media has vowed to 'protect' the Russian mother who is suspected of abducting her British son from Marbella and taking him to her home country

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5 d. ago Naked woman, 22, escapes killer's sex dungeon before cops find unimaginable horrors

Naked apart from an iron dog collar and a set of chains, a young woman who escaped after being held captive by the ‘Toy Box Killer’ led police to the house where she was tortured - what they discovered there was horrifying

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5 d. ago BREAKING Major police operation as Brit boy believed to have been abducted by his Russian mum

A major police investigation has been launched as a Russian mum has allegedly abducted her British son, as his dad raised an alarm by reporting him as missing in Marbella

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5 d. ago Major police operation as Brit boy believed to have been abducted by his Russian mum

A major police investigation has been launched as a Russian mum has allegedly abducted her British son, as his dad raised an alarm by reporting him as missing in Marbella

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5 d. ago Brit boy, 3, believed to have been abducted in Spain and is now in Russia

A major police investigation has been launched as a Russian mum has allegedly abducted her British son, as his dad raised an alarm by reporting him as missing in Marbella

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7 d. ago Voices: My son’s lucrative summer jobs should be a warning sign for British industry

It isn’t just that unemployment has hit an all-time high – up 500,000 since Keir Starmer took office – businesses are being stymied by hiring freezes, the hospitality sector is increasingly reliant on agency staff, and the number of NEETs is on the rise. Under Labour, Britain simply isn’t working, says Chris Blackhurst

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1 week ago I've sat at hundreds of deathbeds. There's pure love that awaits beyond... these spine

I'll never forget the first time that I held a woman's hand as she slipped away. I was volunteering at a local hospice and had been asked to sit with her because she was constantly crying out.

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2 w. ago An Italian funeral for a Palestinian woman evacuated from Gaza becomes a call to 'make noise'

A funeral has been held in Italy for a young Palestinian woman who died there after being evacuated from Gaza

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2 w. ago Woman, 71, held a father and his children at gunpoint after claiming they were not related, cops say

Helen Litchfield’s roommate led the family to safety while she was distracted, deputies said

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2 w. ago Photos show games, dancing and singing bringing people together in Indonesia

Two men held rubber bands apart at chest height while a woman hopped over them from one side to the other, earning applause and boisterous encouragement from others marveling at her leaps.

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2 w. ago Tragedy as British father, 47, drowns in 'accident at sea' while on holiday with his son in Turkey

He is said to have entered the sea before he was later found motionless in the water off the coast of Turnuc, near Marmaris, on July 31.

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2 w. ago Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from CanadaThe father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Son of British woman held in Iran speaks to her for first time in 213 days

Joe Bennett says Lindsay Foreman sounded in good spirits despite her and husband being charged with espionageThe son of a British woman being held in Iran on espionage charges has said speaking to her on the phone for the first time in 213 days felt like “five birthdays and 10 Christmases at once”.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested on 3 January in Kerman, southern Iran, while travelling through the country from Armenia to Pakistan while on a round-the-world motorbike trip. Continue reading...

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