22 h. ago Tommy Lee Jones's daughter was pregnant three months before her shock death, court documents reveal

Court documents obtained by US Magazine show Victoria was pregnant as of October, as she faced misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and resisting a police officer in Santa Cruz County.

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7 d. ago Ian McKellen to star as LS Lowry in documentary revealing trove of unheard tapes

Exclusive: Artist reminisces about his life in film using interviews recorded in last four years of his lifeFifteen years ago, Sir Ian McKellen was among the leading arts figures who criticised the Tate for not showing its collection of paintings by LS Lowry in its London galleries and questioned whether the “matchstick men painter” had been sidelined as too northern and provincial.Now, 50 years after Lowry’s death, McKellen is to star in a BBC documentary that will reveal a trove of previously unheard audio tapes recorded with Lowry in the 1970s during his final four years of life. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Donald Trump lawsuit to be dismissed by BBC according to court documents

The broadcaster are set to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit new court documents reveal

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1 week ago Covid conspiracy theorist jailed for terror plot claims he's victim of 'police entrapment'

Parole Board documents reveal Covid conspirasist Oliver Lewin has lodged an appeal with the Criminal Cases Review Commission, claiming he was the victim of "entrapment" during a police sting operation

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2 w. ago Spycops sent thousands of surveillance reports to MI5, inquiry documents reveal

Security Service was able to compile detailed files on members of legitimate protest groups infiltrated by undercover police officersThousands of surveillance reports compiled by undercover police officers who spied on political campaigners were routinely passed to MI5, documents obtained by the spycops inquiry have revealed.Police sent undercover officers on long-term deployments to infiltrate mainly leftwing protest groups and gather enormous quantities of information about their political and personal activities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Epstein disclosures raise key question: why wasn’t he stopped earlier?

New documents reveal numerous missed opportunities as experts and victims condemn US authorities’ failuresOver the course of two decades, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly appeared on law enforcement’s radar for sexual misconduct involving teen girls and young women. And over this same period of time, Epstein avoided serious and meaningful punishment for his crimes.The US justice department’s recent disclosure of long-secret investigative files related to Epstein has once again raised the question of why he wasn’t interdicted sooner, despite numerous reports of misconduct. The issue has been the subject of many conspiracy theories, often focusing on the idea that Epstein – who lived at the center of a network of powerful people – enjoyed some form of protection. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech

Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warnedTony Blair’s key advisers agonised over the writing of his notoriously ill-judged speech to the Women’s Institute (WI) which saw the then prime minister heckled and slow hand-clapped before 10,000 members at Wembley Arena, newly released documents reveal.Despite the WI explicitly warning they were “wary of anything that smacked of capital P politics”, Blair’s aides were critical of his first draft and bombarded him with additions to inject more policy. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago No 10 blocked release of Tony Blair’s call with French president after Princess Diana’s death

Officials ruled that publication of a memo outlining the discussion between Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac was ‘fundamentally not in the public interest’, newly-declassified documents reveal

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3 w. ago 'Predatory and skilled' Princess Diana's PR staff accused of plotting to upstage Charles, newly released government documents reveal

Princess Diana's press team was branded 'predatory' by Charles's own entourage and accused of trying to 'upstage' him, newly released documents show.

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3 w. ago Fury as illegal migrants waiting to be deported are getting free taxpayer

ILLEGAL migrants waiting to be deported are getting free taxpayer-funded mobile phones. Hundreds in the UK’s newest removal centre receive devices for communication and internet use. Official documents reveal that detainees at Campsfield House, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, are handed phones with direct numbers and guaranteed wi-fi. Those who are given phones have to hand them...

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4 w. ago Newly released files detail Jeffrey Epstein's torment in prison before his death

The new documents also reveal that Epstein's brother Mark submitted a tip to the FBI suggesting that he had been murdered - however, his death was later ruled a suicide

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4 w. ago Documents reveal how BBC sought Laurence Olivier for debut TV appearance

The BBC are releasing thousands of files, including a letter inviting a 26-year-old Sir David Attenborough onto a TV training course.

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