41 m. ago ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worseIn the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol (not her real name), a traffic manager at a local council, was not a typical client for Davison. As the director of investigations at AnotherDay, a crisis consultancy in London, Davison usually works for wary companies and wealthy individuals. A former police detective, Davison has recovered stolen cryptocurrency, uncovered secret properties owned by bankrupt business people and tracked down fraudsters to Cyprus.Davison’s speciality is private prosecutions, a little-known area of law that allows victims to pay for justice. These cases are heard in the same courts used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the public prosecutor for England and Wales, and they can carry the...

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42 m. ago "It was a cool adventure”: Sweet moment playful seal hops onto fishermen’s kayaks in Scotland looking for food

A video shows the cute moment a seal hopped onto fishermen’s kayaks in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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62 m. ago Warning issued over ‘very contagious’ disease spreading across dozens of schools and childcare centers in Tennessee

An ongoing outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has affected more than 30 schools and childcare centers in the state, according to officials

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72 m. ago Glasgow let down on housing crisis with £66million black hole

Glasgow is facing a housing emergency that is worse than in any other part of Scotland.

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72 m. ago 10 Scottish themed Halloween costumes you can wear this October

From Scrooge McDuck to a Glasgow Willy Wonka experience Oompa-Loompa.

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95 m. ago Seven banks giving customers up to £400 cash before Christmas

Money Saving Expert's weekly newsletter has a guide to all the current bank account switch incentives

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5 h. ago Shocking poll reveals the extent of public loathing towards Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew's popularity has plummeted since he renounced his royal titles - with half of Britons believing he should be officially stripped of them by Parliament, polling reveals.

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5 h. ago Scotland will get new nuclear power station if Labour win Holyrood election, Miliband says

Plans for a new nuclear power station in Scotland will be developed by the UK Government, Ed Miliband has confirmed.

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5 h. ago GPs set to ask all women who attend NHS health check if they could be menopausal in major win for Daily Mail campaign

Menopause questions will be included in NHS health checks for the first time, officials have announced, in a landmark step forward for women's healthcare.

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5 h. ago White House East Wing will be torn down ‘within days’ even as no plans filed for Trump’s new ballroom

Demolition has drawn fierce backlash, with National Trust for Historic Preservation saying plans are ‘legally required’Trump takes a wrecking ball to White House in on-the-nose metaphorTrump administration officials confirmed to various outlets on Wednesday that the White House’s East Wing will be demolished “within days”, a revelation given the administration has not submitted plans for the new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings.In discussion with reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Donald Trump was asked by Jeff Mason of Reuters to respond to the widespread surprise that the entire East Wing is being torn down. Trump said that the wing he described as a separate building “was never thought of as being much; it was a very small building”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago New King Charles 5p coins enter circulation for very first time

Millions of 5p coins will go into circulation featuring the official portrait of King Charles

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5 h. ago Miliband: Labour will invite nuclear bosses to Scotland day after election win

The Scottish Government under the SNP has been against new nuclear power.

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6 h. ago UN Security Council pressures Haiti's leaders to hold general election as deadline nears

U.N. Security Council members have warned Haiti’s leaders that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears

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6 h. ago Biohacker got 'facial circumcision' in bid to get younger but regrets one thing

Dave Asprey, 51, has spent thousands on trying to 'live forever', including one procedure where he put some stem cells from his bum into his face...obviously

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6 h. ago LA man shot by federal agents during arrest streams law enforcement activity on TikTok

A Los Angeles man shot by federal officers while he tried to evade arrest is a popular local TikTok streamer who documents police activity, immigration enforcement and daily neighborhood life

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7 h. ago Danny Rohl reveals how he plans to turn Rangers into Scotland’s Bayern Munich as he says ‘this is exactly what we need’

DANNY ROHL has revealed he aims to bring a Bayern Munich mentality into Rangers. The new Ibrox boss won the Champions League in 2020 during his time as a coach with the German giants. And Rohl - who takes on Norwegians Brann Bergen in the Europa League for his first game - wants to give...

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8 h. ago Robert De Niro takes brutal swipe at Donald Trump with bombshell presidential bid

Robert De Niro did not hold his tongue during his latest TV interview as he fiercely slammed Donald Trump live on air

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9 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's brother calls for police to reopen investigation into Prince Andrew

Sky Roberts and Virginia Giuffre's sister-in-law Amanda Roberts claimed she had been 'gaslit' by the police and authorities in both the UK and US before her death

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9 h. ago Kim Kardashian, Teyana Taylor and more step out in leather and latex for London premiere

Kim Kardashian sported croc leather alongside her mother and co-stars at the London premiere of new law drama All’s Fair.

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9 h. ago Trump administration considering curbs on exports to China made with US software

Plan would include everything from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare earth export restrictionsUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration is considering a plan to curb a dizzying array of software-powered exports to China, from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare earth export restrictions, according to a US official and three people briefed by US authorities.While the plan is not the only option on the table, it would make good on Donald Trump’s threat earlier this month to bar “critical software” exports to China by restricting global shipments of items that contain US software or were produced using US software. Continue reading...

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