2 h. ago Pension, ISA, tax relief and other deadlines hitting British pockets this weekend

ISA deadline week, the National Insurance record change and final call for Covid tax relief are all coinciding this weekend

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5 d. ago Taliban release American woman held in Afghanistan for using drone

Faye Dail Hall was detained in February on accusations of unauthorized drone usage

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5 d. ago Woman released by Taliban 'dragged away screaming' from Brit couple still in captivity

The daughter of Barbie and Peter Reynolds who have been detained by the Taliban has said an American woman who was arrested alongside them was dragged 'kicking and screaming' away from them

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5 d. ago US woman released by Taliban after guards forcibly dragged her from British pensioner couple still being held in Afghanistan

Faye Hall was today released by the Taliban after the Trump administration removed bounties worth millions of pounds from three senior members.

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7 d. ago Final moments of woman strangled to death by her partner released

Alcwyn Thomas was found guilty of murdering Victoria Thomas this week.

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8 d. ago Pair arrested in investigation into vandalism at Trump golf course

The 75-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were later released pending further inquiries.

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8 d. ago Couple held hostage in Mexican jail after disputing credit card bill on holiday

Grandparents Christy and Paul Ake were detained at the airport over a bill settled months ago with American Express.

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1 week ago Gene Hackman and wife Betsy's remains face new complications after their shock deaths

The bodies of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, could be held under red tape as more legal questions remain concerning the couple's last wishes.

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1 week ago Daughter of Brit couple held by Taliban issues devastating update and fears dad will die

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were due to appear in court on Thursday but the trial was halted at the last minute while a new judge was found, their daughter has said

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1 week ago Fears British pensioner held by the Taliban along with his wife could die before he is released as family issues health update

The daughter of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan for unclear reasons says that she worried her parents could die in jail as their health deteriorates. 

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1 week ago Fears for health of British couple held by Taliban as ‘trial delayed’

Afghanistan prison conditions were described as ‘brutal’ and likened to ‘what I imagine hell is like’

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1 week ago Fears for British couple in 70s held by Taliban as court appearance delayed

Daughter says Barbie Reynolds, 75, is malnourished after being given one meal a day and Peter, 79, is also decliningThe family of a British couple in their 70s imprisoned by the Taliban has expressed serious concerns over their deteriorating health after delays to their expected court appearance.Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who run a training business in Afghanistan, were detained last month when they travelled to their home in Bamiyan province. The couple, aged 79 and 75, who have been running projects in schools in Afghanistan for 18 years, had not been informed of the charges, their daughter said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago British pensioners jailed in Afghanistan to appear in court after the Taliban said their arrest was a 'misunderstanding'

Peter, 79, and Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested after they returned to their home in Bamiyan province on February 1.

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2 w. ago Welsh woman who was detained while on holiday in the US is released

Rebecca Burke, from Portskewett in Monmouthshire, had been travelling across the US and had planned to enter Canada when she was detained for three weeks following a visa mix-up

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2 w. ago Children of British couple held by Taliban denounce their ‘cruel and unjust’ detention amid health fears

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have worked in Afghanistan for 18 years

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2 w. ago Fears for life of British pensioner held by Taliban in ‘undisclosed location’

He has a chest and eye infection and needs medication, daughter pleads

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2 w. ago UK couple being held in separate prisons by Taliban says daughter

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province on February 1.

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2 w. ago England’s potential bus trip for Six Nations trophy is not only fork in road | Gerard Meagher

England will drive back to an empty stadium if France slip up, but their performance in Cardiff will define campaignIf all goes well for England, somewhere around half past nine on Saturday they will be preparing to clamber on to the team bus and head back to the stadium. They will have decamped to their hotel a couple of miles away in Cardiff Bay but if they have held up their end of the bargain against Wales and it appears that Scotland could do them a favour, England are due back at the Principality Stadium just after 10pm for a possible trophy presentation.It will be a replica trophy in Cardiff – the real thing is in Paris given France remain hot favourites – but broadcasters and sponsors want their champagne moment, come what may, and as a result England must oblige, even in an empty stadium. It means that England could be left a touch red-faced if France leave it late to put Scotland to the sword. All dressed up at the Principality with nowhere to go. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour councils end investments in UK defence firms to win pro

Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors in Dudley, in the West Midlands, were the latest to vote to divest their pension funds from British defence companies.

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3 w. 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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