7 h. ago George Orwell's 1984 slapped with trigger warning in modern day 'thought police' irony

Orwell's dystopian novel featured a dictatorial leader supported by an intense cult of personality manufactured by the Party's Thought Police and coined a number of phrases still used today

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15 h. ago Police 'must do their bit' warning as Rachel Reeves set to unveil spending cuts

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said 'every part of our society is struggling' as he faced questions about police funding ahead of Rachel Reeves' spending review on Wednesday

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19 h. ago Spending review: Schools to get more funding but police warned to ‘do their bit’

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the Government will commit to the biggest-ever spend per pupil next week.

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21 h. ago Man who burned Koran and shouted 'f*** Islam' faces imminent terrorist plot to murder him, police warn

Hamit Coskun, 50, was woken by officers at 2am on Saturday and told his life was in danger, according to his lawyers.

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42 h. ago 'Murderer' gives chilling reason for decapitating woman found dead in suitcase

Denisa Maria Paun's decapitated body was found shoved into a suitcase by an abandoned farmhouse in Italy - the man accused of murdering her reportedly shared a reason for the killing

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46 h. ago Mad Vlad already at war with Britain and US won't save us, expert says

Foreign policy and Russia expert Fiona Hill issued a terrifying warning, saying Britain is in 'pretty big trouble' after reviewing the government's defence strategy

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57 h. ago Bodies of woman and boyfriend found after chilling phone clue in disappearance

Leannedra Kang, 25, and her boyfriend Takahiro Toya, from Brisbane, were on holiday in Tasmania where they hired a car and a major search was launched after they didn't board a plane home

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61 h. ago Bungling police spark military base alert as they wrongly issue warnings of 'Lee Rigby

Thousands of Army troops and their families were alerted to a 'Lee Rigby-style' threat at their base after an administrative error by police.

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68 h. ago Brit man at centre of new Madeleine McCann theory 'overheard saying 5 chilling words'

Portuguese authorities are said to have received a chilling tip-off from a British woman who believed her own brother - and his German wife - may be hiding the truth behind Madeleine McCann's disappearance

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3 d. ago Missing woman found decapitated in suitcase as chilling confession emerges

Denisa Maria Adas' body was found hidden among brambles near an abandoned farmhouse, with her burned head discovered in a field several miles away

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3 d. ago Oxford Street is being overrun by shoplifters and phone snatchers as underfunded police struggle to cope in lawless London, retailers warn

The West End shopping destination has struggled in recent years as big names have moved out and it has become known for phone snatching, anti-social behaviour and theft.

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3 d. ago UK tourists issued crime warning in popular Spanish holiday resort

Police have issued a warning after several incidents occured in an area of Benidorm known as 'muggers alley'

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4 d. ago Police warning after man knocks on doors pretending to collect charity donations

South Wales Police said it has received reports of people pretending to represent local businesses

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4 d. ago Police will not have to pick and choose which crimes to investigate, says Reeves

Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week.

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves begs Cabinet to cool war over spending cuts and talks up transport investment

Chancellor Rachel Reeves acknowledged ministers will not get 'everything they want' in the spending review due next Wednesday.

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4 d. ago Police chiefs and Government watchdogs write to PM in warning over funding cuts

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Mark Rowley warned that cuts to police budgets will have ‘far-reaching consequences’, it has been reported.

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5 d. ago Woman who died for 11 minutes shares chilling warning about 'what she saw'

Charlotte Holmes, from the US state of Alabama, has shared her astonishing near-death experience after she died for 11 minutes and says she saw 'heaven and hell'

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5 d. ago Police warn Starmer of ‘stark choices’ on investigating crimes if faced with cuts under spending review

Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley among senior police officers who reportedly issued direct warning in letter to prime minister ahead of spending review

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5 d. ago The US is heading for a sharp economic downturn, influential global organization warns

Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies has sent the global economy into a downturn, the OECD warned in a major report on Tuesday. 

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6 d. ago Two clubbers are dead and urgent warning is issued amid fears pills '500 times stronger than heroin' are being sold in London nightspots: Man, 28, and woman, 20, died over Bank Holiday weekend

A man, 28, and woman, 20, are thought to have taken Nitazenes, believed to be up to 500 times stronger than heroin, after partying at a south London nightclub during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

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