Beatles’ “rare” souvenirs sell for £ 11,000 at auction
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Sex traffickers who told the victim he “did not deserve food” imprisoned him
A A gang of sex traffickers who exploited 300 Polish women have been jailed for a total of 20 years, as a brave teenage victim who starved to death and tortured explained her ordeal. Sebastian Zimoch, 48, and his wife Anna, 45, earned £ 500,000 making the Golden Kiss escort empire one of the largest …
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Business in downtown Belfast will close due to the Centennial Parade
A number of bars, restaurants and shops will close in Belfast city center on Saturday as the Northern Ireland Centennial Parade takes place. About 20,000 people and more than 130 bands are expected to take part in the May 28 parade, which will run from Stormont to the city center at 1 p.m. The event …
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Teenager jailed for life after stabbing a motorcyclist while making a video clip
A teenager who stabbed a motorcyclist to death while making a music video has been sentenced to life in prison. Brandon McNeil was given a minimum of 24 years to carry out the brutal attack on Shane Jerome, 23, who was riding his motorbike in Brixton, south London, on July 21 last year. Old Bailey …
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Barnsley: Former PC Nabeel Khan jailed for drug trafficking
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Scottish government faces “very difficult decisions” over £ 3.5bn funding gap, IFS warns
The Scottish government is facing a tough choice between “repaying, taxing and waiting” for more money and powers in London, a major economic think tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said expensive spending policies, disappointing tax revenues and inflationary pressures had left the Nicola Sturgeon administration in a financial position. The SNP-Green …
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Britain is paving the way for genetically engineered food – will the public support it?
At the height of the anti-GM movement in 1999, then-Greenpeace UK chief Peter Melchett was charged with theft and criminal damage after cutting a genetically modified cornfield. In a decisive victory for the anti-GM movement, Lord Melchett and 27 fellow activists were acquitted by a jury in what many saw as a measure of the …
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Former police officer who kept drugs hidden in Pringles tube closed to drug trafficking
A former police officer who kept drugs hidden in Pringles tubes and Lynx deodorant has been jailed for drug trafficking. Nabeel Khan, 25, served in South Yorkshire police and was sent to Grimsby Crown Court to be sentenced after admitting to supplying cannabis and being concerned about its supply. He was caught in possession of …
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Two people in Exeter potentially exposed to monkeypox
Two people in Exeter are being vaccinated against monkeypox after possible exposure to the virus. It comes when the total number of recent confirmed cases in England reaches 101. The medical director of Bristol and Weston University Hospitals, Stuart Walker, confirmed that three people from the South West had been potentially exposed to the monkey’s …
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UPDATES: Police closed the sidewalk after the car crashed into the wall and the grounds of the air ambulances
A side street in Stockton has been closed by police while emergency services deal with an incident in which a car crashed into a wall. Cleveland police, the Northeast Ambulance Service and Great North Air Ambulance crews were dispatched to the scene around 7:30 p.m. tonight, Friday, May 27th. The black Volkswagen car crashed into …