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    MoD blunder leads to £7billion government cover-up of Taliban 'kill-list'

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    The MoD data breach risked the lives of up to 100,000 people

    LIVE: Government says sorry after £7billion leak cover-up over Afghan relocation scheme

    Healey lifts veil on Afghan data breach after superinjunction gagged media

    ‘Deeply uncomfortable’: Defence Secretary apologises for data breach which led to media gag order

    A Taliban fighter stands guard as people queue to enter the passport office at a checkpoint in Kabul in 2021

    The £7bn plan to bring thousands of Afghans to UK signed off in secret - as Chancellor faces huge pressure over taxes

    Can justice, conducted in secret, ever truly be justice? asks Lewis Goodall.

    How the UK silenced a scandal: My two year battle to reveal the truth by Lewis Goodall

    Thousands of Afghans are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret scheme set up after a catastrophic personal data leak of people who supported British forces.

    MoD could face 'strong claims for substantial compensation' following 'catastrophic' data breach

    photos issued by Northumbria Police of Daniel Daniel Graham, 39, (left) and Adam Carruthers, 32, who are due to be sentenced on Tuesday after they were found guilty at Newcastle Crown Court of criminal damage after the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree

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    Keir Starmer has reacted after new figures showed the number of foreign nationals claiming universal credit

    Keir Starmer wants fewer foreign nationals on benefits as it's revealed more than one million claim universal credit

    Tim Davie, Director-General of the BBC.

    BBC boss Tim Davie insists he can 'lead' the corporation in the 'right way' in wake of string of scandals

    Protestors outside the hotel in Epping.

    Epping protest over migrant hotel descends into violence after man accused of sexual assault

    Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, have been found guilty at Mold Crown Court of the murder of their two-year-old grandson.

    Grandparents found guilty of murdering two-year-old after exposing him to 'casual brutality'

    David Fuller abused at least 100 dead women and girls

    Crimes of necrophiliac killer David Fuller who abused at least 100 dead women and girls 'could be repeated'

    Ivan Toney during an England match.

    'This is why I hate London,' fumes Ivan Toney as England star's car broken into during summer break

    John Torode took to Instagram to tell fans that he allegedly made the remarks in 2018 or 2019 and that he had apologised immediately afterwards.

    MasterChef's John Torode reveals allegation of racist language amid inquiry Into Gregg Wallace complaints

    There is a "real concern" over the wellbeing of doctors in training, the medical regulator has warned.

    ‘Real concern’ over wellbeing of doctors in training as number at ‘high risk of burnout’ doubles

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    Can justice, conducted in secret, ever truly be justice? asks Lewis Goodall.

    How the UK silenced a scandal: My two year battle to reveal the truth by Lewis Goodall

    The biased BBC can’t investigate itself – and the public knows it.

    The biased BBC can’t investigate itself – and the public knows it

    The older you get, the more a birthday leads you to think about how many more of them you’ve got left, writes Iain Dale.

    What turning 63 taught me about time, loss, and perspective, writes Iain Dale

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    Tim Davie, Director-General of the BBC.

    BBC boss Tim Davie insists he can 'lead' the corporation in the 'right way' in wake of string of scandals

    Thousands of Afghans are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret scheme set up after a catastrophic personal data leak of people who supported British forces.

    MoD could face 'strong claims for substantial compensation' following 'catastrophic' data breach

    A Taliban fighter stands guard as people queue to enter the passport office at a checkpoint in Kabul in 2021

    The £7bn plan to bring thousands of Afghans to UK signed off in secret - as Chancellor faces huge pressure over taxes

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    Keir Starmer has reacted after new figures showed the number of foreign nationals claiming universal credit

    Keir Starmer wants fewer foreign nationals on benefits as it's revealed more than one million claim universal credit

    Former home secretary James Cleverly delivers a speech at The Institute for Public Policy (IPPR) in London. Picture date: Tuesday July 15, 2025.

    Senior Conservative James Cleverly hits out at 'fantasy' of populist politics amid London mayoral bid speculation

    Healey lifts veil on Afghan data breach after superinjunction gagged media

    ‘Deeply uncomfortable’: Defence Secretary apologises for data breach which led to media gag order

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    The former governor has announced his third-party run for New York City mayor - as he prepares for a rematch against Zohran Mamdani.

    Scandal-hit Andrew Cuomo to remain in New York City mayoral race after primary loss to Zohran Mamdani

    President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday

    Trump 'very unhappy' with Putin as he agrees to send NATO weapons to aid Ukraine

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    Trump to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine as relationship with Putin sours

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    MoD blunder leads to £7billion government cover-up of Taliban 'kill-list'

    Dr McCarthy stopped paying council tax in April 2022.

    Woman who refused to pay council tax for three years in protest at fossil fuel investments fears losing her home

    Ela Haimi fighting back tears as she reflects on the prospect of never seeing the body of her husband almost two years after he was kidnapped and killed by Hamas during the October 7th attacks.

    'Time is running out': Wife of man killed in October 7 attacks still waits for his body to return

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    U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Mark Rutte, NATO's secretary general, at the White House

    Trump announces weapons for Ukraine after he allegedly asked Zelenskyy whether they can hit Moscow

    A 19-year-old worker sucked into an industrial meat grinder at Tina’s Burritos has died.

    Teen sucked into meat grinder at California burrito factory dies as horrified colleagues watch on

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    Police reveal how girl, aged 5, fell overboard from Disney cruise ship before father saved her

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    Yostin Mosquera, left, denies murdering Albert Alfonso, centre.

    Web searches on 'fatal blows' and 'deep freezers' made before suitcase murders, jury told

    photos issued by Northumbria Police of Daniel Daniel Graham, 39, (left) and Adam Carruthers, 32, who are due to be sentenced on Tuesday after they were found guilty at Newcastle Crown Court of criminal damage after the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree

    Reason Sycamore Gap vandals cut down iconic tree revealed - as two men jailed for over four years

    Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, have been found guilty at Mold Crown Court of the murder of their two-year-old grandson.

    Grandparents found guilty of murdering two-year-old after exposing him to 'casual brutality'

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    There is a "real concern" over the wellbeing of doctors in training, the medical regulator has warned.

    ‘Real concern’ over wellbeing of doctors in training as number at ‘high risk of burnout’ doubles

    DIY heart monitor rolled out to cut hospital waiting lists - staff on a NHS hospital ward.

    DIY heart monitor rolled out to cut hospital waiting lists

    End of Life care could be transformed with impacts seen across NHS and social care

    New £1 million initiative aims to transform end-of-life care for dementia patients

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    Offshore wind farms to be allowed to apply for contracts before planning consent

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves talks with Lloyds Banking Group CEO Charlie Nunn as they look from a window

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    Britain's King Charles III speaks during a Youth Opportunity Summit at St James's Palace.

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    Queen Camilla, Patron of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, meets a dog during a visit to unveil the dog garden.

    Queen left smitten by adorable tiny puppy while opening dog-friendly garden at leading animal sanctuary

    Prince Harry is ready to talk to King Charles in the aim of repairing relations between the pair

    Prince Harry 'set for peace summit with King Charles’ - but has no plans to meet William

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    Terror laws watchdog warns of risk posed by extremists using AI

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    Uber rolls out ‘senior accounts’ in UK to help elderly people travel

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    Ofcom boss: Tech firms not given much power over how to protect children online

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    UK set for heatwave respite as wave of hot weather comes to an end

    Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband (right) and Environment Secretary Steve Reed (centre) are joined by Jeremy Biggs (centre left) of the Freshwater Habitats Trust during a visit to the Ock and Thame Farmers floodplain restoration project.

    Miliband says UK’s way of life ‘under threat’ as extreme weather set to become 'new normal' according to Met Office

    Festival goers shield from the sun during the heatwave

    Heatwave continues across UK as temperatures set to dip on Monday

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    Rory McIlroy practices ahead of The Open

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    Sources have said Gerrard treats his daughter's partner Lee "just as he would anyone else”.

    Steven Gerrard becomes a grandad at 45 as his daughter, 21, gives birth to baby shared with jailed gangster's son

    Ivan Toney during an England match.

    'This is why I hate London,' fumes Ivan Toney as England star's car broken into during summer break

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