The daughter of a man who drugged his wife to let 70 men rape her is ‘convinced’ he did the same to her. Dominique Pélicot has admitted to orchestrating the rape of his wife over nine years by dozens of men he recruited online. The 71-year-old would drug his wife in the evening using strong...
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Scientists hunting ‘the great white shark heard around the world’ in UK waters
US non-profit research organisation Ocearch believe great whites do indeed roam the depths around Ireland and Britain. They’re aiming to create history by finding one off the southwest coast of Ireland. “It would be the shark heard around the world,” Chris Fischer, founder of Ocearch, told Sky News. Moment man rescues SHARK on popular British beach pic.twitter.com/fEiLQxxsZt...
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One small thing after 12 die that shows how little gangs care about migrants
Only eight of the people on board an inflatable dinghy which fell apart in the English Channel were wearing life jackets, a factor that shows how little smuggling gangs care about migrants. A pregnant woman and six children were among 12 people who died after their boat sank off the coast of Cap Gris-Nez, France,...
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Bayesian autopsy confirms horrific way 2 victims died after ‘surviving sinking’
An autopsy has revealed the harrowing way two victims of the Bayesian superyacht incident died after initially “surviving the sinking”. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s £14 million vessel got caught in a storm off the coast of Sicily on August 18 and sank, killing seven people.Morgan Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer and psychotherapist Judy Bloomer survived...
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Panic in Saudi Arabia as British tourists ‘won’t visit’ for one huge reason
Concerns are growing in Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector as industry leaders at the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) in Riyadh voiced fears that the Kingdom’s high prices are deterring British tourists from visiting. Despite ambitious plans to attract 70 million international tourists by the end of the decade, there is increasing anxiety that Saudi Arabia’s luxury-oriented...
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France urges EU to strike ‘migration treaty’ with UK after Channel tragedy
France has called for a migration treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom following the devastating shipwreck off the coast of Pas-de-Calais that claimed the lives of 12 migrants. The tragic incident, which occurred yesterday, has brought renewed attention to the ongoing dangers faced by migrants attempting to cross the English Channel. French...
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UK’s partial arms embargo on Israel is shameful, Benjamin Netanyahu’s close aide says
The UK’s decision to place a partial arms embargo on Israel was “shameful”, a close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Sky News, as he insisted his country is not violating international humanitarian law in Gaza. Ron Dermer, Israeli minister of strategic affairs, condemned the UK’s suspension of some arms licences to Israel...
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Balearics panic as UK tourists turn their back on islands following protests
Three major tourist hotspots in Spain could lose many more UK visitors following this summer’s anti-tourism protests, new data shows. This year’s tourism statistics were published on Monday and sparked a debate after revealing a 10 percent year-on-year drop in UK visitors to the Balearics. Some speculate this decline is directly linked to recent protests,...
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Dan Bigham to retire after world championships to focus on engineering role
Wednesday 4 September at 12:30pm Olympic silver medallist Dan Bigham will ride his final race for Great Britain at next month’s track world championships after taking on a new role as head of engineering for the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe road team. The 32-year-old former Hour Record holder, a former world champion and two-time European champion, was...
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British defense secretay rejects Israeli criticism of suspension of some arms exports – UPI.com
British Defense Secretary John Healey defended criticism of a decision by the government to suspend exports to Israel of some military goods saying the country remained a staunch ally of Israel and that it would not affect its ability to defend itself. Photo courtesy U.K. Parliament/Creative Commons Sept. 4 (UPI) — Britain pushed back against...
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Grenfell Tower fire, Britain’s deadliest since World War II, caused by ‘decades of failure,’ report says | CNN
London CNN — The blaze that killed 72 people in Grenfell Tower in London was caused by “decades of failure” by the UK government and the construction industry that allowed the 24-storey building to be wrapped in flammable cladding, a seven-year public inquiry has found. The fire began in the early hours of June 14,...
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2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that claimed 72 lives due to UK govt failure: Inquiry – Times of India
NEW DELHI: A public inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London, which claimed 72 lives, has primarily blamed the disaster on failings by government, the construction industry, and companies involved in fitting the flammable cladding. The Grenfell Tower blaze, which occurred on June 14, 2017, in a 23-storey social housing block in one...