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Les Roopanarine, Senior News Reporter

Les Roopanarine is a senior news reporter with wide-ranging experience in print and online journalism. Les writes across the domestic and foreign news desk as well as sport, specialising in tennis, football, and foreign news. He is also the author of a No.1 Amazon bestselling book 'Harry Redknapp: The Biography'.

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Footballers behind bars: From George Best's three-month stint to Ronaldinho's fake passport saga… the game's biggest stars to be jailed after Brandon Williams avoids prison

25/05/25 11:01

Williams was handed a 14-month suspended sentence on Thursday for dangerous driving after ploughing into a central reservation, just moments after he was filmed 'with a balloon in his mouth' in August 2023. Less than a year after he was released by United following the expiry of his £65,000 a week contract, a verdict that completes an extraordinary fall from grace for Williams. Once lauded by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for his leonine courage, the former England Under-21 international will now reflect on the punishment sent his way. Whether he returns to football remains to be seen....read

Second wife stands by husband jailed for murdering his first - after he was caught plotting to dig up her body to provide the perfect alibi
10/05/25 01:38
The spouse of a convicted killer who escaped justice for the murder of his pregnant first wife for two decades, has said she intends to stand by him.
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Urgent recall for popular cheese over potentially deadly bacteria contamination as 'do not eat' warning is issued for Tesco product
10/05/25 10:42
A brand of Swiss cheese sold in Tesco stores has been recalled amid fears of a potentially deadly bacteria contamination, the food watchdog has announced.
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King Charles approves new Great Seal of the Realm to show royal approval on official state documents
10/05/25 09:05
As an ardent admirer of Shakespeare, King Charles knows monarchy is about than outward show. But traditions must be honoured, and so he has approved a new symbol of royal authority.
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Furious neighbours blast school over 'unbearable' tennis courts being used by students to launch raids on their gardens
08/05/25 02:03
As the birthplace of wheelchair champion Alfie Hewett, you might imagine Norwich would have a ready affinity for tennis. A bitter row over five school courts would suggest otherwise.
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Horrifying moment child's therapy dog is mauled to death by 'pocket bully' in brutal street attack
08/05/25 10:22
Last month, when Karen Hawthornthwaite left home with Benji, who had comforted her autistic son during lockdown, she could not have imagined it would be her last walk with the beloved family dog.
England facing summer drought after driest start to spring in generations brings low reservoirs, struggling crops and wildfires
07/05/25 04:20
A summer drought could be looming in England after the driest start to spring in generations. Lack of rainfall has left reservoir levels dwindling, crops struggling and vegetation parched.
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Police issue update on death of 'loving' boy, 14, who was killed in fire at derelict warehouse after 16 children arrested in manslaughter probe were released on bail
07/05/25 02:26
Police investigating the death of 14-year-old boy in a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead have released 16 boys and girls on bail following their arrest for suspected manslaughter.
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BMW driver, 25, admits killing mother and daughter in 'fireball' Boxing Day crash that left three others fighting for their lives
07/05/25 11:51
A man has admitted causing the deaths of a mother and daughter and seriously injuring three others in a Boxing Day crash.
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Incredible moment family of killer whales come within feet of tourist boat off English coast in 'once-in-a-lifetime event'
07/05/25 11:13
Extraordinary footage captured the moment a pod of killer whales came within a few feet of a tourist boat three miles off the coast of Northumberland.
I'm Britain's oldest shopkeeper but despite being 100 years old I don't think I'll ever retire - and here's why
07/05/25 09:30
At the age of 100, Arthur Ferguson is Britain's oldest shopkeeper - and after running his shop in Cumbria for more than seven decades, he has no intention of relinquishing the reins.
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Mother accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter after leaving her with permanent brain damage appears in court
06/05/25 03:15
A 30-year-old woman accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter, who died at the Princess Royal hospital in Telford in 2022, has appeared at a magistrates' court in Shropshire.
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Moment former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall chases after car screaming 'I'll rip your head off' after drivers outside his house 'scared his children'
06/05/25 10:00
Eddie Hall, a retired British strongman turned mixed martial arts specialist, became involved in a furious row with motorists who allegedly created a late-evening disturbance outside his home.
Dark side of Roald Dahl: Author's anti-semitic views laid bare in blistering new play that serves as a reminder that the beloved author could be a cheat and a monster too
04/05/25 12:02
Roald Dahl 's reputation as one of the great children's storytellers is undeniable - yet the darker aspects of the author's worldview, reflected in the West End play Giant, have become barely less notorious.
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What life in Saudi Arabia is REALLY like for football's WAGs: 'hissed at in the street' and 'turned away from shops' - but there is a 'dream life' on offer in neighbouring country
04/05/25 06:52
At what point does money become worthless? That, in a nutshell, is the question facing the wives and girlfriends of famous footballers lured to Saudi Arabia by bucketloads of cash.
Meet the former Aston Villa reject who owns a £3BILLION agricultural technology company after retiring at 31 - but can't afford to pay £15,000-a-month support for his kids
03/05/25 08:43
He showed during his football career that he knows his way around a field. But since retiring, Jota Peleteiro has become familiar with a different type of field: the kind rutted by tractor tracks.
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Jaguar Land Rover restarts car exports to the US despite Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs that will put £9,500 on price of a Range Rover Evoque
03/05/25 12:53
Jaguar Land Rover has resumed shipments of its cars to the US after apparently shrugging off concerns about Donald Trump 's trade tariffs, which will see a 25 per cent levy on foreign cars.
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Organist at landmark London church confesses to molesting 17-year-old music student after plying him with gin and wine
03/05/25 11:16
A musician who presided over one of the world's most celebrated chamber ensembles has avoided prison 'by a hair's breath' after he admitted sexually abusing a teenage boy a quarter of a century ago.
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Get the Beckhams as your neighbours for just £10! Dream £2.8m mansion in the heart of the celeb-heavy Cotswolds is up for grabs in raffle
02/05/25 10:08
It is a millionaires' playground, home to the Beckhams, Kate Moss and Jeremy Clarkson. Now a home in the heart of the Cotswolds is within reach of anyone with a tenner and dream.
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Mystery as Brit tourist vanishes in Spain after missing his plane home from Benidorm holiday - as family launches urgent appeal for help
02/05/25 08:02
An appeal has been launched to find Tim Wager, 39, who arrived at Alicante-Elche Airport at around 9pm on Tuesday
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Inside the lavish upbringings of boxing's biggest nepo-babies: Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn enjoyed the fruits of their fathers' graft - but their childhoods were far from perfect
26/04/25 05:10
For all the bitterness that has pockmarked the buildup to their showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night, Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr are not so very different.
'Anti-British' balaclava-clad rap group Kneecap say they are taking action against their critics after 'being caught shouting pro-Hamas chants' at gig
26/04/25 02:46
The Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have said they intend to take legal action over 'false accusations of antisemitism' following a controversial performance at Coachella last weekend.
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Kim Jong Un's latest toy: North Korean leader and his daughter unveil rogue state's new warship that he says can launch nuclear ballistic missiles
26/04/25 10:56
Kim Jong Un has unveiled a nuclear-capable naval destroyer that he says will bolster North Korea 's ability to defend itself in the face of perceived aggression from the US and its regional allies.
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Inside Chris Eubank Sr's fractured relationship with son Jr after fighter ignored boxing legend father's desperate pleas to abandon 'illegal' fight with Conor Benn
26/04/25 08:56
Behind the showdown between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn lies the tale of a father-son relationship that was forged through boxing only for the sport to become a source of division.
Family pay heartbreaking tributes to British man after his body was found washed up on Benidorm beach
26/04/25 08:55
Tributes have been paid to a 'dedicated family man' after his body was found washed up on a beach in the Spanish coastal resort of Benidorm. Briton Jeff Duffield was found dead on Wednesday evening.
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Member of gang that murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbell made £500,000 from his terrifying life of criminal violence but only has to pay back £1
25/04/25 03:52
A notorious Merseyside gangster has been ordered to repay just one pound of the £500,000 fortune he amassed from his criminal deeds.
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Internet-obsessed and job-shy Gen Z 'refuse to work for less than £40k' as number of those out of work and education nears 1 million
25/04/25 08:32
Glued to their devices and unwilling to take a salary under £40,000, Gen Z is being shunted to the margins of society, an expert has warned a Lords' committee on social mobility policy.
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Seaside resort residents cower from bird poo onslaught as endangered kittiwakes flock to town after offshore wind farm 'hotels' failed to attract them
24/04/25 10:54
Lowestoft was the birthplace of composer Benjamin Britten, an avid birdwatcher. But locals are struggling to maintain his enthusiasm for the local sea bird population after an aerial onslaught.
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Personal trainer, 29, drowned while paddleboarding with his girlfriend as she desperately begged bystanders to help, inquest told
24/04/25 08:20
A 29-year-old personal trainer drowned after getting into difficulty while paddleboarding after an abrupt change in weather conditions, an inquest in Rochdale has heard.
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Vicar, 79, found with vile 'eunuch maker' images as police raided his house over meth and ketamine hoard he claimed helped him relate to followers
22/04/25 04:44
Geoffrey Baulcomb, a former Church of England vicar who claimed his drug habit helped him relate to his parishioners, has admitted possessing indecent images linked to the 'eunuch maker' case.
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Businesswoman fined and threatened with lawsuit by 'petty' council for 'fly-tipping' after work experience student put paper in wrong recycling bag
22/04/25 12:30
The owner of a beauty salon in Hampshire says the council threatened to sue her for fly-tipping after a work experience student inadvertently used the wrong recycling bag to dispose of shredded paper.
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Fury as posh Londoners wake up to find their council has replaced their parking spaces with e-bike bays - only for cyclists to IGNORE them while drivers have nowhere to stop
22/04/25 12:40
Wimbledon residents are up in arms after the local council's decision to replace precious street parking with 350 dedicated e-bike bays as part of a wider scheme promoted by the London mayor.
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Furr-ious action! Corgis go head to head in action-packed race held to celebrate dog breed beloved by Queen Elizabeth II
19/04/25 04:04
For Juno, the winner of the Musselburgh race course corgi derby, the roar of the crowd and the inspirational presence of Judy Murray, mother of former Wimbledon champion Andy, were decisive.
Sir Chris Hoy issues health update after his terminal cancer diagnosis as Team GB Olympian explains why he has 'hope' for outliving his prognosis
19/04/25 11:54
Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that his fitness is improving despite a terminal cancer diagnosis - and the six-time Olympic champion has found comfort from the longevity of others affected by the same condition.
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BBC's 'most hated regional accent' revealed as veteran war correspondent Kate Adie claims some dialects 'drove people nuts'
12/04/25 10:25
The veteran broadcaster Kate Adie has revealed that the BBC once kept an unofficial league table of regional accents - with one local dialect poorly received 'from one end of the country to another'.
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Robert De Niro to build UK's largest skyscraper for £360million outside of London
11/04/25 03:29
Robert De Niro's waiting, but not as you might expect. Rather than releasing a new film, the Hollywood icon is behind a project to build the largest British skyscraper outside London.
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Luxury £1.5milllion houseboat owner locked in High Court battle to save his spot next to London's Billionaire's Row
11/04/25 12:06
A 69-year-old business consultant is facing a high court battle to retain his high-profile berth on Chelsea Reach after claiming his £1.5 million houseboat is being unfairly turfed out.
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Mother-of-two was arrested for theft and held in a cell for seven-and-a-half hours - after confiscating her OWN children's iPads
11/04/25 09:14
A 50-year-old mother of two was left to stew in a police custody cell for more than seven hours after the confiscation of two iPads belonging to her children saw her accused of theft.
Inside Rory McIlroy and wife Erica Stoll's rollercoaster relationship... from meeting when he was dating tennis star ex to their shock divorce U-turn
10/04/25 12:22
Narratives are rarely in short supply around Rory McIlroy, particularly come Masters time - but few stand out more than his rollercoaster relationship with Erica Stoll, his wife of eight years
Minecraft movie mayhem: UK Cinemas threaten to pull film as 'Chicken Jockey' trend triggers fighting and screaming during screenings
10/04/25 10:47
Cinemas around the UK have issued warnings to viewers of A Minecraft Movie after chaotic scenes from inside screenings circulated on TikTok thanks to a bizarre trend.
Minecraft movie carnage: Screenings descend into chaos with fights breaking out, police called and cinemas covered in vomit and popcorn
08/04/25 01:10
Loved by gamers, dreaded by parents, derided by critics: for the most part, the noise surrounding A Minecraft Movie has been predictable. But a viral TikTok trend has caused bedlam in cinemas.
Meet the Everton flop who owned a pet zebra, was caught red-handed with a stripper by a private detective before being 'snitched on' by a Toffees team-mate
06/04/25 10:31
By the end of his time on Merseyside, Van der Meyde had cost the club about £312,000 a match - a good deal less than the 90,000 euros a minute he once claimed, but a scarcely believable sum.
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How London really COULD be turned into Singapore-on-Thames: 11.5 per cent tax and net zero overhaul could fulfil Brexiteers' economic dream
05/04/25 01:54
As post-Brexit Britain ponders how best to tackle Donald Trump 's global trade war, some observers feel the government should follow the model established by Singapore after its split from Malaysia
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Sobbing and four stone lighter, David Blaine stunned the world when he emerged from a box above the Thames after 44 days without food... so how did the illusionist REALLY pull it off (and where on earth did he go to the toilet)?
04/04/25 01:18
Never has David Blaine, who turns 52 today, held the British imagination more firmly in thrall than when he spent 44 days suspended above the River Thames inside a perpex box in 2003.
Moment drink-driver is caught crashing car by his OWN dashcam - which then also records him telling friend: 'I've had too much to drink and I'll lose my job'
03/04/25 03:16
A drunk driver who planned to fake the theft of his car after ploughing the vehicle through a roadside hedge has been caught out by footage from his own dashcam.
Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright's home could be yours for £2m as seven-bedroom Elizabethan farmhouse goes up for sale two months after Dame's death at 95
03/04/25 12:39
A seven-bedroom Elizabethan farmhouse that once belonged to the revered British actors Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Joan Plowright has gone on sale in West Sussex.
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Bodyguards hired by council to stop tourists from groping and touching buxom bronze statue
02/04/25 10:41
For years, her statue has stood proudly in Dublin, an embodiment of Ireland's spirit and culture. But now a bronze of folk hero Molly Malone is to be guarded after complaints of people groping the sculpture.
Ex-England and Ipswich Town striker Trevor Whymark's football career may have been a factor in his death after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, inquest hears
01/04/25 03:38
The death of former England footballer Trevor Whymark may have been linked to heading the ball during his professional career, an inquest at Norfolk coroner's court has heard.
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Jeremy Kyle's life after being cancelled over guest suicide as he makes ITV return for first time in 6 years on Kate Garraway's Life Stories
01/04/25 02:02
He has survived cancer and cancellation. Now it seems Jeremy Kyle , whose eponymous TV talk show once dominated the daytime broadcast schedule, may be planning a major comeback.
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I was on TV playing football with Wayne Rooney... it was supposed to change my life but then one night landed me in prison
29/03/25 10:42
Travis Beckford, Jermaine's brother and the inaugural winner of the reality TV show Wayne Rooney 's Street Striker in 2008, has accumulated enough experience to fill several lifetimes.
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Schoolgirl, 13, is victim of sickening girl gang beating as attackers 'kicked her head like a football and stamped on her face' as police arrest 12-year-old
29/03/25 03:50
A 13-year-old girl whose head was kicked 'like a football' during a brutal attack by four girls in Morecambe came close to suffering permanent brain damage, her mother has said.
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King Charles recuperates after hospital stay as he sends condolences to Myanmar quake victims after death toll tops 1,000
29/03/25 01:11
King Charles has sent a message of condolence to the people of Myanmar following a deadly earthquake that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in the south-east Asian country.
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Convicted gunman is on the run after fleeing open prison as police warn public not to approach him
29/03/25 10:38
A convicted gunman is on the loose after fleeing a men's open prison in Buckinghamshire. Brian Odour, 34, failed to return to HMP Springhill on Tuesday following a temporary licence of leave.
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London Marathon fury as thousands of runners fear they could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers changed the rules
28/03/25 05:38
Thousands of participants in this year's London Marathon could face disappointment on completing the race after organisers changed the rules surrounding the award of finishers' medals.
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Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for controversial £600million historical theme park in heart of Oxfordshire
28/03/25 01:30
The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.
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Christian influencer sacked by all-girl Catholic school after posting 'Andrew Tate-style' video telling women to make their husband the 'king of your life' loses tribunal
28/03/25 10:58
A woman who lost her job at a Catholic girls' school after teachers branded her views on marriage 'misogynistic' and 'provocative like Andrew Tate' has lost a claim for wrongful dismissal.
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Ricky Gervais forced to pause plans for £5million mega mansion on River Thames over government fears as he's given list of demands to fulfil before he can start building it
27/03/25 12:33
Ricky Gervais has been forced to freeze plans to build a new £5 million riverside mansion in the Buckinghamshire town of Marlow after the Environment Agency cited a number of concerns.
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Amputee, 50, was 'murdered' by thief who ran him over with his own car after home raid, court told
25/03/25 02:13
A father with a prosthetic leg who attempted to stop an intruder from making off with his car was left dying in the road after the thief used the vehicle as a weapon, a court has heard.
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UK's largest ever road tunnel spanning 14 miles to be built as planning for mega project gets the go-ahead
25/03/25 12:08
Plans for a £9 billion road that would pass beneath the River Thames, linking Kent and Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel, have been formally approved by the transport secretary Heidi Alexander.
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OnlyFans model, 20, weeps as she appears in court over child porn charges after filming X-rated videos with girl and selling them on WhatsApp
25/03/25 10:57
An OnlyFans model who created and distributed pornographic content with an underage teenage girl dissolved into tears as the gravity of her offence was brought home in court.
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Premier League's first African player labelled a 'deadbeat man' after refusing to pay maintenance for love-child - because he is already funding the upbringing of ELEVEN other kids!
23/03/25 01:00
He was the first African footballer to score a Premier League goal, but to the mother of one of his 13 children, this former Coventry, Birmingham and Sheffield United striker is a 'deadbeat man'.
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Pair who trained cockerels on treadmills to toughen them up for illegal fights avoid jail
22/03/25 03:44
Two men whose illegal cockfighting enterprise included the use of treadmills designed to improve the birds' strength and fitness for combat have avoided imprisonment.
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Pope Francis will appear in public on SUNDAY as Vatican issues health update on the 88-year-old who has been battling double pneumonia
22/03/25 12:53
Pope Francis will make his first public appearance since being admitted to hospital more than a month ago when he offers a blessing and a wave from Rome's Gemelli hospital
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Armed robbers ransack new Olympic president Kirsty Coventry's parents' home and steal £46,000 of jewellery, cash and her gold-winning swimming costumes
22/03/25 10:55
Armed robbers broke into the Zimbabwe home of Kirsty Coventry's parents before making off with sporting mementos belonging to the new International Olympic Committee president.
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Gross failure by three midwives to provide basic care led to baby girl's death, coroner says - after hospital probe praised 'great cohesion and communication' of staff
21/03/25 04:54
A baby girl died after midwives at Royal Lancaster infirmary failed to provide basic medical care as she struggled to breathe in the first minutes of her life, a coroner has found.
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On-the-run prisoner is spotted in new footage after faking medical emergency to break out of prison van on motorway
21/03/25 01:29
A man who took flight after faking a medical emergency as he was being conveyed to court in a prison van has been spotted in three separate areas across the north-west of England.
Judge is accused of 'gender prejudice' after city trader husband is left with just £325,000 of his heiress wife's £61.5m fortune in bitter divorce battle
21/03/25 11:57
Financial trader Simon Entwistle's 'painful' divorce from heiress Jenny Helliwell culminated with an award in his favour of just £400,000 - £2.1 million less than he had originally claimed.
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Nigerian romeo conman who duped women out of £200,000 online avoids deportation as judge rules his wife and children need NHS care
21/03/25 09:36
A romance fraudster who tricked women into paying him almost £200,000 has been allowed to stay in the UK after judges said Nigeria's healthcare system could not meet his family's medical needs.
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As her latest coach lasts just 14 DAYS, how British tennis star Emma Raducanu has burnt through SEVEN in less than four years
20/03/25 06:07
After hiring and firing seven coaches in less than four years, the latest departure from Emma Raducanu's camp will have been greeted with little more than a weary shrug by tennis observers.
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Fury at police force as it admits calling wanted transgender suspect a 'woman' in appeal
20/03/25 02:31
Women's rights campaigners have reacted with fury after police referred to a wanted individual as a woman.
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Illegal Channel migrants offered discount trips by smugglers across to the UK if they post the journey on social media
20/03/25 10:31
Channel migrants who chronicle their journey in social media video footage are being offered discounted passage by people smugglers who are eager to promote their services.
Bouncers should be renamed 'Ejection Technicians' because they sound too thuggish, according to Britain's first female doorperson
19/03/25 11:49
Back in 1883, a bouncer was described by one newspaper as the English version of a 'chucker out'. Delia El-Hosayny, Britain's first female bouncer, prefers the phrase 'ejection technician'.
Harshita Brella murder suspect's parents arrested in India on suspicion of 'causing her death by subjecting her to cruelty and harassment'
18/03/25 05:00
The parents of a man who is believed to have fled the country after the body of his wife, 24-year-old Harshita Brella, was found in the boot of a car in east London, have reportedly been arrested in India.
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Greasy spoon cafe - which offers a £35 breakfast bap - is criticised for branding morbidly obese people 'fatties'
18/03/25 02:37
The owner of a greasy spoon cafe in Belfast who provoked a storm of criticism by branding morbidly obese people 'fatties' has shrugged off a public outcry and the ire of disability campaigners.
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Colleague of City analyst accused of 'making £1 million from insider dealing scheme WFH' tells court it was a 'challenge' to communicate with him during lockdown
18/03/25 12:18
A former City analyst accused of insider trading that netted him nearly £1 million during the global pandemic was difficult to communicate with while working from home over lockdown, a trial has heard
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Adolescence star Stephen Graham's dyslexia struggle: Actor's wife reads his scripts for him to decide on new projects before he has to repeatedly go over lines to learn his parts
18/03/25 10:14
He is one of the great British character actors, a serial Bafta nominee whose face is familiar through a string of TV and film hits. But Stephen Graham owes much of his success to his wife.
Meet the rising British tennis star who despite standing at just 5ft 4ins has risen from her hospital bed to outshine Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter
16/03/25 01:48
Sonay Kartal, a rising force in British tennis who caught the nation's imagination last summer when she reached round three of Wimbledon, is a past master in making the most of a reprieve.
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The world's richest footballer you've never heard of: Royal who has rubbed shoulders with Queen is claimed to be worth 22 times more than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi combined despite plying his trade in the backwaters of Thailand
16/03/25 01:47
Mention Faiq Bolkiah in casual conversation and, unless you happen to be in south-east Asia, you're likely to get one of two responses: total ignorance or acknowledgement of the world's richest footballer.
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Unrecognisable Man United legend who urinated on team-mates and drank a £200 bottle of champagne with a homeless person during 12-day bender has forged a very different path in life
16/03/25 10:27
It was May 26, 1999, arguably the most famous night in Manchester United's history, and as the players celebrated a dramatic Champions League win, one loomed larger than all the rest.
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Prince William's Aston Villa love affair: The reason future King became Midlands club's most famous fan... and the secret names he uses to follow them online
15/03/25 10:47
To judge from his glum expression, Prince William was not amused. With a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at stake, his beloved Aston Villa had been toiling against Club Bruges.

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