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Sam Greenhill, Chief Reporter

Sam Greenhill is the Daily Mail's chief reporter and has worked at the newspaper since 2003 when he joined from the Press Association where he was also chief reporter following a career on magazines, local newspapers and the BBC.

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'A desperately sad story': SAM GREENHILL reveals the uncomfortable truth about Virginia Giuffre's bombshell memoir

25/10/25 06:24

Virginia Roberts was the 'sex slave' of Jeffrey Epstein who claims she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew. Now for the first time, she has told her own life story in full - in an autobiography which has been published posthumously....read

What Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge arrangement really costs
22/10/25 08:15
Prince Andrew has lived for two decades rent-free at Royal Lodge, paying just 'one peppercorn (if demanded) per annum' - according to the terms made public by the Crown Estate.
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The real cost of Andrew's Royal Lodge deal to the taxpayer as 'cast iron lease' makes it 'impossible' to evict him despite public outcry
21/10/25 11:45
Prince Andrew has lived for two decades rent-free at Royal Lodge, paying just 'one peppercorn (if demanded) per annum' - according to the terms made public by the Crown Estate.
An orgy on Epstein's island, losing her baby and being raped by her father at the age of nine: All the claims made by Virginia Giuffre from beyond the grave in her new memoir
20/10/25 11:13
In her posthumous memoir, she describes a childhood so blighted by horrific abuse that she became the 'perfect victim' for sexual predators Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre claims she was raped by her own father - who strenuously denies touching her sexually
20/10/25 03:28
Virginia Giuffre claims she was raped by her own father when she was about nine. She describes a childhood so blighted by horrific abuse that she became the 'perfect victim' for Epstein and Maxwell.
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Prince Andrew joins 'rogues gallery' of disgraced noble men removed from the Order of the Garter - including a nun-abducting knight and Emperor Hirohito
17/10/25 08:35
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III, and is Britain's most senior order of chivalry.
Revealed: How Prince Andrew and the 'spy chief' at the heart of China scandal met at least three times... as Starmer is rebuked by the MI5 boss over the collapsed case
16/10/25 08:08
The Duke of York became embroiled in the scandal as pictures showed him shaking hands with the Beijing official said to have helped mastermind the Westminster espionage plot.
Police remove firearms from the family home of an Oxford University student who was arrested for 'inciting racial hatred' after he led chants of 'put the Zios in the ground'
16/10/25 03:35
Firearms and ammunition were seized at the family home of anti-Israeli protester Sam Williams today. Uniformed officers arrived at the quiet cul-de-sac in Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, around lunchtime.
Israel-Hamas war is over: Blessed is the peacemaker... and utterly pointless the virtue-signalling liberals like Starmer and Macron
09/10/25 10:46
Donald Trump last night proclaimed 'everlasting peace' as he clinched a historic deal to bring home Israeli hostages and end the bombardment of Gaza.
Richard Desmond goes for lotto jackpot as he claims he is owed £1.3BILLION after failing to win chance to run The National Lottery
08/10/25 02:52
Billionaire Richard Desmond is embarking on a court battle to demand £1.3billion after failing to win the competition to run The National Lottery. It could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
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Led by an Oxford graduate ex Government lawyer, Defend Our Juries group plotting pro-Palestine 'mass action' to overwhelm police in London days after synagogue terror attack
03/10/25 04:23
Defend Our Juries - a campaign group set for its biggest coup yet as it dares the police to carry out mass arrests of its supporters - is led by an Oxford graduate former government lawyer
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Report: Harry seems to blame his lawyer for dragging William into case
03/10/25 01:15
The Duke of Sussex, who is suing the Daily Mail's publisher, seemed to have had no idea his barrister David Sherborne would bring his brother William - an 'associate' of Harry's - into the proceedings.
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Now Harry appears to blame his own lawyer for William being 'dragged' into his legal battle with the Mail
02/10/25 09:36
The Duke of Sussex, who is suing the Daily Mail's publisher, seemed to have had no idea his barrister David Sherborne would bring his brother William - an 'associate' of Harry's - into the proceedings.
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Prince Harry's case against Daily Mail: legal researchers hatched a 'camouflage scheme' to 'mislead' High Court, hearing is told
02/10/25 04:10
Prince Harry and Baroness Lawrence's legal team 'hatched a scheme' to mislead the High Court in the high-profile trial they are bringing with others against the Daily Mail, a hearing was told.
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Report: Mandelson's firm rushed to 'sack' him after PM's decision
24/09/25 04:43
Lord Mandelson's own firm rushed through his 'sacking' just minutes after he was fired as Britain's ambassador to Washington, as Global Counsel's clients feared being 'tarnished'.
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Lord Mandelson: fired as ambassador at 10.30am, then 'sacked' by his own firm 1hr 9mins later, as Global Counsel eyed a 'strong commercial benefit' to ditching the Labour peer who built the company to make his fortune
24/09/25 02:09
Lord Mandelson's own firm rushed through his 'sacking' just minutes after he was fired as Britain's ambassador to Washington, as Global Counsel's clients feared being 'tarnished'.
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Fergie's photos with Epstein raise questions: Will the King intervene?
23/09/25 07:00
Two decades after these snaps showing the Duchess of York posing with Epstein's staff, Fergie's reputation has taken a body blow following new revelations.
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Will the King banish Fergie? Photos that show just how close she and Epstein were - as scandal threatens to force Yorks out of Royal Lodge
23/09/25 12:26
Two decades after these snaps showing the Duchess of York posing with Epstein's staff, Fergie's reputation has taken a body blow following new revelations.
Seven charities cut ties with Ferguson after leaked email to Epstein
22/09/25 05:57
Children's charity Julia's House today said it would be 'inappropriate' to stay involved with Sarah Ferguson - and other organisations have swiftly followed suit.
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Seven charities including Teenage Cancer Trust cut ties with Sarah Ferguson after leaked email showed her apologising to 'supreme friend' Jeffrey Epstein
22/09/25 12:12
Children's charity Julia's House said it would be 'inappropriate' to stay involved with Fergie after her emailed apology to Epstein emerged - and other organisations have swiftly followed suit.
Revealed: Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is back behind bars after 'assaulting new girlfriend'
18/09/25 04:00
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is back behind bars - after allegedly assaulting a new partner who complained about his 'coercive and controlling behaviour and assault', it is understood.
Prince Andrew was a witness in Epstein probe, says former US attorney
18/09/25 11:38
Prince Andrew was 'at least' a witness to the investigation by American prosecutors who had been 'trying to get [him] in the door to question', says William Barr, former US Attorney General.
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Prince Andrew was 'at least' a witness in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, reveals former chief US prosecutor as he recalls 'zero cooperation' press conference in newly-released Epstein files
18/09/25 10:41
Prince Andrew was 'at least' a witness to the investigation by American prosecutors who had been 'trying to get [him] in the door to question', says William Barr, former US Attorney General.
A teenager full of hate from a family full of love: How Charlie Kirk's 'assassin' Tyler Robinson went from a once-gawky youngster to America's most wanted man
13/09/25 01:27
He wore train-track braces and a teenager's awkward smile, but suspected assassin Tyler Robinson could not be more 'handsome' and 'wonderful' in the eyes of his mother and grandmother.
Oxford Union suffers growing backlash after president-elect accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination - after pair came head-to-head in debate weeks ago
12/09/25 09:33
The Oxford Union is facing a growing backlash after its incoming president made gloating remarks about Charlie Kirk's assassination. Prestigious speakers have cancelled forthcoming appearances
Now Lord Mandelson's own firm 'sacks him' after colleagues concluded there was 'no way back' for disgraced Labour peer who set up Global Counsel to make his fortune
12/09/25 10:31
Lord Mandelson was effectively sacked by his own firm today as Global Counsel 'cut ties' with him after the torrent of sickening emails showing how he helped child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein emails reveal Ghislaine Maxwell's central role in operations
12/09/25 10:15
The British socialite and on-off girlfriend of the paedophile has claimed she was kept in the dark about his sexual crimes.
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The torrent of sickening emails to Epstein that shames Lord Mandelson as he is finally sacked by Keir Starmer
11/09/25 11:58
The Labour grandee appears to have plotted behind the scenes with his paedophile 'best pal' to save him from looming charges of molesting teenagers.
Fresh tranche of Epstein emails shine stark new light on paedophile's relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell
11/09/25 11:09
The British socialite and on-off girlfriend of the paedophile has claimed she was kept in the dark about his sexual crimes.
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Lord Mandelson sacked as US ambassador over Epstein emails
11/09/25 10:37
Lord Mandelson was sacked as US ambassador today as Labour MPs joined fury after emails showed that he had urged Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release'.
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'What's cooking?' asked Lord Mandelson as he and mysterious 'Mr Big' fought to save child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein as the FBI closed in: new tranche of devastating emails
11/09/25 10:37
Lord Mandelson apparently found time while an EU Commissioner to join forces with a mysterious 'Mr Big' to help Jeffrey Epstein, new emails reveal.
Peter Mandelson emails told Epstein, 'your friends love you'
11/09/25 10:28
Lord Mandelson looked doomed last night after emails showed that he had urged Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' as he faced jail for child sex offences.
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Calamity Keir made Mandelson US envoy 'despite warning from security services' - as PM faces a second meltdown just days after Rayner quit
11/09/25 07:53
Keir Starmer went ahead with the appointment last year even though concerns were reportedly raised during the vetting process.
Now Mandelson MUST be fired: Cross-party fury as emails show UK's ambassador told Epstein 'your friends love you' and urged him to 'fight for early release'
10/09/25 10:49
Lord Mandelson looked doomed last night after emails showed that he had urged Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' as he faced jail for child sex offences.
Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' as paedophile was facing jail for child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'
10/09/25 04:04
British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal
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Labour MPs break ranks to call for Lord Mandelson to QUIT over Jeffrey Epstein links - as squirming Starmer says he DOES have confidence in US envoy
10/09/25 11:50
Keir Starmer is facing Labour dissent after defending the peer, despite acknowledging he was 'right' to express regret for an extraordinary birthday message.
New Epstein documents spark outrage to sack US Ambassador Mandelson
10/09/25 11:20
Lord Mandelson faces intense pressure after messages revealed him fawning over paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as 'my best pal'. Britain's ambassador to Washington hailed his love for the financier.
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Starmer writhes over what he knew when about Lord Mandelson's Jeffrey Epstein links - as he says he DOES have confidence in US envoy despite 'more damaging details to come'
10/09/25 08:14
Britain's ambassador to Washington called the disgraced financier his 'best pal' and sent photos of himself topless and wearing a fluffy white dressing gown, it emerged.
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Calls to sack US Ambassador Mandelson as Epstein's eye-popping 'birthday book' gives up its secrets - including Trump's 'lewd message'
10/09/25 12:37
Lord Mandelson faces intense pressure after messages revealed him fawning over paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as 'my best pal'. Britain's ambassador to Washington hailed his love for the financier.
Revealed: Identity of the two women pictured with Lord Mandelson on Epstein's island
09/09/25 05:28
One of the women in the picture has confirmed her identity - and shared whom she believes is the other woman next to the Labour man turned US ambassador.
Astonishing closeness of Lord Mandelson and 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein laid bare in excruciating holiday snaps of Britain's ambassador to Washington - known as 'Petie' - in his bathrobe on paedophile's island
09/09/25 10:10
Britain's ambassador to Washington is seen in various states of undress enjoying a Caribbean break with the disgraced financier, to whom he wrote a fawning letter saying: 'We love you!'
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Yvette Cooper pays the price for huge failures on Channel crossings and migrant hotels as she is ousted as Home Secretary
05/09/25 06:13
In Yvette Cooper 's torrid year at the helm, the Home Office has lurched from one disaster to the next. And today she is paying the price for a litany of dismal failures.
Rayner on the brink: Sleaze report into Deputy PM could come TODAY after lawyers denied advising her not to pay full stamp duty - and Starmer hinted he IS ready to sack her
05/09/25 07:27
Laurie Magnus could deliver his report on the deputy PM after furious lawyers accused her of trying to make them 'scapegoats' for her underpaying stamp duty.
Starmer 'prepared to fire' Angela Rayner over alleged rule-breaking
05/09/25 07:00
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is skating on thin ice as the ministerial ethics adviser prepares to deliver his verdict as soon as today.
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Starmer is 'prepared to sack Angela Rayner' if she broke rules after lawyers accused her of making them 'a scapegoat' - as report into tax fiasco is due TODAY
05/09/25 12:17
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is skating on thin ice as the ministerial ethics adviser prepares to deliver his verdict as soon as today.
Angela Rayner's lawyers insist they did NOT give her tax advice and say they are being 'scapegoated' amid stamp duty furore
04/09/25 05:17
The high-street conveyancing firm Angela Rayner used to buy a flat issued a devastating statement saying they had calculated the stamp duty based on the information she provided.
Angela Rayner accused of using son's NHS payout for second home
04/09/25 09:19
She received £162,500 from a trust fund set up to care for 17-year-old Charlie, who was born prematurely.
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How merciless 'Red Queen' Angela Rayner was brought down by a mess of her own making
03/09/25 11:49
For a politician who prides herself on giving straight answers, unlike so many of her evasive colleagues, Angela Rayner has been unable to answer one simple question: where does she actually live?
Spineless Starmer repeatedly REFUSES to say he'll sack Rayner even if ministerial tax probe rules she broke rules when buying seaside flat
03/09/25 10:21
Cabinet colleagues of the Deputy Prime Minister suggested she was being unfairly treated for being a successful, working-class Northerner after she admitted underpaying stamp duty by £40,000.
Ukrainian teenagers dubbed the 'children of heroes' are given a break from the hell of war thanks to the generosity of kind Daily Mail readers
03/09/25 07:37
Many of these youngsters have lost a parent fighting off Putin's brutal invasion. Now Daily Mail readers have helped pay for a precious trip to Britain for trauma therapy - and hope for their futures
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Secret Afghan airlift: spending watchdogs condemn MOD 'confusion' over public cash splashed on scheme exposed by Daily Mail which ministers had quietly agreed to devote £7billion on without asking or informing taxpayers
02/09/25 11:01
Ministers' hush-hush £7billion airlift of Afghan migrants into Britian remains shrouded in secrecy, the official auditor, spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO), has ruled
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Afghans who risked their lives for Britain reveal 'panic' over claims Iran is plotting with the Taliban to exploit lost government database
05/08/25 04:38
The Afghans in hiding have dubbed it a 'deal of devils' and believe such an agreement between the brutal leaderships in Tehran and Kabul will increase their value as targets of both regimes.
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Iran reportedly asks Taliban for 'kill list' to exploit UK database
05/08/25 09:57
Iran is plotting with the Taliban to exploit a lost database that exposed details of MI6 spies and UK Special Forces, it was claimed last night.
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Iran 'asks Taliban for spy kill list' to exploit Britain's lost database exposing MI6 spies and special forces
04/08/25 09:28
Iran is plotting with the Taliban to exploit a lost database that exposed details of MI6 spies and UK Special Forces, it was claimed last night.
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Loyal Afghan commando who helped recover British hero's body has fingers chopped and broken amid mounting Taliban revenge attacks after UK data breach disaster - as top MOD figure prepares to quit
01/08/25 07:44
An Afghan hero who carried the body of a British special forces soldier with the now-Veterans Minister Al Carns has been tortured while fleeing from the Taliban amid more executions
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Town councillor who asked probing questions about 300 migrants in a hotel and whether local veterans could get the same level of support is 'reported to police' for 'stirring up racial hatred'
28/07/25 10:27
When Councillor John Edwards asked whether British veterans would get the same support as 300 migrants put up in a four-star hotel, he was 'reported to police' for 'stirring up racial hatred'.
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Revenge of the Taliban continued: Warlords now arresting Afghans trying to check British government website at internet cafes to see if their details lost in UK's worst ever data breach
22/07/25 12:46
Afghans said to have applied for sanctuary in Britain are being arrested as they try to check the UK government's website to see if their names were on the leaked dataset.
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Some Afghans brought to the UK could be 'radicalised' here, ministers are warned - as the numbers expected to present as homeless are feared to be worse than previously thought
22/07/25 12:43
Ministers have been warned that some Afghans airlifted to Britain could become 'radicalised' by terror groups. More than one in ten are also feared to become homeless in the UK.
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Revealed: Taliban kills 10 Afghans who helped the West in days after the data leak disaster
20/07/25 10:06
Former interpreter Faiz (pictured), 39, who spent five years on the frontlines beside UK forces, said: 'Everyone is terrified.'
Defence secretary was told that blocking the press from reporting on Afghanistan airlift was unjustified MONTHS ago
19/07/25 11:27
The Mail fought for two years to reveal the Government's covert airlift of thousands of Afghans after it put 100,000 'at risk of death' by leaking a database of those who had applied for sanctuary.
Personal details of UK special forces included in Afghan data breach
17/07/25 05:56
So that's why ministers wanted to hush it up: secret database the Government lost contained details of more than 100 British operatives as well as the 18,800 Afghans, defence sources revealed
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UK special forces, MI6 spies and British MPs were on Afghan database that was lost by Government that obtained super-injunction to hush up the scandal
17/07/25 04:48
So that's why ministers wanted to hush it up: secret database the Government lost contained details of more than 100 British operatives as well as the 18,800 Afghans, defence sources revealed
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Defence Secretary Healey disclosed details of secret Afghan database to Parliament - despite the Mail being blocked from reporting it
17/07/25 12:14
The Press were gagged by a new injunction earlier this week from revealing information sensitive to national security from the dataset of Afghans that put 100,000 'at risk of death'.
Afghans left behind live in fear of Taliban 'kill list'
17/07/25 10:35
Terrified Afghans approved for sanctuary under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) but trapped in hiding have accused the British military of 'betrayal' following revelations of a data leak.
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MPs launch two probes into Government's secret immigration scheme for Afghans
16/07/25 10:28
Two Parliamentary inquiries were launched yesterday into the Government's secret immigration scheme for Afghans that it deemed 'at risk of death'.
The Afghans left behind... and terrified of ending up on a Taliban kill list
16/07/25 10:06
Terrified Afghans approved for sanctuary under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) but trapped in hiding have accused the British military of 'betrayal' following revelations of a data leak.
Thanks for saving us, now we'll sue you: Afghan data disaster takes bleakly predictable twist as ambulance-chasing lawyers cash in
16/07/25 09:14
Legal companies have begun signing up thousands of claimants who could, it is claimed, pocket up to £250,000 each in compensation.
Ex-Defence Secretary says he's not sorry for Afghan injunction
16/07/25 08:11
Ben Wallace said his 'first priority was to protect all those that might be at risk' from retribution by the Taliban after a military data leak.
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Shameful blame game over Afghan cover-up: Starmer lashes out at Tories at PMQs as ex-minister admits secret airlift to Britain after data leak was a 'farce' - and furious Speaker asks why MPs were kept in the dark
16/07/25 07:06
Keir Starmer pointed the finger at Tories over the panicky response to a huge military data leak, saying at PMQs there were 'serious questions to answer'.
Revealed: What the Government said in secret court sessions about relocating Afghans to the UK - and what it's saying now...
15/07/25 11:01
Here we contrast what they said in court - when journalists were gagged - and what they are saying now.
Ministers STILL won't come clean on secret airlifts after the Mail revealed 18,500 Afghans were brought to Britain as part of £7BILLION scheme
15/07/25 11:01
Defence Secretary John Healey's emergency explanation to Parliament appeared at odds with facts heard at secret High Court hearings over the last two years.
Ministers fear there could be riots as British towns with hundreds of Afghan arrivals finally learn WHY
15/07/25 11:02
The Ministry of Defence has warned of possible public disorder following the revelations that thousands of Afghans have been quietly slipped into Britain.
Pictured: The unmarked planes full of Afghans landing at Stansted's private hangars before migrant families are bussed to their new life in British hotels and military bases
15/07/25 11:01
The Daily Mail is the only media organisation to have discovered and witnessed how every fortnight or so plain white charter planes have been landing at Stansted packed with Afghans.
I faced the threat of jail for exposing ministers' secret £7bn migration scheme…and saw first-hand the sinister steps the Government took to mislead the public, by SAM GREENHILL
15/07/25 11:00
Never before had I witnessed such an extraordinary scene in almost 30 years of reporting from the Press benches of the Royal Courts, writes SAM GREENHILL.
Inside 'Operation Rubific': How clandestine £7billion migrant scheme was sparked by a British soldier's email blunder - which put 100,000 Afghans 'at risk of death' - and saw thousands of them smuggled to Britain in complete secret
15/07/25 11:00
Amid great secrecy and alarm, Operation Rubific was launched. It was one of the biggest peacetime evacuations in modern UK history: rescuing Afghans whose names were on a leaked database.
Revealed after the Daily Mail's two-year battle against superinjunction, the Government's £7billion secret airlift as 18,500 Afghans are brought to Britain
15/07/25 11:00
Today after 23 months of being gagged, the Daily Mail can reveal the scheme to bring in thousands of Afghans, and how Parliament has been deliberately kept oblivious.
Government-backed motability scheme that could get you a free car
07/07/25 07:00
Motability was set up to provide free cars for those with serious physical disabilities, but now people with VERY surprising conditions are using it to get around courtesy of taxpayers.
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Revealed: The VERY strange ailments that are netting sufferers a brand-new car funded by the taxpayer
07/07/25 12:01
Motability was set up to provide cars for those with serious physical disabilities, but now people with VERY surprising conditions are using it to get around courtesy of taxpayers.
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Shock as Britain turns its back on Afghans who loyally helped UK forces during two decades in Afghanistan with sudden closure of lifeline ARAP scheme
01/07/25 03:26
Hundreds of Afghans in line for sanctuary in Britain in return for their loyalty to the UK were 'betrayed' today when ministers suddenly cut a lifeline to help them.
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Emotional David Beckham FINALLY gets knighthood after years of being snubbed and describes it as 'truly humbling' as he joins Luke Littler and Claudia Winkleman on King's Birthday Honours list
13/06/25 09:30
Former England star leads King's Birthday Honours - after years of waiting to be dubbed Sir - as host of stars of screen and champions of the community are given gongs

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