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A driver was left “in tears” after “writing off” his £215,000 Lamborghini, which smashed into a tree before hitting a wall. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/lamborghini-written-off-in-crash-during-supercar-event-a4099566.html what a waste of a nice car and why did this car have no number plates when used on public roads?
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Parents are to be banned from smacking their children under legislation introduced by the Welsh government. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/wales-set-to-become-the-first-uk-country-to-ban-smacking-children-a4099816.html My opinion only how many people think this is right or wrong?
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A fake homeless beggar said he can earn up to £60 an hour in one central London spot. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/fake-homeless-beggars-claims-he-can-make-60-an-half-hour-in-central-london-a-new-documentary-reveals-a4098001.html If it is true it makes me mad to read a story like this.
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Image copyright PA Image caption Fiona Onasanya left prison by car with the closest window to her covered by a hi-vis jacket Disgraced MP Fiona Onasanya has been released from prison less than four weeks after she was convicted of lying to police over a speeding ticket. Onasanya denied being behind the wheel when her car was spotted being driven at 41mph in a 30mph zone in July. She was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and served her sentence at Bronzefield Prison, Surrey. The 35-year-old solicitor was expelled by the Labour Party but remains MP for Peterborough. Image copyright PA Image caption Onasanya was convict…
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Climate change: Water shortages in England 'within 25 years' 19 March 2019 Image copyright PA Image caption Low water levels at Wayoh Reservoir near Bolton in the UK heatwave in July 2018 …
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Utrecht shooting: 'One dead' as man opens fire in tram 18 March 2019 Image copyright EPA Image caption Anti-terrorism police are at the scene A g…
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6807811/One-17-British-Army-veterans-face-Bloody-Sunday-charges.html So we find ourselves again torn between justice and a witch hunt. 48 years after Bloody Sunday and a former soldier is being charged with murder. This does bring the question of whether or not this is really in the public interest, and what new evidence do they actually have. There is a drive to put a 10 year limit on prosecutions from conflict zones. I would put money on the fact this is nothing more placating certain people.
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New Zealand mosques: Several dead after shootings in Christchurch 15 March 2019 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJacinda Ardern: "One of New Zealand's darkest days" There are "multiple fatalities" after shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, police in New Zealand have confirmed. Three men and one woman are in custody, police c…
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Britain and other European nations are at risk from Iranian terror attacks on home soil and must do more to deter the regime, America’s counter-terrorism coordinator has warned. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/britain-and-eu-at-risk-of-iranian-terror-attacks-at-home-us-counter-terrorism-chief-warns/ar-BBUPDCJ?ocid=spartandhp
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Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionHeathrow said the incident was being treated as a "criminal act" Counter-terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at Heathrow Airport, London City Airport and Waterloo station. The "small improvised explosive devices" were found in A4 postal bags, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met's Counter Terrorism Command is treating it as a "linked series" and "keeping an open mind regarding motives". No-one has been hurt, the force added. The Compass Centre in Heathrow's grounds was evacuated after a package was reported to police at about 09:55 GMT. The package has sin…
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An eastern European crime ring who ran an “Amazon-style” factory for fake IDs, passports and driving licences from a house in east London have been jailed for a total of more than 27 years. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/eastern-european-crime-gang-who-ran-amazonstyle-fake-passport-agency-jailed-for-27-years-a4092596.html
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Return to News The former Deputy Superintendent of a children’s home in North Wales has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of sexually abusing young boys in the 1970s. Huw Meurig Jones, aged 69, from Old Colwyn, was convicted of ten offences, including #######, indecent assault and gross indecency, following a National Crime Agency investigation. The offences took place between 1975 and 1978, when Jones was the Deputy Superintendent at Little Acton Assessment Centre, Wrexham, and when he was a social worker in the Colwyn Bay area. The victims, two males aged between 13 and 15 at the time of the offences, were preyed upon by Jones at the Asse…
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10 March 2019 An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet has crashed on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya. The flight is believed to have had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, the airline says. A spokesman said the crash happened at 08.44 local time on Sunday, shortly after take-off from the Ethiopian capital. First word of the crash came when Prime Minister Abiy Ahme…
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By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 11 March 2019 Image copyright mattjeacock The four-hour A&E target may be dropped under plans announced by NHS England. NHS bosses have unveiled an overhaul of the flagship A&E target alongside o…
