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Jailed activist ‘hurt’ PM did not raise case with Egyptian leader, says family
Campaigners want Sir Keir Starmer to make a direct intervention with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to help free Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
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Woman appears in court charged with murder of five-year-old son
Claire Button, 35, appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged over the death of her five-year-old son Lincoln Button.
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Met Office forecasts ‘mild Christmas’ with ‘notably high temperatures’
The weather service said conditions ‘should not play a factor’ in any disruption to roads over the next few days.
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Somerset: Full A37 road closure after Yeovil collision
Travel Somerset have reported the full closure of the A37 Keyford roundabout in Yeovil due to a collision at around 11.30am. This has occurred only two days after a "serious collision" led to the full ...
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Sentencing of members of ‘depraved’ child abuse ring postponed until new year
The two women and five men were convicted of a range of offences last year which the trial judge said plunged ‘the depths of human depravity’.
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Warning about tree was not passed on to train driver before 84mph crash – report
The driver’s cab of the ScotRail train was severely damaged by the crash in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, on December 27 last year.
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Fire at Birmingham shop hit by car sounded ‘like a bomb went off’ – residents
West Midlands Fire Service said it responded to the incident at Stratford Road, Sparkhill, shortly before 4.55am on Monday.
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Man faces trial accused of assisting in disposal of dead body
Officers have been trawling a landfill site in Essex for the body of Cumali Turhan, who was last seen in Chelmsford in the early hours of ...
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Daughter suffers ‘restless nights’ as search for mother’s remains continues
The daughter of a woman whose body has not been found after she was murdered by her abusive boyfriend has described her restless nights not knowing where her mother’s remains are. Fiona Holm, 48, was ...