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Police searching for a missing mother and her two children have arrested a man on suspicion of child abduction and conspiracy to kidnap. Essex mum Jamie-Leigh Kelly, 31, left a centre for vulnerable mothers and children in Colindale in north London on 19 September with her three-year-old daughter and newborn baby boy, against the wishes
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The Metropolitan Police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba will face a murder charge, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Mr Kaba, 24, died the day after he was hit by a single gunshot from a police firearms officer in Streatham Hill on 5 September last year. The car he was driving was followed through
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YouTube has suspended adverts on videos by Russell Brand after the comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault. The Google-owned company said it had suspended the monetisation of Mr Brand’s channel for “violating our Creator Responsibility policy”. “If a creator’s off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the
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Celebrity TV dentist Dr Uchenna Okoye has died after a “sudden illness”, her representatives have said. The 53-year-old starred on makeover show 10 Years Younger and was a regular contributor on ITV’s This Morning. Tributes have poured in on social media, with fans writing of their “shock” and sadness. Dr Okoye died after a “sudden
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A lorry driver has been jailed after police seized £70,000 in criminal cash disguised as sandwiches. The money, wrapped in tin foil, was discovered in the cab of the driver’s vehicle in Harwich in Essex. Police were carrying out routine checks when they noticed the lorry driving the wrong way, perhaps in an attempt to
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The BBC has said it is “urgently looking into the issues raised” by allegations made against the comedian Russell Brand after he was publicly accused of rape and sexual assault. When asked if it would launch an investigation, the corporation said in a statement: “The documentary and associated reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number
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A police officer has been jailed for 26 years for raping and sexually assaulting a child. DC Stephen Hardy of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) used his teenage victim as a “puppet or sex object”, Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said during his sentencing on Wednesday. The 46-year-old was found guilty of 20 offences, including six of rape,
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Nottinghamshire Police are preparing to launch an investigation into maternity cases of “potentially significant concern”. Chief Constable Kate Meynell said the cases relate to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She said the decision came after a meeting with senior midwife Donna Ockenden to discuss her independent review “and to build up a clearer picture of
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Smart home devices, including appliances like washing machines, demand unnecessarily large amounts of user data that could end up in the hands of social media and marketing firms, a consumer group has warned. Which? said many products’ apps request information during setup that should not be needed to run. Among the offenders are Google thermostats
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