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Iwan Stone - Home News Reporter

Iwan Stone is an NCTJ qualified reporter working as part of the fast-paced Home News team, with an enthusiasm for a diverse range of subjects and ideas. Before, at news agency Triangle News, he developed hard-hitting and eye-catching story packages to sell to the national press. Generally Copytasting, Assistant Night News Editing or on the end of the tips phone line.

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Rare 2p coin fetches a jaw-dropping £750 at auction: Have you got one in YOUR pocket?

26/04/25 02:43

Unlike other 2p coins, it's made from cupronickel, a metal alloy normally used for higher-denomination coins such as 10 pence pieces. As a result, it's got a unique silver colour, instead of the usual bronze tint, and will stand out in a handful of change. Coin expert and YouTuber Christopher Collects, who works with The Britannia Coin Company, sister firm to RWB Auctions, described how the coin may have come out in silver....read

Just Stop Oil just stops: Eco-clowns hold final march through London after infuriating motorists, art lovers, sports fans and the police with disruptive protests that cost millions
26/04/25 02:37
The self-righteous eco-clowns announced they were 'hanging up the hi vis' last month after three years of havoc wrecked on the lives of ordinary Brits.
Donald Trump is accused of breaking the dress code at Pope Francis' funeral
26/04/25 10:33
The president, who sat in the front row of hundreds of foreign dignitaries and royalty, donned a mid-blue outfit, adorned with a pin showing the American flag. He paired it with a shiny blue tie.
Prince Andrew's ex Lady Victoria Hervey sparks fury with vile post about Virginia Giuffre after her suicide
26/04/25 09:13
The vile social media post was shared to Lady Victoria Hervey 's followers alongside a screenshot of the news that the 41-year-old trafficking victim had died.
How Virginia Giuffre's life turned to hell after Prince Andrew's multi-million pound payout: From messy marriage breakdown to bizarre bus crash and spate of hospital admissions
26/04/25 08:33
The 41-year-old trafficking victim, whose suicide was announced by her family this morning, released a slew of troubled social media posts in the months leading up to her death.
As All Saints Melanie Blatt becomes the latest celebrity to launch her own pub, I put the popstar's menu to the test - and one item left me shocked
24/04/25 05:40
Melanie Blatt has taken on a weekly residency in the kitchen of fashionable gastropub The Londesborough, in Stoke Newington - but how good is her cooking?
Revealed: Weirdest death row meals for predators including three entire buckets of KFC and a single, pitted olive
19/04/25 07:59
A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, grand over-indulgence and statements of fury against the law.
Paedophile vicar, 80, who raped six-year-old boy in church dies in prison after just five months behind bars - as victim says he 'eventually got what he deserved'
18/04/25 04:22
Ifor Whittaker, 80, was condemned as a 'predatory paedophile' when he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of eight years in November last year.
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Tragedy as mother, 25, killed in horse-riding accident had given birth just months earlier - as her grieving partner pays tribute to his 'soulmate'
15/04/25 04:35
Katie Hacche, 25, had gone to Little Mill Equestrian Centre in Carmarthen on Saturday morning - but never made it home.
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Ronnie Kray raped me... I find the hero worship of him and Reggie clueless - the twins were absolute psychopaths
14/04/25 12:41
Ronnie and Reggie Kray ruled the East End with a ruthless regime of murder, armed robbery, arson, protection rackets and beatings.
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Britain considers 'sending troops to Ukraine for 5 years' in new plan
11/04/25 06:45
Soldiers could be deployed to help train and reconstitute the Ukrainian forces in measures that would shield the war-torn nation from further attacks.
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We'll cut your aid if you don't take your citizens back, Friedrich Merz tells foreign countries whose residents continue immigrating to Germany
11/04/25 01:18
The foreign aid budget - which has been a huge source of pride for officials in the European country - could be slashed amid a raft of measures to curb illegal immigration.
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Britain is considering 'sending troops to Ukraine for five years' under new plans
10/04/25 11:34
Soldiers could be deployed to help train and reconstitute the Ukrainian forces in measures that would shield the war-torn nation from further attacks.
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Police issue major update on catastrophic A1 crash 'following high-speed chase' that ripped apart officers' cars
10/04/25 08:35
A fifth officer has now been discharged, the Mirror reports, while two remain for in hospital. The two occupants of the BMW were uninjured.
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Two men who died in plane crash at UK racetrack are named and pictured for the first time
10/04/25 06:43
Pilot Edward Browne, 66, and passenger James Litchfield, 64, both died at the scene of the crash near Ashbourne at about 11.30am on Tuesday.
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Beijing is allowing Putin to recruit Chinese soldiers to fight Ukraine
10/04/25 08:00
The Ukranian President says that 155 have already signed to to battle in Moscow 's forces, after revealing that his country's forces have captured two Chinese men fighting for the invading power.
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Mystery as British businessman, 47, dies while on holiday in Morocco with his 25-year-old girlfriend - who told family by 'video calling with his body in the background'
10/04/25 12:17
Allen McKenna, 47, collapsed in Casablanca in February, while abroad with his Moroccan girlfriend Majda Mjaoual.
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Tributes pour in for Britain's Got Talent star, 18, killed in car crash just weeks after his father died - as teen's mother mourns the loss of her second child
09/04/25 11:07
Oran McConville, 18, was killed in a car smash when he was in the front passenger seat in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Beijing 'IS allowing Putin to its recruit Chinese fighters to join its war in Ukraine - and 155 have already signed up'
09/04/25 05:46
The Ukranian President says that 155 have already signed to to battle in Moscow 's forces, after revealing that his country's forces have captured two Chinese men fighting for the invading power.
Inside squalid home of dog walker who kept 11 pets in 'deplorable' conditions with faeces crushed into the carpets - and left RSPCA inspector 'retching'
09/04/25 05:13
Dog walker Hannah Critchlow kept the animals in a house described as being one of the worst ever seen by the hardened officers.
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Double heartache as mother, 42, and daughter, 17, took their own lives after son and brother's suicide just months before
09/04/25 05:03
Suzan Mahmoud, 42, and Davina Allen, 17, had even bought plots of land where they hoped to be buried, before both taking a cocktail of drugs at the same time.
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Furious Bedford locals outraged as UK's first Universal theme park is announced - and it's even set to be the biggest in Europe
09/04/25 11:29
Bedford locals have revealed their fury after a deal was closed by the Government for a huge new Universal theme park to officially open in the UK town in 2031.
Europe's first Universal theme park in Britain to open 2031
09/04/25 07:45
The attraction will be one of the largest and most advanced theme parks in Europe, with a 500-room hotel and a retail and entertainment complex planned along with the theme park.
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Europe's first Universal theme park is coming to Britain: Film-inspired resort to open in 2031
09/04/25 12:36
The attraction will be one of the largest and most advanced theme parks in Europe, with a 500-room hotel and a retail and entertainment complex planned along with the theme park.
How A4-sized gashes sunk the Titanic after a six-second collision: New scans reveal ship's doomed final moments before iceberg smash
08/04/25 11:38
It has been more than a century since the 'unsinkable' ocean liner plunged to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, leaving more than 1,500 dead.
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'Kind and loving' mother, 51, at centre of murder investigation after she was found dead in Manchester flat is pictured
08/04/25 07:50
Clare Burns, 51, was found dead after Greater Manchester Police were called to an address on Queens Road, in Harpurhey at 4.07am yesterday.
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Has Loch Ness monster surfaced again? Nessie hunter spots bubbles in wave then a 'dark grey' shape that disappeared underwater
08/04/25 04:54
Annette Harkins from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, was visiting Loch Ness for the weekend when some unusual waves caught her eye.
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Hunt for masked raider targeting homes of families as more than £100k in gold jewellery is snatched
30/03/25 02:01
Cops are hunting a masked raider after he was caught on CCTV entering a property in York, in one of ten shocking heists.
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I was devastated when my husband died... then a mystery phone call 20 YEARS later left me stunned
30/03/25 08:07
Maria Renshaw was left heartbroken when her accountant husband died two decades ago, leaving her with three children.
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Notorious paedophile teacher Jeremy Forrest splits from second wife after 'having affair with bakery co-worker 15 years his junior'
27/03/25 08:46
Paedophile teacher Jeremy Forrest has split from his wife after a fling with a colleague 15-years his junior at the bakery where he worked .
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Grovelling £5m-a-year Heathrow boss apologises for airport carnage but says he's NOT to blame and 'we can't guard ourselves 100%' - as first plane finally lands but chaos could go on for DAYS
21/03/25 06:57
Heathrow's chief executive Thomas Woldbye described the blaze 'as big as it gets for our airport' after 200,000 travellers were affected by the airport closure.
Sorry everyone, we're heading back to North Carolina: Moment passengers are told their plane is turning back - with Heathrow chaos to last until next week as hotels hike prices by 1,850%
21/03/25 03:53
Flight AA730 left Charlotte Airport in North Carolina at 7.30pm EDT (11.30pm GMT) and was due to land at Heathrow at 7am GMT (3am EDT), but did a 180-degree turn on the eastern edge of Canada.
EuroMillions winner Adrian Bayford who scooped £148million withdraws plans to build children's theme park on his sprawling country estate
20/03/25 02:10
The ex-postie scooped £148million on the lottery in 2012 with his then-wife Gillian.
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Moment protesters storm the House of Lords shouting 'aristocrats and oligarchs out'
20/03/25 01:15
In footage from the Palace of Westminster, the group could be heard shouting 'Lords out, people in' from the public gallery.
Cricket legend Colin Cowdrey's son accuses neighbour of 'terrorising' him in bid to ruin sale of his £3.85m home - but she claims he's behaved 'ungentlemanly'
20/03/25 12:06
Film producer Jeremy Cowdrey even claimed the bizarre battle over a strip of land felt like water torture after he claimed she made his sprawling ten-acre country house unsellable.
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Notting Hill residents flee for their lives after 'explosion like thunder' as roof collapses over their heads
19/03/25 11:31
Locals in the affluent west London district of Notting Hill have been speaking today of their shock and fears for their homes after the incident in the early hours.
Topshop and Topman send shoppers into meltdown with bombshell announcement - five years after vanishing from the high street
19/03/25 09:04
Topshop and Topman have sent shoppers into meltdown with a bombshell announcement five years after they vanished from the high street.
Ex-partner, 53, cries in court as he admits stabbing 'beautiful' university lecturer, 48, to death in Plymouth
18/03/25 02:37
Paul Antony Butler, 53, admitted murdering Claire Chick, 48, during an incident in Plymouth in January.
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Six people appear in court over 'murder' of mother-of-four, 40, who was shot dead on her doorstep 'in case of mistaken identity'
18/03/25 12:04
Joanne Penney, 40, died after being shot in the chest at an address in Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on March 9.
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Moment machete fight breaks out near to Premier League football stadium as youths slash at each other with huge blades
18/03/25 11:58
The horror standoff took place just a six-minute walk from Aston Villa's Birmingham stadium on Sunday night.
Three teenagers die in horror car crash while fourth fights for his life in hospital as police launch appeal over 'Audi, Vauxhall Corsa and VW Golf travelling together'
18/03/25 10:01
Emergency services were called after a silver Audi A1 crashed on Offoxey Road, in Tong, near Shifnal, Shropshire, at around 11.15pm on Friday.
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Full list of 43 countries that could face Trump's travel ban
17/03/25 03:45
The dramatic memo also sees key allies of Moscow placed under heavy sanctions as Belarusian travellers could see their dreams of travelling Stateside slashed.
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My father is Jeremy Clarkson - but it took Netflix's Drive To Survive to get me hooked on F1
15/03/25 04:14
Emily Clarkson, 30, revealed that throughout her childhood the roar of Formula One filled her parent's home, but she was never part of his obsession.
Revealed: Retired British bank manager, 79, was killed in accident with Kenyan president's motorcade on charity visit
15/03/25 12:36
Edgar Riches died after being knocked down by a vehicle in President William Ruto's convoy while he was crossing a busy road in the country's capital, Nairobi.
Keir Starmer reveals military plans for Ukraine peacekeeping deal as he says Vladimir Putin will have to come to the table 'sooner or later'
15/03/25 11:03
Speaking after a video call with 25 world leaders, the PM said the Russian despot would need to 'come to the table', adding: 'This is the moment - let the guns fall silent and agree to the ceasefire.'
Trump set to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to the US including Russia and Belarus - with nations warned they will stay on banned list 'if governments do not address deficiencies within 60 days'
15/03/25 07:01
The dramatic memo also sees key allies of Moscow placed under heavy sanctions as Belarusian travellers could see their dreams of travelling Stateside slashed.
Joey Barton denies sending offensive posts after calling Jeremy Vine a 'bike nonce' and comparing football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko to 'serial killers'
14/03/25 02:47
The former Manchester City midfielder looked serious as he arrived at Liverpool Crown Court sporting sunglasses, a blue coat and a navy suit, dressed up with a colourful patterned scarf.
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Met Police officer David Carrick appears in court accused of raping woman and sexually assaulting teenage schoolgirl
14/03/25 11:35
The 50-year-old, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, appeared via video link from prison at the Old Bailey today.
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Russell Brand 'is sued for £220,000 for failing to write two self-help books' in deal that was signed before he was accused of sex abuse by four women
14/03/25 09:30
Book magnates Pan Macmillan are said to have commissioned two self-help books from the disgraced comedian in 2021, offering him a total of £575,000.
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Killer who stabbed schoolgirl Elianne Andam, 15, to death in row over a teddy bear is jailed for life with minimum term of 23 years
13/03/25 03:59
Hassan Sentamu, 18, flew into a fit of 'white-hot anger' and stabbed Elianne in the neck with a kitchen knife outside the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London.
Racehorse Springwell Bay dies after suffering fall on third day of the Cheltenham Festival
13/03/25 03:09
Racing in the Jack Richards Novices' Limited Handicap this afternoon, the eight-year-old bay gelding had previously won the Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase on New Year's Day.
Social media users go into meltdown after mistakenly thinking the NHS has been abolished
13/03/25 02:57
Brits were left hot under the colour as they failed to realise the difference between NHS England and the NHS as a whole - and were left believing the entire health sector was set to be scrapped.
Louis Tomlinson 'could never' reunite with One Direction in wake Liam Payne's tragic death - as he forges new career
13/03/25 01:28
The ex-pop star, 33, is said to 'despair' at rumours that the surviving members could play together again, with the tragic balcony fall drawing a line under their previous successes.
CCTV captures last movements of missing Julie Buckley, 54, as police probing her murder find human hair in nearby river
13/03/25 10:45
Julie Buckley, 54, from the village of Christchurch in Cambridgeshire, can be seen buying a small bag of shopping including what appears to be kitchen roll at her local Budgens.
Tragedy as body of 'bright' university student, 19, is discovered in River Ouse
13/03/25 08:51
Evan d'Andilly, who was a student at the University of York, is thought to have entered the river from a bridge in the city centre at 3.06am last Wednesday.
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Hairy Biker Dave Myers' last bike goes up for sale - as his wife reveals new skill she is learning in sweet tribute to the late star
12/03/25 05:20
The beloved BSA Goldstar is being auctioned off by the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull, on the outskirts of Birmingham , in late March.
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has amassed huge fortune since split from his wife Lucinda Williams
12/03/25 04:08
The Downton Abbey star split from Lucinda Williams last year after more than 25 years of marriage, and she cut ties with their shared film-making business in January this year.
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What life in prison will look like for Kyle Clifford: Crossbow killer is banged up alongside Axel Rudakubana, Stephen Port and Daniel Khalife in 'Hellmarsh' high-security jail
12/03/25 12:58
The cowardly former soldier is locked up alongside some of the country's most notorious lags, including David Amess killer Ali Harbi Ali and Southport devil Axel Rudakubana .
Familiar faces of the internet's most-shared memes: What the 'success kid', 'disaster girl' and 'side-eyeing Chloe' look like now after going viral in the early 2000s
09/03/25 04:39
They say a picture says a thousand words, but in the early 2000s teenagers found that memes could become a new universal language.
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Paedophile teacher Jeremy Forrest who sparked an international manhunt when he ran off to France with teenage pupil is now a married father working at a bakery where a young woman has quit after he struck up an 'inappropriate sexual relationship with her'
09/03/25 10:10
Now Jeremy Forrest is at the centre of a new storm after allegedly cheating on his second wife with a work colleague 15 years his junior who has been forced out of her job as a result of their relationship.
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Meghan Markle admits 'mistakes' but says she is 'learning every day' as she works on her new business after Netflix ordered second series of her widely-panned TV show
08/03/25 03:38
The Duchess of Sussex , 43, said that her new lifestyle brand As Ever is her 'heartsong' as she gushed about her new venture.
How Geri Horner REALLY dealt with husband Christian Horner's text scandal
08/03/25 02:53
The 52-year-old pop star 'had questions' of the Red Bull boss, 51 - with a source adding that she is 'no pushover'.
Donald Trump's iconic Scottish golf course is vandalised by pro-Palestinian protesters as clubhouse is defaced with red paint and enormous 'Gaza is Not For Sale' slogan is painted across a green
08/03/25 10:13
Pictures from Turnberry, in Scotland, show sweary insults sprayed across the plush estate where buildings have been smeared in red paint.
What IS going on with Meghan Markle's 'on the cob' truffle popcorn? Duchess's Netflix recipe may not be all that it seems, eagle-eyed viewers believe
08/03/25 09:58
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted the Montecito-based ex-royal bringing out a £3 bag of Whole Foods 365 organic popcorn with her ingredients.
Two-bedroom home is on sale for bargain price of £145K - but there's a stomach-churning catch
08/03/25 09:13
The semi-detached house in Alvaston, Derby, is swamped by hoarded toys, blankets and cards that say the word 'Mum'.
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I kissed Meghan Markle when she was married - this is what I think of her now... and why I haven't watched the Duchess of Sussex's new Netflix show
08/03/25 09:11
Aker Okoye, now 21, delighted his schoolmates when he left Meghan in hysterics on a trip to Robert Clack Upper School in Dagenham in 2020.
The Windsors and Drop The Dead Donkey star Haydn Gwynne leaves massive fortune to her two sons after her death aged 66
06/03/25 02:13
It has now been revealed Ms Gwynne's will states the bulk of her estate will pass to her two sons Orlando and Harrison.
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Boyfriend of 'fit and healthy' primary school teacher who was found dead at her home says she suffered a cardiac arrest in her sleep as he reveals they planned to get engaged next year
05/03/25 02:01
Jack Weston, 27, discovered fit and healthy Emily Rose Browning, 24, in bed at their home in Cardiff last December after she had suffered a cardiac arrest in her sleep.
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Keir Starmer calls Trump and Macron after hosting Zelensky at Downing Street love-in - ahead of world leader crunch talks following White House spat that rocked NATO alliance
01/03/25 11:43
The PM's call with Trump is the second in two days as he seeks to act as a bridge between Europe and America and keep NATO together following his successful flattery campaign on Thursday.
NATO issues dire warning to Volodymyr Zelensky as Keir Starmer hugs him at No10 amid frantic talks after his bust-up with Donald Trump
01/03/25 05:27
Keir Starmer warmly greeted Volodymyr Zelensky with a hug outside of Downing Street after the Ukrainian president's bruising encounter with Donald Trump .
Revealed: The nine words that triggered historic blockbuster clash between Zelensky and Trump - as world holds its breath to see Donald's next move
01/03/25 02:29
The furious bust-up has sparked fierce tensions across the globe after the US leader led an unprecedented humiliation of the war-time premier alongside attack dog VP JD Vance.
As Putin threatens the West and world politics spirals out of control, expert reveals how you can rebuild civilisation after Nuclear war
01/03/25 01:59
As the Doomsday Clock has been moved forward to 89 seconds to midnight Brits are scrambling to figure out how to survive the inevitable meltdown.
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King Charles will meet Zelensky before crunch London meeting on future of Ukraine - as war leader licks his wounds with Keir Starmer after Donald Trump's White House browbeating
01/03/25 10:42
World leaders have been warned the surreal scene in the Oval Office could spell the end of Nato - and Trump could halt military aid to Ukraine as early as today.
Trans sport's 'mafia' trains grass-roots cricket staff just weeks after trans women were banned by ECB from professional competitions - as they say coaches shouldn't call players 'lads' or ladies' and claim safety and fairness 'are contextual'
23/02/25 04:27
Documents distributed in seminars by Gendered Intelligence advise coaches to scrap 'collective terms' like 'lads' or 'ladies' and said that safety and fairness in the game are 'contextual'.
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Sick ex-Met cop who took selfies with the bodies of two women brutally murdered by Satan-worshipper says he is trying to 'move on' in plush new-build where he has rebranded as estate agent - as he admits prison stint was 'not nice'
23/02/25 03:08
Speaking from his plush newbuild home near Braintree in Essex Deniz Jaffer said he had 'done my time and I want to be left alone'.
Migrant powder keg: Turmoil in Ireland amid 300% rise in asylum seekers with violence as machete attacks and drug-fuelled brawls become the new normal on the streets of Dublin
23/02/25 03:04
Shocking new videos show Dublin descending into chaos - with fighting thugs throwing themselves into busses, knife fights on their streets and mass brawls sparking in residential roads.
Stunning cottage on the rental market for £2,250-a-month if you can tolerate VERY unusual feature
23/02/25 02:21
Priced at £2,250-a-month, the three bedroom Victorian cottage near Hampton Court, in Surrey, comes with a modern kitchen and even a courtyard garden.
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Our communal garden has been sold to a mystery buyer after estate agent listed it as a potential site for travellers - we used to have BBQs outside our homes but now fear it could be taken over by caravans
23/02/25 09:22
The green space at the centre of a ring of homes and a tiny strip of land at the side of a road in Henlow, Bedforshire, have been snatched up by a mystery buyer for £9,000.
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I'm a descendent of Alfred Lord Tennyson... my 85-year-old father was happily living out his days in a gay open relationship until he was stabbed in his throat in bed by a mystery murderer - now I fear his killer could strike again
22/02/25 01:57
Broadcaster and writer Hallam Tennyson, 85, was discovered naked on a blood-soaked duvet with knife wounds to his neck by his partner Kevin when he came back from a football match in 2005.
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REVEALED: Haunting final words of husband suspected of shooting wife dead outside a pub on Valentine's Day before leaping to his death from 170ft bridge
22/02/25 09:01
Troubled Edvard Smith called his best friend Leslie Thompson to dramatically confess to gunning down his wife Lisa outside a pub as she enjoyed a night out with two women friends.

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