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Bradley Dawson in court for wife Christe Chen’s murder in Fiji
The newlywed husband accused of murdering his pharmacist wife in their luxury bungalow on a private Fiji island confessed to police - but later walked back his confession, claiming she was alive when he abandoned her after a drunken fight,…
Darwin Navy wife escapes jail time over almost fatal stomping of toddler
A young mum who inflicted severe injuries on her toddler by stomping on the little girl for making a mess in the kitchen has avoided jail time.The Darwin mother-of-two, 26, narrowly avoided a stint behind bars after she pleaded guilty in…
Slavery laws are one of the biggest loopholes fuelling border crisis, ex-immigration minister says
Modern slavery laws have become one of the biggest loopholes in Britain’s border controls and must be reformed, a former immigration minister has warned.Conservative MP Chris Philp said measures introduced by Theresa May when she was home…
Joanne Harris takes a swipe at JK Rowling on Twitter just hours after dismissing row as…
Author Joanne Harris has ‘liked’ a series of tweets mocking JK Rowling only hours after she denied taking a swipe at the Harry Potter author by organising a ‘tasteless’ Twitter poll.Miss Harris, chairman of the Society of Authors, was…
Australia weather: ‘Conveyer belt’ of extreme weather to bring rain and flooding to…
A 'conveyer belt' of extreme weather will soon descend on Australia's south-east bringing icy temperatures, heavy rain, thunderstorms and floods.Forecasters have warned three consecutive cold fronts will bring wet, cold and wintry…
Ladbrokes owner is hit with £17m fine after betting giant failed to spot problem gamblers
The owner of Ladbrokes and Coral has been fined a record £17million for failing to stop gamblers betting hundreds of thousands of pounds without checks.FTSE100 giant Entain could now be stripped of its licence to operate after it was found…
How’s the hangover? ‘Missing’ Australian actress, 37, worse for wear as…
An Australian actress whose frantic family reported her missing after she vanished on a date - only to learn from DailyMail.com that she had been arrested for drunkenly throwing drinks and biting a police officer - has been released from…
Mill which features in The Eagle Has Landed and the cover of a Black Sabbath album is vandalised
A historic mill which appears on the cover of a Black Sabbath album and in the film The Eagle Has Landed has been vandalised by a group of teenagers.Thames Valley Police said that 'significant criminal damage' had been caused at The Mill in…
Sadiq Khan is accused of doing ‘next to nothing’ to crack down on violent crime in…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan faced growing pressure to crack down on violent crime last night.Tories accused him of doing ‘next to nothing’ following six murders in four days and 59 so far this year.Former Conservative leader Sir Iain…
Battle of Waterloo dead may have been used to make white sugar
The mystery of what happened to the bodies of more than 20,000 men who were killed at the Battle of Waterloo has dogged historians for decades. Despite the passing of more than 200 years since the Duke of Wellington's triumph over…
