A mix of stories lead Friday’s newspaper front pages, including the latest in the rift between the US and Ukraine.
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Author: @BBCNews
Newspaper headlines: ‘Hounded to her death’ and ‘Don’t be fooled by Putin’
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Young couple and their two dogs die in house fire caused by e-bike battery
The fire service is urging the public to be extra careful when using and charging e-bikes, as the number of incidents involving e-bikes and e-scooters has doubled in the past year
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Author: Dan Taylor
Reeves hints at spending cuts to fund defence budget
The Chancellor said ‘difficult choices’ would be needed to raise annual spending on defence from 2.3 per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent
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Author: Ben Riley-Smith
How should the Army investigate claims of sexual abuse?
We were joined by Mariette Hughes who is the Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces and who oversees the complaints process for men and women in the UK’s military.
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Author: @cathynewman
Nigel Farage cedes control of Reform UK to members
The move is intended to ‘professionalise’ the right-wing party as it ‘prepares for government’
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Author: Max Kendix, Political Reporter
Army’s mishandling of assault factor in teen’s death
The mother of a 19-year-old soldier who took her own life has accused the Army of a “cover-up” after a coroner ruled a string of failings contributed to her death.
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Author: @symeonbrown
Former leader of Reform UK in Wales charged with bribery offences
Nathan Gill to appear at magistrates court after investigation led by Met counter-terrorism command
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Author: Vikram Dodd
People evacuated after sinkhole set to be out of their homes ‘for months’
People evacuated from 30 properties near the sinkhole in the village of Godstone say they still do not know when they will be able to return.
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Author: Rosie Shead
Ministry of Defence Statement on Conclusion of the Jaysley Beck Coroner’s Inquest
A statement from the Minister for Veterans and People on behalf of the Ministry of Defence
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Author: Ministry of Defence
Teenage soldier was tormented by male bosses, coroner rules
The family of proud Army squaddie Jaysley Beck tell PM Keir Starmer “things need to change” to better protect the young and vulnerable in our Forces.
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Author: Chris Riches
Mother of tragic soldier calls for change in Army to protect soldiers
Leighann McCready said she believed the Army ‘covered up’ her daughter’s complaints and the way she was treated.
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Author: Ben Mitchell
Met Office issues message to commuters saying ‘take care’ amid thunderstorm warning
It comes as conditions across the UK have become significantly milder
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Author: Miranda Pell
Very mild. A windy end to the working week, with heavy rain for western counties
Strong winds will extend across the UK as another Atlantic weather system barrels in from the west. It’s so mild though
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Author: Jo Farrow
Heroin-scarred ‘brown town’ where kids deliver £10 hits & junkies cook bladders
SHUFFLING along a scruffy pavement lined by dilapidated buildings, a lone dealer emerges from a drug den where addicts shoot up after cooking heroin flogged by kids in £10 bags. Meanwhile, less tha…
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Author: Stewart Whittingham
London to enjoy 16C temperatures as rest of UK under weather warnings
Coastal areas could see gusts of up to 70mph
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Author: Megan Howe
Army mishandled sex assault before Jaysley Beck’s death
Jaysley Beck, 19, was found hanged in her room at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire in December 2021.
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Wind and rain marking a change in the UK weather
Warnings have been issued as the weather across the UK becomes increasingly mild but wet and windy.
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Author: Met Office
Drug-dealing Greater Manchester brothers ordered to pay back huge amount after £1.2m cocaine heist
They face more prison time if they don’t pay on time
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Author: Paul Britton
Father of Southport victim to run London Marathon to fund new school play area
Alex Aguiar said the space would be a ‘beautiful and befitting legacy’.
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Author: PA News
Merseyrail live updates as train lines face ‘major disruption’
Several services are impacted this morning
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Author: Olivia Williams
Man, 43, charged with repeatedly raping schoolgirl, 14, in park attack
Nicholas Foreman, from Christchurch in Dorset, has been charged with three counts of rape and one count of assault.
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Author: Aidan Radnedge
Met Office latest as temperatures climb to double figures in Greater Manchester
Some areas could be warmer than Nice, in the south of France
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Author: Stephen Topping
What are sinkholes, how are they formed and why did one appear in a Surrey street?
Failed water main or mineshaft most likely culprits as hole opens up in the village of Godstone
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Author: Ian Sample
Ex-Labour MP Frank Field left eye-watering sum to staff and friends in will
FORMER Labour MP Frank Field left £904,929 in his will, with the bulk going to his staff, charities and friends’ families. Anti-poverty and social justice campaigner Lord Field of Birkenhead never …
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Author: Thomas Godfrey
