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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a student at the University of Lancashire. Police said the body of nineteen year old Carla Georgescu was found in student accommodation on Victoria Street in Preston on Thursday afternoon. Officers were called at thirteen fifteen GMT. A thirty four year old man from Hartlepool has been arrested there. Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney […]

A payment given to Lord Peter Mandelson after he was sacked as ambassador to the United States is being reviewed. He lost the post in September last year over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Westminster anger has grown after documents suggested he leaked information while serving as a government minister. Allies of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer say he should return the payment or donate it to a […]

Two properties owned by Peter Mandelson have been searched by police investigating alleged misconduct in a public office. Boxes were seen leaving his Camden home, while police vehicles were outside his Wiltshire property. Plain clothed officers briefly searched a Range Rover near the London address. Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Hayley Sewart said the central specialist crime team carried out the warrants. A Nigerian court has reportedly ordered the UK […]

Broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher has called for more police on the streets and stronger action on violence against women and girls after she was attacked last year. She said she was assaulted by a man while walking to her car after work in central London, but he has never been found. Speaking on UK Tonight with Sarah Jane Mee on Sky, Gallacher said the man turned around and kicked her hard, […]

We are about to enter a world without nuclear arms control as the last remaining treaty limiting the arsenals of Russia and the United States expires on Thursday. For the first time in more than half a century, there will be no legal limits on missiles and warheads, raising fears the world is on the brink of a new arms race. Moscow based analyst Vasily Kashin called the situation serious. […]