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Ann Widdecombe 'murder' suspect had communist literature at home: Terror cops believe 'attack' WAS political

The brutal murder of Ann Widdecombe was last night being treated as a suspected politically motivated terrorist attack. In a dramatic escalation, counter terrorism officers yesterday took over the investigation into the killing of the former Tory minister. It came after the discovery of Russian communist literature and other items of political ideology at the home of the suspected killer. And it marked a U-turn after the local force, Devon and Cornwall Police, spent days insisting that there was no link to terrorism. Officers, it is understood, are probing whether the 78-year-old may have been bludgeoned to death in a premeditated attack on Reform UK.

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Nigel Farage granted talks with elite government security team following the 'murder' of Ann Widdecombe

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DANIEL HANNAN: Here's why the Left revel in the deaths of political opponents in a way Right-wing people never would...

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QUENTIN LETTS: Her death elicited anguish, affection and humour. All I could feel was a hollowing sorrow

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'If we die, we die together': Wife who held on to her husband's legs after he was sucked out of Ryanair jet window at 20,000ft describes battle to save him

A wife who held on to her husband's legs as he was being sucked out of a Ryanair jet window at 20,000ft has described her battle to save him. Ljubiša Karović, from Serbia, was left hanging outside the aircraft while his desperate wife, Svetlana Grković, clung to his feet after part of the engine broke away during the flight and smashed through the window on Friday. The Boeing 737-800, travelling from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing at its departure airport following the dramatic incident.

British father is charged with negligence after his three-year-old son fell to his death from a Cyprus hotel window '40 minutes after family checked in'

The 37-year-old and the boy were playing in the corridor on the fourth floor while waiting for a lift before the toddler plunged 33ft to the hotel's main veranda below.

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Argentina's media are convinced Jude Bellingham is INJURED as new footage emerges of England star grimacing in pain from his heavily-scarred shoulder

New footage released today shows the Three Lions ace clutching his shoulder and grimacing while walking through the mixed zone post-match at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.

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EXCLUSIVEHuw Edwards is offered his first job since leaving BBC in disgrace: Insiders tell CODIE BULLEN why he turned it down and his OWN plans for 'telling my side of the story'

Since his grooming scandal came to light, disgraced BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has cowered away from the glare of the public eye.

World Cup referee dies aged 38, weeks after being axed when he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a teenage boy in the UK

Top Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died, aged 38, weeks after he was dropped from the World Cup over a sexual assault arrest in the United Kingdom.

Calls grow for House of Commons to delay summer break so that MPs can grill new Prime Minister Andy Burnham - as it emerges that House of Lords is still sitting next week

Trump unleashes third wave of punishing strikes on Iran after telling Congress the US is at war AGAIN

The US announced a new round of strikes on Iran on Monday, hours after President Donald Trump said that the United States is 'reinstating' a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

Carol Vorderman, 65, reveals she was rushed to hospital after suffering a horror fall which left her unconscious

Carol Vorderman has revealed she was recently rushed to hospital in an ambulance after suffering a horror fall which left her unconscious.

I went from a size 18 to a 12 in just ten weeks without weight-loss jabs... using this diet you've never heard of. Here is exactly how I dropped 15 pounds in a fortnight - you can do it too!

In just six years, I went from having a high-powered corporate job to being a stay-at-home mum to four children under seven - and in that time I'd also gone from a size 12 to a size 18.

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EXCLUSIVEPictured: Hero father who died alongside another man as they battled to save his children after the youngsters got into trouble at sea

A heroic father died trying to rescue his two children after they got into trouble at a beach in Hartlepool. Wayne Taylor bravely entered the sea alongside another unnamed man at Seaton Carew Beach in County Durham on Sunday. Tragically, both men died before they were able to save the boy and girl.

You CAN still make money from a second property: How one owner nets £80,000 profit a year - and the loophole to avoid a huge council tax bill

Next week the schools break up and it looks set to be a staycation summer for many, as EU customs queue chaos and the British heatwave run and run.

Could ChatGPT weaken your brain and raise your chances of dementia? Experts reveal why 'cognitive offloading' poses a risk to YOUR memory

It's fair to say the AI revolution is well and truly under way in homes, schools, universities and businesses across the UK.

Burnham vows to be 'accountable' in first address to Labour MPs

Shabana Mahmood announces legal change in bid to deport Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed - but it will take a year to come into effect

EXCLUSIVEKemi Badenoch launches 'purge of Tory wets' as Theresa May's chief of staff kicked out for 'slagging off' tougher line on human rights

In what looks like the start of a purge of the Tory 'wets', Gavin Barwell has been told he will not get the Tory whip back following a leave of absence from the House of Lords.

Cheers! Drinker on mammoth pub crawl around the UK reaches his 10,000th ale house

Dale Harvey said he is '100 per cent determined' to see his Great British Pub Crawl through to the end, which he estimates at around 35,000 boozers in total.

AJ Odudu suffers another major blow as her ITV show is axed weeks after Celebrity Big Brother 'is shelved due to finances and casting issues'

AJ Odudu has suffered another major career blow as her ITV show M&S: Dress the Nation has been given the chop.

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I've dropped down to a size 8 on Mounjaro. Here's how to dress for summer and flash your legs as a newly slim 60-year-old: CLAUDIA CONNELL

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SPECIAL REPORTWhat really happened to Ann Widdecombe? A local tradesman wrongly arrested, a mystery car and conspiracy theories raging... NICK CRAVEN visits a Dartmoor village in shock and grief

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, the members of the Devonian constabulary are depicted as well-meaning but rather out of their depth compared with Sherlock Holmes.

Brad Pitt's daughter Zahara and son Maddox publish notices announcing efforts to drop father's last name in latest brutal blow to the actor

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Afghan lorry migrant admits 'frenzied' killing of dog walker after stabbing his landlord and 14-year-old boy

Dawood Safi looked 'possessed' when he fatally knifed Wayne Broadhurst, 49, in his neck, chest and side 14 times on October 27 last year.

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BBC Breakfast host Rachel Burden signs off final programme after becoming latest victim of £500m cuts

The newsreader, 51, who has presented the long-running show for the past 11 years, revealed to viewers she has now left after bosses' decision to drop the Sunday episode.

Burnham WILL be crowned PM after passing 349 nominations from MPs - as he 'plots Autumn mega-Budget' with fears Brits face another tax nightmare

Backbench MP Mike Reader declared that he had added to the wave of endorsements for Mr Burnham this morning.

Electric cars can be GPS-tracked for Rachel Reeves' eVED tax sting - and 3p-a-mile rates will rise with inflation despite 15-year fuel duty freeze

The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to taxing electric car owners for every mile they drive and revealed that vehicles could be tracked to calculate annual payments.

Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton cosy up in sweet selfie with her daughter as F1 ace joins her famous family for scenic lake break

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Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton took a major step in their relationship as he joined her children and famed family for a scenic lake holiday.

Uber driver who held a passenger at knifepoint and raped her is jailed for 16 years - as police warn he could have more victims

Adam Daley, 33, raped a passenger at knifepoint after picking her up from a night out.

For 10 years, I've had terribly violent nightmares, I wake up so disturbed: DR SCURR reveals when 'just bad dreams' can be a sign of something more sinister

For the past ten years, I've suffered terribly violent nightmares. Upon waking, I can recall most of the details and they are quite disturbing, writes a reader. What's causing them?

Escaped inmate Daniel Khalife 'used the phones of members of the public to get money from a fellow prisoner while he was on the run', court hears

The 23-year-old spy sparked a nationwide manhunt after fleeing Wandsworth Prison in September 2023 by clinging to the underside of a food lorry.

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'It's nothing to do with anyone else': Alison Hammond, 51, hits back at critics over her 22-year age gap with boyfriend David Puttnam, 28, and insists 'we don't need to get married'

Alison Hammond has hit back at her 22-year age gap with boyfriend David Puttnam as she insisted 'it is nothing to do with anyone else'.

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Terror police arrest 12 over 'serious threats' to Islamic event at Suffolk country mansion

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Britain joins European air defence 'coalition' with nine other countries including Ukraine

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Tory MP Patrick Spencer groped breasts of two women at London's Groucho club after pestering them to have a drink with him, court hears

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Mother and two daughters 'murdered by IT expert father before he fled to South Africa' died of blunt force trauma, post-mortem examination finds

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British paratrooper hero jailed in Georgia for possessing legally-prescribed drugs for a spinal injury is made to pay £28,000 to leave prison

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