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Killer of journalist Daniel Pearl appeals against death sentence in Pakistan

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, 46, has been on death row for almost 18 years after being found guilty of kidnapping and beheading the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002.




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Doctor, 36, beat and bullied his wife but will keep NHS job as he blamed abuse on 'unhappy marriage'

Dr Abdul Basit, 36, was handed a four-month suspension from his job at Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, Cumbria, after beating his partner as she adjusted to a new life in Britain in 2016.




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STEPHEN GLOVER: Appoint a minister for testing now, Boris - or history will not be kind

STEPHEN GLOVER: Boris Johnson (pictured) has urged the people of this country to accept the arduous terms of a lockdown, and by and large, the people of this country have acquiesced.




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STEPHEN GLOVER on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's newspaper announcement

STEPHEN GLOVER: When humans are worrying about the future of the world, Harry and Meghan climb into their habitual pulpit to reiterate their hatred for newspapers.




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Heartwarming moment father-of-four, 48, is applauded by NHS staff as he leaves hospital

Father-of-four Scott Howell, 48, was the first coronavirus intensive care patient at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, South Wales - where he was in a deep coma due to Covid-19.




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Helen Flanagan shares sweet snap cradling daughter Matilda, 4, during countryside walk

The former Coronation Street star, 29, took to Instagram to post the picture as she captioned it with: 'My sunshine,' followed by a flower, yellow heart and star emoji.




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Captain Tom Moore hails Lewis Hamilton and backs Brit to win record seventh Formula One world title 

Captain Tom Moore has backed Lewis Hamilton to win a record-equaling seventh Formula One world championship when the series resumes following the coronavirus-enforced shutdown.




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Don't stop attending 'life-saving' vaccination appointments

NHS England says that routine jabs such as those for MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) are essential in preventing other serious diseases that could place health services under more pressure.




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How to be a sofa activist: Save the planet with Jane Fonda, be digital buddy and chat someone happy

Here are the ways Britons can make a real difference right now, all from the comfort - and safety - of your own sofa.




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Teenager, 18, appears in court charged with murder of NHS worker

Muhammad Jalloh, 18, and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named, allegedly killed David Gomoh in a 'random' attack moments after he left his family home at 10.25pm on 26 April.




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Hospital security guard, 22, denies raping woman while he was working

Nicholas Bell was arrested last month following reports that a woman in her 30s had been assaulted at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, on April 5.




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Coronavirus UK: How does the NHS contact tracing app work?

The NHS is rolling out its coronavirus app today for testing across the Isle of Wight - but critics have questioned why the NHS has chosen to collect the data of millions of people in one central system.




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Captain Tom Moore says he is 'very proud' after being awarded a gold Blue Peter badge

The gold badge is Blue Peter's highest accolade and famous recipients include the Queen, Sir David Attenborough and Mary Berry. Moore, 100, raised over £30m for NHS charities.




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Captain Tom recalls fighting on the front lines in Burma in WWII and memories of VE Day

The former British Army Officer from Yorkshire fought on a motorbike and survived giant spiders and dengue fever during the Allied campaign in Burma, the 'Forgotten War' against Imperial Japan in 1942-45.




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Fury as Sir Keir Starmer asks 'have you got what you need' when applauding the NHS

New Labour leader Keir Starmer sparked a row on Twitter after asking the media 'have you got everything you need' at the end of the 8pm 'clap for our carers'.




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Millions of Britons mark seventh weekly 'Clap for Carers' event

Clap for Carers is now in its seventh week, with Britons up and down the country stepping onto their doorsteps, balconies and front gardens to applaud frontline workers at 8pm tonight.




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Katie Price and her son Harvey join John Torode and Lisa Faulkner as stars clap for the carers

Stars were seen joining the nation outside their home for the weekly applause which has rang out across the country each Thursday for the last seven weeks.




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Christine Lampard and husband Frank join the nation in clap for carers 

The couple dressed up as they joined the nation in the 8pm clap for carers on Thursday.




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The new Echo Dot With Clock is a massive leap forward

The clue is in the name: there's a big LED clock on the side. But if you set a timer, you get a glowing countdown on the side, which means you no longer have to keep pestering the gizmo




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Try these apps and games to get you through self-isolation

Like many people, I'm now facing the possibility of several weeks confined with my four-year-old, a prospect only marginally less alarming than being cooped up with Frankenstein's monster




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Your heart went out to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice, by Jim Shelley

Its special opening episode (set in South Africa) was slightly longer than the usual hour and evidently so incredible the notion of just cutting it by five minutes was unthinkable.




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The Great British Bake Off: The latest episode is recapped by Jim Shelley

The bookies' favourite to win The Great British Bake Off, Steph Blackwell, narrowly failed to make history and become Star Baker for a remarkable four weeks running.




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Lord Sugar wasn't impressed on The Apprentice, by JIM SHELLEY

The Apprentice was basically a lesson in how to ruin an ice-lolly. And then mess up selling them.




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The Apprentice, review by Jim Shelley 

The Apprentice usually makes it impossible not to conclude that the candidates' only actual talent is getting dressed quickly.




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Jim Shelly on this week's The Apprentice

Lord Sugar dubbed this week's task on The Apprentice 'the Great British Bike Off.'




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The candidates were so inept you feared for Lord Sugar on The Apprentice, by Jim Shelley

After last week's million pound triumph, The Apprentice reverted to type with its traditional task featuring the teams sourcing and purchasing a list of nine items.




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BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials wasn't dark enough by JIM SHELLEY

His Dark Materials was disappointing: ironically, not really that dark, or not dark enough - at least so far.




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Harrison Ford, 77, debuts his new look as he swaps his rugged bearded look for edgy shaved haircut

Stepping out in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Harrison Ford, 77, debuted his new haircut, complete with shaved sides and a shaved beard.




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Harrison Ford spotted out with a casual look in New York after appearing at United Nations

Screen legend Harrison Ford rocked a casual look with some friends in New York City, just hours after appearing at the United Nations Climate Summit and General Assembly.




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John Krasinski cuts a dapper look as he joins co-star Noomi Rapace at Jack Ryan season two premiere

John Krasinski was joined Tuesday by his co-stars Noomi Rapace and Dina Shihabi at the New York City premiere of Jack Ryan season two, which premieres November 1 on Amazon Prime.




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Harrison Ford set to take first-ever regular TV role with adaptation of docuseries The Staircase

The non-fiction saga followed the 2001 trial of writer Michael Peterson, who was accused of murdering his wife at their North Carolina mansion. He said she fell down the stairs by accident.




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Leonardo DiCaprio hugs girlfriend Camila Morrone her while waiting for their car in Beverly Hills

They have been dating since December 2017. And on Saturday, Leonardo DiCaprio showed sweet affection towards girlfriend Camila Morrone as the two left dinner in Beverly Hills.




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Harrison Ford is dapper in suit jacket and jeans at premiere of The Call Of The Wild in Los Angeles

The film is based on Jack London's 1903 novel about a dog called Buck who is stolen from his California home and sold as a working animal in the Yukon during the 1890's Gold Rush.




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Harrison Ford shares the secret of his happy 18-year relationship with wife Calista Flockhart

Harrison Ford has a relationship spanning 18-years with wife Calista Flockhart, and he believes that the secret to making a marriage last is a simple one. 'Don't talk, nod your head,' urged the actor.




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Nobel prize winner calls for captured jihadists to be tried like the Nazis were at Nuremberg 

Yazidi activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has called for all ISIS jihadists to be given Nuremberg-style trials in a series of tweets on Monday.




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Turkey warns it will send IS fighters captured in Syria back to their home countries

Interior minister Suleyman Soylu warned the nation 'is not a hotel' for captured terrorists and said it will repatriate any they capture while in Syria' in a televised address from Ankara on Saturday.




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Yazidi woman describes how she was kidnapped by ISIS aged 17

The woman, who cannot be named, was kept as a slave for months while the on-the-run boss (pictured) desperately moved to towns and deserts in eastern Syria.




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Lance Corporal who accidentally shot best friend dead had been seen 'posing with gun like a rapper' 

Colin Theaker, 30, was jailed for three years in March after pleading guilty to manslaughter after he accidentally killed Scott Hetherington, 22, when they were on deployment in Iraq in 2017.




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Captured ISIS fighters in Syria could be brought back to UK for trial, says top security adviser

Captured British Islamic State fighters could be returned to the UK from Syria to face justice, according to top security adviser Sir Mark Sedwill who was speaking in Bahrain on Saturday.




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How an Australian city was nearly wiped off the map by 'Mother of Satan' explosive

Three kilograms of the volatile explosive triacetone triperoxide was found by a fisherman in the Leschenault Estuary 150km south of Perth in 2013.




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Moment Yazidi former sex slave comes face to face with ISIS rapist who attacked her when she was 14

EXCLUSIVE: Ashwaq Hajji Hameed was kidnapped, sold into slavery and abused at the age of 14, but started a new life in Europe after fleeing ISIS - only for her slaver to bump into her in Germany.




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ISWAP kills 11 Christian captives in Nigeria on Christmas Day

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) claim they killed the captives to avenge for the killing of their leaders Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir in Iraq and Syria.




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Father and brother of British volunteer, 27, fighting against ISIS in Syria appear in court

Paul Newey, 49, and Samuel Newey, 19, were changed with illegally assisting 27-year-old Daniel Newey by allegedly sending him £150 while he was in Syria fighting against ISIS.




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British war hero bomb disposal expert was blown apart when he triggered ISIS booby trap

Andy Jones, 59, was killed by the improvised explosive device (IED) in October 2018 while clearing a building in Raqqa which had previously been occupied by Islamic State forces.




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Sydney crime cousins Talal and Bilal Alameddine escape without extra jail time

Infamous cousins Talal and Bilal Alameddine (pictured) were over the past week both sentenced in NSW courts for crimes carried out behind bars at separate New South Wales prisons.




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Brother of ISIS murder victim Alan Henning believes his kidnapping was 'inside job'

The brother of a British volunteer kidnapped and murdered by Islamic State says he believes the abduction was an 'inside job' by someone on the aid convoy he was part of (pictured, Reg Henning).




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British 'jihadi rapper' 'is arrested in Spain by anti-terror police'

Police sources said today that British-Egyptian jihadist Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was the 'foreign terrorist fighter' detained in a raid in Almeria on Monday.




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British 'jihadi rapper' was 'snuck into Spain by boat after posing as an undocumented migrant'

Spanish state broadcaster TVE said the jihadi reached the city of Almeria in a patera, the wooden boats Africans traditionally use to reach Europe from as far afield as Senegal.




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British 'ISIS rapper' was caught in Spain after he was identified by his EARS as he hid behind mask 

British 'ISIS rapper' Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was identified by his ears after sneaking into Spain by boat, it emerged today. Bary, 29, took advantage of coronavirus lockdown to hide behind a face mask.




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Judge denies Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo's request for better prison conditions

Judge Brian Cogan ruled Monday that the detention conditions at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan are necessary given Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's history of jailbreaks in Mexico.