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Russell Brand breaks his silence as he is charged with rape

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Elizabeth Haigh |Mark Duell |George Odling

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has spoken out after being charged today with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault against four women, stating he has 'never been a rapist'. Brand hit out at the serious allegations against him, accusing the government of turning law into 'a weapon', before repeating previous denials that he has ever engaged in non-consensual sex.
Wife of Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana 'was robbed of her £62K Hermes Birkin handbag and Rolex watch outside Italian restaurant in Alderley Edge' | Daily Mail Online

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jack Hardy |George Odling

EXCLUSIVEWife of Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana 'was robbed of her £62K Hermes Birkin handbag and Rolex watch outside Italian restaurant in Alderley Edge'By JACK HARDY and GEORGE ODLING Published: 11:53 EDT, 4 April 2025 | Updated: 11:54 EDT, 4 April 2025 The wife of Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana was robbed in the street of a £62,000 handbag and a Rolex watch, MailOnline can reveal.
Selfridges guards are left fuming after bosses tell them they can't keep a £2,000 tip left by boxing legend Floyd Mayweather - and must donate it to charity instead | Daily Mail Online

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | George Odling

Selfridges guards are left fuming after bosses tell them they can't keep a £2,000 tip left by boxing legend Floyd Mayweather - and must donate it to charity insteadBy GEORGE ODLING Published: 19:44 EDT, 29 March 2025 | Updated: 19:44 EDT, 29 March 2025 Boxing legend 'Money' Floyd Mayweather lived up to his nickname when he gave security guards at Selfridges a lavish £2,000 tip during one of his extravagant spending sprees at the London department store.
Online gangs of 'sadistic' teen boys are sharing sick abuse material and blackmailing girls into performing sex acts and self-harm, warns Britain's FBI | Daily Mail Online

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | George Odling

‘SADISTIC’ online gangs of teenage boys are sharing sick abuse material online and blackmailing young girls into performing sex acts and self-harm, the National Crime Agency has warned.
Online gangs of 'sadistic' teen boys are sharing sick abuse material and blackmailing girls into performing sex acts and self-harm, warns Britain's FBI | This is Money

1 month ago | thisismoney.co.uk | George Odling

‘Sadistic’ online gangs of teenage boys are sharing sick abuse material online and blackmailing young girls into performing sex acts and self-harm, the National Crime Agency has warned.
Russian spy purchased engagement ring to propose to his girlfriend - but discovered she was sleeping with their handler

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | George Odling |Duncan Gardham

Russian spy purchased engagement ring to propose to his girlfriend - but discovered she was sleeping with their handlerBy GEORGE ODLING and DUNCAN GARDHAM Published: 17:47 EDT, 9 March 2025 | Updated: 17:47 EDT, 9 March 2025 A hapless spy bought an engagement ring to propose to his girlfriend but discovered she was sleeping with their Russian handler. Former swimming champion Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, was among a group of Bulgarians convicted on Friday of spying for the Kremlin.
On the trail of Putin's bed-hopping spies

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | George Odling

The door on the fifth floor of a crumbling Soviet-era tower block was flung open by an enormous red-faced man in a tracksuit, eyes bulging, bellowing at the top of his lungs. I turned to my Bulgarian colleague to ask him to translate - but he had already turned to dart back down the staircase.'He says go away! We need to go now!' This was the family home of cage fighter turned Russian spy Ivan Stoyanov, in Orlandovtzi, northeast Sofia.
The bungling bed-hopping Bulgarian spy ring based in Norfolk hotel: A 'Queen of Lashes' beautician, a Bond-style 'Q' boss - and a 'killer sexy brunette' love triangle - inside honey-trap' cell passing secrets to Russia | Daily Mail Online

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | George Odling

Like all the best teams of undercover agents, the Great Yarmouth guesthouse spy ring comprised individuals with very different skillsets. There was the expert in hidden gadgets, busily dreaming up ways to conceal cameras in Coke bottles, the shaven-headed enforcer known as The Rock and the smouldering 'killer sexy brunette' ready to be deployed in honeytrap stings.
The bungling bed-hopping Bulgarian spy ring based in Norfolk hotel: A 'Queen of Lashes' beautician, a Bond-style 'Q' boss - and a 'killer sexy brunette' love triangle - inside honey-trap' cell passing secrets to Russia | This is Money

1 month ago | thisismoney.co.uk | George Odling

Like all the best teams of undercover agents, the Great Yarmouth guesthouse spy ring comprised individuals with very different skillsets. There was the expert in hidden gadgets, busily dreaming up ways to conceal cameras in Coke bottles, the shaven-headed enforcer known as The Rock and the smouldering 'killer sexy brunette' ready to be deployed in honeytrap stings.
IT boss in 'arsenic and hitmen plot to kill wife and in-laws'

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | George Odling

An IT consultant allegedly murdered his mother-in-law in an arsenic plot and hired assassins to try to kill his wife and her father in India, a court heard. Ajith Mupparapu, 45, is facing extradition to his homeland, where he is wanted over alleged murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to murder.

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4 Apr 25

EXCLUSIVE: Wife of Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana 'was robbed of her £62K Hermes Birkin handbag and Rolex watch outside Italian restaurant in Alderley Edge' With @JackHardy9 https://t.co/vw9x4muJbk

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29 Mar 25

EXCLUSIVE: Selfridges row ignites between security guards and management when £2,000 tip from Floyd Mayweather is withheld from staff https://t.co/49fuTVNvUG

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29 Mar 25

State-backed espionage is presenting its biggest challenge for counter-terror policing since the Cold War. Listen to our exclusive interview with Commander Dominic Murphy on the Trial+ podcast here https://t.co/8xxQA427un https://t.co/oFAY2xqBWa

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Russell Brand breaks his silence as he is charged with rape

Wife of Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana 'was robbed of her £62K Hermes Birkin handbag and Rolex watch outside Italian restaurant in Alderley Edge' | Daily Mail Online

Selfridges guards are left fuming after bosses tell them they can't keep a £2,000 tip left by boxing legend Floyd Mayweather - and must donate it to charity instead | Daily Mail Online

Online gangs of 'sadistic' teen boys are sharing sick abuse material and blackmailing girls into performing sex acts and self-harm, warns Britain's FBI | Daily Mail Online

Online gangs of 'sadistic' teen boys are sharing sick abuse material and blackmailing girls into performing sex acts and self-harm, warns Britain's FBI | This is Money

Russian spy purchased engagement ring to propose to his girlfriend - but discovered she was sleeping with their handler

On the trail of Putin's bed-hopping spies

The bungling bed-hopping Bulgarian spy ring based in Norfolk hotel: A 'Queen of Lashes' beautician, a Bond-style 'Q' boss - and a 'killer sexy brunette' love triangle - inside honey-trap' cell passing secrets to Russia | Daily Mail Online

The bungling bed-hopping Bulgarian spy ring based in Norfolk hotel: A 'Queen of Lashes' beautician, a Bond-style 'Q' boss - and a 'killer sexy brunette' love triangle - inside honey-trap' cell passing secrets to Russia | This is Money

IT boss in 'arsenic and hitmen plot to kill wife and in-laws'

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