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Ann Widdecombe may have been killed 24 hours before her body was found
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Ann Widdecombe may have been killed 24 hours before her body was found

Police working on assumption ex-politician, found dead at her Devon home on Thursday, was attacked on Wednesday afternoonAnn Widdecombe: obituaryAnn Widdecombe may have been dead at her home for nearly 24 hours before her body was discovered, police believe.In an update on Saturday afternoon, office...

Geraldine McKelvie
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Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis
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Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis

Watchdog says public being put in danger by closure of premises that accommodate most dangerous offendersNearly one in ten probation hostels where England and Wales’ most dangerous offenders live after leaving prison have been closed after a staffing crisis.As ministers prepare the early release of...

Jessica Brown and Rajeev Syal
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Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches but do they make public safer?
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The Guardian · World

Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches but do they make public safer?

Increase in sightings may not reflect increase in sharks with little evidence that threat to swimmers has risenExperts say that despite recent increased investment in drones to monitor for sharks in states like New York, the machines have limited usefulness as a public safety tool and there does not...

Eric Berger
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Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of Zamfara
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Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of Zamfara

Gangs made up of cattle rustlers and jihadists have long terrorised communities in northern and central NigeriaNigerian soldiers killed more than 300 members of kidnapping and cattle bandit gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara this week, according to a government official.Nigerian government...

William Christou
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TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan dies after being ill with prostate cancer
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TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan dies after being ill with prostate cancer

Murnaghan ‘died peacefully’ at his home in London on Saturday, says his familyThe TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan “died peacefully” at his home in north London on Saturday morning “following a period of illness with prostate cancer”, his family said in a statement.More details to follow … Continue rea...

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