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Mother who held woman captive as a slave for 25 years jailed
A mother who held a woman captive as a slave inside her "squalid" home for 25 years has been sentenced to 13 years.
No smoking gun but eyewatering sums of money: The first drop of the Mandelson files
In the end, the first drop of the Mandelson files contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation.
Man faces jail for 'goading' American to shoot himself on call
A UK man has been told to prepare himself for prison after admitting to goading a "vulnerable" US citizen into shooting himself over a video call.
Psychologist missing for a week 'may have taken boat from boatyard'
A Brazilian academic who went missing about a week ago while visiting the UK may have taken a boat from an Essex boatyard, police have said.
Woman who falsely accused 10 men of raping her jailed
A woman has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after making false rape allegations about 10 men.
Tornadoes kill two in Indiana and rip through Illinois
Major storms generated tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and flattened buildings in Kankakee, Illinois, as another bout of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region.
MPs launch investigation into student loans system
A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it's fair for graduates
Extraordinary announcement not enough to bring down oil price
The International Energy Agency (IEA), the developed nation body founded in the 1970s to deal with oil crises precisely like the one we're now facing, has announced something extraordinary.
The nature of war is changing - and it's a death trap for civilians
A drone is circling in the skies above Zaki Ramadan when he takes my call. As a humanitarian worker in Sudan's southeastern Blue Nile state, he is helplessly watching aid dwindle and civilians be killed by the meteoric rise in drone strikes.
E-bike rider sentenced after killing great-grandfather, 91, on pavement
A man who struck and killed a 91-year-old great-grandfather while riding his electric bike on the pavement has been given a suspended sentence for manslaughter.

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