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The family of a mother and three children killed in a house fire have said they were “loved beyond measure”. Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children Leo Brabin, 16, Ellis Brabin, eight, and seven-year-old Prudence Brabin were killed in the fire in Bootle, Merseyside, in the early hours of Tuesday, Merseyside Police said. In a tribute, their family said they were “devastated” by their loss. They said: “Elisha was our […]

The deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “can’t go ahead without American support”, the Defence Secretary has said, after US President Donald Trump described the agreement as “terrible”. Multimillion-pound payments to Mauritius are on hold while the Government reconsiders the plan to give up control over the Chagos Archipelago, Wes Streeting said. The Cabinet minister told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that payments, worth at least £120 million […]

Two RAF pilots are being treated for minor injuries after ejecting from their training aircraft which crashed on Anglesey. Emergency services were called to the Pencarnisiog area of Anglesey, near the RAF Valley station, on Wednesday. The pilots, who had been flying a Hawk T2 aircraft out of the station, are being treated for minor injuries. A spokesman for North Wales Police said: “Local officers are currently in attendance to […]

The Home Secretary has ordered an urgent review after Border Force failed to intercept a second migrant boat in two days before they reached the Kent coast. Twenty-one people have been detained by Border Security Command after a boat arrived on the beach of Samphire Hoe, Dover, on Tuesday afternoon. The Home Office has not said whether more people from the boat were being sought. The department said Shabana Mahmood […]

Criminals are still shifting dirty money through money mule accounts despite hundreds of thousands of suspect accounts having been shut down in recent years, the City regulator has said. Criminals are still shifting dirty money through money mule accounts despite hundreds of thousands of suspect accounts having been shut down in recent years, the City regulator has said. A review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that firms have […]

TV presenter Claudia Winkleman has donned a jacket bearing the word “Faithful” across the back ahead of the new season of Celebrity Traitors. The broadcaster, 54, fronts the BBC spin-off reality gameshow which will soon return to screens as a new batch of stars heads to the Scottish Highlands for the ultimate game of deceit. Winkleman smiled for photographs alongside a mysterious green-cloaked figure. She appeared alongside comedian Ed Gamble, […]

Coleen Rooney has said she and husband Wayne Rooney “don’t need to prove ourselves” to anyone with their new reality series. The former football player and manager, 40, and his wife of 18 years are the focus of the new Disney Plus documentary series The Real Rooneys – which follows the couple during a pivotal year in their lives. They have opened their home to cameras as they juggle work […]

Hollywood star Tom Cruise was joined on the black carpet at a screening of his new film Digger by a host of celebrities including Sir David Beckham, actor Riz Ahmed, and the Prince and Princess of Wales. The 64-year-old actor stars opposite Ahmed, Sandra Huller and Jesse Plemons in the film about an oil tycoon whose company sets off an ecological disaster, forcing Cruise’s billionaire character to embark on a […]

Andy Burnham said he wants the UK to lead the world in developing a set of rules to prevent the spread of rogue artificial intelligence (AI), putting him on a collision course with US President Donald Trump Andy Burnham said he wants the UK to lead the world in developing a set of rules to prevent the spread of rogue artificial intelligence (AI), putting him on a collision course with […]