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UK
‘Wild West Britain’: TINY proportion of shoplifters will end up in jail under new Labour measures, warn Tories, despite Starmer claiming ‘tide could be turning’ on retail crime epidemic
Labour’s ‘soft justice’ reforms will result in just 0.3 per cent of convicted thieves ending up behind bars each year,…
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Kemi Badenoch warns of an ‘epidemic of violence’ against Jewish people as Tory leader says ‘we need to drain the swamp’ on visit to scene of Golders Green attack
By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Publication date: April 29, 2026, 17:55 UTC | Updated: 19:52 CEST, 29 April 2026 Kemi…
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Australia
Canberra’s wheel theft epidemic: parts shortage drives crime surge | The Canberra Times
Theft gangs are suspected of scouring car parks and “arriving prepared” with hydraulic jacks, lug wrenches and wheel chocks. These…
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UK
Rail passengers facing ‘epidemic of violence’ as police admit staff cuts mean emergency response is too slow
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Epidemic of the selfie-loving drug smugglers: There’s been a 4,000 per cent rise in air passengers caught bringing cannabis into the UK – so why did this single mother walk free when found with £285,000 worth of the drug?
Poppie Kudiersky’s holiday to Thailand provided the perfect setting for social media material featuring the 22-year-old pouting in love-filled poses.…
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USA
Papua New Guinea grapples with HIV epidemic as it battles stigma and US aid cuts
Nancy Karipa, who struggled with diseases for years, tested positive for HIV in 1999. She had just given birth to…
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UK
Warning to British tourists as holiday hotspot declares flu epidemic | World | News
One of the UK’s favorite holiday destinations has declared a flu epidemic, requiring anyone with symptoms to wear a mask…
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Gordon Brown to issue warning on ‘shameful epidemic’ of child poverty in Britain
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Australia
‘Epidemic’: Sydney houses raided by thieves looking for one thing
A family is left shaken after a group of masked men tried to burglarize a home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches…
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UK
How the US is emerging from its drugs death epidemic
Tim Mansel Kayla says she became ‘instantly addicted’ to fentanyl in her youth Kayla first tried fentanyl at the age…
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