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Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home shortly before 11pm on a Monday evening, an inquest heard. At the opening of his inquest today (Thurs) West London Coroner's heard an ambulance was first called to his home in New Malden, south-west London and he was pronounced dead by paramedics. He died from a compression to the neck. A murder inquiry has been launched by Scotland Yard. Coroner's officer Gary Waple said: "I hereby open the inquest into...

A millionaire has today (Thurs) been jailed for causing the death of a handyman by ignoring safety pleas - telling him: 'F**k that, it's getting stupid money now.' Former UKIP parliamentary candidate Keith Crawford, 73, tried to cut costs while having a leak in his outside pool repaired. Builder Peter Clements, 48, died when the trench he was excavating at Crawford's home collapsed on top of him. Crawford had refused to pay £480 for health and safety precautions – telling...

These pictures show the desolate remnants of five coastal homes which are on the brink of falling into the sea. The houses are perched on a cliff edge and at immediate risk of collapsing on to the beach below. The properties on the coast of Hemsby, Norfolk, have already spilt many of their contents out after being battered by severe weather. They will now be demolished due to the irreparable damage caused by the recent storms known as 'the Beast...

Complaints about Nigel Farage fly tipping fish have been submitted to Westminster Council after yesterday's protest by the former Ukip leader on the Thames. Farage joined a raft of protesters campaigning for a revision of fishing quotas during the Brexit transition. The red, white and blue fishing boat sailed down the River Thames before stopping in front of Parliament and dumping the crates of dead haddock, which symbolise the stock that gets thrown back into the sea because of stringent...

  The US Senate just passed an important bill to tackle the loopholes used by internet companies that facilitate ads for sex trafficking. Senators voted yesterday to pass the historic FOSTA-SESTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act). This bill establishes criminal and civil liability for websites that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking, such as by hosting ads and other content linked to a sex-trafficking enterprise. Now it has been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate,...

Britain's post-Brexit blue passport, which has been used by politicians to symbolise the country's break from the European Union, will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm after they won the race for the £490m printing job. UK-based firm De La Rue, which makes the current burgundy version, lost the contract to make the iconic blue passport to Gemalto, which is listed on the French and Dutch stock exchanges. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday morning, the chief executive of De...

Amazon.com is a mammoth company with $571 billion as market cap. On S&P 500, its shares are the 4th largest and still going persistently. Below are good reasons why Amazon shares are good as long-term investment. Amazon is piloted by its founder Amazon was launched on 1994 by CEO Jeff Bezos. He is very passionate about his company and obviously takes good care of its performance than non-founder CEO’s can. Surveys have studied that companies led by founders have a...

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This depressingly predictable slide towards the financial ruin and effective bankruptcy by Northamptonshire County Council is the result of staggering incompetence from both Whitehall and in County Hall says GMB GMB has welcomed the support of Jeremy Corbyn after the Labour savaged the Prime Minister over the financial collapse of Northamptonshire County Council (NCC). At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Mr Corbyn blamed the blamed the “slash and burn” approach to local authority funding as the reason for the council going...