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Tarik Namik fled UK before sentencing in December but detained after returning to Manchester airport The head of a Kurdish people-smuggling ring has been arrested after going on the run before his sentencing, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Tarik Namik, 45, from Oldham, failed to show up at Manchester crown court and was given an eight-year jail term in his absence on 9 December. Continue reading… ​Tarik Namik fled UK before sentencing in December but detained after returning to Manchester airportThe head of a Kurdish people-smuggling ring has been arrested after going on the run before his sentencing, the…

The jury said this was a ‘particularly tragic case’.

Report finds force missed opportunities to protect Sana Muhammed, who was shot with crossbow The Metropolitan police is facing renewed criticism after a report found that officers missed opportunities to protect a woman from her ex-husband in the years before he killed her with a crossbow. Sana Muhammad, 35, was eight months pregnant when Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo burst into her home in east London and shot an arrow into her stomach as she tried to flee. Continue reading… ​Report finds force missed opportunities to protect Sana Muhammed, who was shot with crossbowThe Metropolitan police is facing renewed criticism after a report…

Embattled Tory party chair reveals he made ‘careless but not deliberate’ error over multimillion-pound share sale Nadhim Zahawi was battling to save his political career on Saturday night after he finally admitted reaching a tax settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) following an “error” over a controversial multimillion-pound shareholding in the polling company YouGov. In a carefully worded statement, Zahawi appeared to confirm that HMRC had carried out an investigation into his financial affairs while he was serving as chancellor last summer. Zahawi, now the Tory party chairman, said that the tax authority had concluded that he had made…

Opposition calls for the Conservative party chairman to reveal details of the settlement he arrived at with HMRC Nadhim Zahawi admitted on Saturday he had agreed a settlement with HM Revenue & Customs, but said officials concluded he had made a “careless and not deliberate” error. The statement still leaves many unanswered questions. The tax deal When was Zahawi first made aware of the HMRC investigation; when did it finish; and how much has he now agreed to pay in unpaid taxes and interest? Did Zahawi pay a penalty on the tax he had avoided? If so, how much? Will…

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Sources quoted by the Scottish Daily Mail said the charges are a result of ‘collusion’ by eight people who have come up with a ‘cock-and-bull story’.

Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangs Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by the Home Office in a pattern apparently being repeated across the south coast, an Observer investigation can reveal. A whistleblower, who works for Home Office contractor Mitie, and child protection sources describe children being abducted off the street outside the hotel and bundled into cars. Continue reading… ​Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangsDozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel…

Everton have now lost eight of their last 10 games.

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The Blues are making yet another move…

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‘If I’m a Chelsea fan I would be extremely excited by Mudryk.’

The former health secretary said introducing fees for patients who can afford it is ‘crucial’ to the survival of the NHS.

‘I’m coming back slowly.’

‘I would defy Lionel Messi to look good in this team.’

‘Are they gonna commute every weekend?’

The Gunners will be looking to underline their title-winning credentials.

‘His actions have shattered the lives of my children. He has robbed them of their childhood.’

He was married to Presley from 2006 until 2016.