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Captain Tom’s daughter says family kept £800,000 from his books The Guardian says The daughter of Capt Sir Tom Moore has admitted to keeping £800,000 from books that the late army veteran had written. Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family kept the sum from three books because Captain Tom had wanted them to retain the profits. In an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, which is scheduled to be broadcast on Friday, she said her father wanted his family to keep the profits in Club Nook Ltd, a firm separate from the Captain Tom Foundation charity. The Captain Tom Foundation has…

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Elementor #553713 October 12, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Financial Times – Netanyahu Forms Coalition War Cabinet  The FT says Israel has formed an emergency war cabinet ahead of an expected infantry offensive against Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined forces with centre-right opponent Benny Gantz of the National Unity party. The paper also reports on how people’s everyday lives have changed in Israel since the attack by Hamas on Saturday. It says the streets are deserted and “fear and uncertainty” have taken over. Elsewhere, in the UK, the paper reports that the scale…

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Elementor #553707 October 12, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Spiral Of Doom  A collage of a blitzed city, rubble, tears and injuries is the splash on the Metro. It leads with a Hamas attack on an Israeli hospital as Gaza faces medicine and power shortages. The front page also reports that doctors treating thousands of wounded in besieged Gaza faced medicine shortages and blackouts as its only power plant ran out of fuel. The entire front page is dedicated to the war. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it?…

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Elementor #553701 October 12, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Israelis Suspended Between Fear, Grief and Foreboding The Guardian leads with an eyewitness piece which describes normal life in Israel as “on hold”. Civilians are bracing themselves for more losses as the country expects to mount an operation against Hamas. One woman describes how her son and daughter, aged 10 and six, do not want to shower because the air raid sirens give only a 90-second warning to reach a shelter, and they fear they might not make it in time. The front…

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Elementor #553695 October 12, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – We Pocketed Capt. Tom £800k  The Sun reports on Captain Tom’s family confessing to keeping £800,000 from book sales after the death of the NHS fundraising veteran. The paper says his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore told TalkTV’s Pier Morgan they had kept £800,000 from three books he had written and that Sir Tom had “wanted them” to keep the book profits. The front page features a story on the latest from Gaza, saying “Israel steps up blitz on Gaza.” Today’s top stories Like this…

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Elementor #553689 October 12, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Outrage Over Order Not To Jail Rapists As Prisons Are Full  The Daily Express says that fury has greeted a plan to “temporarily stop sending rapists and burglars to jail as prisons are full”. Lord Edis, senior presiding judge for England and Wales, is said to have ordered a delay to the sentencing of convicted criminals currently on bail from next week, the paper adds. An anonymous senior Crown Court judge is quoted as saying they have been told it is a “short-term…

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Elementor #553683 October 12, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Horror In The Middle East: Death And More Death  The Daily Mirror says the Middle East is on the brink of a full-scale war after both Israel and Hamas stepped up their attacks. The paper shows an image of a distraught woman at Ashkelon in Israel as rockets hit. It also features Rod Stewart, who says he turned down a Saudi gig worth millions. The 78-year-old highlighted the discrimination faced by women and the LGBTQ community. Sir Rod is quoted as saying he…

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Israeli troops massing at Gaza border ‘ready to execute the mission’ The Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near the Gaza border “ready to execute the mission we have been given.” It is expected that Israel will soon launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, one whose mission is to “make sure Hamas won’t have any military capabilities.” The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 – while more than 900 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza. Earlier this week, Israel announced a “siege” of Gaza – cutting its supplies of electricity,…

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‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico’s Pacific coast A “extremely dangerous” hurricane has made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Hurricane Lidia hit Mexico as a Category 4 storm, bringing wind speeds of up to 140mph. But the storm has weakened after moving inland, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgrading it to Category 2 status. Parts of Mexico’s Pacific coastline have already seen flooding this week after Tropical Storm Max hit. Local media say two people died as a result of the storm in the state of Guerrero. Hurricanes hit Mexico every year on both its Pacific and Atlantic…

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Afghanistan hit by second earthquake in days Afghanistan has been hit with a second earthquake just days after large quakes struck the same region and killed more than 1,000 people.  The new 6.3 magnitude quake struck on Wednesday, around 17 miles north of the city of Herat. More than 100 people have been injured and sent to hospital, officials said. The wider impact of the latest quake is not yet clear but many people were sleeping in the open after their homes were destroyed on Saturday. Aid agencies have also said there is a shortage of blankets, food and other…

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‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico’s Pacific coast October 11, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – ‘40 Babies Murdered By Hamas’  The Metro reports on claims that Hamas militants murdered “40 babies in a massacre at a kibbutz during their retaliatory assault on Israel”. The paper does not share the deaths of children in Palestine. Its biased reporting goes on to say that the infants were allegedly found beheaded in their cots with their families were shot or burned alive. ( This has not been verified). However, accounts of women and children left unharmed…

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Elementor #553347 October 11, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Israeli Troops Mass on Gaza Border as Hamas Attack Death Toll Hits 1,000  Israel’s troops are heading to the Gaza border, according to The Guardian. The paper reports that a huge Israeli military build-up was continuing along Gaza’s border on Tuesday as the country’s military confirmed the death toll from Saturday’s Hamas attack had “passed 1,000”. The front page also displays an image of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, at the end of his party conference speech in Liverpool.…

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