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MADAME JOYCE GOES VIRAL AFTER BEING SWARMED BY FANS ON ARRIVAL IN LAGOS FOR DETTY DECEMBER

Content creator Madame Joyce caused a frenzy after touching down in Lagos for Detty December, where she was swarmed by excited fans at the airport. The viral moment sparked laughs online after Joyce joked that the crowd may have mistaken her for Nigerian rap star Zlatan, especially as she was collected in his vehicle.

REFORM UK CONFIRMS PLANS TO SCRAP INDEFINITE LEAVE TO REMAIN FOR MIGRANTS

Reform UK has unveiled proposals to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain after five years of residence for legal migrants replacing it with tougher visa requirements and stricter criteria that will force many to reapply periodically under new rules aimed at limiting welfare access to British citizens only.
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ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR EX-BRITISH SOLDIER ACCUSED OF KILLING KENYAN WOMAN FOUND IN SEPTIC TANK

A Kenyan High Court has issued an arrest warrant naming Robert James Purkiss in connection with the 2012 disappearance and death of Agnes Wanjiru whose body was discovered in a septic tank at a hotel near a British Army base following a night out with soldiers justice campaigners have called it a breakthrough after more than a decade of uncertainty.
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FOUR BRITS ARRESTED AFTER THAILAND ROBBERY WITH ONE SUSPECT NAMED AS TOP BOY ACTOR AND RAPPER

Four British tourists have been arrested in Phuket, Thailand, for allegedly robbing American lawyer Ibrahim Iyun of his $75,000 Audemars Piguet watch at gunpoint. One of the robbers is confirmed to be Top Boy actor and rapper 'Bookey'. CCTV footage shows a Ford Everest ramming Iyun's motorcycle before the suspects threatened him with a gun and knife.
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19-YEAR-OLD UNI STUDENT LOSES BOTH LEGS AFTER MISTAKING MENINGITIS FOR 'FRESHERS' FLU'

A 19-year-old student who mistook meningitis for “freshers' flu” is warning others after losing both legs and all ten fingers. Ketia Moponda, from Wolverhampton, collapsed just eight days into university and was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia, a life-threatening infection spread through coughing and sneezing. Surgeons amputated her limbs in January to save her life. Now using prosthetic legs, Ketia is determined to return to the gym and pursue modelling, urging students: “Don’t mistake everything for a common cold.”
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FEMALE PRISON OFFICER AVOIDS JAIL AFTER TRAVELLING 175 MILES TO HAVE SEX WITH PRISONER ON HOME RELEASE

A 23-year-old prison worker, Megan Breen, has avoided jail after admitting to a sexual relationship with an inmate at HMP Prescoed, Monmouthshire. Breen travelled 175 miles to visit the prisoner, serving over four years for drug offences, during his home leave, and they exchanged over 500 messages. The relationship was exposed after she boasted to a colleague.
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FBI ARRESTS UK-BASED NIGERIAN FRAUDSTER IN MULTIMILLION-NAIRA 'WICKED' BROADWAY TICKET SCAM

Ajibola Oduntan, 47, has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly running a ticketing scam that cost the Kentucky Performing Arts over $100,000 during the Broadway run of Wicked in late 2023. Prosecutors say Oduntan stole U.S. citizens’ credit card details to buy tickets, which he resold on StubHub, routing profits through PayPal and Irish bank accounts. Arrested in August, he has pleaded not guilty, with trial set for November 10.
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BLACK WOMEN FACE SYSTEMIC NEGLECT IN MATERNITY CARE MPS WARN

A new Commons committee report reveals that Black women in England continue to suffer significantly worse maternity outcomes than white women because of structural racism, poor leadership and failing accountability together with inadequate data collection and pervasive bias, stereotyping and racist assumptions that leave their concerns ignored during pregnancy and childbirth, campaigners warn.
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SADIQ KHAN’S PAY RISES TO £170K, MAKING HIM UK’S HIGHEST-PAID POLITICIAN

Sir Sadiq Khan has accepted a pay rise of £5,281, raising his annual salary from £165,001 to £170,282, a move that makes him the highest-paid politician in the UK. The increase of 3.2% follows the local government settlement, and is based on recommendations from an independent panel, ensuring impartiality in its determination.
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DR WHO LEFT PATIENT ON THE OPERATING TABLE FOR SEX CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK

A married doctor who abandoned a patient mid-surgery to engage in sexual activity with a nurse has been cleared to return to work after a tribunal deemed him at “very low risk” of repeating such behaviour. Consultant anaesthetist Dr. Suhail Anjum, 44, was caught in a “compromising position” with an unnamed nurse — referred to as Nurse C — at Tameside Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne.‍
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