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MPs who received gifts later appeared to speak favourably about Qatar in parliamentary debates Qatar has spent more money on gifts and trips for British MPs in the past year than any other country, according to Observer analysis that reveals the Gulf state’s lobbying efforts ahead of next month’s football World Cup. The Qatari government made gifts to members of parliament worth £251,208 in the 12 months to October 2022, including luxury hotel stays, business-class flights and tickets to horse-racing events. Continue reading… ​MPs who received gifts later appeared to speak favourably about Qatar in parliamentary debatesQatar has spent more…

An agent who spent years crafting a secret undercover identity as a Brazilian academic has been ‘unmasked’.

Extreme group Britain First publishes series of anti-immigrant videos in first 24 hours after getting its new account Key figures on Britain’s far right who were previously banned from Twitter have been able to open new accounts, apparently without restrictions, after the platform’s takeover by Elon Musk. Britain First, an extreme group whose leader has spent time in jail for hate crimes against Muslims, rejoined the social media network on Friday. It had been banned in 2017 under Twitter’s hate speech rules after posting inflammatory anti-Muslim videos. Some videos posted by its then deputy leader were retweeted by US president…

(Warning: Graphic content) More than 150 more people were injured during a stampede in Seoul.

UK charity dedicated to solving missing person cases releases new image it believes could help finally identify her after 18 years The identity of a young woman found at the foot of a tower block in north-west London 18 years ago could finally be solved, investigators say. The woman is believed to have fallen from the 21st floor of Wembley Point, a triangular office building now known as the WEM Tower London, into the River Brent on the morning of Friday 29 October 2004. Continue reading… ​UK charity dedicated to solving missing person cases releases new image it believes could…

Civil servants say there was ‘significant disquiet’ over home secretary Suella Braverman’s dealings with Tory rightwinger John Hayes Home Office officials raised concerns over a series of secretive meetings Suella Braverman held with an influential rightwing backbench MP weeks before she was forced to resign over leaking sensitive information to him, the Observer has been told. In addition, sources have claimed that the home secretary appears to have instructed officials to look at potentially implementing hardline proposals cooked up by a rightwing thinktank that would in effect prohibit “genuine refugees” from settling in the UK, a move that threatens an…

Gary Fox was charged £70 after parking in a disabled parking space.

A man accused of being the infamous pest has been arrested following an encounter with two teens on Tuesday morning.

The Italian was burnt by Wednesday’s VAR controversy against Sporting.

 The relatives of Chris Kaba, Oladeji Omishore, Matthew Leahy, Jack Susianta and Leon Patterson delivered a signed letter to Downing Street. The relatives of Chris Kaba, Oladeji Omishore, Matthew Leahy, Jack Susianta and Leon Patterson delivered a signed letter to Downing Street.