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Watch: Tearful Captain Tom’s family reveal death threats as they admit pocketing his book profits The Independent says A tearful Captain Tom’s family has revealed they received death threats amid reports they pocketed money from the charity hero’s book sales. In an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore reveals her father wanted them to keep the profits from his three books. In a trailer for the interview, which airs on…

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Captain Tom’s family admits ‘regret’ over spa as decision looms after keeping book cash Daily Mirror says The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore has spoken of their “regret” over a luxury spa and pool complex built at their £1.2million home. The late 100-year-old’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, her husband Colin Ingram and their children Benji and Georgia are being grilled by TalkTV’s Piers Morgan in a interview broadcast this evening. Captain Tom became a national…

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Captain Tom’s daughter admits pocketing £800k after her dad’s death The Metro says Captain Tom’s family yesterday confessed to taking money from the NHS fund-raising veteran – from the sale of his books. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said they kept £800,000 from three books he had written. She told TalkTV’s Piers Morgan that Sir Tom wanted them to keep the book profits. The family were in the past accused of using a charity set up…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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