News UK (News Group Newspapers legally) says Brown's claims are 'unfounded and wrong.'

'Absolutely no evidence' he was hacked.

Former PM Gordon Brown tells me police should reopen investigation into allegations News UK covered up phone hacking.

Says evidence in civil courts shows it deleted emails to hide them from the police and his phone could have been hacked while PM.

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Devastating report by andrew harding on the death of young migrant Sara on a migrant boat off the Calais coast.

Lead story on tonights BBC News at Six bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

And here online:

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I've been reporting small boats for a while but never seen it for myself.

Today we reported live as 40 people cram onto a boat already loaded with 30 and attempt to set off with a tiny outboard motor from a beach near Calais.

A French military vessel blocked its way to the UK

Have you been contacted by us about your data being accessed?

This relates to our officers dismantling LabHost's mass online fraud operation.

You can visit our website for more information on this with more advice on how to further protect your data.…

Very proud of the officers & staff involved in this work Metropolitan Police. Equally grateful for the support of many partners across policing, the private sector & National Crime Agency (NCA). Toms done a great job of describing the different elements of a complex operation here, thank you!

Just pointing out that Lynne Owens was retweeting a detailed report of this operation on, erm, an 'msm' media outlet?

UK law enforcement agencies have busted a 'crime as a service' outfit providing tech and training to criminals running phishing scams.

Tens of thousands of victims.

Metropolitan Police sending personalised video messages to criminals who've used LabHost.

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BBC Investigations Team exclusive:
Secret papers reveal Post Office knew its defence against legal action was false.

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2008 images of the Valenica building's construction suggest the cladding panels used were made by the Spanish multinational Alucoil.
At the time the company had a cladding product with a highly combustible polyethylene layer

BBC News: Valencia fire - Grenfell-style cladding fear after blaze

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Trying to find details of the cladding system in the Valencia fire.

Live coverage:

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And a reminder of (one of) the causes of the Grenfell disaster)

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Tom, 'almost verbatim'??

I've been reporting since this morning the view that this version of MR does not go far enough and have just written this:

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Government confirms it is introducing a 'mandatory reporting' duty to report child sexual abuse. But it's not in the form recommended by Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Critics say it shouldn't rely on a hidden crime being reported.
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I've been working with the BBC on this story for weeks. Nice to see it out there, finally.

Many thanks to Tom Symonds, BBC Home Affairs Correspondent, for being a great person to work with.

It's due to be featured on the 1:00pm BBC News today as well.
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Restaurants owned by some of the UK's best-known chefs have been cloned as part of an emerging identity theft scam, BBC News has discovered

Heston Blumenthal, Yotem Ottolenghi and the Ritz have all been targeted by fraudsters

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Hacking claimants might go for judicial review or private prosecution should the police not reopen a criminal investigation into Mirror Group Newspapers. Follows last week's judgement in favour of the Duke of Sussex
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New from Newsnight - Ex Met Police officers sentenced over racist WhatsApp posts

Sentencing today follows Newsnight investigation by ⁦Sima Kotecha⁩

Read full story and background here - or watch on Newsnight tonight at 10.30pm bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Met Police: Ex-officers sentenced over racist WhatsApp posts
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In all the years of covering rough sleeping, I’ve never seen anything like I saw last week. #homeless ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩