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A “gang” of consultant neurosurgeons suppressed warnings about patient safety years before police were called in to investigate 40 patient deaths, a whistleblower has claimed.

Great scoop Tom Witherow on The Times and The Sunday Times this evening.

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Revealed: secret letters that show Iran’s £200m payments to Hamas

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Revealed, Pompeii’s most stunning discovery for a generation.

As archaeologists continue with their excavation of the Roman city doomed by Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in AD79, The Times and The Sunday Times joins them on site.

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My favourite story on The Times and The Sunday Times today — Harold Wilson’s secret Downing Street affair.

Former press secretary Joe Haines breaks nearly half a century of silence to tell the story of the prime minister’s relationship with Janet Hewlett-Davies.

Great scoop Patrick Maguire

🔺EXCLUSIVE: Former press secretary Joe Haines breaks nearly half a century of silence to tell the story of the prime minister Harold Wilson’s relationship with Janet Hewlett-Davies ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/harold…

Fascinating read from ⁦Ben Ellery⁩ on how facial recognition technology has changed policing. The Met says it is the biggest game-changer for policing since DNA.

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Exclusive from Aubrey Allegretti

A senior Tory MP has confessed to being involved in a honeytrap sexting scandal targeting a minister and MPs.

William Wragg said he handed over colleagues’ numbers after being ‘manipulated’ by a man he met on Grindr.

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#Breaking At least one person has died and scores have been injured after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 rocked Taiwan on Wednesday morning. ⬇️
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I’m delighted to start this week as Health Correspondent at the Times! Really looking forward to working alongside the brilliant Eleanor Hayward.

Please get in touch for coffee/ tips!

Great story from Fiona Hamilton about an insane corruption scandal in Gibraltar.

Well worth reading 👇

THE TIMES: NHS patients facing long waits will get private care #TomorrowsPapersToday

The Princess of Wales has cancer

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The good news for Sir Keir Starmer is that Fiona Wilson is one of the rising stars of the Labour front bench, better known and more popular than some of his long-serving shadow ministers. The bad news is that she doesn’t actually exist.

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How a Liverpool football prodigy helped flood Britain with cocaines

James Cassidy was an under-16 star destined for greatness. But when injuries derailed his career he turned to organised crime, shipping class A drugs with his brother.

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The British military chief helping Zelensky destroy Russian war ships.

⁦Larisa Brown⁩ reveals Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has had his term extended as head of the armed forces after he helped Zelensky draw up battle plans against Putin.

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