Day: December 19, 2025
Foreign Office was hacked, admits minister amid speculation it was cyber attack by China
December 19, 2025The Foreign Office has been hacked, a minister has confirmed amid speculation that China is behind the cyber attack. Trade minister Sir Chris Bryant said the breach had been “very quickly” closed down once identified. It was not clear if the hack was at the Foreign Office in London or at another site such as […]
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Who is Zulma Guzman Castro, the alleged raspberry killer?
December 19, 2025A Colombian businesswoman who was on the run after it was alleged she killed two girls was pulled from the River Thames earlier this week. An international search warrant was issued against Ms Castro earlier this month when it was alleged she killed two teenage girls in her home country with poisoned raspberries. But who […]
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Ministers ‘pretty confident’ visa details not compromised in Foreign Office hack
December 19, 2025The Government has said it is “pretty confident” visa applicants’ details have not been compromised in a hack of Foreign Office data, allegedly by a Chinese group. Reports have claimed that a Beijing-linked cyber gang targeted Government servers two months ago, and had accessed information relating to visa details. The Sun reported on Thursday night […]
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Fury over ‘paltry’ sentence for killer who beat father to death after queue-jumping row in Sainsbury’s
December 19, 2025A five-year jail sentence handed to a bus driver who beat a man to death in front of his wife following a row over queue-jumping at a Sainsbury’s has been branded “paltry”. The unexpectedly lenient sentence has drawn criticism from shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, who accused the Labour Party of pursuing a policy of […]
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Retail sales dip unexpectedly in November as Black Friday fizzles
December 19, 2025Retail sales dipped unexpectedly last month, ONS data shows (Yui Mok/PA) PA Wire Retail sales dipped unexpectedly last month as cautious shoppers prevailed and Black Friday discounts failed to boost spending in the run-up to Christmas, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to […]
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London Victoria station closes and passengers evacuated after fire alert
December 19, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Commuters were urged to leave London Victoria station this morning over a fire alert. Passengers arriving into the central London station at 6.30am were told that there was an ’emergency’, and were asked leave both the train […]
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