Jeffrey Archer
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Meet the North East teenager aiming to become the first female Royal Marine
A Northumberland teenager hopes to become the first woman to complete the Royal Marines’ gruelling Commando training programme.
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Social media companies need to be held accountable, regulators must not be emasculated - David Behrens
No wonder there’s a backlog in the courts system, when people endowed with privilege but not principle think they can commandeer it for their own convenience – as if judges were slot machines that can be made to pay out with a pull of the handle.
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Jeffrey Archer obituary: The author turned 'nearly man' of British politics
Jeffrey Archer, who has died at 86, pursued a vivid and erratic political career, dogged by scandal and beset by obstacles, which ended in July 2001 with the ultimate disgrace of four years’ imprisonment for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax
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Horrifying moment out-of-control hayride flips leaving a dozen injured
More than a dozen children were thrown from a wagon after a tractor flipped during a hayride in upstate New York. Chemung Conty Sheriff’s released surveillance video of the crash which happened at the German Baptist youth group gathering in Wellsburg on October 4. Initially, more than 20 youngsters were onboard but five leapt off when the brakes started smoking and the driver began struggling with mechanical issues, according to witnesses. The ride traveled along for more than a mile and a half before flipping at an intersection and tossing the remaining fifteen people across the road. Most suffered abrasions but the 16-year-old driver remains in a critical condition.
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Kemi Badenoch reveals final message Jeffrey Archer sent her on the day he died
Kemi Badenoch said Jeffrey Archer complimented her on her opening speech at the Conservative Party conference in his final message to her before his death at age 86. The former politician turned bestselling writer died suddenly on Monday (5 October), his publisher said. Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, the Tory leader said: “At 8am yesterday, he sent me a message saying, ‘Great outfit, great speech, no need to reply. And I read it, and I smiled, and I was absolutely shocked in the evening when I heard that he'd passed away.”
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Jeffrey Archer: Queen Camilla pays tribute to 'irrepressible' author and former politician
The bestselling author and former politician died on Monday at the age of 86.
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Queen Camilla remembers late Jeffrey Archer as 'irrepressible life force'
The novelist and MP was ‘an exception to the end’, Camilla wrote
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Newspaper headlines: Badenoch's 'Britannia Dome' and 'King tells Andrew 'I won't fund court fight''
Several of Tuesday's papers lead on a Tory pledge to devote £10bn to an Iron Dome-style defence system.
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Tuesday briefing: Why the Green party’s Zionism vote has caused a backlash
In today’s newsletter: The party has voted to define Zionism as racist and back a single Palestinian state. But what does the policy mean, why has it caused alarm among Jewish members, and how will it impact the future of the Greens?
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Jeffrey Archer: Gifted, ambitious but dogged by scandal
His talents often brought him close to where he wanted to go, but always short of the target he set himself – which was the top
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Jeffrey Archer, novelist and former Conservative MP, dies aged 86
Archer died peacefully at his home, his publisher said in a statement
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Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Lord Archer died peacefully at home between writing sessions, his publisher said
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Jeffrey Archer obituary
Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.
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Jeffrey Archer: Best-selling author and former politician dies aged 86
His last book, Adam and Eve, is set to release this month.
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Bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies 'suddenly'
Former politician Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86, his publisher said in a statement.
