Woman in £16m Harrods spend loses wealth seizure challenge
- 5 February 2020
- From the section UK
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A woman who blew £16m of unexplained wealth in Harrods has lost her appeal against a National Crime Agency bid to seize her luxury London home.
The Court of Appeal has rejected Zamira Hajiyeva's attempt to stop the UK's first ever Unexplained Wealth Order from being implemented against her.
Mrs Hajiyeva must reveal how she became wealthy enough to buy a mansion near Harrods and a golf course in Berkshire.
She faces losing the properties if she can't provide proof of income.
Mrs Hajiyeva's husband is a state banker jailed for fraud in their native Azerbaijan.
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Woman in £16m Harrods spend fights wealth seizure
- 12 December 2019
- From the section UK
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The wife of a jailed banker is fighting to overturn the UK's first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO).
Zamira Hajiyeva, who spent £16m in Harrods, faces losing her £15m Knightsbridge home and a Berkshire golf course to the National Crime Agency.
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Grenfell: Seven key points from the report
- 30 October 2019
- From the section UK
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The report of the first phase of the Grenfell Tower fire reveals how the fire began, spread and became a disaster. These are some of the key findings which will influence the deeper investigation of the inquiry's second phase - into how it could happen in the first place.
There was swift action by the resident of the flat where it began
The first 999 call came from Behailu Kebede at 00:54 BST, who lived in Flat 16. His smoke alarm woke him up and he saw what was in all probability an electrical fire at the back of his fridge freezer. He called for help, alerted neighbours and waited for the London Fire Brigade to arrive.
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What is the UK Supreme Court?
- 13 January 2020
- From the section UK
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Lady Hale, the brooch-wearing judge who delivered the ruling that Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament was unlawful, has retired from the UK Supreme Court.
Who will follow her as its president and what does the Supreme Court do?
Who is Lady Hale and who will replace her?
Migration data: Why is it so hard to count people?
- 22 August 2019
- From the section UK
The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) has downgraded the reliability of its own method for measuring migration, after discovering serious flaws in its methodology. So do we ever really know the scale of UK migration?
The headline migration figure is the number of people arriving in the UK who are planning to stay for at least a year, minus the people who are leaving the UK and planning to be away for at least a year.
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Tommy Robinson: The rancour, rhetoric and riches of brand Tommy
- 11 July 2019
- From the section UK
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It's May 2019.
A small crowd surrounds a mobile screen on the Brinnington council estate in Stockport. They've gathered to hear Tommy Robinson who wants to become their Member of the European Parliament. He says he's speaking for them - standing up against the elites in politics and the media.
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The day I tried to be an MI5 spook
- 2 July 2019
- From the section UK
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So there I was inside MI5's London's headquarters and under pressure to decide where I should send the last available undercover surveillance team.
And the more I agonised over which suspects they should follow, the harder it became for me to know if my decision was the right one.
Jack Letts: Why jihadi's parents are guilty of funding terrorism
- 20 August 2019
- From the section UK
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A former charity fundraiser and an organic farmer have been convicted of funding terrorism by sending cash to their son in Syria. So how did Sally Lane and John Letts end up before a jury in the Old Bailey?
In the words of one judge, they were "two perfectly decent people... in custody because of the love of their child".
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Zamira Hajiyeva: How the wife of a jailed banker spent £16m in Harrods
- 28 May 2019
- From the section UK
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It is perhaps the shopping bill to end all shopping bills.
Documents disclosed to the BBC have revealed how a woman married to a jailed banker managed to spend £16m in Harrods without raising suspicions.
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Zain Qaiser: Student jailed for blackmailing porn users worldwide
- 9 April 2019
- From the section UK
A student who made hundreds of thousands of pounds blackmailing pornography website users with cyber attacks has been jailed.
Zain Qaiser from Barking, London, used his programming skills to scam visitors to pornography sites around the world.
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