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Police have smashed Britain's first Bitcoin county lines gang. The group is suspected of hiding millions in the crypto-currency after enabling middle-class drug users to transfer funds online.  In a highly sophisticated operation, the massive gang allegedly set up numerous Bitcoin accounts to buy and sell class A drugs across four counties in near-untraceable payments.  They were rumbled when police received a tip-off about suspicious drug activity in a pub run by the alleged ringleader.  It led to a six-month investigation and yesterday 220 officers swooped on 19 alleged gang members in dawn raids in Essex and Suffolk – including a 4am operation at the £635,000 home of alleged kingpin Chris Golding in Harlow.  Around 220 officers swooped on 19 alleged gang members in dawn raids in Essex and Suffolk – including a 4am operation at the £635,000 home of alleged kingpin Chris Golding in Harlow Members of the network are said to have started using Bitcoin after running out of places to

Elliott Broidy, a former top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, was charged Thursday by federal authorities for violating foreign lobbying laws – and sources familiar with the matter say he intends to plead guilty. Prosecutors have accused the former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee of conspiring with others to unsuccessfully lobby the Department of Justice to drop a probe into the $4.5 billion embezzlement scandal involving Malaysia's state-owned investment fund, 1MDB. The documents say that Broidy also unsuccessfully lobbied the Trump administration and DOJ to arrange for the 'removal and return' of a Chinese national - and a critic of the Beijing regime - who was seeking asylum in the US. Broidy was charged in the US District Court in Washington DC Thursday with conspiring to act as unregistered agent for a foreign principal.  He is expected to plead guilty on October 20 in a deal with the Justice Department, according to Reuters.   Major Trump f

Tracy Grimshaw has unleashed on Annastacia Palaszczuk in a scathing letter begging her to let a seriously ill man quarantine at home in Queensland. Gary Ralph, 71, had radical brain surgery in Sydney last week and arrived back in Brisbane with his wife Wendy Child on Tuesday with the hopes to isolate in the comfort of their own home. But the couple have been forced into hotel quarantine in Brisbane despite, there having been no community transmission of coronavirus cases in Sydney for 11 days when he returned. In an article directed to the Queensland premier, Grimshaw questioned why the couple couldn't return to their home after suffering such a traumatic ordeal. The A Current Affair host said to make matters worse, Ms Palaszczuk had refused to come onto the program and answer any of her questions. A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw has unleashed on the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk begging her to let a seriously ill man quarantine at home 'We've asked you to

A transgender man is suing Amazon claiming he was denied a promotion after telling his manager he was pregnant. Shaun Simmons, who works at the Amazon fulfillment center in Princeton, New Jersey, filed a federal lawsuit against the retail giant Monday for pregnancy and gender-based harassment and discrimination.  Simmons claims he was harassed by coworkers and denied a promotion after disclosing his pregnancy.  He also alleges he was demoted to a role where he had to lift heavy items, despite his pregnancy, and - when he complained to human resources about it - was put on unpaid leave.    A transgender man is suing Amazon claiming he was denied a promotion after telling his manager he was pregnant Simmons began working at the New Jersey fulfillment center in January 2015 and was promoted to process assistant in 2018. He claims he then told his supervisor Mike Menno about his pregnancy in June 2019, reported NBC News. Menno then told another supervisor Tyler Houpt and the news quickly s

The number of Covid patients admitted to English hospitals has more than doubled in the past two weeks – but it’s still nowhere near as bad as it was in the spring. Latest figures show 524 coronavirus cases were so severe they needed to be treated on NHS wards on Tuesday. Health minister Nadine Dorries yesterday said admissions – mostly in the North – might be at a ‘critical stage’ in around ten days.  ‘Those who now claim that further measures are not needed, will in about ten days from now, when hospital admissions are at a critical stage argue that we didn’t do enough,’ she said.  Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, said the ‘indications are not looking good’ and that the nation was at a ‘tipping point’.  But the NHS is far from overrun and the current spike is highly localised. Hospitals in the North West and North East have seen admissions surge by up to 60 per cent in the last week, whereas in huge swathes of the South, hospitals are

 A white Texas policeman who shot and killed a black city worker was fired on Thursday for 'his egregious violation of the city's and police department's policies'. Shaun Lucas, 22, has already been charged with murder over the October 3 killing of Jonathan Price, 31. The shooting happened in Wolfe City, 60 miles north east of Dallas. Price, a motivational speaker employed by the city, was shot four times in the chest by Lucas, who had only joined the police in April. Jonathan Price, 31, was shot and killed by Officer Shaun Lucas, 22, on October 3 On Thursday Lucas was fired from the force, having already been charged with murder Lucas arrived at a convenience store in Wolfe City to investigate a report of a fight, according to a probable cause affidavit released on Wednesday. Price extended a handshake to Lucas moments before he shot him, and asked him: 'You doing good?'  The affidavit states that Lucas opened fire after 'Price appeared to reach out and gra

Pantomime season has been saved as plans being announced today will enable audiences to attend festive performances.  Cash-strapped theatres will receive money from a private fund to cover the cost of the seats that they have to leave empty to comply with social distancing measures.  The plan to revive theatre-going is being funded by Camelot.  The National Lottery operator approached Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden with an offer of help after he came under mounting pressure to support arts bodies.  Pantomimes are expected to take place at theatres including the London Palladium, which normally seats an audience of more than 2,200, as part of the deal.  Pantomime season has been saved as plans being announced today will enable audiences to attend festive performances (stock image)  Last month, Mr Dowden said his officials were working on 'Operation Sleeping Beauty' to bring back 'the magic of theatre for families this Christmas'.  However the plan fell flat with the sec

Facebook has removed 276 accounts that used fake profiles to pose as right-leaning Americans and comment on news articles, often in favor of President Donald Trump, the company said on Thursday. The platform said in a statement that it had linked the bogus accounts to Rally Forge, a US marketing firm working on behalf of Turning Point USA, a conservative student group. In a statement to DailyMail.com, Turning Point USA said that Facebook's announcement was actually in reference to Turning Point Action, which it called 'an entirely separate entity.'  Turning Point USA and political action committee Turning Point Action were both founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Facebook says it has removed 276 fake accounts linked to Turning Point Action. Turning Point USA and political action committee Turning Point Action were both founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk Facebook shared this comment as an example of what it calls the network of phony profiles posing as

A coronavirus cluster at a Melbourne hospital is threatening to derail the city's road out of lockdown as Victoria records just 11 new cases and no deaths. The cases, which were announced on Friday, take Melbourne rolling average to 9.4, while regional Victoria's average remains at 0.4.  The city needs to have to have a 14-day rolling average of fewer than five cases to be able to take the next step out of lockdown on October 19.  A coronavirus outbreak at Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne's east has grown to include two staff members and one patient Police are seen patrolling St Kilda Beach during COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng said it would be a 'day-by-day assessment of the situation' as to when further restrictions are lifted.  Health authorities have been scrambling to contain an outbreak which has emerged at Box Hill Hospital in the city's east.   A patient and two staff members at tested positive to th

Prince Harry and Meghan enjoyed a cozy double date to celebrate the pregnancy of close friends David Foster and Katharine McPhee, DailyMail.com can reveal. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seen chatting and enjoying the company of their celebrity guests on Tuesday evening at dinner in Montecito, California during a rare outing. Harry and Meghan toasted Foster and McPhee's good news after it was announced the pair are expecting their first child together. It's the first time the former royals have been seen out in Montecito since DailyMail.com exclusively revealed they had moved into a sprawling $14 million mansion in the leafy Californian town near Santa Barbara. The foursome dined at Lucky's Steakhouse and in exclusive photos obtained by DailyMail.com, Harry and Meghan were seen in the parking lot of the upscale eatery. Main courses at Lucky's, which serves an array of steaks and seafood, are around $60. McPhee and Foster arrived first at Lucky's at 7:20pm, whil