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PETER HITCHENS: I've witnessed two executions and I've no problem with Kenneth Smith being put to death in Alabama - although hanging would be swifter and more humane.

Is Britain ready for World War III? Former top general warns Brits aged up to SIXTY might have to serve in Finnish-style conscript army - as Whitehall examines using Ukraine training plan to get volunteers ready to fight Russia.

Brits warned over ‘killer painkiller’ used by Spanish doctors after it is linked to deaths of dozens of UK tourists - including golfer who had sore shoulder.

'When I woke up she wasn't alive': Constance Marten told police her baby died when she fell asleep with her in her jacket before she 'debated cremating her with bottle of petrol' - as court hears aristocrat had four other children taken into care.

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