50 h. ago Abandoned police station goes up for sale with its own jail cells

A former police station in Somerset is up for auction, complete with its own court room, which was formerly the magistrates court, and several former jail cells

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4 d. ago 'Hannibal the Cannibal' killer Robert Maudsley wants to return to 'Monster Mansion'

Robert Maudsley, 71, has made an official complaint about his transfer to Whitemoor prison, Cambs., and may yet return to his 'glass cage' cell in Wakefield jail

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7 d. ago I restored an abandoned wartime 1940s police car that was dumped in a scrapyard

Meet the grandfather who bought an authentic wartime police car, and renovated the 88 year old vehicle which was once abandoned for scrap.

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9 d. ago Whitehall on lockdown while police investigate ‘abandoned vehicle’ near Downing Street

Officers are investigating after a vehicle was abandoned near Downing Street

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9 d. ago Lanarkshire MSP calls on Holyrood to make sure OAPs aren't left behind on winter fuel payments

More than 75 per cent of pensioners in England and Wales will be entitled to the new annual payment of up to £300 after the Labour government abandoned one of its first, and most controversial, policies.

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9 d. ago Baltimore jail staff failed to protect a deaf man killed by cellmate, lawsuit alleges

A new lawsuit alleges that a deaf man who was killed in Baltimore's jail was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate

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1 week ago Dead body discovered in abandoned BMW near Gatwick Airport sparks police investigation

A body has been found on the back seat of a car left abandoned on an industrial estate, a mile away from Gatwick Airport, in a shocking and unexplained discovery

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1 week ago Inside the abandoned buildings where police held new search for Madeleine McCann

German and Portuguese police teams searched scrubland near where Madeleine disappeared

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1 week ago Council workers stick notice on car 'abandoned' near Gatwick airport saying it must be moved

The white BMW was covered in dust and appeared to be abandoned when police were called to reports of a body found in it.

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1 week ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner writes chilling letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, who is currently serving time for raping a woman in 2005, wrote a sick letter from his jail cell mocking cops for their inability to find a body

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann search in Algarve called off after three days finding ‘nothing of consequence’

Scores of police have been searcing scrubland and an abandoned building near Praia da Luz with JCBs, radar and fingertip searches

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2 w. ago Trump's FBI deputy says 'clear evidence' of how Jeffrey Epstein died is on video

Conspiracy theories erupted when news of Jeffrey Epstein's death made the headlines with the tinfoil hat brigade claiming he was attacked in his New York jail cell

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2 w. ago Maddie McCann search in Algarve called off after three days finding ‘nothing of consequence’

Scores of police have been searcing scrubland and an abandoned building near Praia da Luz with JCBs, radar and fingertip searches

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2 w. ago Dan Bongino draws ‘clear’ conclusion on Jeffrey Epstein jail cell death after FBI probe and MAGA theories

Dan Bongino said that the bureau had video footage that showed the area of Epstein’s cell for 12 hours prior to the discovery of his body

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2 w. ago Escort found beheaded after fearing for her life as suspect says 'she blackmailed me'

Police discovered an escort who was beheaded near an abandoned farmhouse – with part of her body completely burned – miles away from the scene of the crime buried in brambles

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann police use radar to search scrubland and abandoned shacks

It's the third day of the latest search for the missing British three-year-old

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2 w. ago Police focus on abandoned Portuguese buildings in Madeleine McCann search

German and Portuguese officers work in countryside near resort where toddler went missingSearches for Madeleine McCann have resumed in Portugal with police using a digger to clear debris around an abandoned building a few miles from where the British toddler was last seen in 2007. On Wednesday, Portuguese and German authorities continued focusing on derelict structures in countryside a few miles from the resort of Praia da Luz. The fresh searches for Madeleine began on Tuesday, 18 years after the three-year-old disappeared from Praia da Luz while her parents were out having dinner, leaving her sleeping in a nearby room with her toddler twin siblings. The sounds of chainsaws and strimmers could be heard as investigators appeared to continue clearing areas of scrubland in Atalaia, on the outskirts of Praia da Luz. Police used a JCB to clear rubble around one building and also appeared to have emptied another nearby disused structure of debris. Bricks and rocks could be seen piled outs...

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann: Police searching second abandoned farmhouse on edge of cliff

Officers were today seen removing rubble from the graffiti-covered structure within 100 metres of a cliff edge - just 24 hours after hauling away bags of earth for forensic testing

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann 'evidence' found in abandoned houses by search teams

German and Portuguese police have been searching abandoned properties near Praia Da Luz in Portugal, where Madeleine went missing 18 years ago.

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2 w. ago Shovels, pickaxes and an abandoned farmhouse: Inside the new search for Madeleine McCann as police race against time

With police scouring derelict farm buildings in Praia da Luz, time is running out to find evidence linking Madeleine’s disappearance to the only suspect, The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin writes

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