3 h. ago Afghan migrant, 25, faces jail after sexually assaulting woman who fell asleep while eating pizza he bought her

The victim told a court she woke up on a bench near LondonBridge station to find Abid Sherzad touching her intimately.

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51 h. ago I invited Afghan migrants into my home after they messaged me on an LGBT dating app ... I thought they were just shy but they ended up running off with my phone

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 22, and Bilal Hotak, 21, carried out 35 burglaries and 20 related scams, seizing phones, watches, passports and withdrawing money from bank accounts.

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67 h. ago 10 best video games of 2025 – our pick of the year’s finest PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC titles

Here's our official list of the 10 best video games that 2025 had to offer, spanning nearly every available platform.

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68 h. ago Nurse 'attacked by Afghan migrant in crowbar rampage' reveals she was 'beaten nearly to death' as she reveals gruesome injuries inflicted on her

Meg Lynch said she was 'nearly beaten to death' while stood getting a drink from a vending machine.

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3 d. ago You have mere hours to finish 6 Xbox Game Pass titles disappearing for good

Six games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on December 31, including one that gamers call 'Smash Bros lite'

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3 d. ago Met Office issue 'very cold' warning as UK to be hit with 'significant' snow

Heavy snow showers are forecast in parts of the UK this week

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3 d. ago Quadrantid meteor shower 2026: See '120 shooting stars' dazzle UK skies this week

Winter's best meteor shower will reach its peak this weekend

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1 week ago Two Afghan migrant burglars who used dating app Grindr to trick victims into letting them into their homes are jailed

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 23 (left), and Mohammed Bilal Hotak, 27 (right), stole £68,000 of phones, passports and wallets over a six-month spree by feigning romantic interest in their targets.

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1 week ago Afghan asylum seeker who raped vulnerable teenager in park is jailed for nine years over 'shocking and violent' attack

Rapulla Ahmadze approached the victim in Murray, Scotland in August last year after making 'intimidating remarks'.

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1 week ago Asylum seeker who raped teenager in ‘shocking’ park attack jailed for nine years

Rapualla Ahmadze attacked the 17-year-old in Elgin, Moray, in August last year.

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1 week ago Afghan asylum seeker who raped vulnerable teenager in Scottish park sentenced to nine years in prison

On Tuesday Ahmadze appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh for sentencing.

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1 week ago PS5 and Xbox game prices slashed with Call of Duty and Battlefield on sale

Amazon has unveiled a PS5 and Xbox game sale ahead of Christmas with discounts on hit titles including Call of Duty and Battlefield

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2 w. ago Runaway girl's horror ordeal by gang of men who 'took turns' to rape her in hotel

Four men were convicted for sexual offences against a vulnerable teenager, 16 who was raped in hotel rooms and exploited after being lured into a car in Birmingham

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2 w. ago Met Office predicts 'wintry showers' during Christmas week as hopes for snow raised

The Met Office predicted last week that the chance of a White Christmas is low, but the odds may be improving.

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2 w. ago Girl 'gang raped by four teens while being driven around in car for six hours'

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by four teenagers for six hours in a car in Liverpool, Australia, with one accused pleading not guilty to charges

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2 w. ago Horror as victim 'raped in Welsh nightclub toilet' as police arrest teenager

The alleged incident is reported to have taken place at Sands Nightclub in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, just after 3am on Sunday December 14 - police are now investigating

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2 w. ago Victim ‘raped in toilet’ of nightclub as cops launch probe & arrest one teenager

A WOMAN has been allegedly raped in a nightclub, as cops launch an investigation and have arrested a teenager. Dyfed-Powys Police have launched an investigation into the reported incident which is said to have taken place at the Sands nightclub in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, on December 14 at around 3am. The alleged attack is said to...

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2 w. ago Authorities accused of attempting to 'cover up' rape involving two Afghan migrants by describing them as 'boys from Leamington Spa' and child victim as 'young woman'

The police and judiciary are alleged to have shrouded the case of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal in secrecy 'from start to finish' after they were arrested for raping a schoolgirl.

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2 w. ago Man jailed for string of sex offences against teenage girls in the 1990s

Anthony McElhone, 71, was found guilty of the indecent assault and rape of teenage girls in Shetland between 1993 and 1996.

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3 w. ago Gateshead grooming gang jailed for rapes and sexual assaults of teenage girls

The victims, aged 13 to16 at the time of the offences (2014 - 2019) were sometimes plied with alcohol or cocaine before they were sexually abused

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