7 h. ago America's most twisted mother gives rare interview from jail about shocking crimes

The so-called 'Doomsday Mom,' 51, was found guilty of conspiring to murder her fourth husband in an Arizona court on Tuesday, after the jury deliberated for about three hours.

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37 h. ago Agony of James Bulger's mother as sick TikTok ghouls create AI videos of her son talking about his own murder

James, two, was abducted, tortured and beaten to death by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993 in a crime which shocked the nation.

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38 h. ago Agony of James Bulger's mum as sick TikTok ghouls create AI videos of her son talking about his own murder

James, two, was abducted, tortured and beaten to death by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993 in a crime which shocked the nation.

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49 h. ago Judge's son remarkable act of forgiveness in court as he's jailed for shocking family crime

The son of former Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, showed a remarkable act of forgiveness toward his father after he was convicted of fatally shooting his mother Sheryl, 65, on Tuesday.

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6 d. ago Sally Anne Bowman's mother blasts Australia for sending her daughter's murderer to Britain

Mark Dixie brutally raped and murdered 18-year-old Sally Anne near her home in Croydon, south London, in September, 2005, in a crime that shocked Britain.

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7 d. ago Inside the unit hunting Manchester’s most dangerous fugitives – and the shocking crime that started it all

In 2012, Manchester’s most wanted fugitive laid a trap and murdered two police officers after weeks evading capture. Crime Correspondent Amy-Clare Martin visited the specialist unit which now works to capture the city’s most dangerous suspects by tracking their every move

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1 week ago Firebombed Daniel crime clan family homes captured in shocking images as turf war rages on

The latest attacks come amid an escalating gang war in Scotland's two largest cities.

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1 week ago Teacher Christina Formella joined by husband in court as she's accused of shocking sex crimes against boy

Christina Formella, 30, arrived at court with her college sweetheart husband by her side as she is accused of sexually assaulting a student she was tutoring.

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2 w. ago Shock figures reveal true scale of kids' deadly weapons crimes across country

As many as 3,591 knife and offensive weapon crimes by ten to 17-year-olds were dealt with by the criminal justice system in the year ending September 2024.

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2 w. ago Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain

A record number of humanitarian workers were killed last year. My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shroudsJagan Chapagain is secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of paramedicsWhich was most horrific? The agonising week-long wait – silence after our colleagues went missing, as we suspected the worst but hoped for something different? Or the confirmation, seven days later, that bodies had been found? Or, since, the ghastly details of how they were found, and killed?Their ambulances were crushed and partly buried. Nearby were their bodies – also buried, en masse, in the sand. Our dead colleagues were still wearing their Red Crescent vests. In life, those uniforms signalled their status as humanitarian workers; they should have protected them. Instead, in death, those red vests became their shrouds.Jagan Chapagain is secretar...

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2 w. ago ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers• Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen againGaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over.The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Schoolgirl's sick murder solved 26 years later with evidence from pub lunch

The National DNA Database, which was launched 30 years ago this week, has helped solve hundreds of crimes, including a schoolgirl murder which shocked the nation and became Crimewatch's first case

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3 w. ago Shock new crime stats show banned weapons are still being used on our streets

Pooja Kanda, whose son Ronan was murdered by two boys wielding a sword and machete, said: 'We need to see the government follow up on proposals for a licensing system'

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3 w. ago How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shockFlora Montejo always dreamed of buying her own home. After almost three decades working as a nurse, the 68-year-old invested her retirement savings in a two-storey house in San Agustín, a working-class suburb of the Mexican resort town of Acapulco.Montejo’s retirement dream was shortlived. Not long after moving into her newly remodelled home, Hurricane John dumped record levels of rainfall on Acapulco, triggering landslides and flash floods after calm creeks turned into roaring rivers. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The shocking rise of violent crime in Britain's classrooms: New report reveals nearly 100,000 incidents in three years with seven

Police forces across Britain including in London, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire have reported nearly 100,000 violent pupil-on-pupil attacks in the last three years.

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last month Edinburgh gang war 'fuelled by Kinahan cartel' as violence grips the capital

A global crime syndicate spearheaded by big hitters in Dubai are behind the shocking scenes unfolding on the streets of Edinburgh.

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