28 h. ago Around 3,200 Covid deaths still being probed by special Crown Office unit

Operation Koper is the single largest investigation of deaths in Scottish history

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35 h. ago Human Barbie cause of death probed as family fear her death was murder

Brazilian influencer known as the Human Barbie is continuing to capture attention after her tragic death, which police blame on cocaine but her family fear was murder

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3 d. ago Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told

Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activistsTwo senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hong Kong fire death toll set to rise above 128 as investigators look for more charred remains in scorched skyscrapers and King Charles sends heartfelt message

Legions of police officers from Hong Kong's Disaster Victim Identification Unit, dressed in white full-body protective gear, were seen entering the charred remains of the skyscrapers this morning.

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6 d. ago Horror as man pulled from canal as police launch 'unexplained' death probe

Officers have launched an unexplained death probe after they were called to a canal near a Lidl supermarket in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, where a man was removed from the water and pronounced dead

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7 d. ago New Jill Dando murder evidence linking Serbian assassin to BBC star's death probed by police

The Metropolitan Police are looking at evidence published by the Mirror that links a convicted killer to Jill Dando's 1999 murder

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7 d. ago Boy among five people arrested as murder cops probe death of man in 50s

Last night's incident has also been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

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7 d. ago New appeal over unsolved deaths of father and son during 1981 IRA hunger strikes

Northern Ireland’s legacy body have renewed their call for witnesses as they probe the 1981 deaths of Eric and Desmond Guiney, a father and son attacked amid Belfast riots during the IRA hunger strikes

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7 d. ago A90: Body of man found near major Scottish road after ‘unexplained’ death

Kenneth Unsworth was last seen a week ago

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8 d. ago Body discovered near A90 in search for missing man as cops probe 'unexplained' death

Formal identification has yet to take place but the family of Kenneth Unsworth, reported missing from Merseyside, has been informed.

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1 week ago Sri Lankan man wanted over rape of young girl in France is arrested in Liverpool city centre

Sujanth Ketheeswararasa, 30, was detained by officers from the National Crime Agency's National Extradition Unit on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Jail death of sex attacker who went 'shopping' for victim to be probed

Wieslaw Piotrowski, 62, died on February 12, 2022, at HMP Perth.

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2 w. ago Girl, 11, dies one day after being 'taken unwell' in coastal Scottish town: Mother pays tribute as police probe 'unexplained' death

Olivia Curley, 11, was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday after falling ill. She died the following day. The youngster became unwell at home before being raced to hospital.

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2 w. ago Girl, 11, dies one day after 'taken unwell' in coastal Scottish town: Mother pays tribute as police probe 'unexplained' death

Olivia Curley, 11, was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday after falling ill. She died the following day. The youngster became unwell at home before being raced to hospital.

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2 w. ago First picture of 'darling' Scots school girl who died in suspected drug death

Police Scotland has launched a probe into the death.

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2 w. ago Scots schoolgirl dies in suspected drug death as police launch probe

An 11-year-old pupil from Hermitage Academy has died in a suspected drug death.

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2 w. ago 'One of a kind': Go Fund Me page and probe launched after North Sea oil worker's death on Shell rig

A Go Fund Me page has been set up for the North Sea oil worker’s family

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2 w. ago Probe launched into death of double murderer William MacDowell who died in jail

William MacDowell died a year after being given a life sentence for the murders of his lover and her young son in November 1976.

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2 w. ago Cops probed over death of man 'who lost consciousness in police van'

Graham Beaumont, 41, died in hospital after falling ill while in the custody of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) following his arrest on the evening of October 31

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2 w. ago Boy, 2, 'strangled to death' in nursery tragedy as manslaughter probe launched

Leonardo Ricci, two, was found unresponsive in the garden of the nursery after getting tangled in a tree - he was strangled by his own jumper and pronounced dead at the scene

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