3 h. ago Kemi Badenoch vows to set UK free of European Convention on Human Rights 'straitjacket' in bid to regain control of Britain's borders

In what she admits is a 'big change' in party policy, the Tory leader says the move is necessary to regain control of Britain's borders and make Parliament sovereign once more.

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5 h. ago Teenager, 19, dies in crash after car fails to stop for police in north London

The male driver, who survived, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving

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15 h. ago ‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies

Unlike his fellow basketball player, Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseasWhen Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his Crohn’s disease had arrived.It had – but so too had 10 undercover police officers. A video on social media shows Shaw, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, shouting for help as the swarm of officers move to apprehend him.The Indonesian National Police did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Monster: The Ed Gein Story – The bleak truth behind the killer who inspired Hollywood horror classics

As Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monsters: The Ed Gein Story’ arrives on Netflix, Tom Murray speaks to acclaimed true-crime author Harold Schechter about the mother-obsessed murderer who inspired film villains such as Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Bill

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38 h. ago Kingdom of Kubala in Pictures: How an African 'tribe' lived in Scottish Borders woodland for five months before being evicted

Police and immigration enforcement officers moved onto the site today.

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49 h. ago Kemi Badenoch vows to cut energy bills by scrapping Net Zero if she becomes Prime Minister

In a major policy move, Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative government would replace Labour's Climate Change Act with a strategy putting cheap and reliable power first.

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4 d. ago Police order world champ Terence Crawford out of car at gunpoint after hometown victory parade

Boxer was ticketed for reckless driving Crawford is a hero in his hometown of OmahaPolice chief says incident will be investigationOmaha police ordered boxing world champion Terence Crawford out of his vehicle at gunpoint during a traffic stop for reckless driving early on Sunday, hours after his hometown held a parade to celebrate his recent victory over Canelo Álvarez.A video circulating on social media showed a portion of the traffic stop. Police Chief Todd Schmaderer ordered an internal affairs investigation, a move Omaha’s mayor, John Ewing, said he supported. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Skydivers jump out of plane moments before it crashes and kills pilot

Paul Smith, 54, died after the skydiving plane he was piloting crashed in New South Wales, Australia - eight skydivers had leapt from the aircraft just two minutes before, investigators said

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6 d. ago Smirking Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner led from safe house by police

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been moved from his safe house - three police vans swept into a sleepy suburb in northern Germany yesterday afternoon

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6 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner moved from safe house as angry locals heckle

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been moved from his safe house - three police vans swept into a sleepy suburb in northern Germany yesterday afternoon

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6 d. ago Mother's fury as authorities close case after British man was found dead in Spain with head injuries amid signs of a struggle

Father-of-one Brett Dryden, 35, was discovered dead at his home in Mojácar on the Costa de Almeria on July 21, 2024, after failing to return from an afternoon siesta.

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7 d. ago Zelenskyy claims reconnaissance drones entered Ukrainian airspace from Hungary –Europe live

Hungary have since accused Ukraine of pursuing ‘anti-Hungarian policies’ following the move Polish prime minister Donald Tusk warned that “Russia has ill intentions towards the whole world” as he spoke about the need for European allies to remain united and vigilant in the face of Moscow’s increasingly aggressive stance.“European allies have never been so united... we need to be vigilant. Russia has ill intentions towards the whole world, and those who border with it are the first to feel it,” Tusk told reporters when asked about recent drone incidents, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Distraught mother slams authorities who ‘failed’ her autistic daughter, 17, before she jumped out of car on M5 & died

A DISTRAUGHT mother has slammed authorities who "failed" her autistic daughter before she jumped out of a car on the M5 and died. Tamzin Hall, 17, from Wellington, Somerset, fled a police car despite being handcuffed with an officer sat beside her. Tamzin sustained fatal injuries when she was struck by a car on the...

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9 d. ago Autistic schoolgirl, 17, who was killed on M5 after jumping out of moving police car was 'failed' by authorities, mother says

Tamzin Hall, 17, who had been arrested for assault and criminal damage, was being taken into custody by two officers in a police car on November 11 last year when the tragedy occurred.

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9 d. ago MP backs vote to reverse Met Police axing of half its front desks in London

Politicians said move would ‘put another nail in the coffin of community policing’

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1 week ago UK economy to be weighed on by government policy and tax moves, OECD says

The OECD said the UK will also experience the highest level of inflation among the G7 group of advanced economies this year.

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1 week ago Israeli politicians react bitterly to international recognitions of Palestinian state

Experts say move by nations including UK and Australia won’t change government policy and could strengthen its grip on powerMiddle East crisis – live updatesA wave of international recognitions of a Palestinian state has prompted bitter and almost unanimous condemnation across the political spectrum in Israel, uniting political foes and, analysts said, potentially reinforcing the ruling coalition’s grip on power.The UK, Portugal, Australia and Canada formally recognised a state of Palestine on Sunday while France was expected to follow suit on Monday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: The stinging nicknames Princes William and Harry gave Camilla after the death of their beloved mother Princess Diana, according to royal author

There were genuine moments which showed Camilla in a bad light, such as her extra-marital affair with King Charles, as well as a string of wild rumours such as her stockpiling cigarettes.

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1 week ago SANGITA MYSKA: 'British women will always stand up against far

"Robinson’s rhetoric about 'saving our children' and 'defending British culture' is a thin veil over a politics of fear. His movement weaponises the language of care to justify policies of exclusion. But we see through it."

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1 week ago Police and council statement after reports of asylum seekers being moved into Salford hotel

Posts on social media claimed 'migrants' were being moved into the former hotel

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