24 h. ago Dead body found in UK town centre as police swarm area and block gardens off

Police officers swarmed to the picturesque gardens in the tree-lined main street in Southport town centre after reports of a sudden death on Friday morning, it has been comfirmed

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26 h. ago Body found in town centre after police called in with gardens blocked off

Merseyside Police were called to Southport following a report of a sudden death at around 11am on Friday, April 18. A body was discovered in the town's gardens

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54 h. ago Calling all young garden designers: Bring your garden dreams to life

Scotmid is calling on creative young minds to showcase their design talents in a special competition celebrating the International Year of Co-operatives. This exciting challenge invites youth establishments to design a stunning garden that will become a permanent feature at Scotmid's Head Office in Edinburgh.

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58 h. ago Police issue update after armed police storm city centre streets following 'kidnapping'

An adult victim was found by officers in attendance

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2 d. ago Huge city centre police scene as air ambulance scrambled and woman rushed to hospital

An air ambulance landed in Piccadilly Gardens following the incident

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4 d. ago The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 yearsNobody can recall who first phoned the police on the morning of 4 September 1990, but everyone remembers the girl. Her body, hanging from a pine tree on a steep slope above the Spanish frontier town of Portbou, was visible to anyone looking up from the beach or across from the opposite hillside. She was barefoot, with grey-blue eyes and thick chestnut-brown hair. She wore blue dungarees over a turquoise green shirt.Portbou, squeezed into a cauldron-like Mediterranean cove, had only 2,000 inhabitants but plenty of police officers. In these years before the Schengen agreement, guards were stationed on the French border but these officers were experts in immigration and smuggling, not violent deaths. Instead, Enrique Gómez, a 35-year-old investigator from the Guardia Civil police force was called i...

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6 d. ago Locals have say on King Charles' Poundbury 'ghost town' estate with strict rules

When creating Poundbury, the King sought to challenge 20th-century planning trends and policies, which had led to isolated housing estates and shopping centres away from places of work and leisure - forcing people to make more car journeys

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6 d. ago Top comedian Jack Dee unrecognisable as he gets 'lost' in Cardiff

Jack Dee has been spotted and helped by the police in Cardiff city centre

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7 d. ago Woman dies at city centre hotel and guests warned not to leave their rooms as police launch investigation

The woman, who is yet to be named, was found unconscious inside the Royal Nelson Hotel in the centre of Liverpool earlier today.

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7 d. ago Armed police pictured blocking off city centre street as GMP issue statement

The force said residents can expect to see an increased police presence

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9 d. ago Dismembered UK scientist may have been killed by organ traffickers, his horrified relatives fear as map shows how hacked up body was scattered around Colombian town

Alessandro Coatti's remains have been found scattered around a town in Colombia, the torso found miles away from the dismembered legs, head, hands and feet.

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9 d. ago Putin warlord parades teen's body in town square in act of 'medieval savagery'

Ramzan Kadyrov ordered the teen's body be removed from the morgue and displayed at an administrative building in Achkhoy-Martan following a knife attack on checkpoint police

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9 d. ago Major policing changes unveiled TODAY with Keir Starmer ordering compulsory patrols

Police chiefs will be ordered to guarantee patrols in town centres and neighbourhood hotspots or lose funding - while there will be named officers serving each community, Keir Starmer said

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1 week ago Celebrity Big Brother house on lockdown after 'terrifying' security breach

The Celebrity Big Brother house was put on lockdown after a drone was flown into the garden with a source calling the incident a 'major security breach'

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1 week ago Bank of England issues warning of 'severe impact' of Donald Trump tariffs as it issues response

The central bank's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has warned that the global tariffs imposed on trade could severely rock the UK's financial stability, which could have wider negative effects on the UK economy

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1 week ago Suspect bailed after violence erupts in city centre as police check CCTV for other offenders

Officers stormed Market Street as crowds gathered

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1 week ago CCTV image released as police investigate theft in Manchester city centre

Officers want to speak to this man

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1 week ago Huge fight breaks out in middle of Manchester as mob of teens brawl in the street

A large group of young people were involved in a fight in Manchester city centre on Friday night, police said, with further outbreaks of violence on Saturday too

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2 w. ago Man sentenced to 13 years after travelling from London to Manchester to stab two people in the city centre

Man sentenced to 13 years after travelling from London to Manchester to stab two people in the city centre  Greater Manchester Police

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2 w. ago Huddersfield murder probe: Boy, 16, dies after being knifed in the neck in town centre

A stretch of Ramsden Street in Huddersfield town centre was covered in blood, with West Yorkshire Police officers taping off a large area of the town centre following the shocking attack on Thursday afternoon

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