3 d. ago Court problems ‘real danger’ to Britain’s reputation if not tackled – top judge

In criminal courts, the backlog for crown court cases hit a new record high by the end of last year at 74,651.

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4 d. ago Britain's most dangerous inmate plotted to use guard's severed fingers to escape jail

Joanna Dennehy is one of only four women in the UK to be serving a whole-life order after going on a 10-day killing spree, during which she murdered three men and attacked two others

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6 d. ago Life inside one of Britain's most dangerous neighbourhoods: How locals in Hull suburb are fighting drugs crime crisis

Today, Hessle Road stands as a microcosm of decay, despair, and lawlessness in modern Britain.

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2 w. ago Shocking moment Labubu brawl breaks out with shoppers desperate for the must

Shocking footage shared on social media shows several men hurling punches at one another as security guards and others desperately try to separate them.

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2 w. ago NSW floods: estimated 10,000 properties damaged after deadly flooding as communities face ‘mammoth task’

SES warns the ‘worst impacts that people feel are often after the event’ as areas reel from ‘devastating’ floodsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn estimated 10,000 properties may have been damaged in record-breaking flooding in New South Wales and thousands remain isolated, as communities begin to clean up after “devastating” impacts.Flood waters have begun to subside in some areas and weather conditions have improved on the mid-north coast, where severe weather warnings were cancelled on Friday night.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Chagos outrage! Extraordinary pledge that could help our enemies is buried in smallprint of £30billion surrender deal

MPs and ex-military chiefs lined up to warn that the 'grotesque' and 'dangerous' clause, buried in the treaty's small print, risked aiding Britain's enemies.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on social cohesion: too many of us are still ‘bowling alone’ | Editorial

Three decades on from Robert Putnam’s account of fraying social ties in the US, new research in Britain identifies similar dangersThirty years after writing Bowling Alone, the famous essay in which he diagnosed a dangerous crisis of social cohesion in the United States, Robert Putnam has a right to feel vindicated. In a lecture this spring, Prof Putnam, now 84, warned his audience that, amid levels of polarisation and distrust higher than at any time since the civil war, the US was “in danger of going to hell in a handcart”.Britain is still, thankfully, a long way from the poisonous toxicity of Trump-era America, notwithstanding the ominous rise of Reform and Nigel Farage. But research published this week by the More in Common polling group paints a worrying portrait of communities in which there is a widespread sense of social disconnection, high levels of distrust among the young and a felt loss of shared spaces and rituals.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in ...

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2 w. ago Britain's most dangerous spider strikes in Hertfordshire: Man is left in 'unbearable' pain and struggling to walk after bite from noble false widow

Keith Robinson, 65, says he developed a large, angry inflammation on his leg shortly after clearing out cobwebs at home.

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2 w. ago Female prison officer flings exposed from smuggled knickers to jail baby

Infatuated guard Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington, 29, was given a suspended sentence last week for the bizarre plot to have a baby with an 'extremely dangerous' inmate.

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3 w. ago Man 'struggling to walk' after horror bite from 'Britain’s most dangerous spider' false widow

Keith Robinson, 65, has been left barely able to walk after he was bitten by a false widow, Britain's most venomous spider, while clearing away old cobwebs at home

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3 w. ago Man City injury update: Rodri, John Stones and Nathan Ake latest return dates

Erling Haaland is back but Pep Guardiola still has several fitness issues ahead of FA Cup final clash with Crystal Palace at Wembley

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4 w. ago Britain’s Got Talent danger act moves motorcycle using rods attached to eyes

Presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly sat on the vehicle while it was pulled along by Bao Cuong.

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