4 h. ago Calls for police to reopen Bible John investigation after claims of new evidence

There have been calls for Police Scotland to reopen the investigation into the Bible John murders by author Jill Bavin-Mizzi who says she has new evidence which could give them a breathrough in the 56 year old case.

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16 h. ago Kristi Noem secretly accepted huge sum of money from mystery donor

Noem received the funds from a nonprofit called American Resolve Policy Fund, a so-called dark money group, while serving as Governor of South Dakota in 2023

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17 h. ago Calls for police to reopen Bible John murder probe following new evidence claims

There have been calls for Police Scotland to reopen the investigation into the Bible John murders by the author of a book on the case who says she has new evidence.

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21 h. ago Four members of Syrian family 'sexually abuse nine girls aged 11 to 17 at German swimming pool'

The children, who told lifeguards they had been sexually harassed in the water, were reportedly sent back into the water before any police were called. No one from this picture is involved.

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22 h. ago LIVE updates from Thomas Campbell murder trial as John Belfield's sister is called as witness

Mr Belfield denies murder and conspiracy to rob

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22 h. ago Armed cops storm Scots street after cars 'shot at by airgun' as police helicopter called

Two separate calls from members of the public reported their vehicles had been struck on Sunday night.

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23 h. ago BBC response to Bob Vylan’s IDF chants at Glastonbury ‘not good enough’, says minister

Jacqui Smith says live broadcast should have been pulled, but rapper stands by performance calling for ‘change in foreign policy’UK politics live – latest updatesOn-screen warnings issued by the BBC about discriminatory language during Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set were “not good enough”, a minister has said.The BBC is facing questions after the musician Bobby Vylan – of the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan – led crowds at the festival’s West Holts stage in chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” on Saturday. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago 'Attempted murder' arrest after armed police called to Scots street

Emergency services were called to Cross Street in Galson after the alarm was raised at around 8.05am on Saturday.

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35 h. ago 'Naked man' spotted 'approaching vehicles at random' near to pub

A man was arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage after police were called to reports of a nude man approaching vehicles near a pub in Rochdale

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38 h. ago Cannabis bigger danger than heroin and must be changed to class A drug, top cops say

Fourteen top cops have written to the policing minister Diane Johnson calling for weed to be upgraded which could land suppliers in jail for life

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38 h. ago Armed police called to street after woman is attacked by American Bulldog

Emergency services were called to the scene on Sunday morning (June 29)

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40 h. ago Hot Buzz! Police on patrol investigate a swarm of bees... before calling in the experts in sting operation

A photo posted on social media shows officers and a PCSO looking flummoxed as they stare at the cluster of pollinators in the centre of Winchester, Hampshire.

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43 h. ago Murder inquiry launched after pregnant woman found dead in house

Police responded to a call that an unconscious woman with a serious injury was inside a house

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56 h. ago Cannabis 'is worse for our society than heroin,' police tsars say

More than a quarter of police and crime commissioners have written to the policing minister calling for cannabis to be upgraded to a class A substance.

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56 h. ago Police called on man singing patriotic folk song Flower of Scotland and another ordering a takeaway in an Indian accent, as Police officers forced to record 6,300 'Non

They used to say that sticks and stones might break your bones but words would never hurt you. But not any more, if the number of bizarre hate incidents recorded by police is anything to go by.

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58 h. ago Police launch probe over "death to the IDF" calls at Bob Vylan's Glastonbury gig

Bob Vylan, a punk duo consisting of singer and guitarist Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan, led crowds in chants of 'Free Palestine' and 'Death to the IDF' on Saturday afternoon, prompting fury from supporters of Israel on social media.

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60 h. ago Kneecap's Glastonbury set probed by police after gig controversy

Kneecap's highly anticipated performance at Glastonbury is being investigated by police after they appeared on stage on Saturday afternoon amid calls for them to be axed

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60 h. ago Kneecap and Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set probed by police after gig controversy

Kneecap's highly anticipated performance at Glastonbury is being investigated by police after they appeared on stage on Saturday afternoon amid calls for them to be axed

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60 h. ago Five children taken to hospital after tree falls in Essex park

Two of the five suffered ‘serious injuries’ as result of incident in Chalkwell park, Southend-on-SeaFive children have been taken to hospital, including two with serious injuries, after a tree fell in a seaside park in Essex on Saturday. Essex police said they were called to Chalkwell park in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 3pm, where they found “a number of casualties”. An East of England ambulance service spokesperson said: “Two children were transported by road to Southend University hospital. “A further three children were later transported by road to the same hospital with minor injuries.” Police advised the public to avoid the area. Adam Hutchins, 47, told the EssexLive website: “I heard there were kids playing on the tree. They heard a big crack.“It must have [been] pretty loud. They went running over and there were kids underneath the tree. “All the cricket guys ran over and tried to loft the tree up. I think it’s one of the oldest trees. It had metal stands propping it up.” ...

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62 h. ago Five children taken to hospital after tree falls in park in Essex

Essex Police was called to Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea, shortly before 3pm, to ‘a number of casualties’.

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