57 h. ago Teen driver, 17, had only passed his test day before killing friend in crash after doing 'doughnuts' in car park

Josh Atkins, 17, died after the car he was a passenger in crashed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, back in November 2023.

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4 d. ago Armed police called to town centre after reports of man carrying knife

A 57-year-old man has appeared in court following the alleged incident

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5 d. ago Footballer who lost both legs in horror crash will 'never forgive' drink driver

Adam Golebiewski, 18, was a passenger in a car when a collision resulted in both his legs needing amputating - the brave youngster has since vowed to carry on enjoying his life

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5 d. ago Car passenger who brandished hunting knife at police is sentenced

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard officers “feared for their lives” during the drama.

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8 d. ago The Guardian view on asylum myths: when truth loses, scapegoating takes over Britain’s migrant debate | Editorial

Labour’s cautious fixes for immigration and asylum policy face a toxic public mood shaped by fear, falsehoods and far-right provocationIn politics, numbers rarely speak for themselves. They must be framed and interpreted. They are often weaponised. In Britain’s increasingly toxic debate over asylum and migration, the question isn’t just how many asylum seekers arrive on small boats. It’s what those numbers are made to represent – and why polls suggest a large proportion of the public now believes things that are simply untrue.Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has staked her political credibility on restoring a sense of grip over the asylum system: reducing the backlog by processing cases, accelerating returns of those with no legal claim to stay and launching an as yet small-scale “one in, one out” returns deal with France. In balancing operational realism with symbolic reassurance, Ms Cooper walks a knife-edge between policy and perception. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Police release images of wanted Southport 'rioters' a year after knife attack which sparked nationwide disorder 

Police are still on the hunt for dozens of suspected rioters a year after the Southport attack which sparked nationwide disorder. 

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3 w. ago He didn't know her, never visited, and wasn't at her funeral

Neighbours of Eileen Holland say they never once saw the knife-wielding Romanian thug who inherited her house - not when she was alive, not at her funeral, and not even after police raided .

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4 w. ago Major UK airport scraps buses from car parks with £14m futuristic alternative

Millions of passengers will soon be whizzed over from long-stay car parks to their terminal in a sleek new fleet of futuristic vehicles following a £14 million sustainability investment

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4 w. ago Man who stabbed his vulnerable partner after row about her ex

Henry McGuinness, 53, then turned the knife on himself and ordered the woman to tell police she had attacked him first.

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