5 d. 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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7 d. ago CCTV appeal after violent disturbance erupts at Joe & the Juice restaurant

Police were called to reports of disorder at the venue on Cross Street

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1 week 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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1 week ago Kebab shop worker assaulted man with knife sharpener in 'homophobic attack'

Zafir Cetin, 49, an employee of the Golden Grill in Aberdare, had become involved in a dispute with his victim Elgin Ramadan after he and others taunted him about his sexual orientation.

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1 week ago Social worker imprisoned nearly 4 years for mediation attempts at Hong Kong protests

A Hong Kong social worker has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for rioting after she tried to mediate between protesters and police at the 2019 anti-government protests

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2 w. ago CCTV appeal over 'suspicious behaviour' at 5am captured on doorbell cameras

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2 w. ago CCTV appeal issued after 'theft worth £1,500' in Manchester city centre

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2 w. ago Police issue update after man shot dead by armed officers at train station

Thames Valley Police said a man carrying a knife "moved at speed" towards officers

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3 w. ago Trial of man accused of trying to kill Army officer delayed due to health issues

Anthony Esan, 24, is accused of repeatedly stabbing married father-of-two Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton.

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3 w. ago Hamas issues worldwide 'call to arms' to fight Trump's plan to relocate two million Gazans

Netanyahu has said Israel is working towards a plan proposed by Trump to displace Gazans to other countries, which could include Egypt and Jordan.

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3 w. ago CCTV appeal issued after armed man assaults shop worker in attempted robbery

Officers want to speak to the man pictured

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3 w. ago Woman in her 70s 'sexually assaulted' at restaurant as police make CCTV appeal

Police say the woman, who is in her 70s, was allegedly sexually assaulted while enjoying a meal at a restaurant in Woolton, Liverpool, when a man touched her inappropriately and kissed her

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3 w. ago The spirit of the Confederacy is alive and well in Trump’s America | Lloyd Green

Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too closeGen Robert E Lee is long dead, but the spirit of the Confederacy appears alive and well. Federal contractors will no longer be explicitly barred from racially segregating their restaurants, waiting rooms and water fountains, according to the Trump administration. A memorandum dated 15 February 2025, issued by the General Services Administration, the procurement arm of the federal government, explicitly dropped those strictures.“Any open solicitations that contain any of the provisions or clauses listed above should be amended to remove the provisions and clauses,” the memo read. Forget about simply putting an end to race-based affirmative action and DEI. Team Trump appears determined to turn the clock back to the 1950s, if not earlier than that. The ghost of Jim Crow smiles.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1...

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3 w. ago Police CCTV appeal after man has ear bitten off in train fight

The victim has been left 'permanently disfigured'

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4 w. ago CCTV appeal issued after dog 'kicked in stomach and kneed in head'

Officers want to speak to the man pictured

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4 w. ago Police launch CCTV appeal after pensioner has £1,000 stolen from her bank

The woman, in her 70s, had her purse snatched while shopping in Ashton-under-Lyne

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