42 m. ago Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland

The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflictForgive me if I’ve mentioned him before, but at moments like this I remember a news editor I worked for as a young reporter at the BBC. When it came to the interests of our audience, he said, there was a key fact to bear in mind: “The two most boring words in the English language are ‘Northern Ireland’.”It was an attitude with a long history. In 1924, Viscount Cranbourne, the fifth Marquess of Salisbury, mused that the average English voter has “little interest in, and less understanding of, Irish affairs”. This week brought some evidence that, 101 years later, much of his observation still holds true. But a challenge to it has come from an unlikely quarter, via what might be one of the most compelling TV dramas of recent years. Continue reading...

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63 m. ago Shetland first look sees Detective Calder face most harrowing murder yet

Next month, the beloved BBC crime drama Shetland is set to return for its 10th series as Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell reprise their roles as DI Ruth Calder and DS Lorna Tosh McIntosh

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67 m. ago Wagner Group stooges jailed for warehouse arson in planned ‘sabotage campaign’

The warehouse was targeted because it was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine.

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74 m. ago Ruben Amorim shares true feelings on Bruno Fernandes ahead of Man Utd milestone

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes is set to make his 300th appearance for the club when the Red Devils take on Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon

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86 m. ago Woman who tried to kill her mother on hospital ward jailed for three years

Susan Hardwick, 65, was found by staff forcing pillows on the face of her 89-year-old mother, Joan, at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

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95 m. ago The harrowing true story behind Netflix's The Monster Of Florence as crime drama about Italy's most notorious serial killer rockets up the charts

The four-episode Italian drama, directed by Stefano Sollima, hit the streaming service on October 22 2025.

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97 m. ago ‘If you’re in a hurry’: Company that designed Louvre getaway forklift release spoof ad after £76m pound heist

Bocker manufacturers boasted their lift can hold ‘up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute’

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98 m. ago ‘If you’re in a hurry’: Company that designed Louvre getaway forklift release spoof ad after £76m heist

Bocker manufacturers boasted their lift can hold ‘up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute’

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98 m. ago Asylum seeker found guilty of stabbing migrant hotel worker to death with screwdriver

The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the Park Inn hotel in Walsall, where he lived and Rhiannon worked

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99 m. ago Metropolitan Police set to use drones in bid to chase down fleeing suspects

The Met Police could start to use drones, launched from the top of buildings, to catch suspect by getting to a crime scene in less than two minutes

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1 hour ago Trial of civil claim over North Sea tanker collision could be held in 2026

The Solong collided with the anchored Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on March 10.

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1 hour ago Double killer who murdered couple and tried to dump bodies from Clifton Suspension Bridge jailed for life

Yostin Mosquera to serve minimum of 42 years in prison for murder of couple in bid to steal their west London home and savings

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1 hour ago 'I was groomed to be a child bride and how to please my husband from 14'

A tradition that used to be commonplace is now being fought by the very victims of the crime. Even leaders are stepping in and fining the aggressors a cow.

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1 hour ago She took chickens that were going to die in a factory farm. Was it a rescue or a crime?

Zoe Rosenberg, a California student, is on trial over a tactic that animal rights activists consider a moral imperative. Critics say its a threat to the food supplyOn a Monday afternoon in late September, Zoe Rosenberg, a 23-year-old University of California, Berkeley, student, emerged from a courtroom in Santa Rosa, California. Flanked by her lawyers, she moved briskly through the courthouse corridors, past more than 100 prospective jurors.Pinned to her black blazer was a tiny silver chicken, glinting on the lapel. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Lyft driver arrested after firing shots at passengers who slammed car door too hard, police say

Rolando Rivera-Casillas arrested after brothers shot at during altercation in Orlando, Florida

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2 h. ago Asylum seeker convicted of murdering hotel worker in ‘cowardly’ station stabbing

Deng Chol Majek, originally from Sudan, had been in the UK for less than three months when he attacked Rhiannon Whyte at a deserted railway station.

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2 h. ago Two men charged with arson over attack on mosque remanded in custody

Ricky Ryder, 38, and Jack Slowey, 34, are accused of arson with intent to endanger life over the incident in East Sussex earlier this month.

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2 h. ago Double killer who murdered couple and tried dump bodies from Clifton Suspension Bridge jailed for life

Yostin Mosquera to serve minimum of 42 years in prison for murder of couple in bid to steal their west London home and savings

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2 h. ago How to be a good traitor: Psychologist reveals three ways to get away with lying

Here’s what psychology tells us about how best to defend yourself from accusations that you are lying

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2 h. ago Relatives of Rhiannon Whyte vow to stay strong as a tribute to her memory

The hotel worker’s family say they have endured ‘hell on earth’ and that no sentence handed to her killer will ever equate to their loss.

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