2 h. ago Kneecap under investigation by counter terrorism police after 'kill your MP' comment

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap are under police investigation following a resurfaced video showing a member of the group telling fans to 'kill your local MP' during a concert in 2023

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2 h. ago Counterterror probe launched after two women injured and man with crossbow and firearm arrested

Police declared an ongoing serious incident after a man was seen with weapons in Leeds

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3 h. ago Students on booze trail 'thought crossbow thug was in fancy dress' moments before terrifying attack

As counter-terror police launched a probe after two women were seriously injured in yesterday's daylight attack, parts of Otley Road in Leeds remained cordoned off.

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6 h. ago Kneecap video probed by counter terrorism police over 'kill all MPs' footage

The Northern Irish rap trio are due to play the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow Green this year.

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7 h. ago Otley Run attack latest with road closed for second day as counter terror police launch investigation

Two women have been seriously injured

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7 h. ago Second Kneecap gig footage assessed by police over alleged ‘kill MP’ call

Earlier in the week, footage emerged of another gig last year in November, which counter-terrorism police are assessing.

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19 h. ago Counter terror probe launched after two women injured and man with crossbow and firearm arrested

Police declared an ongoing serious incident after a man was seen with weapons in Leeds

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19 h. ago Counter terrorism police probing 'crossbow' incident after two women injured

A man has been arrested and was taken to the hospital due to a self-inflicted injury.

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19 h. ago Counter terror police leading probe after two women seriously injured in Leeds

Officers were called to Otley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday and two women were found with serious injuries, West Yorkshire Police said.

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19 h. ago Counter terror cops sent it to probe Otley Run pub crawl attack as women left injured

West Yorkshire Police have shared an update on the 'major incident' in the Otley Run pub crawl area of Leeds after three people were hurt following reports of a man with weapons

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19 h. ago Counter terrorism police take over Leeds horror crossbow incident which saw two seriously injured

An investigation was launched following an incident involving multiple weapons including a crossbow in Leeds this afternoon - and counter terrorism police are now leading the probe

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5 d. ago Two women injured after shots fired at property in Doncaster

The suspect fled before armed police arrived at the scene

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8 d. ago Ruth Chepngetich and Peres Jepchirchir withdraw from London Marathon

World-record holder Chepngetich ‘not in right place’Defending women’s champion Jepchirchir has ankle injuryThe women’s world-record holder, Ruth Chepngetich, and the reigning champion, Peres Jepchirchir, have withdrawn from the London Marathon, organisers said on Friday, less than two weeks before the race.Kenyan Chepngetich broke the women’s record in Chicago last year, running 2hr 9min 56sec to become the first woman to break 2:10, and had hoped to improve on that time in London on 27 April. “I’m not in the right place mentally or physically to race my best in London and I am therefore withdrawing,” she said in a statement. “I am very sad to miss the race and I hope to be back next year.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sauntering on streets and grazing on lawns: what happens when rhinos move into town?

In one Nepali village, the resident rhinos are a conservation success story and attract thousands of visitors, but attacks on humans are on the rise“I can’t talk now, I’m in hospital,” Ram Kumar Aryal says when he picks up the phone. “Someone has been attacked by one of the rhinos.” Every few months, Aryal – who is one of the architects of Nepal’s celebrated rhino conservation programme – ends up in one of the hospitals around Chitwan national park to respond to a rhino attack. This time, three women had been injured earlier that afternoon by a female rhino outside Laukhani village in the park’s buffer zone.The hospital had bandaged up their fractured legs and ribs and treated the bites on their hips and knees. “Normally rhinos are vegetarian, but they use their incisors for attacks,” says Aryal. Those incisors can grow to three inches long. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hashem Abedi: Counter terror police issue update after attack on prison officers

Hashem Abedi is serving life for murdering 22 people at Manchester Arena

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2 w. ago Counter terror police to lead probe into Hashem Abedi's alleged attack on prison officers

Abedi launched a 'vicious' attack on three officers at HMP Frankland in Durham, it has been claimed

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2 w. ago Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums

Exclusive: Police set up taskforce to tackle online violence as young men seek victims on eating disorder forumsYoung men and boys fuelled by “strongly misogynistic” online material are hunting for vulnerable women and girls to exploit on websites such as eating disorder and suicide forums, senior officers have said.The threat from young males wanting to carry out serious harm is so serious that counter-terrorism officers are joining the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the hunt for them, fearing they could go on to attack or kill. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Counter terror police race to Stansted Airport after 'Russian bomb' sparks DHL warehouse fire

Police arrested a Romanian national at Stansted Airport under the National Security Act following a fire which is believed to have been the result of Russian tampering

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2 w. ago Terror police arrest Romanian man over DHL warehouse fire suspected to have been started with Russian incendiary device

While no one was injured in the blaze, counter-terrorism police have been investigating the fire at the facility in Minworth that took place last year on July 22.

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2 w. ago France could recognise Palestinian state ‘in June’, says Emmanuel Macron – Middle East crisis live

President says ‘we must move towards recognition’ and process could start at UN conference on settling Israel-Palestine conflict in New York in JuneSuspected US airstrikes in Yemen overnight into Thursday killed at least three people, while the death toll in an earlier attack rose to 13 dead, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said. The rebels meanwhile aired footage they said showed the debris left after shooting down yet another American MQ-9 Reaper drone, reports the Associated Press (AP). The 13 killed in strikes on Tuesday night around Hodeida’s al-Hawak district made it one of the deadliest single incidents in the ongoing US campaign, the rebels said.Another 15 people were injured. The Houthis described the majority of those killed as women and children, without providing a breakdown. The area is home to the city’s airport, which the rebels have used in the past to target shipping in the Red Sea. Since its start, the intense campaign of US airstrikes targeting the rebels over their...

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