36 h. ago JENNI MURRAY: I know I'll get death threats for writing this column but I don't care. I'm expecting no support from the police but this is why they must change

Sir Andy Cooke, Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said this week that non-crime hate incidents should be scrapped and that officers must separate 'the offensive from the criminal'.

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4 d. ago Katie Price clings to rescued kittens after terrifying emergency trip to vet

Former glamour model Katie Price was seen carrying one of her kittens after two of her premature pets required emergency vet care, with a vet revealing that they were close to death

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4 d. ago Netanyahu orders Gaza City residents to ‘leave now’ as six killed in attack in Jerusalem

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire around 10.15am local time at people waiting at a bus stop near Ramot Junction at the northern entrance to the city on a road leading to a settlement, Israeli police said.

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4 d. ago Death of care home resident after third attack by fellow dementia patient was 'avoidable', says coroner

Neil Sweetmore, 86, had allegedly already been attacked twice by John Edgar before a third assault which led to his death

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5 d. ago South Lanarkshire crime: Shopkeeper, 53, 'slashed' by hooded man in early morning attack in residential area

Police said the suspect hid in the bushes before pouncing on his victim while he attended the bins outside his store in Lanark.

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9 d. ago Warning West Lothian drug deaths drop could be reversed by synthetic opioids

The head of West Lothian’s Health and Social Care Partnership Alison White said “one death is too many" after 2024 figures revealed drug deaths had fallen across Scotland.

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: US says strikes ‘cast doubt’ on Russia’s ‘desire for peace’ as Dnipropetrovsk attacked

US diplomat John Kelley tells UN security council Washington could impose sanctions on Moscow if war continues. What we know on day 1,283Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region came under a “massive attack” early on Saturday, the region’s governor said, reporting strikes in Dnipro and Pavlograd. “The region is under a massive attack. Explosions are being heard,” Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram, warning residents to take cover. He said overnight Russian strikes killed two people in Dnipropetrovsk, which had been largely spared from intense fighting since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Kyiv acknowledged on Tuesday that Russian troops had entered the region.The United States has warned Russia to move toward peace and meet with Ukraine or face possible sanctions at an emergency meeting of the UN security council called on Friday after missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people overnight on Thursday. US diplomat John Kelley told the meeting the strikes “cast doubt on the seriousness of Ru...

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2 w. ago Kyiv residents fatalistic but defiant as city again comes under mass air attack

Russian strikes kill at least 18 in Ukraine’s capital as period of quiet is shattered in wake of Trump-Putin summitIt was a deadly moment that unfortunately came as no surprise. At about 3am the unmistakable crump of explosions could be heard across Kyiv, enough to wake up tens of thousands and leave them contemplating whether to head for shelter or to stay in bed hoping for the best.At a five-storey residential apartment block in the Darnytskyi area in the east of the city, residents said they had heard Russian bombing in the distance. It was a familiar sound, and many had gathered away from the windows in central corridors that extended along the block, only for disaster to strike. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Russia’s strike on Kyiv: Putin is testing Trump’s will and Europe’s resolve | Editorial

The Kremlin sent a clear message with its lethal overnight raid on the Ukrainian capital. Will the US heed it?Wednesday night brought a grim return to Russia’s form: one of the heaviest air raids on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began. Moscow eased off its strikes on major cities in the run-up to the Alaska summit, and it held off its attack on the Ukrainian capital until Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy, had finished his visit there. But within hours of his departure, at least 18 people, including several children, were dead in an attack on a residential block, and the European Union mission had been severely damaged.Donald Trump periodically suggests that he is drawing a line for Vladimir Putin. Yet each time he appears to set a limit, the Russian president breezes through it. The Kyiv attack shows that it is Mr Putin who is testing the US president. Mr Trump threatened “severe consequences” if Moscow did not immediately agree to a ceasefire – but in Anchora...

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2 w. ago Girl, 13, feared to have been raped and murdered while in care 'suffered multiple cardiac arrests' before death, inquest hears

Casey-Louise Horrocks, a schoolgirl from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was found 'unresponsive' in the bedroom of a 16-year-old boy in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on August 11.

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2 w. ago Vandals destroy cricket pitch in south London sparking outrage from locals

Local residents say they are sickened by the attack

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2 w. ago 'London is not such a fun place anymore': Ilford residents reacts after 'arson attack' on restaurant

'London is not such a fun place anymore': Ilford residents reacts after 'arson attack' on restaurant  My London

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3 w. ago Council launch 'rapid' safeguarding review into mysterious death of schoolgirl, 13, feared to have been raped and murdered while in their care

Casey-Louse Horrocks, 13, was found unresponsive in a flat, in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, last Monday night. A 'rapid' safeguarding review is taking place into her death.

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3 w. ago I popped a pimple in the 'Triangle of Death' and ended up with a deadly infection

TikTok user Alisha Monaco tried to pop a cyst pimple just below her nose in an area known as the 'Triangle of Death,' but ended up in urgent care when it got infected.

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3 w. ago Murder hunt launched after woman in her 20s is found dead near care home

The horrifying attack happened early on Saturday morning on Chadwell Heath Lane (pictured) in the Romford area of east London.

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4 w. ago Pregnant care home worker lost her unborn baby boy when she was 'thrown into the air' in hit

Renju Joseph, 31, was struck by a car driven at high speed by Ashir Shahid, 20, as she walked on a pedestrian crossing in the village of Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire.

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4 w. ago Emmerdale Kammy Hadiq's 'exit sealed' following aftermath of Vinny's violent attack

Emmerdale viewers saw Vinny blame Kammy for his violent attack in tonight's episode, with the resident later telling Vinny that covering for him was 'ruining his life'

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