63 m. ago Council faces wait for ruling on asylum seekers hotel injunction bid

Epping Forest District Council filed a bid for a temporary injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping on Tuesday.

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82 m. ago Desperate search underway for missing Arkansas teen as family fears foul play

Hannah Osborn’s father says the teen has had ‘problems’ with meeting people on ‘that Snapchat’ but that she ‘always come home’

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83 m. ago Thugs caged for 101 years after 'gangland' attacks left man with hand 'hanging off' and prison cars torched

Michael Heep is a trusted lieutenant of Edinburgh crime boss Mark Richardson.

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86 m. ago Climate activists spill 1,000 litres of fake blood over North Sea oil rig

Greenpeace activists scaled a Shell fossil fuel rig and unfurled a massive 96 square metre canvas across its side, drenching it in a crimson liquid on Wednesday, August 13.

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91 m. ago Ministers spent £2.4m fighting to keep huge Afghan data breach a secret

The Ministry of Defence exposed the details of 18,700 Afghan applicants for UK sanctuary, putting them at risk of Taliban reprisals

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1 hour ago Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet's 40 days apart EXPLAINED as rumors persist they are over

The last time the dynamic duo were spied side-by-side was on July 5 when they were in St Tropez in France during a yacht vacation. Since then she has been partying.

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2 h. ago Ayrshire crime: Scottish man who struck dog 70 times during 3

The 43-year-old also attacked his dog with an iron and a bottle

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2 h. ago Richard Osman announces 'best news this year' ahead of Thursday Murder Club film

Richard Osman has shared some exciting news for fans of his cosy crime novels one week before Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club lands in cinemas.

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2 h. ago Former Afghan interpreter exposed in huge MoD data breach has UK relocation revoked

Another family also being housed in a Pakistan hotel awaiting relocation to the UK are detained by police and readied for deportation

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2 h. ago Shoplifting should be known as 'shop theft' to avoid trivialising the crime, ministers agree as offending soars by a fifth in one year

In a letter to ministers, peers warned the 'outdated' word was 'trivialising the severity of the offence' and called for it to be phased out in legislation and guidance.

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2 h. ago Netflix users share 'most underrated' crime drama with 'incredible acting'

Netflix fans have been searching through the streaming service's catalogue to find the best hidden gems, and one 'absolutely incredible' particular show is getting a lot of love

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3 h. ago Babysitter who provided young girls to her boyfriend for sexual assault sentenced to 100 years in prison

Brittney Lyon provided her boyfriend Samuel Cabrera girls as young as three to drug, bind and abuse in exchange for going on dates, prosecutors say

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3 h. ago Skin health expert shares tips on how to reverse signs of sun damage after prolonged exposure

The UK has just experienced its fourth heatwave this summer, with temperatures over 30C

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3 h. ago Strictly star Tom Skinner's controversial life – JD Vance link, crime past and family life

Strictly Come Dancing divided fans when they announced former The Apprentice star, Thomas Skinner, as one of the contestants in the upcoming series of the competition

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3 h. ago Glasgow crime: Busy kebab shop egged and two schoolgirls, aged 14, charged after alleged 'assault'

Two 14 year old girls have been charged.

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4 h. ago Ukraine strikes ship ‘carrying ammunition from Iran’ at Russian port on day of Trump

Kyiv says it struck the Syzran oil refinery and Caspian Sea port of Olya in separate attacks

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4 h. ago Exposure to some common Pfas changes gene activity, new study finds

Findings help decipher mechanisms through which ‘forever chemicals’ cause disease, aiding in treating health problemsNew research suggests exposure to some common Pfas or “forever chemical” compounds causes changes to gene activity, and those changes are linked to health problems including multiple cancers, neurological disorders and autoimmune disease.The findings are a major step toward determining the mechanism by which the chemicals cause disease and could help doctors identify, detect and treat health problems for those exposed to Pfas before the issues advance. The research may also point toward other diseases potentially caused by Pfas that have not yet been identified, the authors said. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Murder probe as pensioner, 73, is battered to death at her home in east London

A 45-year-old man, known to the victim, has been arrested and remains in custody over ‘isolated’ incident in Bethnal Green

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4 h. ago Dolphin on UK coast gets belly rubs from family but public now told 'stay away'

A dolphin has been spotted playing with families in the sea in Lyme Bay, Dorset – despite the adorable scenes the public have been warned not to approach any dolphins in the wild

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4 h. ago Future of punting in Cambridge faces threat from locks ‘in danger of collapse’

The collapse of a lock could lower river water levels to a ‘muddle trickle’, experts warned.

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