10 h. ago Dad smashed up his phone after he stepped out the door and realised they were on to him

Liam Coatsworth, 32, was spotted trying to destroy evidence after 'he fell back into his old ways'

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44 h. ago Prolific thief smashes shop door as he steals £100 worth of Easter eggs

A shoplifter stole £100 worth of Easter eggs from a Tesco Express in Nottingham, security footage shows.

Economics

52 h. ago Doors smashed in at dawn as police storm suspected 'stash houses' for gangs

Officers from Greater Manchester Police seized class B and C drugs, a large knife, and two mobile phones

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53 h. ago Brutal rapist smashed down door of older woman's home before horrific sex attack

Bradley Shand was found smashing a door at the woman's property before he forced his way inside and seized her mobile phone.

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55 h. ago Doors smashed open in Salford street as police raid two homes after serious incident

A major investigation is taking place after a gunman was seen in Salford

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7 d. ago Dawn broke and officers spread across the town... then doors started getting smashed in

Shouts through the letterbox went unanswered, so the battering rams came out

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7 d. ago Furious parents demand action as knife thugs ‘overrun’ enclave near Willesden Green Tube station

Father-of-two Recorda Davey-Ann Clarke murdered and number of stabbings increased by four per cent in Brent, according to Scotland Yard data

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1 week ago Drug dealer Harry Potter fan "Dobby" caught with coke stash and house elf mask

Lewis Breen-Ledger has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after police caught him dealing twice and linked him to two serious driving offences.

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2 w. ago Deaths of Hollyoaks star’s mother and stepfather being treated as murder

Police launched an investigation when Andrew Searle and Dawn Kerr died at their home in the south of France

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2 w. ago Edinburgh armed police arrest four suspects in dawn raids amid explosive gangland turf war

Police raided properties in Edinburgh as part of an ongoing investigation into violent incidents linked to rival crime gangs.

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2 w. ago The 'Mona Lisa of pigeons' is among five racing birds valued £625,000 stolen by gang

Champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver was shocked when he walked into one of his aviaries last November to find part of the door had been smashed from the inside.

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2 w. ago ‘I cried like a little boy’: pigeon fanciers in Belgium relive agony of stolen prized birds

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the countryWhen champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last November, he immediately knew something was wrong. Part of the door had been smashed from the inside. He soon realised it was no accident: thieves had broken into his aviary in Moortsele in Flanders and stolen five birds, including Finn, one of his most renowned breeders. Father and grandfather to many champions, Finn was “the Mona Lisa of the pigeon world”, Van Gaver said.The five birds, he estimates, were worth €750,000 (£625,000), but like da Vinci’s masterpiece, it is hard to tell, because he had no plans to sell. He had ordered a retirement loft so his oldest birds could live out their days under more sun. Instead, CCTV footage shows one of the thieves snatching Finn and bundling the delicate jade-necked dark bird into a plastic bag. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago £10k of drugs, zombie knives and Breitling watch seized as police carry out dawn raids on organised crime suspects

Officers carried out warrants in the Longsight and Ardwick

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3 w. ago Suspects get rude awakening as doors smashed in across Greater Manchester

Officers carried out warrants in the Longsight and Ardwick

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4 w. ago ‘This is about injustice’: crowds defy ban to protest over Istanbul mayor’s detention

People gather at city hall and students march in anger after arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, a likely opposition candidate for presidencyOutside Istanbul’s city hall on Wednesday night a mass of protesters gathered in the freezing air to defy a city-wide ban on gatherings. A banner bearing a portrait of the Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, giving a speech alongside the words “sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the nation” covered part of the facade of his now vacant office.In dawn raids that morning police had detained İmamoğlu, the only contender seen as capable of defeating Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in presidential elections. For many residents of Turkey’s largest city, the arrest symbolised how far the state was willing to go to remove a perceived threat to the incumbent president. Continue reading...

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