9 h. ago Drug gang behind bars after dramatic cop chase on popular Cornwall beach

A group of drug smugglers have been sentenced after they were chased for 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall before trying to escape on a beach in Penzance

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4 d. ago The Gilded Age’s ‘robber baron’ gives dramatic reading of rich New Yorkers’ Mamdani freakout

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has trolled ultra-rich New Yorkers freaking out over his possible election with a new ad featuring The Gilded Age star Morgan Spector.

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8 d. ago Hegseth claims he has ‘absolute and complete authority’ to kill suspected drug gang members

The Secretary of Defense says ‘defense of the American people alone’ gives the administration authority

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9 d. ago Drug gang boss Conor McGregor jailed after extradition from Morocco

Conor McGregor, 32, was finally arrested in Morocco in July 2024, before being returned to Scotland in January 2025.

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9 d. ago Drug gang boss jailed for six years after extradition from Morocco

Conor McGregor, 32, was head of an organised crime group that made ‘significant’ amounts of money selling drugs over a three-year period.

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1 week ago I’m obsessed with deep sea sharks: their bioluminescent spots are just visible in the pitch black environment they live in

Most of these little-known but already endangered fish have never been seen alive in their natural habitat, but are under threat from bottom trawling and deep-sea miningThree years ago I was running a research project from a bottom trawler off Namibia about deep-sea sharks – all of which live under enormous water pressure, close to the seafloor and are rarely seen by humans.These sharks were being brought up in the trawler’s nets. By the time they were brought to the surface, they had experienced such a dramatic change in pressure that they had undergone barotrauma, so they were internally damaged and unlikely to survive. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The smiling selfie of 'hippy crack' drug importer next to huge wads of cash after gang imported 91 MILLION canisters in elaborate money

Benjamin Richardson, 38, from North Yorkshire, was part of a gang that imported 'hippy crack' despite a nationwide ban - raking in more than £16 million in the process.

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2 w. ago The reason nearly 400,000 Germans are flocking to Cornwall's seaside towns every year... and it's nothing to do with Poldark or pasties

Around 350,000 German tourists visit Cornwall per year to see the filming locations of the popular British writer no one has ever heard of.

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3 w. ago Drug gang chased onto UK beach in front of sunbathers after 28

The National Crime Agency says Scott Johnston and Edwin Yahir Tabora Baca were eventually arrested on Gwynver Beach near Penzance, Cornwall, after a 28-mile chase in front of beachgoers

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3 w. ago Shock moment boat police chase drug gang on to Cornish beach in front of shocked swimmers

Peter Williams, from Hampshire, pictured, was a respected fisherman who had met King Charles several times, but turned to drugs importation after falling on hard times. He was jailed on Thursday.

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3 w. ago The EncroChats that led cops to 'treatment room' torture chamber: Cops uncover drug gang's sound

The gangland torture chamber, located inside a sound-proofed shipping container near the Dutch village of Wouwse Plantage, could hardly have been more gruesome.

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3 w. ago The EncoChats that led cops to 'treatment room' torture chamber: Cops uncover drug gang's sound

The gangland torture chamber, located inside a sound-proofed shipping container near the Dutch village of Wouwse Plantage, could hardly have been more gruesome.

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3 w. ago Stars who look better in their 50s than they did in their 20s

Baroness Karren Brady unveiled a dramatic new look this week, with her nipped-in waist and flawless skin belying her 56 years. And she's not the only star to laugh in the face of ageing...

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4 w. ago Moment UK drug kingpin who ran £26m empire dances for the camera as he’s arrested by police in Spain

Watch the moment a leader of a crime gang that ran a £26million drug empire is arrested by Spanish authorities.

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