18 h. ago Moment firebug yob shoots fireworks at Birmingham bus using makeshift rocket launcher

The double-decker had pulled up at a set of traffic lights in Birmingham city centre when it came under attack during a night of mayhem over the weekend.

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20 h. ago Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video

A trial has begun for a former government attorney charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent

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23 h. ago Moment 'knifeman who hurt 11 people in Huntingdon train rampage storms barber shop moments after stabbing 14

Cambridgeshire Police said they are 'aware' of the three incidents that took place on October 31 and November 1 and are 'currently reviewing all incidents'.

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24 h. ago Arthur's Seat incident: Man found dead in Edinburgh city centre as police probe 'unexplained' death

Enquiries into what happened are ongoing.

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24 h. ago Arthur's Seat incident: Man found dead in Edinburgh as police probe 'unexplained' death

Enquiries into what happened are ongoing.

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24 h. ago Police probe whether Huntingdon suspect is linked to stabbing of boy, 14, in city centre and storming barber shop with a knife day before 11 people hurt on train

Cambridgeshire Police said they are 'aware' of the three incidents that took place on October 31 and November 1 and are 'currently reviewing all incidents'.

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27 h. ago At least 36,000 Sudanese have fled since fall of El Fasher to RSF, says UN agency

International Organization for Migration says refugees are heading to Tawila, which is already sheltering 652,000 displaced peopleMore than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region east of Darfur since Saturday, the UN’s migration agency has said, a week after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El Fasher.The strategic central area between the country’s Darfur provinces and the Khartoum-Riverine region that includes the capital to the east, has in recent weeks become the latest battleground in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the paramilitary group. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Urgent appeal issued to find wanted man with links to Manchester city centre

Officers are searching for the 18-year-old

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58 h. ago They tore down entire streets to build it, decades on it's changing again

A brand new chapter is on the horizon for one of the city centre's most recognisable buildings

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65 h. ago Chelsea’s crash tackle king exposes Tottenham’s confused mess of a team | Barney Ronay

Spurs resemble a pile of sticks leaning against a wall with the rampaging Moisés Caicedo happy to dismantle themSitting through this tightly stitched but still oddly shapeless game of football, you kept thinking: what does this remind me of? The trapped energy, the collisions. The sense of something always but never really happening.Oh yes. Watching the full 90 minutes of Chelsea’s narrow but still comfortable 1-0 defeat of Tottenham was like staring at one of those hypnotic drunken city centre brawls that appear on social media from time to time, where nothing ever really seems to start or stop, where the whole things is just a kind of tortured flailing, but one that must also be pored over endlessly in the comments. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Tottenham’s confused mess of a team exposed by Chelsea’s crash tackle king | Barney Ronay

Spurs resemble a pile of sticks leaning against a wall with the rampaging Moisés Caicedo happy to dismantle themSitting through this tightly stitched but still oddly shapeless game of football, you kept thinking: what does this remind me of? The trapped energy, the collisions. The sense of something always but never really happening.Oh yes. Watching the full 90 minutes of Chelsea’s narrow but still comfortable 1-0 defeat of Tottenham was like staring at one of those hypnotic drunken city centre brawls that appear on social media from time to time, where nothing ever really seems to start or stop, where the whole things is just a kind of tortured flailing, but one that must also be pored over endlessly in the comments. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Halloween club night descends into horror with two men stabbed and rushed to hospital with serious injuries

A HALLOWEEN club night descended into horror after two men were stabbed and rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Emergency services were called to Bilbrook Street, near the Nowhere nightclub on Burstock Street in Manchester city centre, at around 11.45pm yesterday following reports of a stabbing. Police said both men were taken to hospital with...

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2 d. ago Missing Louisiana girl, 13, rescued from box in Pennsylvania basement

Police say Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, met girl through Snapchat, and charged him with human trafficking and sexual assaultA 13-year-old Louisiana girl who went missing after meeting a man online was found alive in a box at his home several states away in Pennsylvania – along with evidence that she had been sexually assaulted, according to authorities.Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, faces charges of human trafficking, sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of a child after police in Pittsburgh said they arrested him on Thursday. He is one of at least three men who had been arrested as of Saturday amid an investigation involving law enforcement agencies in multiple states. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Edinburgh crime: Youths dispersed by Edinburgh police after 'fireworks set off' despite ban

FCZ's came into force in Edinburgh in nine areas of the city on October 31

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3 d. ago Halloween havoc as drunken brawl breaks out between men dressed as women and Youtuber

The violence allegedly broke out in Piccadilly Gardens, in Manchester city centre, yesterday evening after a YouTuber, known as Cozzy, confronted the two people.

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3 d. ago Edinburgh incident: Woman taken to hospital after being hit by bus in Edinburgh city centre

The road was closed off to traffic in both directions

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3 d. ago The historic railway arches transformed into one of Greater Manchester’s most exciting food and drink venues

Underneath the tracks of Salford Central an amazing new venue for the city is ready to open its doors

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3 d. ago The successful restaurant owner who was proof migration has enriched this country... and the Somalian criminal and failed asylum seeker who killed him

Their paths crossed for just 22 fleeting seconds in Lloyds Bank one afternoon in Derby city centre.

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3 d. ago ‘G’day Australia. Did you miss us?’ Oasis kicks off Australia tour with euphoric show

The bucket hats were out in force at Marvel Stadium as Liam and Noel Gallagher made a polished – and even affectionate – return to MelbourneThe first time Oasis played in Australia, in 1998, the controversies piled up to the point that some journalists speculated it was a media strategy. Liam was slapped with a lifetime ban from Cathay Pacific due to the band’s alleged bad behaviour on the flight over. (The ban was sealed when Liam told an Australian reporter, “I don’t give a flying fuck I’d rather walk.”) Noel got in hot water for comments he made about Princess Diana, then Liam was hauled in front of Brisbane magistrates court, charged with assault after allegedly head-butting a fan who wanted a photo. The fan dropped the charges, though Liam later called the alleged head-butt “justice”, adding: “The geezer put a camera in my face and I told him not to.”But other than the handwringers, Australian fans seemed delighted with it all. The Gallaghers’ particular tetchy, laddish swagger...

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3 d. ago Marine 'tried to kidnap and sexually assault schoolgirl, 12, he met at park'

US marine William Richard Roy, 24, stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina has been charged over allegedly kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl he took from a park

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