12 h. ago 'My son is scared. Men do strange things. There are drug needles. We can't live here any more'

Aimee Richards lives with her partner and two young children in a block of flats

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26 h. ago She didn't 'intend to go out to steal' but then she noticed the parcel room was unlocked

Anna Kochanek, 36 helped herself to packages at a block of flats in south Manchester after they were left in an unlocked mail room

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50 h. ago 'Family girl' knifed to death in block of flats in 'domestic incident' pictured

Rebekah Campbell died after police received reports of a woman being stabbed in a "domestic incident".

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50 h. ago This is the 'beautiful girl who lit up any room' stabbed to death inside a block of flats

A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder

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52 h. ago Huyton stabbing: 'Family girl' knifed to death in 'domestic incident' pictured

Merseyside Police were called to Knowsley Heights, Huyton, at around 10.30pm on Tuesday to a report that a woman had been stabbed following a 'domestic incident'

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3 d. ago Knifeman dressed as The Joker ‘stabs man to death in horror triple nightclub stabbing’

An alleged knifeman was caught on CCTV arriving at a nightclub dressed at the Batman supervillain before reportedly stabbing three people - one person was killed in the horror attack

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3 d. ago Afghanistan veteran guilty of killing amputee who was run over with own Mercedes

Errol Woodger broke into a block of flats in Erith, south-east London, in the early hours of December 29 2019, the Old Bailey had heard.

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5 d. ago Family left devastated after teen girl loses unborn baby following infection

A grieving family wants answers after a pregnant teen aged 14 sadly lost her baby when she became seriously ill - and claim she was 'completely let down due to her age'.

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5 d. ago Body found in search for schoolgirl, 11, who went missing after entering River Thames

Kaliyah Coa was playing with friends when she slipped into the water

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6 d. ago Woman, 25, killed after car drives into family outside Crawley leisure park

A 12-year-old girl and a teenage woman, 19, all from the same Crawley family, were seriously injured

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6 d. ago 'I'm the last one in my block of flats and they're bulldozing the others around me'

The blocks have been in line for demolition since 2012, but the fight to stop the bulldozer is still going

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8 d. ago Knife by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – 27 seconds that changed everything

The author recalls the attack that almost killed him in an honest, terrifying and life-affirming memoirOn 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was at a literary conference in Chautauqua, New York, about to deliver a lecture on keeping writers from harm, when a stranger rushed at him with a knife. Rushdie – who in 1989 had a fatwa issued against him by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini calling for his death, after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses – was stabbed in his neck, chest, hand and eye.Knife is Rushdie’s memoir of his “near-death” in which he recalls seeing his attacker and thinking to himself: “So it’s you. Here you are.” The attack lasted 27 seconds and, to this day, the author remains bewildered that he didn’t fight back. “Was I so feeble that I couldn’t make the slightest attempt to defend myself?” he asks. As baffling to him is that the man, a Lebanese-American whom he calls “The A” (short for “Assailant” or “Ass”), had never read The Satanic Verses. Instead, he had watc...

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9 d. ago Residents 'scream for help' in terrifying flat block blaze in London

The blaze, which engulfed the building, has left 11 people in hospital.

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9 d. ago Knife thug stabbed friend to death after eyebrow shaved off in drunk prank

Matthew Higgins stabbed David Eaton twice in the heart.

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9 d. ago Father's cause of death is revealed after being 'murdered' by his teenage son in 'knife and hammer attack' that injured mother and 11

Emad Botros-Farag, 57, was fatally attacked in his three-bedroom home in Brighton last Tuesday as a terrified child screamed: 'No. No! Stop. Help! Help!'

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9 d. ago Jailed for life, the pitiless wife who knifed frail geologist to death and hid his body in garden

Browsing the cabinets in H Samuel, Maureen Rickards selected an 18-carat gold 'forever' diamond ring to mark her 25th wedding anniversary.

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9 d. ago 'Her Drive, Now her Legacy:' Family to raise young girl who saw her mother murdered at Notting Hill Carnival

Cher Maximen’s grandmother will now raise her daughter after she was stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival

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9 d. ago 'The last memory of her mother is seeing her bleed': Family of innocent mum murdered in front of her daughter at Notting Hill Carnival tell of anguish at how she witnessed final moments

Innocent bystander Cher Maximen, 32, was stabbed to death with a zombie knife when caught up in gang violence during the Notting Hill Carnival in west London last year.

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9 d. ago Dozens saved as CLOTHESLINE stops Ukraine kamikaze drone exploding block of flats

Dramatic pictures showed the stuck drone dangling from the side on the apartment block - the shocking footage comes after Vladimir Putin daringly ignored Donald Trump's plea to 'stop' bombing Ukraine

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1 week ago RFK Jr stayed silent on vaccine, says father of child who died from measles

Pete Hildebrand says health secretary ‘never said anything’ about vaccine’s efficacy when he visited for funeralA Texas man who buried his eight-year-old daughter on Sunday after the unvaccinated child died with measles says Robert F Kennedy Jr “never said anything” about the vaccine against the illness or its proven efficacy while visiting the girl’s family and community for her funeral.“He did not say that the vaccine was effective,” Pete Hildebrand, the father of Daisy Hildebrand, said in reference to Kennedy during a brief interview on Monday. “I had supper with the guy and he never said anything about that.” Continue reading...

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