1 hour ago Andrew told Met to dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre: Police launch probe as email reveals he procured private data for smear campaign

A bombshell email exposes how Andrew asked his taxpayer-funded Met bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre and passed him her date of birth and confidential social security number.

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8 h. ago Police launch investigation after bar worker, 19, found dead in Manchester flat

Manchester police released three people on bail who were arrested in connection with drug supply

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15 h. ago Teenage girl missing from Scots town as police launch search

Clare Degale vanished in the Harlaw Road area of Inverurie.

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26 h. ago 'Crocodile' spotted in UK river as police launch frantic hunt to track it down

The bizarre 'crocodile' discovery triggered what police called their 'strangest appeal ever' after they began frantically hunting down the mystery reptile

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34 h. ago Fire at animal hospital in Fife 'deliberate' as police launch investigation

The animal hospital has been left scorched as a result of the deliberate fire.

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36 h. ago Boy, 2, digs up human bones on UK beach as police launch investigation

Little Lake was digging in the sand at Saunton Sands in Devon when he uncovered human bones. A police investigation is now underway

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61 h. ago Man dies after being hit by council road sweeper as police launch probe

A 63-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the collision just before 2.15pm yesterday

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3 d. ago Could distinctive underwear help find Baby Ava's mum? Police launch fresh appeal over mystery of dumped baby girl

The child, named Ava by officers, was discovered in a snow-covered park in Salford, Greater Manchester, by a female dog walker last November.

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5 d. ago Shock new theory emerges as police launch new search for missing four

Former NSW homicide detective Gary Jubelin believes that police are now looking 'further afield' for the 'sake of completeness' in the renewed search for four-year-old Gus Lamont.

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5 d. ago Missing Scot last seen camping two months ago as police launch search

James Robert Thomas or Ball, also known as Jay, leads a nomadic lifestyle but has not been seen since August.

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5 d. ago Police drop bombshell after ending the search for little Gus after he vanished without a trace

Police will launch a new search for missing four-year-old boy Gus at the family's Outback station tomorrow.

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6 d. ago Police launch urgent appeal for missing Stornoway woman amid Coastguard search

“We are appealing for anyone with information on Georgia’s whereabouts to please come forward as soon as possible. Or if Georgia sees this appeal, please get in touch."

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7 d. ago Police launch hunt for new evidence in horrific murders of family that cast a shadow over Gurnos

‘My mam and dad didn’t get to see justice but I’m hoping I will for them’

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8 d. ago Police launch investigation after mystery human bone found in bag

Officers said the bag containing the bone was found at the base of well-known landmark

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8 d. ago Police launch probe after thug threatened worker during Dumbarton shop robbery

Police are hunting the thug, who was wearing a black coloured football top with orange stripes down one sleeve and green stripes down the other - and also wore a black face covering.

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8 d. ago Police launch investigation after 'threats made' to schools in Sidcup

Police launch investigation after 'threats made' to schools in Sidcup  This Is Local London

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8 d. ago I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon | Andy Beckett

The feeling of crisis in Manchester also afflicts Labour and the Lib Dems. It leaves voters facing a dangerously unstable political orderMuch of democratic politics is about getting people’s attention. That’s a particular problem for struggling, less-than-compelling leaders. The further your party falls in the polls, the larger the temptation to launch dramatic, supposedly transformational policies. It’s like speaking more and more loudly to someone who has stopped listening.Thus this week’s Conservative conference in Manchester, with the party at historic lows in the polls, featured a frenzy of policy announcements, on once-successful Tory themes such as tax cuts, law and order, welfare and immigration, that were often made to half-empty rooms. Expanses of blue carpet had been installed in the huge, barn-like convention centre – as if to reassure delegates that the party still had an identity – yet much of the time they were eerily deserted. The Conservatives, famed and feared for ...

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9 d. ago Builders make grim 'human bones' discovery outside church as police launch probe

Two builders uncovered a plastic bag containing what they believe to be human bones on October 6 in Doncaster, prompting South Yorkshire Police to cordon off a 50-metre area for investigation

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1 week ago Bus passenger racially abused on Greater Manchester service, police say

The incident took place on the 312 bus in Stockport

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2 w. ago Devon and Cornwall police launches new £350,000 boat to stop people traffickers targeting their coastline

The Home Office hopes the vessel will act as a deterrent to organised crime groups and allow officials to intercept and board vessels when dealing with high-level threats.

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