5 h. ago Teen dies after frustrating delay blocked cops from being able to enter her flat

Alex Duce died days after she'd been found by police officers on the afternoon of September 11, 2022. She was only 18 years old.

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5 h. ago 'Frustrating' delay kept police from entering teen's flat before tragedy

Beauty student Alex Duce, 18, died in her flat after family raised concerns for her safety

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18 h. ago Teenager died after police were called to her flat, but could not be saved after 'frustrating' delay

As police tried to find clues as to what could have happened to Alex Duce she was inside her flat. When she was found later that day she had hanged herself and died days later in hospital

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20 h. ago Dramatic moment police save man from burning Florida home by dragging him out by his ankles

This is the dramatic moment two police officers enter a smoke-filled home and rescue a trapped man by dragging him out by his ankles.

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4 d. ago £600k ‘slavery’ drugs plant found inside old tyre service warehouse

One of the men caught at the criminal enterprise admitted to police that what had happened at the plant could effectively be slavery

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5 d. ago Alarm in China that efforts to control Chikungunya virus are infringing on rights

Many say control measure for mosquito-borne disease hark back to the zero-Covid era, in which people’s daily lives were strictly monitoredThere is growing alarm in China that official efforts to control the spread of Chikungunya virus, a non-fatal mosquito-borne disease that has been spreading in the south of the country, are infringing on people’s personal rights.A single mother living in Zhanjiang, a port city in Guangdong province, posted a video on social media this week showing a group of people, including a uniformed police officer, entering her children’s bedroom in the middle of the night and taking blood samples from the boy and the girl, without their mother’s presence or consent. The mother had been working a night shift so was not at home. Continue reading...

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