17 h. ago Gunman opens fire on house with bullet holes in windows and doors in shooting

A cordon is in place on the scene this afternoon as Tactical Aid Unit officers investigate

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18 h. ago LIVE: Major police scene on Salford street with 'bullet holes' in window

A cordon is in place on the street

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6 d. ago Munich Oktoberfest reopens after man’s deadly arson attack and bomb threat

Beer festival had closed after 57-year-old man shot parents, set house on fire, and left note mentioning eventA German man went on a deadly gun, explosives and arson rampage against his family and then killed himself on Wednesday, prompting security fears in Munich that closed the world-famous Oktoberfest for seven hours.Authorities decided to close the event temporarily after finding a note the man had dropped in a nearby letterbox that included a vague threat to the Bavarian city’s beer festival. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Michigan church shooting latest: Suspect Thomas Sanford had past relationship with Mormon woman and called religion ‘the antichrist’

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township on Sunday before gun rampage

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9 d. ago Gun rampage in Casino with one dead and 'bullet holes in the slot machines'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT It is understood shooting broke out at around 12:53am last night at the Texas casino, with police now investigating the incident

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1 week ago ‘I can’t escape these machines’: addicts tell of huge losses from slot gambling

Councils given more powers to stop ‘unwanted’ sites opening, as number of UK slot machines exceeds 30,000Sam Badcock was 23 when he lost £100 – a birthday gift from his brother – on a gambling machine.“I sprinted back to my room, grabbed the rest of the money and sprinted back to that machine as fast as I could,” he says. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves urged by 100 Labour MPs to hike gambling taxes to fight child poverty

More than 100 Labour MPs have backed calls made by Gordon Brown to target tax hikes on highly profitable parts of the gambling industry - such as online casinos and slot machines

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2 w. ago Gordon Ramsay's Bel Air mansion is targeted by pranksters for the second time in five months after hoax 911 caller claimed celebrity chef was high on heroin and on the rampage with a loaded gun

The celebrity chef had previously fallen prey to a swatting scam in April, with LAPD officers responding to erroneous claims that a gunman had opened fire in the grounds of his sprawling Bel Air home.

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2 w. ago 'Shooting' in Welsh village as 'sound of gunshots' sparks police investigation

Two bullet like holes were visible on the door of a house on a quiet cul de sac in Kenfig Hill as officers from South Wales Police at the scene for around 12 hours

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2 w. ago Gunman opens fire on home of 'couple and young son' with bullet hole in window

Police are investigating the reported shooting in Ainthorpe Walk

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