40 h. ago Man with knife and electric drill 'shouting and screaming' in street smashed up his own flat

Carl Pascoe's behaviour caused a neighbour to suffer a panic attack. He told police after he was arrested that he had taken £100 worth of cocaine

Science

4 d. ago He ran into the street shouting 'I've stabbed my mate', but told detectives friend 'fell on knife'

Matthew Higgins stabbed David Eaton twice in the heart during an afternoon of drinking

Politics

1 week ago Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy review – a classic that will be read for decades to come

Sketched in cinematic black and white, this illustrated interpretation of the late author’s postmodern detective novel is a ‘stone-cold masterpiece’It was a wrong number that started it – literally in the case of The New York Trilogy. In 1980, or thereabouts, Paul Auster twice answered the phone, only to hear a voice ask: “Is this the Pinkerton Agency?” (Pinkerton is a legendary American detective bureau.) He told the caller they had a wrong number, yet he was soon filled with regret. Here, surely, was a story: why hadn’t he asked any questions? But never mind. While a third call never arrived, in its place came inspiration. Out of the disappointing silence, Auster spun the first volume of his trilogy, City of Glass, a literary hall of mirrors that made him famous.City of Glass was published in 1985. Nine years later, under the brilliant eye of Art Spiegelman, the author of Maus, Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli created a graphic adaption of the book, produced with Auster’s appro...

Politics

2 w. ago Horror at station Pret a Manger: Police 'challenged a white man carrying a knife' moments before shooting him dead outside Milton Keynes rail station

Detectives told how they arrived at Milton Keynes station yesterday and 'challenged' the man but he 'moved at speed towards officers with the knife before a shot was fired by police'.

Events

2 w. ago Friend of schoolgirl, 11, tried to save her before she fell into River Thames as she played on day off 'for Eid'

The 11-year-old was reportedly down at the river with her friends near Woolwich yesterday when she slipped and fell into the strong current.

Politics

3 w. ago Inbetweeners star admits people still 'shout in street' and call him Carli 17 years on

His character Simon was obsessed with school crush Carli D’Amato, played by Emily Head, in the hit comedy series The Inbetweeners that took the UK by storm from 2008

Politics

3 w. ago EasyJet plane forced into emergency landing after woman falls gravely ill on board

An easyJet flight from a British airport has been diverted following a 'medical emergency' - the passenger who fell ill had been travelling with her husband and a friend

Politics