6 h. ago He told a family in a playground to 'f**k off to your own country' then pulled out a knife

Stephen Mullins threatened to kill the family who were enjoying a day out with their children at a playground

Politics

56 h. ago Teenage killer taunts victim's family yelling 'I'm still breathing' as he is jailed for vape shop murder

Abdurrahman Summers, 19, shouted at victim Reuben Higgins' family in court after he was told he would serve a minimum of 19 years in jail over the attack.

Events

3 d. ago Man lives in a layby in a 14ft Vauxhall Meriva for weeks and has an office in front seat

Michael Atkinson, 63, has been living in a lay-by in St Helens after being forced out of the family home due to a divorce - but he has been told he is not eligible for housing

Society

5 d. ago Family of IPP prisoner who died of cancer weren't told he was terminally ill

Nathan Walters was given an indeterminate prison sentence in 2012 over a fatal florist robbery in Old Trafford

Events

5 d. ago Charlie Kirk shooting: suspect set to face aggravated murder charge

Tyler Robinson, 22, expected to be charged on Tuesday; family friend contacted authorities after being told he had shot rightwing activist Charlie Kirk shooting: Utah governor confirms arrest of suspectWhat we know after suspect’s arrest: details of messages and gun casings emergeA video, a pastor and a tense meeting: timeline of suspect’s arrestHere are some images coming to us via the wires.Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Charlie Kirk shooting latest: Utah governor confirms identity of suspect and says family friend turned him in

Spencer Cox says Tyler Robinson, 22, told family friend he had shot Kirk; FBI director says suspect was taken into custody on Thursday eveningCharlie Kirk shooting suspect arrested, says Trump: ‘We have him in custody’How Charlie Kirk pushed a new generation to the rightHere are some images coming to us via the wires.Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Tyler Robinson claimed Charlie Kirk was ‘full of hate,’ investigators say as they detail what led to his arrest

Federal law enforcement officials said Tyler Robinson’s family and family friend told authorities he ‘confessed’ to killing Kirk

Events

6 d. ago Charlie Kirk shooting latest: Utah governor confirms suspect named Tyler Robinson arrested over killing

Spencer Cox says 22-year-old told family friend he had shot Kirk; FBI director says suspect was taken into custody at 10pm mountain timeCharlie Kirk shooting suspect arrested, says Trump: ‘We have him in custody’How Charlie Kirk pushed a new generation to the rightHere are some images coming to us via the wires.Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Tyler Robinson had become ‘more political’ in years before allegedly shooting Charlie Kirk dead, investigators say

Federal law enforcement officials said Tyler Robinson’s family and family friend told authorities he ‘confessed’ to killing Kirk

Events

7 d. ago 'Dine and dash' family of eight who told restaurant 'we can't pay' hunted by police

Sai Surbhi, an Indian restaurant in Greater Manchester, has released CCTV images of two families it accused of fleeing without paying their £190 bill

Society

7 d. ago Hunt for 'dine and dash' family of 8 that brazenly told restaurant 'we can't pay'

Raman Kaur and Narinder Singh Athwa claim two families enjoyed a feast of curries, sides and children's meals at their restaurant before fleeing without paying their £190 bill

Society

7 d. ago Critically ill Brit gran can't leave Turkey as UK hospital has run out of beds

Gill Taylor, 56, was just weeks into her holiday in Hisaronu, Turkey, when she fell critically ill. Her family say they have been told she cannot return to the UK because there are "no hospital beds" available for her

Science

8 d. ago Suspect in stabbing of Ukrainian woman in North Carolina charged with federal crime

Charge for Decarlos B Jr, accused of killing Iryna Zarutska in apparent random attack on train, could carry death penaltyThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty.The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Carer stole £10k from dementia patient and blew it on KFC, Netflix and sunbeds while the victim told her family 'something bad' had happened but she could not remember what 

Callous carer Danielle Houghton, 32, of Lancaster, was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison after admitting theft and fraud by false representation at Preston Crown Court last Friday.

Economics

2 w. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Mum, 58, said she was going on holiday but travelled to Switzerland to end her life

Maureen Slough, 58, from County Cavan, Ireland, told her family she was going on holiday with a friend - but instead travelled alone to Switzerland to end her life

Politics

2 w. ago 'My mum went to Switzerland to end her life without telling us'

Maureen Slough, 58, told her family she was off on holiday with a friend. They found out what had happened by text message

Politics

2 w. ago Woman, 42, pulled out knife and threatened to 'slit throat' of Co

"Brazen" serial shoplifter, Kirsty Gardiner, made the terrifying threat after she was caught stealing steaks, chocolate, coffee and biscuits

Events

2 w. ago Mum told family she was going on holiday before text confirmed tragic death

Maureen Slough, 58, never told her children how much she was suffering. She only confided in a friend, whom she only met on TikTok, in her final hours.

Events

2 w. ago Chilling final messages of mother who told her family she was going on holiday

Maureen Slough, from County Cavan, Ireland, travelled alone to Switzerland where she went to a clinic to take her life - and her family have now shared their devastation

Politics