6 h. ago Horror serial killer butchered victims, left only a torso and was never caught

More than 12 people were brutally beheaded and dismembered in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s, with police suspecting a surgeon who was interrogated but never charged

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68 h. ago Rapist's horror incestuous campaign of abuse left victim pregnant and without teeth

Larry Darby, from Louisiana, subjected a family member to a brutal campaign of abuse that saw her teeth knocked out and led to her pregnancy, and later birth of the 61-year-old's child

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3 d. ago The astonishing litany of police blunders that left one family grieving a car crash victim who was still alive... and a second family clinging to hope when their beloved son was already dead

His parents, reeling from the loss of their 17-year-old son in a car crash two weeks before Christmas, had been to the funeral director with the clothes they'd wanted him dressed in for his final journey.

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4 d. ago JD Vance accuses Minneapolis ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good of being part of a 'broader left wing network': Live updates

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot in the head three times while inside her SUV on Wednesday, sparking mass protests in the streets and outrage from Minnesota lawmakers.

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7 d. ago Edinburgh man who left victim with head injury after unprovoked attack outside pub avoids jail

An Edinburgh man who left an innocent victim with a horror head injury after attacking him outside a pub has escaped a jail sentence.

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7 d. ago Ruben Amorim is gone, but Manchester United’s forever crisis rolls on

The head coach (or manager?) fired cryptic shots at his bosses, then was fired himself. Amorim sacked after power struggle over transfersLatest updates and reactionDiscontent at Manchester United these days is only ever deferred. Ruben Amorim’s departure from the club on Monday was long anticipated and came, in the end, with a weary sigh. He had made a half-hearted protest about the recruitment structure after Sunday’s draw at Leeds, but it felt even at the time like barely more than a gesture. And so another manager, the seventh since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013, falls victim to the United meat-grinder.Everybody at United, fundamentally, is unhappy. And not unhappy in the sense that Alex Ferguson used to be unhappy, when the club was essentially fuelled by his volcanic rages, but enervated, frustrated by the realisation that this is not how things used to be, that this was once the biggest football club in the country and now they keep failing to get the win they need to lift th...

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7 d. ago Ruben Amorim is gone, but Manchester United’s forever crisis rolls on | Jonathan Wilson

The head coach (or manager?) fired cryptic shots at his bosses, then was fired himself. Amorim sacked after power struggle over transfersLatest updates and reactionDiscontent at Manchester United these days is only ever deferred. Ruben Amorim’s departure from the club on Monday was long anticipated and came, in the end, with a weary sigh. He had made a half-hearted protest about the recruitment structure after Sunday’s draw at Leeds, but it felt even at the time like barely more than a gesture. And so another manager, the seventh since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013, falls victim to the United meat-grinder.Everybody at United, fundamentally, is unhappy. And not unhappy in the sense that Alex Ferguson used to be unhappy, when the club was essentially fuelled by his volcanic rages, but enervated, frustrated by the realisation that this is not how things used to be, that this was once the biggest football club in the country and now they keep failing to get the win they need to lift th...

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8 d. ago Nightmare neighbour caught hurling abuse on Ring doorbell camera

Adele Brannan from East Howdon repeatedly hurled abuse at a mother over a number of months last year. The victim was left so distressed she briefly moved

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8 d. ago Gangs of thieves are raiding £1m homes in Cotswolds villages but wealthy vigilante residents are preparing to fight back

Wealthy locals in Cotswolds chocolate box villages are forming vigilante groups as they fight back against a spate of burglaries that have left victims in fear.

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8 d. ago Mum left so disturbed by what she found neighbour doing on her Ring doorbell footage she moved into hotel

The behaviour left the victim so 'upset and distressed' she was 'unable to continue living in my home'

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1 week ago Scotland's oldest Playboy model realises 'upsetting truth' after spotting Tinder snap

Stephanie Heaney, 41, has been left feeling 'so sorry' for victims after discovering scammers are using her glamorous pictures to trick men on dating apps

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2 w. ago Man robbed of cash and £15,000 Rolex after walking out of shop

The victim, 40, was targeted early in the evening as he left a shop near a rugby club

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2 w. ago ‘It restored my hope’: how community action is confronting racism in Belfast

An initiative linking people across race, class and faith offers an antidote to silence, hate and growing divisionDonate to the charity appeal hereAs a black woman in Northern Ireland, Maureen Hamblin knows that racism comes in many forms. “It’s not just the smashing in of shop windows,” she says. “It can be quiet, it can be silent.”Bystanders who hear racist remarks and remain mute, as if oblivious, amplify the hurt and leave victims feeling alone and isolated, a recurring experience that left Hamblin drained. “There was a time when I’d lost a lot of faith in white people, in white men.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Second victim killed in country road crash named as tributes left at scene

Two women died after being hit by a car in Bolton

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3 w. ago Dangerous trio locked up after spate of robberies in Tameside

"The attacks left the victims with physical and mental scars"

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3 w. ago Gun gang jailed for brutal shop attack that left victim with life

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a brutal 2023 attack on a Glasgow shopkeeper.

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3 w. ago Man repeatedly stabbed sister's partner with screwdriver after music row

Christopher Hale, 41, left his victim with wounds to his stomach, shoulder and forearm

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3 w. ago Man collapses in street after being bitten by pet snake which 'constricts' him

The man was attacked by his own pet python around his neck in the streets of Taiwan as bystanders tried to trap the snake in a bucket after the bite left the victim on the floor.

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4 w. ago Over 37,000 rape victims wait years for justice due to shocking police delay scandal

Charities have launched a super-complaint against police on December 16 as data reveals 37,000 sexual offence victims are left languishing for over three years for an outcome

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4 w. ago Bondi beach terror attack: thousands mourn at vigils around Australia as Albanese promises stricter gun laws

Twenty-five people remain in hospital following Sunday’s attack, in which 16 people, including one of the alleged gunmen, were killedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesVictims named so farWhat we know about the Bondi terror attackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s national security agency Asio investigated one of the alleged Bondi shooters in 2019 over potential extremist links but decided he was not “a person of interest”, Anthony Albanese has revealed, despite two of the man’s associated being jailed.The prime minister said the Five Eyes intelligence network – the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand – would help investigate the deadly terrorist shooting which left at least 15 victims dead. Continue reading...

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