19 h. ago How police came to rescue of woman assaulted by partner on holiday abroad using Instagram

A Metropolitan Police contact handler used Instagram to safeguard a victim of domestic abuse who made a report while she was on holiday.

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20 h. ago Neil Gaiman asks US court to dismiss lawsuit alleging rape and sexual assault

The author’s motion to dismiss argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, and called accuser Scarlett Pavlovich ‘a fantasist’Neil Gaiman has asked a US district court to throw out a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault, filed last month by a woman who previously worked for the author and his former partner, Amanda Palmer.The motion to dismiss, filed on Tuesday, argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, rather than in the US. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Humiliated woman left with bruises by drunk partner's furious Gran Canaria holiday assault

The attacks by John Peebles, 35, have left his victim with nightmares

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67 h. ago Man pounced on woman and sexually assaulted her in park as her little boy screamed

The victim kicked and bit her attacker before managing to break free and run away with her son

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3 d. ago Woman found dead with horror injuries after 'assaulted' in own home

Leanne Williams, 47, was discovered dead at her home at around 2pm on Thursday.

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3 d. ago Woman found dead with horror injuries after being 'assaulted' in her own home

The body of Leanne Williams, 47, was found with "significant injuries" at her home in Townhill, Swansea, with police now looking to piece together her final four days

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3 d. ago Man dies in 'unexplained' flat fire in Perth as police launch probe

Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are investigating.

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3 d. ago Pictured: Woman, 47, found dead after being assaulted at home

Leanne Williams, 47, was discovered dead in her home on Gomer Road in Townhill, Swansea.

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4 d. ago Snowdonia mountain rescue teams at breaking point: Police issue warning after two deaths in 10 days as 'unprecedented demand' of visitors is blamed on TikTokers

Mountain rescue crews in north Wales are at breaking point due to huge increase in callouts and 'unprecedented demand' for the volunteers' services which police blamed on TikTokkers.

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4 d. ago Snowdonia mountain rescue teams at breaking point: Police issue warning after two deaths in 10 days as they blame 'unprecedented demand' of visitors on TikTokers

Mountain rescue crews in north Wales are at breaking point due to huge increase in callouts and 'unprecedented demand' for the volunteers' services which police blamed on TikTokkers.

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4 d. ago Woman in her 20s ‘chased into dead end and sexually assaulted’ near Bournemouth Beach

The victim was walking along Meyrick Road between 7pm and 7.30pm on Tuesday when the shocking incident unfolded

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5 d. ago Great Western Railway train manager who sexually assaulted woman passenger, 18, as he asked to check her ticket is jailed for seven years

Nicholas McMurray, 38, approached the victim and asked to see her ticket, and adjusted the woman's dress as the train journeyed to Swansea on June 22, 2024, British Transport Police said.

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5 d. ago Hero police officer's last act before being shot dead trying to rescue colleague

Andrew Duarte died a hero while responding to an armed man with hostages inside a hospital's intensive care unit - and dragged a fellow police officer to safety before he succumbed to his injuries

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5 d. ago Woman in her 20s is 'chased by thug before being sexually assaulted' near Bournemouth beach as she screamed

A 26-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and stalking after he approached the woman before making 'inappropriate comments'

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5 d. ago Lanarkshire man attacked on his doorstep took out his anger on girlfriend

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Mark Tierney assaulted the woman over a sustained period by punching, kicking and choking her, and hitting her with a candle.

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5 d. ago Man who forced woman to miscarry by spiking her drink with abortion drugs that robbed her of chance to become a mother has jail sentence increased

Stuart Worby, 40, secretly put one of the crushed up pills into the drink and inserted the second as he sexually assaulted the blindfolded woman under the guise of 'kinky sex on August 3, 2022.

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8 d. ago Rutherglen assault: Police launch manhunt after couple attacked in home

The man and the woman were both taken to hospital after the assault.

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1 week ago Rave guru organiser of an event called the Interstellar Disco Orgy is suing his former friend for £180,000 after he accused him of groping two party

Joe Mullen is suing his former friend, Oliver Lyles, over three social media messages which he says falsely accused him of sexually assaulting a man and a woman at Norfolk's Houghton Festival in 2022.

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1 week ago Homes evacuated after major blaze involving lorries on industrial site

Residents were told to keep their doors and windows closed.

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1 week ago Dramatic bodycam shows moment hero police officer rescues woman from burning building

Dramatic bodycam footage has revealed the heroic actions of a police officer who rescued a woman from a burning building.

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