2 h. ago Donald Trump pardons Republican politician who splurged fraud money on plastic surgery

Michele Fiore defrauded donors during her time on the Las Vegas City Council and then spent some of the $70,000 (£52,000) - meant for a statue of a police officer - for personal costs

Politics

15 h. ago Italy prepares ring of steel for Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome with Nato jets, snipers and 8,000 police

Italian authorities are preparing one of the most complex and secretive security operations in Vatican history as 200,000 people descend to pay respects to Pope Francis ahead of his funeral.

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15 h. ago Inside 'Ring of Steel' around Pope's funeral as Vatican guards wield anti

Pope Francis I is well-protected as he lies in state at the altar of St Peter's Basilica, with Italian and Vatican authorities boasting an arsenal of high-spec weaponry

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18 h. ago Police seize cannabis plants worth £43,000 from Wishaw industrial unit

More than 200 healthy plants were discovered at the Excelsior Street premises, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week.

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18 h. ago The surprise Scottish figure confirmed to attend Pope Francis's funeral in Rome

More of the guest list for the funeral of Pope Francis taking place in Rome on Saturday has been confirmed

Politics

43 h. ago Police smash shoplifting gang using DNA to trace 5,000 stolen items: Officers raid corner shops selling £150K worth of goods swiped on order from major supermarkets

Metropolitan Police detectives tagged 5,000 commonly stolen items such as alcohol and chocolate with SelectaDNA, a fluid only visible under ultraviolet (UV) light.

Economics

46 h. ago Pilgrims begin to gather as Pope Francis set to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica

Italy preparing for major security operation ahead of funeral on Saturday which is expected to bring a host of world leaders including Donald TrumpPope Francis’ body will be moved to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning where it will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of a funeral expected to bring a host of world leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump.Francis, a groundbreaking reformer, died aged 88 on Monday from a stroke and cardiac arrest, ending an often turbulent 12-year reign in which he repeatedly clashed with traditionalists and championed the poor and marginalised. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Serie A matches and Italy’s Women’s Six Nations game move due to pope’s funeral

Serie A leaders Inter will now host Roma on SundayItaly v Wales in Women’s Six Nations to be rescheduledSerie A has postponed Saturday’s three fixtures due to Pope Francis’ funeral being held that day in Rome. Meanwhile, Italy’s Women’s Six Nations match against Wales is also set to be rescheduled as the country prepares to pay its respects.Earlier media reports in Italy had suggested that Serie A might make an exception for Inter’s clash with visitors Roma to allow Simone Inzaghi’s side additional rest time before their midweek Champions League semi-final at Barcelona. However, the league has confirmed that the game at San Siro will now kick off at 2pm (all times BST) on Sunday. Continue reading...

Culture

4 d. ago The violent thugs who thought they could get away with attacking police officers

Assaults on police officers in Wales are on the increase with over 3,000 assaults committed on emergency workers between July 2023 and June 2024

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4 d. ago Enormous Easter rave with 3,000 revellers sparks desperate police call for volunteers

Sussex Police were alerted to an unlicensed event taking place in Charlton Wood, Chichester, in the early hours of this morning.

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7 d. ago Police find cannabis plants worth £46,000 following raid on property

Kaine Harrison, 31, Joshua Williams, 34, and Shaneil Athay, 27, were all involved in an enterprise which involved the cultivation and supply of cannabis at properties in Newport

Economics

7 d. ago Sheep rustlers turn beautiful UK national park into ‘Wild West’

As more than 1,000 reported sheep thefts are investigated, Devon and Cornwall Police suspect farming industry insiders are involved

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7 d. ago Madeleine McCann probe budget is CUT: Met Police team tasked with finding missing toddler has £84,000 slashed from investigation

They have been granted a further £108,000 to carry on the search for her - a drop of £84,000 on the amount awarded last year, MailOnline has learned.

Economics

8 d. ago Giant new ASDA store threatened by Met Police as cops demand mega cash boost

A development of 1,600 homes and a massive 60,000 square ft Asda store has been met with opposition from the Metropolitan Police which claims the extra 4,000 residents will add 'unacceptable pressure'

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9 d. ago The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 yearsNobody can recall who first phoned the police on the morning of 4 September 1990, but everyone remembers the girl. Her body, hanging from a pine tree on a steep slope above the Spanish frontier town of Portbou, was visible to anyone looking up from the beach or across from the opposite hillside. She was barefoot, with grey-blue eyes and thick chestnut-brown hair. She wore blue dungarees over a turquoise green shirt.Portbou, squeezed into a cauldron-like Mediterranean cove, had only 2,000 inhabitants but plenty of police officers. In these years before the Schengen agreement, guards were stationed on the French border but these officers were experts in immigration and smuggling, not violent deaths. Instead, Enrique Gómez, a 35-year-old investigator from the Guardia Civil police force was called i...

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1 week ago Police find more than £50,000 when they stopped car near Larkhall

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard the cash was in two packages labelled ‘Jock 25,000’.

Economics

2 w. ago Police find £60,000 worth of cannabis in bag for life after stopping Mercedes on M6

Officers said there was a "strong smell" coming from the car

Economics

2 w. ago Keir Starmer pledges 3,000 new neighbourhood police officers by start of 2026

The promise is part of a wider guarantee of 13,000 new neighbourhood officers by 2029.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer confirms when first 3,000 new police officers will be recruited

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper will announce a huge boost to neighbourhood policing teams across the 43 forces in England and Wales after they were 'decimated' under the Tories

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2 w. ago 13,000 more police officers coming in street crime crackdown

Sir Keir Starmer says the Government will be putting named officers into every neighbourhood

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