54 m. ago Islamist terror suspects 'bought assault rifles, handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in plot to kill Jews in Manchester in attack likened to Paris 2015 massacre'

Walid Saadaoui, Bilel Saadaoui (pictured) and Amar Hussein are appearing at Preston Crown Court charged with terror offences

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61 m. ago Pair plotted ‘mass fatalities’ with gun attack on Jewish people, court hears

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, deny preparing acts of terrorism between December 13 2023 and May 9 2024.

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63 m. ago Men plotted to kill 'as many Jews as possible' before being foiled by undercover cop, court hears

A jury was told how Waalid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein, inspired by Islamic State, were amassing a huge arsenal of weapons

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1 hour ago Husband thought he was in a 'happy marriage' while wife and lover plotted various ways to kill him, including putting foxgloves in his salad

Former soldier Christopher Mills, 48, was planning a holiday with wife Michelle, 46, when her lover Geraint Berry allegedly teamed up with friend Steven Thomas for a murder attempt, a court heard.

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2 h. ago James Comey pleads not guilty to charge of lying to US Congress

Former FBI chief who oversaw probe into Donald Trump’s alleged links to Russia will face trial on January 5

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2 h. ago ‘This madness needs to end’ say House Republicans as shutdown enters eighth day – US politics live

Majority leader Steve Scalise continues to blame Democrats for not passing House-passed funding bill as shutdown continuesEx-FBI director pleads not guilty on lying to Congress chargeA series of “violent” texts sent by a Democrat seeking to become Virginia’s attorney general has shaken up the state’s governor’s race, with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears seizing on the controversy to try to reverse her opponent’s double-digit polling lead.Earle-Sears has released new campaign advertisements condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor’s race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting “two bullets to the head” and “breeding little fascists”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Companies ‘dishonestly’ supplied insulation to Grenfell Tower, High Court hears

Celotex and Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK are alleged to have been involved in an unlawful conspiracy.

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3 h. ago Former FBI director James Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges after Trump called for prosecution

Comey is accused of lying to Congress and obstruction over 2020 testimony

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3 h. ago James Comey vows to fight Trump's DOJ as he pleads not guilty to all charges in first court hearing

Former FBI Director James Comey vowed to fight Donald Trump and his Justice Department in court on Wednesday as he was arraigned for the first time.

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3 h. ago Drivers squared up to each other with weapons after minor collision

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Robert Muir brandished a metal pole while Tony McCart had a Stanley knife.

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4 h. ago Soldier so scared on Bloody Sunday his ‘knees were trembling’, court hears

The trial of Soldier F for the murder of two men heard one of his colleagues describe being terrified on the day of the shootings in 1972.

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5 h. ago Gran shot dead in her home after sons stole phone from drug dealers, court told

Jackie Rutter, 53, was shot dead in her own home in Moreton, Wirral, after her sons stole a phone from two drug dealers, a court has heard as four men and a woman stand trial

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7 h. ago Julia Wandelt's letter to Kate McCann in full from 'cruel' sign

A woman who falsely claims to be Madeleine McCann wrote a disturbing letter to the missing girl's mum Kate where she made a DNA plea, a court has heard

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7 h. ago Teenage fare dodger 'assaulted by police officer' after pushing through ticket barriers, court hears

PC Adrian Young is accused of grabbing a teenage fare dodger around the neck at a London train station

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16 h. ago Dad accused of murdering girlfriend had sex with another woman hours earlier, court hears

Rebekah Campbell, 32, was stabbed 18 times during a 'sustained and violent assault' inside her own home on April 15 this year

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17 h. ago Reform treasurer's firm seeks millions in damages over investment 'fraud' after tech start

Candy Ventures Sarl (CVS) insists it has been the victim of a 'clear case of fraud', the High Court heard yesterday.

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21 h. ago Girl, 12, killed after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, aged 12, was playing with friends and using a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, when the branch snapped and she died after being crushed by the tree, a court heard

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22 h. ago Ashling Murphy killer's chilling seven words to wife after school teacher murder

A court heard how Jozef Puska told his wife Lucia Istokova he 'didn't mean to kill that girl' but she was 'scared' to inform the authorities following the shocking murder

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22 h. ago Man told 999 'I've just killed my girlfriend in the hot tub' Scots court hears

Aren Pearson denies murder by stabbing Claire Leveque, compressing her neck, and holding her head under water.

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23 h. ago Boy, 16, was killed 'in the blink of an eye' when he was stabbed in the neck at New Year's Eve fireworks display on Primrose Hill, court hears

Harry Pitman, 16, died in front of revellers who had gathered to celebrate on December 31, 2023.

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