3 h. ago Police hunt man who exposed himself to two women on cycle path in Scots town

The incident happened near Glasgow Road in Dumfries and police have released a description of the man.

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8 h. ago Kids held in Glasgow police cells for “inappropriate” length of time

Inspectors found a number of children were being held in custody for long periods despite being charged with “minor offences”.

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69 h. ago Five teens charged after video shows group ransack Scots supermarket

Five teens have been charged after police were called to the Morrisons supermarket in Glasgow Road, Dumbarton, after a group of youths entered the store and caused a disturbance and stole items.

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3 d. ago Man found injured on Glasgow M8 as police advise to 'avoid area'

There have been huge delays on the M8 this morning near Glashow Airport.

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3 d. ago Teen girl and police officer in hospital after Glasgow high speed car chase

The 15-year-old girl was a passenger in a vehicle which was involved in a police chase and crash.

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6 d. ago The secret bond that helped two captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists

Barely known to each other before they were abducted by the brutal al-Shabaab militants, a friendship forged in adversity helped them and their children find safetyAncha*, who was 20, had been kidnapped and held captive in a house in northern Mozambique for two months when 17-year-old Fatima* was brought there. What their captors did not know – even after the young women’s daring escape together – was that they were cousins.Both had grown up around Mucojo, a small coastal town 130 miles (210km) south of the Tanzanian border, from where they had been abducted in separate raids in 2020 by Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamaa militants, an Islamic State-affiliated group known locally as al-Shabaab (though it has no links with the Islamist militants of the same name in Somalia). Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Man 'armed with blade' arrested as 'army of cops' swarm Glasgow street

Dozens of officers including armed units swarmed Pinmore Street in Glasgow around 8pm on Monday, February 24. Multiple police cars were lined up along the street.

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1 week ago Man found dead at Glasgow home as police probe unexplained death

A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault.

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1 week ago Funeral held for 2 Detroit kids who died in cold while family gets promise of a home

A group has stepped forward in Detroit to provide a home for the surviving family members of two children who died in a cold van

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