2 h. ago Seaside town's main road will soon be underwater but there's a row over what happens next

A consultation has been launched for a proposed new road in Newgale that would, in time, replace the existing one, but another option has been suggested

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6 h. ago Man and woman attacked on town's main street at night in major disturbance

The incident happened at 10pm on Saturday, with the attack taking place on Elgin’s Main Street.

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66 h. ago Woman 'attacked little girl with burning hot iron' and told her 'I don't love you'

Celie Placius, 43, has been jailed after a little girl told Palm Springs police she burned her forearm with a hot iron while telling her "I’m not your friend and I don’t love you anymore"

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3 d. ago Woman who stabbed man, 61, to death in racist attack after calling herself the 'Charles Bronson of Bristol' told care worker she was going to 'get the Jamaican drug dealer' minutes earlier

A woman who stabbed a man to death in a racist and unprovoked attack had asked her care worker that she be sent back to hospital minutes before the killing.

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3 d. ago Woman killed man in unprovoked attack after asking to be sent back to hospital

Christina Howell stabbed Hubert Brown to death in a racist and unprovoked attack, the sentencing judge said.

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4 d. ago Gang of crazed monkeys kill mum as she's covered with boiling water

There's been an uptick in monkey-related violence in across Indian villages after a woman was killed when a troop of menacing monkeys attacked her while she was carrying bath water

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5 d. ago Dead victim's evidence helps put Scots rapist behind bars for nearly eight years

Ricki Anderson attacked the woman on a car journey between East Lothian and Dumfries.

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5 d. ago Police launch robbery blitz at London Tube stations after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher in latest shocking attack

The Standard joins British Transport Police officers on patrol at two busy stations in east London

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5 d. ago Coronation Street airs bombshell as villain makes unwelcome return

Coronation Street aired new confessions about a character's past on Wednesday night as they came face-to-face with an estranged relative after years apart on the ITV soap

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5 d. ago Gang of girls 'attack elderly man and woman' in separate incidents on train

British Transport Police have today released CCTV images of three teenage girls believed to be behind the attacks, which took place on Tuesday 18 March in south London.

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5 d. ago Brute who repeatedly attacked woman with a pair of garden shears is jailed for four years and six months

Alan Brook, 49, assaulted the victim at her home on September 14, 2024, where she had been looking after his dog.

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5 d. ago Man loses part of hand after saving mum and newborn baby in brutal dog attack

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES. William Newbury, 22, lost two fingers after stepping in to save a woman and her new born baby from three dogs attacking them in Cardiff, Wales

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6 d. ago Hero bystander suffers horror injuries as he stops woman and newborn baby being attacked by three dogs

William Newbury, 22, had been dropping off gifts for a friend on Mother's Day when he was forced to leap through a window to stop the attack.

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6 d. ago At least 28 tourists killed by suspected militants in Kashmir attack

Group of gunmen open fire on holidaymakers in Indian-controlled region in midst of US vice-president’s visit to countryAt least 28 tourists have been killed after suspected militants opened fire at a popular local tourist destination in Indian-administered Kashmir in the midst of a visit to the country by US vice-president JD Vance.The attack occurred in the Baisaran Valley, a picturesque meadow in Pahalgam, a well-known tourist town located 90 kilometres south of Srinagar, the region’s main city, in what officials are describing as the deadliest attack on civilians in the region in recent years. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Woman 'raped' near Glasgow Sheriff Court in early hours attack

Images from the scene show the area taped off as uniformed officers stand guard.

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9 d. ago Noble cause: meet the drag kings holding court in Australia’s queer spaces

As drag queens find a place in the mainstream spotlight, their counterparts are taking back the underground scene with theatrical performances that celebrate a marginalised communityGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt’s just past 11pm on a warm Wednesday night at Sircuit bar in Smith Street Collingwood, in Melbourne’s inner north. The venue is filling up with an assorted crowd of predominantly punky and boyish-looking people of all genders. There’s no shortage of fauxhawks, baseball caps and mullets in the room.Holi Dae Knight, introducing the drag king show tonight called SlayBoy, has just taken to the stage in a green sequined dress, hot pink hair and a full moustache and bushy beard performing Cher’s Believe. It’s the last night of a three week season of SlayBoy and the crowd is here to see drag kings. The first performers are Justin Sider and Johnny Cocksville doing a version of Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy – they strut wildly on stage simulating raunchiness but it’s...

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9 d. ago Sectarian attack forces heavily pregnant woman from home as 'GET OUT' sprayed on car

The words "get out" were found spray-painted on the bonnet and doors of her car, while the tyres had been also been slashed.

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1 week ago Dead body found in UK town centre as police swarm area and block gardens off

Police officers swarmed to the picturesque gardens in the tree-lined main street in Southport town centre after reports of a sudden death on Friday morning, it has been comfirmed

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1 week ago Boy, 7, dies after eating 'poisoned Easter egg woman dropped off at ex's house'

A seven-year-old boy has died and two family members are in hospital after allegedly eating a poisoned Easter egg sent by a woman believed to be a jealous ex in a 'revenge' attack

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1 week ago Assault victim who took out his anger on his girlfriend jailed

Mark Tierney, 29, attacked the woman over a sustained period by punching, kicking and choking her, and hitting her with a candle.

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