6 h. ago Little girl shot in 'racially aggravated' attack on residential street

The nine-year-old victim was hit with an airgun around 1.30pm in Chakeshill Drive, Bristol.

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6 h. ago Part of Yellowstone National Park closed after hiker attacked by bear

A grizzly killed a woman just west of Yellowstone in 2023

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6 h. ago Girl, nine, is shot three times in 'racially aggravated assault': Police hunting for 'teenager with airgun'

The little girl is understood to have been hit thrice by a pellet at around 1.30pm in Chakeshill Drive, Brentry in Bristol on September 2. Now police are searching for the offender.

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8 h. ago Man bailed after arrest over ‘racially aggravated’ rape of Sikh woman in West Midlands

Police call on public for information as campaigners demand government address increased threat and ‘anti-Sikh hate’Police investigating the rape of a British-born Sikh woman in a racially aggravated attack in the West Midlands have made a fresh appeal for public help as they bailed an arrested man.The woman, in her 20s, reported being attacked by two white men while she was on her way to work in Oldbury on the morning of Tuesday 9 September. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Girl, 9, shot in 'racially aggravated' broad daylight attack in UK city

The victim, a nine-year-old girl, was shot with an airgun around 1.30pm in Chakeshill Drive, Brentry and was hit three times by a pellet and has been left traumatised

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10 h. ago Man arrested in connection with ‘racially motivated rape’ of Sikh woman bailed

The victim, reported to be a British-born Sikh in her 20s, told police that a racist remark was made to her during the sexual assault.

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13 h. ago West Lothian woman launches initiative to support stressed healthcare staff

Mahnaz Sharif has created Better Boundaries – a series of small-group online workshops designed to help nurses, carers, and professional women protect their energy, reduce overwhelm, and sustain their performance without guilt.

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3 d. ago Man arrested after rape of Sikh woman in 'racially motivated attack'

The British-born Sikh woman was attacked on her way to work and was allegedly told 'you don't belong in this country, get out'

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3 d. ago Man arrested after rape of Sikh woman in 'racially motivated attack' in Oldbury

The British-born Sikh woman was attacked on her way to work and, during the ordeal near Tame Road in Oldbury, West Midlands, she was allegedly told "you don't belong in this country, get out"

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3 d. ago Man arrested in connection with ‘racially motivated rape’ of Sikh woman

The victim told officers a racist remark was made to her during the sexual assault in the Tame Road area of Oldbury, West Midlands, on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Man arrested over ‘racially motivated’ rape of woman in West Midlands

British-born Sikh woman in her 20s tells police a racist remark was made during assault in OldburyA man has been arrested after a Sikh woman said she had been left “deeply affected” by what police are treating as a racially motivated rape in the West Midlands.The woman, described as a British-born Sikh in her 20s, told police a racist remark was made to her during the assault in the Tame Road area of Oldbury on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sikh woman raped in ‘brutal and racist’ attack speaks out as police hunt two men

The Sikh Federation UK said the perpetrators told the woman ‘You don’t belong in this country, get out’

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4 d. ago MPs express shock after alleged racially motivated rape of Sikh woman

West Midlands detectives are looking for two white male suspects after incident involving 20-year-old in OldburyMPs have expressed their shock at reports of the racially motivated rape of a 20-year-old Sikh woman, said to have occurred in broad daylight.Detectives are looking for two white male suspects alleged to have racially abused the woman during the assault – they believe one suspect had a shaved head and wore gloves. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Police investigate ‘racially motivated attack’ after Sikh woman reports rape

It is understood the British-victim was told by her attackers: ‘You don’t belong in this country, get out.’

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2 w. ago 'I lived with Fred and Rose West and spotted something truly terrifying in my bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A woman who lived in Fred and Rose West's house of horrors as a teenager has spoken out about the moment she realised she was living with serial killers

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2 w. ago Woman is killed by ‘massive’ tree branch that snapped in windy weather

Greater Manchester Police said death not being treated as suspicious

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2 w. ago Woman, in her 40s, dies after being hit by 'massive' tree branch that snapped in windy weather

The woman, in her 40s, died on Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, when the branch plummeted onto her on Saturday evening, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed.

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2 w. ago Man and woman are arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated assault after British NHS nurse 'attacked in park by couple who asked if she "came here on a rubber boat"'

A couple who were walking their dog demanded to know if the nurse, an NHS worker of 12 years, 'came here on a rubber boat' and hurled water and grabbed her hair in an alleged assault

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2 w. ago ‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers

When Kathleen Richards rented a room at 25 Cromwell Street, she quickly realised the couple who owned it had a dark side. But even after their arrest, there was something about her 15 months at the house that she could never tell anyone – until nowKathleen Richards knows how lucky she is to be alive. In 1979, she woke up in bed to find the serial killer Fred West on top of her. It was by no means the first time West had assaulted the 17-year-old, but it was the last. This time, she managed to escape from the room she was renting at 25 Cromwell Street, perhaps Britain’s most notorious address, where Fred and Rose West raped, tortured and murdered so many girls and young women. Fred West took his own life in January 1995 while on remand, charged with 12 murders. Rose West was convicted of 10 murders later that year and is serving a whole-life sentence.In her own way, Richards has also been serving a life sentence. Today, she is a youthful, likable and traumatised 65-year-old. How...

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3 w. ago Boy, 15, and man, 54, bailed after arrest following fire at Ilford restaurant

Five people, three women and two men, were injured in the incident in east London on Friday evening

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