6 h. ago ‘Cheeky, kind and full of life’: Mum pays tribute to boy, seven, killed in drugs lab explosion as man jailed

Reece Galbraith jailed for 14 years after explosion in Newcastle terraced street that killed two peopleA man operating a cannabis drugs lab which caused an explosion in a terraced street has been jailed for 14 years for the deaths of two people, including a seven-year-old boy.The boy, Archie York, was asleep in the flat above the drugs lab being run by Reece Galbraith, 33, when the blast happened in the Benwell area of Newcastle in the early hours of 16 October 2024. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago ‘You killed my son’: Explosion victim’s mother sobs as cannabis gummy dealer sentenced

Archie York was just seven years old when the blast ripped through his family’s home

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9 h. ago Man killed boy, 7, in explosion while making cannabis sweets – today he learned his fate

Reece Galbraith was making cannabis gummies in the flat below little Archie York's home, when a huge explosion killed the boy and Galbraith's own friend

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13 h. ago Man to be sentenced over cannabis lab explosion which killed friend and child

Reece Galbraith has admitted manslaughter following the blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.

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18 h. ago Man sentenced for cannabis plant explosion which killed friend and boy, seven

Reece Galbraith has admitted manslaughter following the blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.

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62 h. ago Cannibal killed friend, cooked him and sold disguised meat to family to eat

Vladimir Nikolayev, 65, was convicted in 1997 of the murders of two men in the city of Novocheboksarsk, western Russia - he dismembered the bodies and sold the meat on to unsuspecting locals

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5 d. ago Falkirk drug crime: Addiction charity volunteer caught with cannabis worth £92,800

Jack McGuire was sentenced to three years in prison for being concerned in the supply of cannabis.

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9 d. ago Heartbreaking moment WW2 veteran salutes graves of 'friends who didn't come back'

Geoff Roberts, 99, is one of the last few survivors of the Battle of Arnhem, which saw 1,754 Allied sailors and airmen killed, and has returned to his friend's graves every year for 60 years

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1 week ago The dark true story behind Netflix's Angi: Maria Angeles Molina killed her friend then used semen from a brothel to make it look as though she'd been raped and murdered

María Ángeles Molina, known as Angi, from Barcelona, killed her friend Ana Páez then used semen from brothel to make it look as though she'd been raped and murdered.

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2 w. ago Murderer orders pizza to victim’s house after killing friend

A murderer ordered a pizza after violently attacking and killing his friend in Nottingham on 17 September 2024.

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2 w. ago Chilling moment killer in bloodstained trainers collects pizza after stamping on his friend's head

Killer Caine Lonsdale was caught on video collecting a takaway pizza in bloodstained trainers after stamping on his friend's head at an address in Clifton, Nottingham.

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2 w. ago Murderer jailed for life after killing 'gentle giant' and making 999 call

A murderer who dialled 999 to calmly report he had killed his friend has been handed a life sentence.

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2 w. ago ‘Steer clear, drink beer’: Teach teens the dangers of methanol poisoning says best friend of killed Laos tourist

Following the death of her friend, Bethany Clarke says the dangers of methanol poisoning should be on the school curriculum

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3 w. ago Teen driver who killed best friend when ploughing into wall at 70mph in Vauxhall Corsa is jailed for six years

Inexperienced and 'reckless' new motorist Finley Lintott-Warrillow, then 19, killed' Brandon Cousens, 18, when he crashed into a garden wall in Southampton.

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3 w. ago Woman, 90, battered best friend to death with a saucepan over a melting Magnum ice cream

A woman was arrested and stood trial in court after a bicker with her friend got completely out of hand when she appeared to kill her after an argument over melted ice cream

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3 w. ago Girl, 14, torn to pieces by hungry lion in front of horrified friend as they walked home

Peace Mwende was heading to her home in Rongai, a shanty town suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday with a friend when she was attacked and killed by the big cat

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3 w. ago A friend killed, and inquiries shelved: life fighting the stigma of albinism in Malawi

People with albinism are often attacked and even killed for body parts. As elections approach, activist Tonney Mkwapatira fears the situation may get worseTonney Mkwapatira was making a rare visit back to his home village from the Malawian city of Blantyre when he saw his childhood friend for the last time. Just a week after Mkwapatira returned to Blantyre he heard that his friend, a security guard for a church, had been murdered.“His name was Chikumbutso Masina and we used to chat almost every day. We looked alike and it was painful when people missed him because they used to ask me questions like, “Oh we heard that you had died?” It really touched me and I will never forget,” he says. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prince Harry 'made catastrophic decision after marrying Meghan Markle' charity local claims

Prince Harry founded the Sentebale charity back in 2006 alongside his friend Prince Seeiso, but he's been accused of "killing the spirit" with his alleged diminishing involvement

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4 w. ago Moment murderer arrested for killing friend after ‘childish’ eyebrow prank

Police footage captures the moment a murderer was arrested after killing his friend following an eyebrow prank.

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4 w. ago Lego boss and close friend of Danish royal family killed in skiing accident

Michael Halbye, 64, had been skiing in the Verbier region on Saturday when he fell off piste and was fatally injured

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