41 h. ago Gunman's getaway driver jailed after shooter fired 11 times at home of rival 'gang leader' amid 'turf war'

A woman in the house had to 'take cover as the bullets were scattered throughout the downstairs lounge', police said

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3 d. ago Truck driver who murdered wife and buried her underneath stairs jailed for life

Tina’s family said they will ‘never be able to forgive’ him

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5 d. ago 'Very heavy' man sues Walt Disney World after injuring himself on water slide

A man has claimed a Disney water slide launched him through the ride at 'exhilarating speed' so powerful his 334lb body was left 'momentarily airborne' caused him to suffer 'catastrophic injuries'

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5 d. ago Man who caused 'catastrophe' when driving his date home is jailed

Mazyar Azarbonyad caused a 'catastrophic' crash on the A1

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6 d. ago A killer driver, a predatory gymnastics coach and Just Stop Oil activists jailed this week in Greater Manchester

Prison terms are handed out to the worst offenders

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9 d. ago Switzerland's ticking time bomb: Two MORE villages face being wiped out after glacier's catastrophic collapse

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region collapsed yesterday, sending millions of tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below

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1 week ago Astonishing moment drunk driver flips his car on its side before driving away

Danail Angelov, 20, sent his black Fiat 500 flying when he raced over the speed bump on a quiet residential street in Blaenymaes area of Swansea, south Wales on April 22, 2024.

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1 week ago Manchester tram crash: Driver's cocaine binge and massage parlour visits before tragedy

Little Louisa Palmisano was killed when a van driver mounted the pavement and ploughed into her and her parents before crashing into a tram. Now the driver has been jailed for 12 years

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1 week ago Manchester driver's cocaine binge and massage parlour visits before tram crash tragedy

Little Louisa Palmisano was killed when a van driver mounted the pavement and ploughed into her and her parents before crashing into a tram. Now the driver has been jailed for 12 years

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1 week ago Driver jailed for killing girl, 3, in crash after taking 20 lines of cocaine

Rawal Rehman, 36, of Lambton Road, Manchester, was given a 12-year sentence at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Brit arrested in Bali on drug charges avoids death penalty and is sentenced to 10 months in jail after 'taking a package of MDMA from a taxi driver'

A British man arrested in Bali for allegedly taking a package containing just over a kilogram of MDMA from a taxi driver has avoided the death penalty.  

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2 w. ago Man 'driven by profit' spared jail over Rottweiler puppies kept in tiny bathroom

'Mr Lynch was clearly not a fit person to be owning animals'

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2 w. ago Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn

Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis findsSea level rise will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to “catastrophic inland migration”, the scientists behind a new study have warned. This scenario may unfold even if the average level of heating over the last decade of 1.2C continues into the future.The loss of ice from the giant Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s due to the climate crisis and is now the principal driver of sea level rise. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cruel Jeep driver who deliberately massacred 25 seagulls by mowing them down on a beach is jailed

James Shephard Travis, 64, pleaded guilty to first-degree animal cruelty and reckless driving after slaughtering the seagulls on Klipsan Beach near Ocean Park, Washington.

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3 w. ago ‘Miracle baby’ killed by drug driver in horror car crash was ejected from window

A driver was jailed for 14 years after his awful drug-driving led to the death of a four-month-old baby - Craig Nunn 'deliberately disregarded the rules of the road'

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3 w. ago Driver is jailed for seven years after 75mph horror crash that killed two teen best friends on their way to prom

Kiea McCann, 17 and Dlava Mohamed, 16, died after the car they were travelling in, which was being driven by Anthony McGinn, crashed into a tree

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4 w. ago 'The family will one day have to tell her child why mummy is not coming back, ever'

A driver and his 'gears man' have been jailed after a fatal crash killed a young mum

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