7 h. ago Man who killed boy, 7, in explosion while making cannabis gummies jailed

Archie York was asleep on the sofa with his father when the explosion ripped through the home

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8 h. ago What is cannabis shatter? The drug that caused deadly Newcastle blast

The process of making the drug is ‘inherently dangerous’, prosecutor says

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8 h. ago Man who killed child in blast while making cannabis gummies jailed for 14 years

Reece Galbraith and his friend Jason ‘Jay’ Laws were using a Newcastle flat as a drugs lab when a blast ripped through the building.

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8 h. ago Parents of boy, 7 killed in cannabis gummies blast will never forgive 'selfish' dealers

Little Archie York was fast asleep in his bed when cannabis dealer, Reece Galbraith caused a devastating explosion killing him and Galbraith's pal, Jason Laws in Newcastle

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10 h. ago Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them | Ahmad Ibsais

This US citizen was shot by Israeli forces in April. There was no warning, no investigation but worst of all – no outcry from the westAmer Mohammed Rabea was 14 years old. He was a US citizen. On 7 April 2025, he was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Turmus Ayya. There was no warning. No investigation. Just a bullet, a body and a silence so deep it threatens to swallow justice whole.The killing of a child should rupture the world. Instead, Amer’s death joined a growing ledger of erased Palestinian lives, tallied but never mourned by those in power. There was no state department briefing. No congressional statement. No public grieving for a child born under two flags, killed under a third. Even in death, Amer was made stateless. Continue reading...

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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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32 h. ago Indian reserve tigress kills forest ranger in second attack on humans in as many months

Big cat killed seven-year-old child in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve last month

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53 h. ago UK special forces veterans accuse colleagues of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan

Former personnel describe soldiers exhibiting ‘psychopathic traits’ and executions of handcuffed prisonersFormer UK special forces personnel have accused colleagues of committing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, including alleging that they executed civilians and a child.Graphic accounts of routine executions of handcuffed prisoners and the killings of people in their sleep were handed to the BBC, which reported that weapons were planted during cover-ups. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago M4 crash: Child killed as minibus flips over in horror tragedy with several others injured

The M4 in Berkshire was closed in both directions following the single vehicle collision on Sunday afternoon - with one child dead and several others left injured

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7 d. ago Hollyoaks child killer return confirmed two years after causing multiple deaths

Waterloo Road star Zak Sutcliffe is taking on the role of Bobby Costello who is set to make a shock return to Hollyoaks in the coming weeks after two years from the village

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7 d. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claimed strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’India-Pakistan crisis - live updatesAt least eight people, including a child, have been killed and 35 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Loud explosions were heard early on Wednesday, and power was knocked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Hegseth’s sudden arms halt ‘cost US up to $2.2m’ – report

Missile attack against Kyiv after deadly strike on Sumy; Zelenskyy seeks ramp-up of drone interceptor development. What we know on day 1,169 The Pentagon under Pete Hegseth stopped arms shipments to Ukraine in February without being ordered to do so by Donald Trump, the newly inaugurated president, Reuters reports. The order – which the news agency said blindsided top US national security officials, and the Ukrainians – was reversed within a week, but it cost up to $US2.2m to cancel the 11 flights involved, according to records. Reuters said records showed Hegseth gave a verbal order for the stoppage after a 30 January Oval Office meeting where only the idea of stopping military assistance was discussed.Ukraine’s air defence units were trying repel a missile attack on Kyiv, the mayor said, after explosions shook the city just after 1am local time on Wednesday. A Russian ballistic missile attack killed three people including a child at Sumy in Ukraine and wounded 10 other people – mo...

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7 d. ago The Latest: India fires missiles across the border with Pakistan, killing at least 1, officials say

India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said

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7 d. ago Child killed as India fires missiles across Pakistan border, officials say

It follows rising tensions after militants killed 26 civilians in a resort town in Indian-administered Kashmir

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8 d. ago Man, 49, charged with murdering woman and trying to kill five others including child after 'hit and run attacks' in Rochdale

Keith Micheal Knight, 49, of no fixed abode, was arrested after a black BMW was driven into people at two locations in Rochdale, Greater Manchester on Saturday afternoon.

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9 d. ago Driver 'suffering mental health episode' killed woman and injured mother and child in pram after 'deliberately' ploughing into pedestrians

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed a 49-year-old man was arrested after a black BMW was driven into people at two locations on Saturday afternoon.

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1 week ago I was in prison with one of Britain's most notorious child killers... he strutted about like he was king of the hill

The killer was housed at Lancaster Farms Young Offenders Institute while he awaited trial for a murder which shocked the nation.

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1 week ago Cause of plane fire that killed Welsh dad 'unknown', inquest rules

Richard Osman was on his way to work in Egypt just three weeks after the birth of his second child when he was one of 66 people killed in the crash

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1 week ago Sick Death Row child killer gorged on lavish final meal hours before lethal injection

Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, was convicted of the murders of his girlfriend Renee Flaherty, 32, and her three children Geoffrey, 9, Amanada, 7, and Logan, 4, in 1998.

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1 week ago Sick child killer executed after court ruled 'Gulf War syndrome' wasn't excuse for murders shook as he died

Jeffrey Hutchinson murdered his girlfriend and her three children in their home while her eldest son watched has been executed, despite claiming 'Gulf War syndrome'

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