6 h. ago Hong Kong begins three days of mourning after deadly apartment fires

Families are combing hospitals hoping to find their loved ones as about 200 people still listed as missing, and at least 128 killedAn outpouring of grief was set to sweep Hong Kong on Saturday as an official, three-day mourning period began with a moment of silence for the 128 people killed in one of the city’s deadliest fires.City leader John Lee, along with senior ministers and dozens of top civil servants, stood in silence for three minutes on Saturday morning outside the government headquarters, where the flags of China and Hong Kong were flown at half-mast. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Moment man who killed his girlfriend’s brother on night they first met is arrested by cops sobbing ‘I’m terrified’

THIS is the moment a man who killed his girlfriend's brother on the first night they met is snared by cops. Drunk driver Stephen Bates sobbed "I'm going to prison" as officers arrested him on April 18 this year. CCTV footage shows the tragic moment the 42-year-old speeds down a residential street in Woolton, Liverpool....

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15 h. ago Moment man who ran over and killed his girlfriend's brother on night they first met sobs 'I'm going to jail!' as he's arrested by police

Martin O'Donovan died aged 47 after being hit by Stephen Bates' Ford Fiesta outside his sister's home on Stonyhurst Road in Woolton, Liverpool, following his mum's 70th birthday party.

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19 h. ago Drunk man 'deliberately drove at' girlfriend's brother and killed him within hours of meeting

Stephen Bates, 42, murdered Martin O'Donovan, 47, after a boozy birthday party brawl

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19 h. ago Man who 'deliberately drove at' girlfriend's brother and killed him jailed for life

Stephen Bates, 42, murdered Martin O'Donovan, 47, after a drunken birthday party brawl

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21 h. ago Heartbreaking moment Brit dad cradles baby just minutes before he was killed in jet ski crash in front of loving partner

HEARTBREAKING footage shows a Brit dad cradling his baby daughter just minutes before he was killed in a jet ski crash. Ali Watson, 28, was captured enjoying a boat ride in Dubai with girlfriend Charlotte Lescott and little Soulie after the family moved there for a "better start". In the video, which was shared by...

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21 h. ago Chilling moment emotionless killer Ernestas Juska told cops 'I killed my mum's friend'

Chilling footage shows the moment Ernestas Juska was arrested by police after stabbing a family friend to death in his home while she slept

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24 h. ago Shocking moment passenger puts taxi driver in a chokehold before threatening to kill him

This is the shocking moment a passenger puts a taxi driver in a chokehold before threatening to kill him.

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37 h. ago Boy among five people arrested as murder cops probe death of man in 50s

Last night's incident has also been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

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64 h. ago A woman’s body was found floating in San Francisco Bay 40 years ago. Thanks to her daughter, cops finally made an arrest

Investigators credit the persistence of the victim’s daughter for keeping the case alive

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3 d. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

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4 d. ago Cops swarm Greater Manchester suburb and raid homes as 15 arrests made

It has been two weeks since the major crackdown launched

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4 d. ago Scottish cop mercilessly mocked over 'Rab C Nesbitt' style arrest of two thieves

The officer caught the young men trying to sell a stolen phone but it is the arrest video police posted on Facebook that has grabbed social media users' attention.

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4 d. ago Late passengers chase their plane on the runway after missing the flight... and are arrested by German police

Two passengers late for their flight have been arrested by German cops after trying to chase the plane down on the runway of an airport. 

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4 d. ago Mum who had nose bitten off and 'swallowed' by dog reveals face after 16 surgeries

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Jordan Wilson, 29, was visiting her brother-in-law and his girlfriend when the latter's Boerboel mauled her, biting off her entire nose and, she believes, swallowing it

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7 d. ago Sadio Mane already opened up on Man Utd transfer agreement before 'killer' Jurgen Klopp moment

Sadio Mane on the moment he decided to turn down Manchester United for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool

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7 d. ago Chilling moment killer attacks OAP with screwdriver in botched car park robbery

Neil O’Donnell, 83, was treated in hospital for an arm injury caused by one of the attackers grappling with him but sadly his health deteriorated and he died a week later

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7 d. ago Teenage girl arrested after woman in her 50s found dead inside house as cops probe ‘serious incident’

A WOMAN in her 50s has been found dead inside a home as cops arrest a teenage girl in connection with the "serious incident". Police were called to a property in Moredon, Wilts., at around 7pm today. Officers discovered a woman inside the house, in Baydon Close, who was sadly pronounced dead at the scene....

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7 d. ago Man and woman caught having sex in front of children & horrified parents in churchyard arrested

A MAN and woman were caught having sex in a churchyard in front of horrified children. The shamed couple were spotted in the act at around 3.30pm on Thursday at St Peter's Church in Suffolk. Shocked children and their parents reported the incident, which unfolded on the church porch, to local police. Cops later arrested...

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7 d. ago Chilling footage shows moment killer attacks man with screwdriver in botched car park robbery

THIS is the chilling moment a killer attacks a pensioner with a screwdriver in a failed attempt to steal his watch. Two men are facing jail after Neil O'Donnell, 83, tragically died just a week after the botched robbery in Hall Green, West Midlands. Neil was visiting his partner at a rehabilitation centre when he...

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