32 h. ago Caught up in a violent attack, would you be a hero – or would you run? Both can be valuable | Emma Kavanagh

Last weekend’s Cambridgeshire train attack brought up a question that we often ask ourselves. But the answer isn’t simple Emma Kavanagh is a psychologist who has worked for the police and the militaryThe devastating attack on train passengers in Cambridgeshire last weekend was shocking. There has been talk of heroes who risked their lives to help others, and of those who hid to save their lives. If you are anything like me, you will be asking yourself: what if that were me? How would I cope? And just who would I turn out to be when the worst happens?Some of us imagine that we would vault to the rescue, fighting off attackers. Others, perhaps the more realistic among us, anticipate flight, extricating ourselves from the situation as quickly and efficiently as possible. Most of us would like to think that we would stay our urge to run, lingering long enough to offer aid to those in need.Emma Kavanagh is a psychologist who worked for many years for the police and military. Her books in...

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56 h. ago Thousands demand 'personal defence' legal pepper spray after Huntingdon train stabbing

A petition for 'personal defence' sprays to be legalised is gathering momentum as backers say they feel powerless to stop violent attackers

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56 h. ago Schoolgirl punched and kicked as laughing mob watches in horror footage

A devastated mum says her daughter is terrified to return to school after she was kicked and punched by a group of youths while walking home

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58 h. ago Mum horrified after video shows daughter being violently attacked while mob watches and laughs

Shocking footage of the horrendous attack on October 16 shows teenagers viciously punching the girl to the ground.

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67 h. ago Violent scenes as rival kebab shop families brawl in the street with metal poles and sticks

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3 d. ago Man who brutally murdered toddler in her own home dies in prison

Kyle Bevan was jailed for life after brutally murdering two-year-old Lola James in a "sustained, deliberate and very violent" attack at a house in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 2020

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3 d. ago Police attacked with fireworks as violent disorder erupts on Birmingham streets

Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder after a night of unrest in Birmingham. Police said they also seized weapons in response to officers being attacked

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3 d. ago Little Lola was murdered in a sustained, deliberate, and violent attack

Kyle Bevan was two and a half years into a minimum sentence of 28 years after he beat and killed two-year-old Lola James in Pembrokeshire in 2020

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4 d. ago Neighbour of Huntingdon 'rail attacker' called police about a violent ambush on his car a week before train stabbings

Jan Krawczenko, 46, said a 'very, very aggressive' man leapt out from the pavement and began kicking his car in the early hours of October 25.

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4 d. ago Southport killer's brother tells inquiry of 'frequent, violent outbursts' years before attack

Axel Rudakubana's older brother was giving evidence at an inquiry into the triple murder

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5 d. ago Kash Patel releases images of suspect as he doubles down on claims FBI stopped ISIS

Patel announced Friday that the FBI arrested multiple suspects in Michigan ‘who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend’

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6 d. ago 'I was spared by train attack knifeman after screaming four desperate words'

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7 d. ago Gillian McKeith's daughter plunged into Miss England controversy as video 'too raunchy'

Afton McKeith, 24, has made it to the final of Miss England - but was told her entry video was 'too sexy' for the competition and she would have to tone it down for the final

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7 d. ago Miss England controversy as video of celeb's daughter deemed 'too raunchy'

Afton McKeith, 24, has made it to the final of Miss England - but was told her entry video was 'too sexy' for the competition and she would have to tone it down for the final

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7 d. ago Girl rushed to hospital after pitbull 'took her face off' as mum feared she would 'bleed to death'

The violent dog attack has left bother mum and daughter traumatised with Alexis Higham fearing for her daughter's life as she tried to wrestle the dog off.

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8 d. ago Big Brother's Cameron Cole left with black eye and cuts on face after homophobic attack

A Big Brother star has revealed he was out celebrating his birthday when he was 'targeted with homophobia and slurs' before he was violently attacked when he was along

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8 d. ago Almost one in eight prisoners are now foreign nationals: The overseas criminals committing rapes, murders and violent attacks in the UK

The latest Ministry of Justice statistics show that the number of foreign nationals in Britain's jails has grown by more than three per cent in a year to 10,737.

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9 d. ago FBI Director Patel says multiple people were arrested in Michigan in a Halloween weekend attack plot

FBI Director Kash Patel says federal officials have arrested multiple people in Michigan who had allegedly been plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend

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