3 d. ago Inside the 58 hours that saw French police free a crypto hostage whose finger was chopped off

Police tracked the gang to a house in the Essonne region south of Paris

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3 d. ago 'Jackpot!' How French police freed a cryptocurrency hostage whose finger was severed for ransom

A French police commander has detailed 58 hours of drama, terror and finally relief that marked the latest kidnapping of people working in the cryptocurrency business

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3 d. ago Major terror attack 'was just hours away' before being foiled by UK police sting

Counter-terror officers and Special Forces raided two suspected Iranian cells in a ‘highly significant’ operation to tackle growing activity by the hostile state in the UK.

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3 d. ago Iranian terror attack 'hours from being launched' before being foiled by police

Eight arrested in UK’s biggest separate anti-terror operations for years, says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

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3 d. ago UK terror attack 'foiled just hours before it was set to take place' as police swoop in

Two suspected Iranian terror cells were raided on Saturday in a sweeping operation specifically targeting groups believed to be working on behalf of the state against the UK

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3 d. ago Major UK terror attack 'was just hours away' before being foiled by police

Counter-terror officers and Special Forces raided two suspected Iranian cells in a ‘highly significant’ operation to tackle growing activity by the hostile state in the UK

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3 d. ago Major terror attack 'was just HOURS away' before it was foiled by the special forces and police: Seven Iranians arrested in raids after 'biggest counter

Counter-terror officers and Special Forces raided two suspected Iranian cells in a 'highly significant' operation to tackle growing activity by the hostile state in the UK.

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4 d. ago Father of teen fatally shot by Cincinnati police allegedly kills officer with his car

Man who became distraught after viewing footage of the fatal shooting of his son crashed into officer the next day, authorities sayThe distraught father of an 18-year-old shot and killed by police in Cincinnati allegedly killed a police officer with his car less than 24 hours after the death of his son.The double killing has shocked the Ohio city amid ongoing concerns about American law enforcement’s involvement in lethal encounters with citizens. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Family pay heartbreaking tribute to boy, 16, who drowned while swimming in popular park

Valentine Ikechukwu, 16, vanished while in the water at Colwick Country Park in Nottingham on Wednesday evening. His body was found three hours later by police divers

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8 d. ago 11 high school lacrosse players face felony kidnapping charges after hazing ritual goes too far

The Westhill High School students have been given 48 hours to turn themselves in to police

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1 week ago Police swarm to Costa Coffee after early hours stabbing causes major disruption

The police response to a reported stabbing in Seven Sisters partially blocked a major road in both directions while investigations were carried out

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1 week ago London Marathon participant running on 18th birthday 'for my mum'

London Marathon's youngest participant lost her mum when she was just nine - now she is spending her 18th birthday taking part in the race in her memory

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2 w. ago Lorde takes over New York park for new single launch hours after police made fans disperse

Lorde fans swarmed a park in New York City as the singer debuted her new single "What Was That" on Tuesday, 22 April.

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl lay dead on her bedroom floor for nearly 10 hours as 'police and ambulance argued over who should take her body to hospital'

Lucy Grant, 17, was already 'blue and quite stiff' by the time paramedics arrived and was declared dead at her family home in Johnstone, Scotland.

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2 w. ago ‘Grandpa robbers’ accused of Kim Kardashian jewel heist to face Paris trial

Armed thieves broke into reality TV star’s flat in France in 2016, making off with possessions worth millions of eurosA group of pensioners nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” will go on trial in Paris next week, charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the US TV reality star Kim Kardashian when she attended Paris fashion week in 2016.In what was considered the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years, Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her bedroom in central Paris by armed thieves dressed as police officers in the early hours of 3 October 2016. The thieves escaped with up to an estimated €10m in jewellery. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brit man 'lynched and burned alive' in Ecuador as baying mob storm police station

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: A British man was dragged from a police station and burned alive in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador hours after he was arrested by local police on suspicion of murder

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3 w. ago Seven people arrested and crossbow recovered after disturbance in Salford

Police issued a 24-hour dispersal order in Salford spanning Cheetham Street West, Littleton Road, Poppy Lane, Langley Road South and Lissadel Street.

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3 w. ago Man 'stabbed' in early hours attack as police tape off Edinburgh road

Images from the scene this morning show a huge police presence with cordons erected outside of homes and businesses in the residential area.

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3 w. ago UK city pub serves earliest pint at 6am for people who fancy a drink first thing

The Stoney Street pub’s early morning hours are popular among night shift workers such as nurses, police officers or anyone who fancies starting their day with a tipple

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3 w. ago Second tragic plane crash in 24 hours as police confirm at least one person dead

The incident in Justin, Texas, comes just hours after at least three people died in another plane crash in Florida.

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