9 h. ago Shock new crime stats show banned weapons are still being used on our streets

Pooja Kanda, whose son Ronan was murdered by two boys wielding a sword and machete, said: 'We need to see the government follow up on proposals for a licensing system'

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45 h. ago Horrifying moment mum arrested with 'blood on her hands' after allegedly killing son on Disney trip

Saritha Ramaraju, 48, has been charged with murder after allegedly cutting her son's throat in a hotel room in Santa Ana, California, a day after the pair visited Disneyland

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57 h. ago The Adolescence alarm: ‘If there’s a problem with boys’ behaviour, it’s because of us’

Millions have been gripped by a story of toxic masculinity in children that’s been called a ‘wake-up call’. But is it a moral panic, and how should we respond?There is a scene in the Netflix super hit Adolescence, about an elfin-faced 13-year-old boy who stabs to death a female schoolmate, motivated by a fear and loathing of women apparently fuelled by his exposures online, that is not – relatively speaking– very tense.The lead investigator, DI Luke Bascombe, played by Ashley Walters, is roaming the children’s bleak, grey high school searching for clues as to the murder weapon and the motive. His own son, Adam (Amari Bacchus), a gangly, bullied senior, takes his father aside into a room of stacked chairs and blue-tinged light. He wants to help him understand. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Gripping new footage shows mom being detained for slitting her son's throat after trip to Disneyland

Disturbing footage has emerged of the moment a mom was arrested with blood still on her hands after allegedly stabbing her 11-year-old son to death following a trip to Disneyland.

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3 d. ago My son murdered a policeman but I can't stop loving him... Now in the throes of unimaginable grief, mother Elizabeth wrestles with the hardest question: Am I to blame?

'I couldn't process what was going on,' Elizabeth recalls now. 'I couldn't conceive of what Louis might have done - and not in a million years could I have guessed.'

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3 d. ago My son murdered a policeman but I can't can't stop loving him... Now in the throes of unimaginable grief, mother Elizabeth wrestles with the hardest question: Am I to blame?

'I couldn't process what was going on,' Elizabeth recalls now. 'I couldn't conceive of what Louis might have done - and not in a million years could I have guessed.'

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3 d. ago The final day of woman who was strangled and murdered by her partner

Alcwyn Thomas, 44, has been found guilty of murdering Victoria Thomas, 45, who was found dead on her son's bedroom floor after the couple had been seen arguing at a bingo hall.

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3 d. ago Voices: Mother’s Day is the hardest day of the year, for one massive reason

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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4 d. ago 'Cruelest twist of fate' as mum slit own son's throat after dream Disney trip

Saritha Ramaraju, 48, has been charged with murder after allegedly cutting her son's throat in a hotel room in Santa Ana, California, a day after the pair visited Disneyland

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5 d. ago Could 'child's potty' found near quarry be linked to the murder of a mother and her toddler son 49 years ago?

Police investigating the murders of a mother and toddler almost half-a-century ago have confirmed an item believed to be a 'child's potty' has been found close to where car was discovered.

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6 d. ago Davis McClendon’s son wows American Idol two years after dad’s brutal murder that gripped 48 Hours viewers

19-year-old Freddie dedicated his original song to his late father, who was murdered in 2023

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6 d. ago Paddy McGuinness' tragic family confession where he thought 'that's the end of everything'

Paddy McGuinness was a young man in his late 20s who had just found fame when he lost his beloved mother and he has shared his grief in a candid interivew

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8 d. ago 'You don’t get away with everything forever': Everything Joanne Sharkey told police 25 years after killing newborn son

Joanne Sharkey was arrested on suspicion of murder of her infant son in 1998

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9 d. ago ‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British

As the award-winning short is released on BBC iPlayer, the director and star talk about grief, breaking Somali stereotypes and a career-changing social media postWhen Warda Mohamed posted a message on social media that she had completed her feature film script, she never expected it to change her career. “I genuinely thought it was just going to be a few people saying, ‘Oh my God, well done’,” she says. “I posted it at nine o’clock at night and thought nothing of it.” By morning, a commissioner at BBC Film had reached out, setting the wheels in motion for what would become Muna – an 18-minute short film that screened at more than 60 international film festivals, won multiple awards, and has now made its way to BBC iPlayer.Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teenager, played by Kosar Ali (Bafta-nominated for Rocks), who navigates a complex mother-daughter relationship while mourning a grandfather she never met. Her grief mirrors Mohamed’s own experience growing up. “There isn’t ...

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9 d. ago ‘She has blood on her hands’: Moment woman accused of murdering her 11

‘She has blood on her hands’ a female police officer is heard saying as Saritha Ramaraju, 48, is detained in the hallway of a California hotel

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1 week ago Husband who murdered his pregnant wife 25 years ago then hid her body admits asking son to dig up her remains in bid to get out of jail

Debbie Griggs, 34, was four months pregnant when she mysteriously disappeared from her home in Deal, Kent in the middle of the night on May 5, 1999.

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1 week ago 'I still love you son, it's not your fault okay?': How Nicholas Prosper's father stood by son after lad murdered his family

Raymond Prosper uncontrollably sobbed as he heard the horrific details of how his son shot his sister, brother, and mother in the head.

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1 week ago Adolescence hired specialist for tough job after destruction in opening scene

The gripping series follows the aftermath of a horrific murder, which sees Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller and Owen Cooper as Eddie's son Jamie - a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering his schoolmate

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1 week ago Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid halts show as grieving mum bursts into tears

Susanna Reid paused the show to take a moment after Leanne Ekland spoke about the loss of her son Max, who was murdered at just 16-years-old by a group of teenagers

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1 week ago 'My son was murdered by crossbow killer Kyle Clifford's brother

The father of Soban Khan, who was killed age 18 by Kyle Clifford's brother Bradley Clifford, has spoken of the heartache he shares with John Hunt whose wife and two daughters were brutally murdered

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