13 h. ago Proportion of small boat crossings prevented by French authorities FELL after Labour's 'one in, one out' deal came into force

New figures show 28.7 per cent of small boat migrants' attempts have been prevented by French police since agreement came into force in August, down from 38 per cent immediately beforehand.

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16 h. ago Mother of murdered Harvey Willgoose says she would meet her son's killer

Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, was sentenced to life in prison last month, with a minimum term of 15 years for murder.

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33 h. ago Mum kills son, 3, after years of abuse to make room for baby with new boyfriend

Amanda Maison has pleaded guilty to second-degree homicide over the death of her son, Matthew Maison, who was found dead in his bed after years of abuse from his mum and Maurice Houle

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63 h. ago My son was killed on a footpath rail crossing authorities knew was high

Jaiden Shehata, 11, had most days walked over one of the most dangerous train crossings on the network's Sussex route to get to school.

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3 d. ago Parents 'destroyed' as inquest denied for son killed in indoor ski slope tragedy

Louis Watkiss, 12, died after he suffered a catastrophic head injury when he went down an indoor ski slope while riding a toboggan that then struck the manager working that night

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6 d. ago Dad of Southport attacker says atrocity wouldn't have happened if he told police about machete

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The three young girls who died in the Southport tragedy could be alive today if the killer's dad had reported his son's machete, the father now admits

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6 d. ago Southport killer's mother made 'zip it' gesture to father as he was on verge of telling support worker about Axel Rudakubana's troubling behaviour, inquiry told

Laetitia Muzayire, whose 17-year-old son Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last July, told the hearing that her family has been left broken by what he did.

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6 d. ago Southport killer's mother says she's 'profoundly sorry' for 'failure' to stop the attack and feels 'grief and remorse for the children whose lives were taken'

Laetitia Muzayire, whose 17-year-old son Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last July, told the hearing that her family has been left broken by what he did.

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6 d. ago Southport killer’s father tells inquiry son ‘turned out to be a monster’

Alphonse Rudakubana says he lacked courage to tell police about son’s weapons and he ‘could have done far more’The father of the Southport killer has said his son “turned out to be a monster” as he tearfully expressed regret for failing to tell police about the teenager’s weapons or his attempted attack on his former school days before he murdered three young girls.Alphonse Rudakubana broke down in tears on the second day of his evidence to the Southport inquiry, saying he was “desperately sorry” to the parents of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Southport killer’s father ‘too scared’ to open son’s parcel he knew was a machete

Attacker’s father Alphonse Rudakubana gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry

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7 d. ago Axel Rudakubana's dad reveals Southport killer son 'actively hated him'

Alphonse Rudakubana told an inquiry that his son's behaviour deteriorated over a very short period between Year 8 and the start of Year 9.

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7 d. ago We couldn't cope with violent son... but we didn't want him taken into care, says Southport killer's dad

The father of the Southport killer today admitted he played down his son's violent outbursts because he feared he would be taken into care.

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7 d. ago Southport killer's father tells public inquiry his son 'would have outbursts if someone disagreed with him'

Alphonse Rudakubana, asked how frequent the outbursts were, said: 'It was random... it depends on who is talking to him and what you say. It could be twice a day.'

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8 d. ago American teacher and his son are killed by swarm of hornets while ziplining in Laos

Daniel Owen, 47, and his 15-year-old son Cooper, died just hours after they were taken to hospital

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8 d. ago California father who killed his baby son sentenced to more than 30 years in prison

Jake Haro and his wife had reported the baby kidnapped outside a store, drawing widespread attention and a public searchA southern California father who pleaded guilty to killing his missing seven-month-old son was sentenced Monday to more than 30 years in prison.Jake Haro, 32, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty in October to the second-degree murder of his son, Emmanuel, the Riverside county district attorney’s office said in a statement. A months-long investigation has failed to locate the child’s remains. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z Danielewski – House of Leaves author returns with a 1200

A quarter century after that landmark cult novel, this new epic has aspects of brilliance but seems designed for academic study rather than readerly enjoymentIn this moment of cultural panic about the decline of reading, it takes an enviable confidence to deliver a volume such as Tom’s Crossing. Weighing in at more than 1,200 pages of closely printed text, the novel contains, I would hazard, about half a million words – roughly two Ulysses. It’s also, for that matter, about twice the length of Danielewski’s debut, House of Leaves, which secured cult status for its author on publication 25 years ago. Tom’s Crossing is so big that when I got it out on the tube, I felt like that character on Trigger Happy TV with his enormous mobile phone. “Look,” I seemed to be telling the passengers scrolling Instagram on their devices, “I’m reading a book!”The novel is not merely long, it’s also a challenging, deliberately arcane work that insists on its own epic status, yet has at its heart a strai...

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9 d. ago Dad and son killed by Asian hornets after being stung ‘over 100 times’ on zipline

Daniel Owen and his son, Cooper, died after being attacked by hornets during a family holiday in Laos

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9 d. ago Dad and son killed by swarm of Asian hornets who stung them 'over 100 times'

The hornets are believed to have swarmed over the American dad and son as well as their adventure guide when they struggled to come down from a tree on a zipline in Laos

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9 d. ago The potential ‘Son of Sam’ killings that still haunt the NYPD

Decades after a photographer and his girlfriend were executed in their Manhattan apartment, the case remains open – haunted by cult rumors, a missing gun and theories tied to the ‘Son of Sam’ serial slays. A former NYPD sergeant tells Andrea Cavallier what he thinks it will take to solve the cold case

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1 week ago Heartless mum kills daughter, 17, and son, 7, after falling for sick 'zombie' hoax

Lori Vallow Daybell killed two of her children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, seven, after becoming transfixed by a chilling cult. Her crimes sent shockwaves across the country

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