13 h. ago Grandson admitted to beating his grandmother to death with a hammer and then stole her car, cops say

“I hit Sonya in the head with a hammer and I think I killed her,” the grandson told police.

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13 h. ago Grandson admits to beating his grandmother to death with a hammer and stole her car, cops say

“I hit Sonya in the head with a hammer and I think I killed her,” the grandson told police.

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15 h. ago Cooper told to find savings elsewhere to protect spending on police

Haggling over the multiyear Whitehall spending review ends

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18 h. ago Couple turn detective and steal back their own Jaguar after 'police fail to act'

The pair had fitted their Jaguar E-Pace, worth around £46,000, with an Apple AirTag, allowing them to trace it to a street in London - but after calling 999, they were told police couldn't immediately help

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43 h. ago Police told to stop asking for more cash to fight crime and 'do their bit' to repair the economy by Labour minister ahead of Spending Review

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle declined to rule out the prospect of a real-terms squeeze on areas such as policing this week.

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67 h. ago Jackie Robinson mural in Miami defaced with racial slurs and swastikas

Miami murals of MLB icons defaced with hate symbolsSwastikas, slurs scrawled on Jackie Robinson imagePolice investigating mural vandalism as hate crimeMiami murals honoring baseball trailblazers Jackie Robinson and Minnie Minoso were defaced with swastikas and racist slurs this week.The vandalism in the city’s Overtown neighborhood was reported Monday to police, who told the Athletic on Friday that they are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police questions about him can never be answered’

‘Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?’ the man reportedly wrote

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police decisive questions can never be answered’

Christian Brueckner is due to be released from jail in September if no further charges are brought.

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4 d. ago Admitted lies, emojis and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson spars with prosecutor as fatal mushroom lunch deconstructed

Murder accused cross-examined in Victorian supreme court trial over beef wellington lunch that left three in-laws deadWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?There were times in Erin Patterson’s fourth day in the witness box where it seemed as if her lies she has admitted in her testimony, like the mushrooms she prepared for the beef wellington, were being cooked down as much as possible.Had she pretended to have cancer at the fateful lunch or had she not? What, exactly, were the reasons for her repeated lies to Gail Patterson about a lump in her elbow? How about the lies she told to police? Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Eurozone interest rate cut expected; Tesla’s UK sales fall by a third – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsStock exchange dealt another blow as £12bn fintech ditches main London listingUK trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds has also called for reforms of the WTO, including changes to the much criticised dispute resolutions system which can also take years to settle disputes between trading nations.Reynolds told the European Policy Centre security conference in Brussels:“We do recognise that reforming and repositioning the WTO so that it can respond more effectively to the challenges of today is the only way to safeguard long term stability and growth tomorrow.“Our eyes are fixed on greater flexibility in decision making, greater openness in the east of plurilaterals and building a fully functioning dispute settlement system,”“the trees that survive the storms aren’t the tallest. They’re the ones whose roots are intertwined with their lives.“Just in the past two days, during the OECD trade ministerial [summit] the message was clear a...

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5 d. ago Charlotte Alice Peet: Full story of British journalist found in Brazil after four months missing

Charlotte Peet told police she did not want to be contacted by family after she was found in Sao Paulo

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6 d. ago Apple and Google are 'dragging their feet' over one simple change that would hit mobile phone thieves

The world's biggest tech firms were told 18 months ago by the Metropolitan Police to make a change that could make stolen smartphones worthless to criminals.

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6 d. ago Revealed: How Prince Harry's latest court battle over security cost British taxpayers £100,000

Prince Harry's latest battle with the Home Office over police bodyguards cost British taxpayers £100,000 - after he told the BBC: 'I wish someone had told me beforehand' there was 'no way to win'

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6 d. ago Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case says he craves 'steak and beer' as new hunt begins

Christian Brüeckner invited a TV crew into the jail near Hanover where he is serving a seven-year sentence for rape and told police what he's most looking forward to when he's released

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6 d. ago Child Q: Black schoolgirl, 15, ‘demeaned and physically violated’ by Met Police strip search, misconduct hearing told

Three officers face gross misconduct hearing over strip search of London schoolgirl on her period wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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6 d. ago Heartbreak for family of missing Brit as she is found in Brazil

Journalist Charlotte Alice Peet was found by police after she went missing in Brazil in February - but she told authorities she did not want to be contacted by her family

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7 d. ago Colorado flamethrower suspect told police he targeted ‘Zionist group’ and ‘planned attack for a year’

Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, appeared at a court hearing via a video link from a Colorado jail wearing an orange jumpsuit

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7 d. ago Mohamed Soliman: Colorado fire attack suspect told Boulder police he’d do it again and targeted ‘Zionist group’

Victims suffered from injuries consistent with burns in shocking incident, police say

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7 d. ago Suspect charged with federal hate crime in attack on Colorado rally for Israeli hostages

Mohamed Sabry Soliman charged with multiple felonies after allegedly shouting ‘Free Palestine’ as he attacked c Boulder crowdA man has been charged with a federal hate crime and multiple other felonies after he allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices to attack a crowd of people who were raising awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring eight.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is alleged to have shouted “Free Palestine” as he attacked the crowd on Sunday. The FBI said Soliman told police he planned the attack for a year and had specifically targeted what he described as the “Zionist group”, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Police officer struck by train while helping man on railway, inquest told

Graham Saville, 46, died after responding to a call of a distressed man near a railway line in Nottinghamshire.

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