68 h. ago Police given more time to question seven held in two counter

The Home Secretary said the cases reflect the biggest counter state threat and counter terrorism operations in recent years.

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3 d. ago Lady Gaga breaks silence after historic Brazil concert bomb plot revealed

Lady Gaga has taken to social media for the first time after police in Brazil uncovered a plot to bomb her Copacabana concert which saw two million people in attendance

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6 d. ago Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers get their turn to question accuser Miriam Haley at #MeToo retrial

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are getting their turn to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago

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9 d. ago It’s time to reset our failing climate policies, says Tony Blair

Former PM warns climate policy has become disconnected from ‘political, public, and economic reality’ and claims COP is struggling to ‘deliver change at the speed required’

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9 d. ago Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a double jeopardy appeal by Karen Read, who is on trial for the second time on charges she killed her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022

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1 week ago Welsh town built a bustling new market, but left behind the old one to become a haven for arsonists and vandals

A "sad" and derelict indoor market is now a hub for anti-social behaviour, with locals having to call the fire service and the police "all of the time."

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1 week ago Biker picks 'worst time' to pull wheelie in front of unmarked police car

The rider was on a section 59 warning and the second incident saw the bike seized and an off-road bike also set for destruction

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2 w. ago Shoplifting in Britain soars to the highest level in history: Epidemic laid bare as shock new figures reveal thieves stole every MINUTE last year

An astonishing 516,971 offences were logged by forces last year, up 20 per cent from 429,873 in 2023.

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2 w. ago Britain's shoplifting epidemic laid bare: Shocking figures show half

An astonishing 516,971 offences were logged by forces last year, up 20 per cent from 429,873 in 2023.

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2 w. ago Half a million shoplifting offences recorded by police for the first time

The figure is the highest since current police recording practices began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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2 w. ago Remains of ‘Peaches’ and ‘Baby Doe’ found near Gilgo Beach identified after 27 years as army vet and her toddler

Police said they had no evidence at this time to suggest the unsolved killings were linked to Rex Heuermann, who has been charged in the deaths of seven women whose remains were discovered elsewhere on Long Island — but noted that they might be.

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2 w. ago SNP ministers told "stop wasting time" on gender ideology as policies reviewed after court ruling

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville unable to say when fresh guidance on single-sex spaces will be issued

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2 w. ago ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion

From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theftMore British households struggling with bills will resort to energy theft, campaigners sayBy the time a team of police officers and engineers stormed a disused office block in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on a November morning last year, the building had been abandoned.Left behind were rooms filled with thousands of cannabis plants: a nursery on the first floor, the growing crop on the second, and leaves drying out on the third. The criminal gang behind the marijuana farm is thought to have fled after the grid operator cut off the stolen electricity used to power scores of LED lamps. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Descendants of the victims of Jack the Ripper have demanded a new inquest

Ripper researcher Russell Edwards claims Freemasons shielded the killer from police at the time and ensured that he was locked away in an asylum until his death

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2 w. ago Gabby Petito's mom reveals bombshell 'new information' about Brian Laundrie and his family

Gabby's mother, Nichole Schmidt, made a shocking revelation about Brian Laundrie's parents during the time their son vanished when police started investigating his partner's death.

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2 w. ago ‘We didn’t want to avoid the reality of what happened’: the drama telling the true story of Jean Charles de Menezes

The 2005 shooting of the Brazilian created national headlines, but the shocking truth of his death remains unknown by many. A new series aims to do justice to his story – and those who fought to clear his nameOn 22 July 2005, 27-year-old Jean Charles de Menezes was shot and killed by firearms officers on the London underground shortly after boarding a train. The information relayed by the Metropolitan police at the time was that he had leapt over the ticket barriers at Stockwell station and was wearing a bulky coat under which officers thought he was hiding a bomb.The incident occurred two weeks after the 7/7 bombings on London’s transport network, where 52 people were killed, and the day after a copycat attack in which four men tried – and mercifully failed – to detonate devices on three underground trains and a bus; the bombers in the latter incidents fled the scene, triggering a police manhunt. It later emerged that De Menezes was innocent and the intelligence on him was flawed. ...

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2 w. ago Active shooter opens fire at Florida State University campus sending students fleeing

Chilling footage showed the suspected gunman being handcuffed on the ground by a police officer some time after students were sent fleeing from a student union at around midday.

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3 w. ago Police chief hits out at people who report 'fluff and nonsense' and says officers must stop dealing with 'guff' and prioritise real crimes

Police should stop wasting their time investigating 'guff' and tell people reporting 'fluff and nonsense' on social media to 'grow up', one of Britain's top chiefs has said.

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3 w. ago Teen's shock confession as missing girl found underneath his bed after cops hear 'shush'

The girl, who was under 13 years old at the time, was said to have never co-operated with the police investigation after being tracked down and is believed to have lied about her age

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3 w. ago Trump's reckless tariff policy and determination to cut taxes means he will have to borrow trillions at a time when the interest rate on government debt is spiralling

Trump's economic policies may seem like a great idea to those he's surrounded himself with in the White House - but to sensible people they threaten to send inflation spiralling and make us all poorer

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