29 m. ago Brit mother of Hollyoaks star who was found dead at her idyllic French home 'was murdered by her husband in a fake robbery', police fear

Andrew Searle, 65, and his wife Dawn, 56, who only married two years ago, were found dead earlier this month by a horrified neighbour at their home in Les Pesquiès, north of Toulouse, France.

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35 m. ago Manchester tram crash: Major update on missing van driver after girl, 3, dies in horror smash

Greater Manchester Police is understood to have identified a suspect after a tragic crash between a tram and a van that killed a three-year-old girl yesterday morning

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1 hour ago Germany has voted. But what kind of government will it have?

The country faces weeks or even months of coalition negotiations after no party won a majorityIt has been a extraordinary election in Germany, and the result has been keenly awaited around the world to see what new government might emerge in Europe’s largest but ailing economy.Exit polls show a clear win for the CDU/CSU centre-right alliance, followed by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) – an anti-Islam party that has advocated “remigration” for migrants as well as German citizens deemed to have integrated poorly – in second place. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago How ALIENS became an explanation for a Polish miner's death in a small UK town: Inside 'Britain's most bizarre cold case' which started with a man in a suit being found on a 10ft pile of coal...

Perfectly placed on top of a 10-foot pile of coal, a police man found the body of a smartly dressed man.

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2 h. ago Phoenix police arrest suspect in their oldest cold case dating back nearly 40 years

Lachelle ‘Shelly’ Jeannine Waite was found dead at 18 in 1986

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2 h. ago Police identify van driver who fled Manchester tram crash that killed three

A van driver who fled the scene of a devastating hit and run crash with a tram that left a three-year-old girl dead has been identified by Greater Manchester Police.

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2 h. ago New London shooting under investigation was likely not a 'random act,' city police say

New London shooting under investigation was likely not a 'random act,' city police say  The Wilton Bulletin

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2 h. ago British expat found dead at her idyllic French home was murdered by her husband in a 'fake robbery', French Police fear

Andrew Searle, 65, and his wife Dawn, 56, who only married two years ago, were found dead earlier this month by a horrified neighbour at their home in Les Pesquiès, north of Toulouse, France.

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3 h. ago Police find body in River Thames in search for missing Oxford student who vanished more than three weeks ago

Police have found a body in the River Thames nearly a month after a University of Oxford student vanished in the early hours of the morning.

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3 h. ago The Guardian view on Haiti’s deepening crisis: abandoning people when they most need support | Editorial

As security and humanitarian conditions deteriorate even further, the community needs helpA year ago, it seemed that Haiti had hit rock bottom. Violence had exploded and conditions had deteriorated following President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in 2021. Then, last February, gangs banded together to free thousands of prisoners, besiege airports and police stations, and demand that Haiti’s unpopular replacement leader departed.Ariel Henry was ousted, but the nation has only spiralled further into crisis. Violence intensified again towards the end of last year. Armed criminals control 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Already desperate circumstances have become much more so: more than a million people – around one in 10 of the population – have now been displaced, triple the level a year ago. Half are experiencing acute food insecurity. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Police force's use of AI for victim statements sparks fury and fears of 'slippery slope'

Hertfordshire Constabulary has trialled the use of the Anathem Digital Assistant to transcribe interviews in what it calls an "exciting opportunity" - but a former detective has voiced concerns

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4 h. ago Police identify van driver who fled scene after girl, three, dies in tram crash

The collision occurred at 9.56am on Saturday between a van and a tram on Mosley Street.

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4 h. ago The heartless Cold War agent who tricked a rape victim into believing he was her long

For more than 30 years, Johanna van Haarlem had been dreaming of the moment she'd be reunited with the son she'd last seen as a baby.

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4 h. ago Hospital where gunman took hostages remains closed to visitors as injured reported stable

Workers at a Pennsylvania hospital who were injured during a shooting that left the gunman and a police officer dead are reported in “medically stable” condition

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4 h. ago France terror attack: Police tried to deport suspected terrorist 10 times before mass stabbing

Brahim Abdessemed, an Algerian national, is accused of stabbing a man to death and injuring five others while screaming 'Allahu Akbar' in a suspected terror attack in Mulhouse, France

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4 h. ago ‘An ode to Altadena’: LA arts community bands together to support fire

The eclectic neighborhood was devastated by the wildfire last month; galleries and artists are now working to protect its legacyA charred baby Slinky, a handful of book ash, blackened cowrie shells from a necklace made in Ghana. These are some of the remnants of precious things the artist Kenturah Davis has salvaged from what is left of her Altadena home.Nearby, there is virtually nothing left of her parents’ home of 40 years. Gone are her mother’s intricately stitched quilts and a trove of paintings and sketches Davis’s father made of Hollywood backlots during his decades of working on television and movie sets. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trio charged with murder of 'good guy' in east London knife attack

Jason Junior Romeo, 20, died after an altercation in Bodney Road, Hackney, at about 6pm last Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

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5 h. ago Body found by police looking for missing runner Jenny Hall on sixth day of the search

The force said a body was found in a very remote area in Teesdale this morning and there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

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5 h. ago Labour to order schools, hospitals and prisons to buy more British food in bid to appease farmers who are furious at Rachel Reeves' tax raid

Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, will use a speech this week to outline a shake-up in the awarding of public contracts in order to prioritise domestic produce.

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5 h. ago Jenny Hall: Body found in forest search for missing runner who disappeared five days ago

Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home at Barracks Farm, Tow Law, Co. Durham, on Tuesday and police have confirmed her family have been informed of the discovery

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