11 h. ago Police launch probe after Labour MP Sharon Hodgson's constituency office is 'set on fire' and vandalised

Flames were seen at the Washington and Gateshead South MP's office in Concord, Washington last night.

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13 h. ago 'Ghost town' abandoned holiday park just an hour from Manchester

The holiday park was a popular destination for families but was forced to close in 2024

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39 h. ago England flag painted on beautiful hill chalking 'as bad as cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree'

Police launch criminal damage probe over historic hillside horse chalking

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45 h. ago Murder of former Auburn professor at city park shakes community

The murder of the retired Auburn University professor at a city park has rattled the college town

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46 h. ago Hitchin Town FC issue statement after two men die in 'freak' glass accident

The tragedy took place at the car park of Hitchin Town FC in North Hertfordshire on Saturday, September 6 at around 2pm as they unloaded glass panels from a lorry

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49 h. ago Roadside breakdown mechanic, 37, is killed while helping a stranded motorist

Father-of-four Ryan Balls, 37, died after being struck by a car in broad daylight and dry conditions on the A11 dual carriageway after being called to a broken-down vehicle.

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53 h. ago Pictured: Scene of tragedy after two men were killed in 'freak' glass accident at Hitchin Town FC car park

The pair had been unloading glass panels from a lorry when they suffered fatal injuries near the stadium off Fishpond Road, North Hertfordshire at around 2pm on Saturday.

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55 h. ago Hitchin Town FC offers 'sincere condolences' after two men killed in 'freak' glass accident in club's car park

The pair had been unloading glass panels from a lorry when they suffered fatal injuries near the stadium off Fishpond Road, North Hertfordshire at around 2pm on Saturday.

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62 h. ago Two men killed in freak tragedy unloading glass outside Hitchin Town FC

The two men - who were unloading glass panels from a lorry - were pronounced dead in the car park of Hitchin Town Football Club in North Hertfordshire

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67 h. ago Police launch 'one of the largest drone operations' ahead of Trump's state visit

A 24/7 policing operation will be in place in the Berkshire town during the event, with a temporary order restricting the airspace from September 16 until September 18

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3 d. ago Two men die in 'freak glass accident' in football club car park

The tragedy took place at the car park of Hitchin Town FC on Saturday at around 2pm. Paramedics announced the pair dead at the scene while a third man was also treated for minor injuries.

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3 d. ago Banksy could finally be unmasked as police launch probe into new artwork on Royal Courts of Justice as potential 'criminal damage' of Grade I listed building

The Metropolitan Police said it has launched a probe into the graffiti sprayed on to the Royal Courts of Justice after receiving a report of 'criminal damage' and that enquiries are continuing.

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3 d. ago Influencer makeup launch slammed as 'pure chaos' as thousands swarm and police intervene

Police intervention was required to control the thousands of teen fans who came to New Jersey’s American Dream mall for the Sephora-sponsored makeup event described as 'pure chaos'

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3 d. ago Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people

Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park – a vast, heavily guarded complex stretching for 210 hectares (520 acres) along the churning Moei River that forms Myanmar’s border with Thailand – was little more than empty fields.Set against rugged mountains south of the town of Myawaddy, KK Park, with its on-site hospital, restaurants, bank and neat lines of villas with manicured lawns, looks more like the campus of a Silicon Valley tech company than what is really is: the frontline of a multibillion-dollar criminal fraud industry fuelled by human trafficking and brutal violence. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Armed police storm Glasgow cafe after reports of man with bladed weapon

Two rushed to hospital after broad daylight incident involving a weapon on Tollcross Road.

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5 d. ago Police appeal to find missing teen Lottie Brown who vanished a day ago

Lottie Brown, 13, was last seen near Netherton, Liverpool, on Friday as police launch a huge search for the missing teen

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7 d. ago First picture of cyclist who died after crashing bike as police launch appeal

Police are appealing for any witnesses to David MacKenzie's crash.

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7 d. ago This is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10 | Owen Jones

A simple, terrible and obvious mistake is being made. The more Labour echoes Reform’s talking points, the more it strengthens themBritain isn’t sleepwalking into catastrophe; it’s charging towards it. Last year, a violent rightwing uprising tore through our streets – an attempted pogrom in which racists tried to burn asylum seekers alive, attacked homes and businesses thought to belong to migrants, petrol-bombed mosques and assaulted people of colour in broad daylight. That disgrace should hang permanently around the necks of the anti-migrant right, a warning of where scapegoating and toxic lies lead.Instead, the revolt succeeded. Anti-migrant rhetoric in politics and the press has grown more venomous. Reform UK now tops polls by a decisive margin. Its leader, Nigel Farage, raises the spectre of “major civil disorder” unless anti-migrant demands are met. Lucy Connolly – who was jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and is married to a former Conser...

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7 d. ago Inmate absconds from Suffolk prison as police launch manhunt

Francis Edwards, 39, was reported missing on Wednesday after he was absent at a prison roll call at HM Prison Hollesley Bay - police have now issued a public appeal

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9 d. ago Mum and two kids found dead inside septic tank as police launch murder probe

A 32-year-old woman and her two young daughters, six and eight, have been found dead in a septic tank near their home in Poland. A murder investigation has been launched

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