13 h. ago Police launch probe after thug threatened worker during Dumbarton shop robbery

Police are hunting the thug, who was wearing a black coloured football top with orange stripes down one sleeve and green stripes down the other - and also wore a black face covering.

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31 h. ago Builders make grim 'human bones' discovery outside church as police launch probe

Two builders uncovered a plastic bag containing what they believe to be human bones on October 6 in Doncaster, prompting South Yorkshire Police to cordon off a 50-metre area for investigation

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1 week ago Woman 'raped by gang of men' in Banbury churchyard as police launch urgent probe

Thames Valley Police has launched an appeal for information after a woman was raped outside of St Mary's Church in Banbury, Oxfordshire this weekend

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1 week ago Woman is 'gang raped in churchyard by group of men' as police launch urgent probe into 'horrific' crime

The woman in her 30s was raped at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas in the town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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1 week ago Man dies following 'carbon monoxide poisoning' at takeaway as seven others treated and police launch probe

West Midlands Police attended the shop in Walsall, at around 9.40pm on Friday over concerns for the welfare of a man in his 50s who was then confirmed dead at the scene.

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2 w. ago Man, 64, arrested as police launch hate crime probe over asylum hotel 'targeted by arsonists'

The blaze took place in the grounds of the Thistle City Barbican Hotel shortly after 10.50pm on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

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2 w. ago Police launch hate crime probe after asylum hotel is 'targeted by arsonists'

The blaze took place in the grounds of the Thistle City Barbican Hotel shortly after 10.50pm on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

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2 w. ago Man asks schoolgirl to 'get in' his van outside pub as police launch probe

The teenager was approached by a 'man in a van' in Jiggins Lane, near The Cock pub in Bartley Green, shortly after the school bell rang on Wednesday, September 24

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2 w. ago Police launch probe after St George's Cross is painted on giant GOOSE mascot as move is dubbed 'a step too far'

Two-metre tall Goosey the Goose, the centrepiece of Nottingham's annual Goose Fair, was daubed with red paint in what seemed to be the latest protest in 'Operation Raise the Colours'.

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3 w. ago Police launch probe into 'unexplained' deaths of elderly man and woman in sleepy Oxfordshire village

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s were found dead at a property in Milton, Abington.

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3 w. ago Police launch murder probe after man found with fatal injuries in Lisburn

The 42-year-old died in hospital on Monday morning following an incident in the Wardsborough Road area of the city.

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3 w. ago Woman raped in 'brutal racist attack' as police launch probe

Officers received the report of the serious sexual assault involving a British-born woman in her 20s at 8.30am on Tuesday.

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4 w. ago Two people rushed to hospital after 'taking unwell' in Glasgow as police launch probe

Emergency services were called to Cresswell Street in the Hillhead area, in the west end, after the alarm was raised at around 2.20pm on Friday.

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4 w. 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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