4 h. ago Police launch urgent appeal for missing Stornoway woman amid Coastguard search

“We are appealing for anyone with information on Georgia’s whereabouts to please come forward as soon as possible. Or if Georgia sees this appeal, please get in touch."

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46 h. ago Police launch hunt for new evidence in horrific murders of family that cast a shadow over Gurnos

‘My mam and dad didn’t get to see justice but I’m hoping I will for them’

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57 h. ago Police launch investigation after mystery human bone found in bag

Officers said the bag containing the bone was found at the base of well-known landmark

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58 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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61 h. ago Police launch investigation after 'threats made' to schools in Sidcup

Police launch investigation after 'threats made' to schools in Sidcup  This Is Local London

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68 h. ago I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon | Andy Beckett

The feeling of crisis in Manchester also afflicts Labour and the Lib Dems. It leaves voters facing a dangerously unstable political orderMuch of democratic politics is about getting people’s attention. That’s a particular problem for struggling, less-than-compelling leaders. The further your party falls in the polls, the larger the temptation to launch dramatic, supposedly transformational policies. It’s like speaking more and more loudly to someone who has stopped listening.Thus this week’s Conservative conference in Manchester, with the party at historic lows in the polls, featured a frenzy of policy announcements, on once-successful Tory themes such as tax cuts, law and order, welfare and immigration, that were often made to half-empty rooms. Expanses of blue carpet had been installed in the huge, barn-like convention centre – as if to reassure delegates that the party still had an identity – yet much of the time they were eerily deserted. The Conservatives, famed and feared for ...

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Urgent appeal to trace woman missing after walking her Chihuahua

Melissa, 51, disappeared on Tuesday while with her brown Chihuahua

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4 d. ago Bus passenger racially abused on Greater Manchester service, police say

The incident took place on the 312 bus in Stockport

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4 d. ago Violent attack at Belfast train station leaves several people injured

The incident took place at Belfast City Hospital Train Station as police made an urgent appeal for information.

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4 d. ago Multiple people attacked at Belfast train station as two go on rampage

Police have issued an urgent appeal for information following the attack which took place at the Belfast City Hospital Train Station on Monday, October 6

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5 d. ago London baby banks appeal for urgent donations ahead of winter

London baby banks appeal for urgent donations ahead of winter  BBC

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6 d. ago Storm Amy: Hillwalker suffering hypothermia found sheltering behind boulder amid storm airlifted to hospital

The walker was airlifted to hospital in Stornoway after a heroic rescue mission.

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1 week ago Devon and Cornwall police launches new £350,000 boat to stop people traffickers targeting their coastline

The Home Office hopes the vessel will act as a deterrent to organised crime groups and allow officials to intercept and board vessels when dealing with high-level threats.

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1 week ago Teenager stabbed on Worthing seafront in front of public as police launch manhunt

Worthing: Teenager stabbed on seafront in front of public as police launch manhunt

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1 week ago Child 'assaulted near primary school' as police launch investigation

Witnesses said a person got out of a vehicle before assaulting the youngster

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1 week ago Worthing: Teenager stabbed on seafront in front of public as police launch manhunt

Sussex Police has launched a manhunt after three teenagers, one of whom was in possession of a knife, chased after another teenager and attacked him, leaving him in need of hospital treatment

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1 week ago Police launch manhunt after woman, 32, raped at Loch Lomond National Park

Detectives are appealing for information following the serious sexual assault at a Scottish national park. Police Scotland have launched a manhunt to find the suspect

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1 week ago Woman raped at Loch Lomond beauty spot as police launch manhunt

Detectives are appealing for information following the serious sexual assault at a Scottish national park with officers now "doing everything we can to trace the man"

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1 week ago Woman, 32, in horror Loch Lomond rape as police launch manhunt

Detectives are appealing for information following the serious sexual assault at a Scottish national park with officers now "doing everything we can to trace the man"

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