61 m. ago Police launch urgent search after girl, 11, falls into River Thames

Metropolitan Police launch ‘extensive search’ after child falls into water in east London

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64 m. ago Teacher accused of sex with student exchanged 25,000 texts with victim, police say

Allison Havemann-Niedrach, 44, was ‘obsessed’ with the teen, and would sit with him for lunch on a daily basis at school, according to prosecutors

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88 m. ago BBC Black Mirror's season 7 cast includes Doctor Who legend and The Crown star

Black Mirror has always attracted a star-studded cast and the seventh season is no exception as Doctor Who icon Peter Capaldi and The Crown's Princess Diana star Emma Corrin join the fold.

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1 hour ago Twisted knifeman caught at Scots airport attempting to flee country after brutal attack

Eric Da Silva-Soares was tracked down in Scotland during a police manhunt following the horror stabbing.

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1 hour ago BBC Sounds: what is changing for international users? Cut off for expats explained

BBC Sounds will be changing for users abroad very soon 😬

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1 hour ago Marine Le Pen is in 'fighting mood' and will appeal her four

France's hard-right leader will appeal her conviction for embezzlement of public funds, her lawyer said Monday, after a court handed her a five-year ban on running for office.

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2 h. ago Woman arrested after baby boy found dead in M&S shopping bag

The boy’s body was discovered by a council refuse worker inside a black Marks & Spencer bag in Notting Hill on March 25.

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2 h. ago Man arrested amid major crackdown on illegal car meets wreaking havoc on roads

Police are continuing to tackle the unauthorised meets in Alderley Edge and Wilmslow

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2 h. ago Report: Tennessee man admits to swallowing drugs during police chase in London

Report: Tennessee man admits to swallowing drugs during police chase in London  LEX 18 News - Lexington, KY

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2 h. ago Stunned Welsh rugby club catch motorbike vandals in the act as they tear up pitch

Video footage has been passed to South Wales Police after the incident caused potentially £12,000 of damage

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2 h. ago Rylan Clark declares 'I might propose' as listener tells him 'you'll be third wheel'

During his show last weekend, BBC Radio 2 host Rylan Clark jokingly said he would propose to a caller who requested one of his favourite songs to be play live on air

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2 h. ago Woman, in her 30s, is arrested after body of newborn baby boy found in M&S bag outside church in Notting Hill

Officers from the Met Police were called at 12:46pm last Tuesday to All Saints Church on Talbot Road in the Notting Hill area after the baby boy's body was found.

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2 h. ago Why has Marine Le Pen been barred from standing in French election – and can she appeal?

Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement. Here’s all you need to know

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2 h. ago Notting Hill: Woman arrested after body of newborn baby found

Notting Hill: Woman arrested after body of newborn baby found  BBC.com

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2 h. ago Tributes left by ‘heartbroken’ loved ones of three dead in station house fire

A four-year-old girl and her mother both died in the blaze, along with a 23-year-old man.

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2 h. ago Police firearms officer accused of City of London cocktail bar sexual assault

City of London Police Sergeant Constandino Simeonidis claims contact in the bar was ‘consensual’

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2 h. ago Oregon abandoned its radical drug law. Then came the mass arrests

Last year, the state ended a trailblazing law decriminalizing possession. Drug users in some counties are now in and out of jail, without lawyers, struggling to get treatmentAt 7.45am on a cool February morning in Medford, Oregon, six police officers pulled up to a desolate road lined with tarps and a shopping cart and began making arrests.The officers directed four adults to sit on the sidewalk, handcuffing them behind their backs and rifling through their pockets. They were being detained for illegal camping, but the officers were also searching for evidence of drugs. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Woman arrested over body of newborn baby found in Notting Hill

Woman arrested over body of newborn baby found in Notting Hill  BBC

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2 h. ago Notting Hill baby death: Woman arrested after newborn found dead in M&S bag outside church

A police investigation was launched after the baby was discovered near All Saints' Church in the Notting Hill area of London on Tuesday last week. Today an arrest has been made

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2 h. ago Men hunted by police after 'acting suspiciously' at children's play park on Mother's Day

The men are being hunted after being confronted at a children’s play park in Paisley

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