2 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan releases audio of trans tweets arrest: 'Holy s**t, I don't believe it'

The Father Ted creator is heard being told to ‘calm down’ by police, as he responds: ‘I won’t calm down’

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4 h. ago Wes Streeting says we want 'our police on the streets rather than policing tweets' after sitcom writer Graham Linehan is arrested by armed officers at Heathrow over trans comments

Fury erupted at the Metropolitan Police 's treatment of the Father Ted creator, who told how he was dealt with 'like a terrorist', held in a cell and then had to be rushed to hospital.

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17 h. ago Neighbor realizes he unwittingly helped murderer dispose body after being told it was 'hockey mannequin', police say

Christopher Caron (pictured), 42, was charged with murder after he allegedly tricked his neighbors into helping him move a dead body by telling them it was a 'hockey mannequin'.

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36 h. ago Girl becomes orphan after dad kills mum and then himself in tragic murder

The teenager returned home in Katy, Texas, to find her parents dead and family members have told police the couple - a 48-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man - had experienced marital trouble

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36 h. ago 'Tinder rapist' survived on berries after faking his own death and fleeing to Spain

James Clacher, 57, who accused of raping two women, told police he survived on berries and puddle water after staging his own death - then fled to Spain where he was arrested on a beach

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44 h. ago Actor John Alford told police sex assault claims were a ‘set

The 53-year-old is accused of four counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl and two further counts relating to a 15-year-old girl.

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69 h. ago Private investigator reveals the subtle signs to look out for if you suspect your partner of infidelity

Tony Smith, a private investigator at UK-based Insight Investigations, where 60 per cent of enquiries relate to infidelity, has revealed suspects' shocking cover-ups.

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4 d. ago Minneapolis school shooter 'had just gone through break up' before killing two kids in church attack

Transgender shooter Robin Westman had been involved with a 'significant' partner, but the relationship recently ended, the killer's father told police.

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4 d. ago Manhunt for 'Australian Rambo' on the run in remote bushland enters fourth day as he's urged to 'lay down firearms' after killing two cops

Australian police told an on-the-run gunman accused of killing two officers to 'lay down your firearms' Friday, as they continued their hunt for him in the rugged, forested area.

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5 d. ago New Zealand fugitive and one of his children spotted on CCTV after four years on the run, police believe

Footage from a small North Island town store is the first confirmed sighting of Tom Phillips in a year, nearly four years after he disappeared with his three childrenNew CCTV footage believed to show New Zealand fugitive Tom Phillips and one of his children allegedly breaking into and stealing from a convenience store has been released by police.Detective senior sergeant Andy Saunders told media on Friday that investigators believe the pair in the video are Phillips and one of his three children, who vanished almost four years ago. It is the first confirmed sighting of Phillips in a year. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Met Police volunteer violently raped girl, 12, and told her 'you enjoyed it'

Met Police volunteer James Bubb, 27, sexually assaulted one of his victims in public shortly before her 13th birthday - and was forced to pull his trousers up when a dog walker went past

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5 d. ago Gunk by Saba Sams audiobook review – messy nights and motherhood

The first novel from the Send Nudes author moves from a Brighton club to baby feedingGunk opens with new divorcee Jules sitting at home cradling a baby who is 24 hours and 17 minutes old, feeding him colostrum from a syringe. After being fed, the baby cries, which Jules interprets as a howl of rejection: “He has no language to tell me I’m not right for him.” We learn that Jules isn’t the child’s biological parent; the birth mother is Nim who, shortly after being stitched up, left the hospital ward and seemingly vanished. Concerned for her wellbeing, the hospital called the police who questioned Jules. “Nim has run away before,” she told them. “And she’s good at hiding.”Set in Brighton, this is Saba Sams’s first novel, the follow-up to her much-admired short story collection Send Nudes. Where that book examined the lives of girls coming of age, Gunk has an older heroine in Jules, who is desperate to have a child. Her alcoholic ex-husband, Leon, who ran a student nightclub and with wh...

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6 d. ago Alleged victim young enough to be my child, asylum seeker told police

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu ‘teaches sports’ in his home country Ethiopia, a court heard.

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7 d. ago A Detroit man told police he feared for his life. Soon afterwards, officials say someone intentionally ran him down

The victim suffered a traumatic brain injury and remains at the hospital in critical condition, his lawyer said

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9 d. ago Man who says he was struck by firebomb after he put up St George's flags in his hometown feared it was an ACID attack and he was going to die or be blind

Louis Turvey, 33, told police he was struck by the flaming object in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, as he and a group of others were hanging St George's flags on lampposts and poles.

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1 week ago I was Keir Starmer's political prisoner, says Lucy Connolly after being freed as she reveals she's set to meet Trump officials and is planning to sue police

Lucy Connolly, 42, revealed she is planning legal action against the police as she told of her 377-day prison ordeal for the first time.

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1 week ago Milwaukee judge caught on body cam denying that she hid an immigrant wanted by ICE

A Milwaukee judge charged with obstructing a federal agency and concealing a wanted person who was in the country illegally told police days after the incident in her courtroom that “I didn’t do anything that they’re saying.”

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1 week ago Protesters told not to give details to police at rally over Palestine Action ban

Defend Our Juries is planning a protest in Parliament Square on September 6.

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1 week ago Decomposing baby found in box by cops as mother claims she 'had no control over how she died'

A Wisconsin mother was found to be living with the decomposing corpse of her 10-month-old daughter in a cardboard box and told police that she "had no control over how she died"

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2 w. ago Top bosses have told police officers 'no DANCING' at Notting Hill Carnival as 7,000 are bracing for carnage

The Metropolitan police have said they believe grooving to the music could distract or slow down their officers from responding to outbreaks of crime .

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