3 d. ago A teenage girl stabbed to death. An asylum seeker in custody. And liberal Holland facing a political earthquake: ROBERT HARDMAN

As shock turns to a sense of furious revulsion across an entire country, there is one haunting little detail that stands out. 'I keep thinking about that red handbag,' wrote a Dutch poet last week.

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5 d. ago Revealed: Girl, 17, stabbed to death by migrant in Netherlands was highly intelligent, middle

Known only by her first name Lisa, the 17-year-old had been enjoying a night out in Amsterdam with her friends when she decided to ride her electric bike home to the small village of Abcoude.

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7 d. ago Teenage girl dies while boy and woman are rushed to hospital after falling ill at UK festival

Police have launched a probe into the sudden death of a girl - in her late teens - at the Emerge dance music festival.

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7 d. ago Teenage girl dies while boy and woman are rushed to hospital after falling ill at British festival

Police have launched a probe into sudden death of a girl - in her late teens - at the Emerge dance festival, which is held at Boucher Playing Fields in the south of the Northern Ireland capital.

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7 d. ago Holland's 'killer asylum seeker on the prowl': Chilling CCTV 'shows suspect on night he brutally stabbed 17

It comes as a wave of national fury has swept the Netherlands after the lifeless body of a teenager, Lisa, was discovered by police in a roadside ditch in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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8 d. ago Amsterdam 'serial sex predator' fears after girl, 17, was stabbed to death 'by asylum seeker who had also raped woman and assaulted a third'

It comes as a wave of national fury has swept the Netherlands after the lifeless body of a teenager, Lisa, was discovered by police in a roadside ditch in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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8 d. ago Girl, 17, is stabbed to death while calling cops to report being followed on her bike ride home in Holland as cops arrest asylum seeker 'who raped woman days earlier'

Lisa, who was returning from a night out with friends, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday morning after she was attacked while phoning the emergency police number.

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8 d. ago Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s memoir to be published posthumously

Nobody’s Girl, which Giuffre had been working on before her death, is set to be released this autumnThe posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, will be published in the autumn, a publisher has announced.Giuffre had been working on Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, with the award-winning author and journalist Amy Wallace before her death earlier this year.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Five teens charged with bullying offences after girl’s death that shocked Malaysia

Public anger over Zara Qairina Mahathir’s death has spurred mass rallies, a royal decree for anti-bullying reforms, and renewed calls for justice in Malaysia’s education system

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2 w. ago Girl, 11, dies in tragic water incident at Cornwall beauty spot

The girl died after going into water at Wacker Quay on the River Lynher near Torpoint on Saturday

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2 w. ago Tragic mystery of missing toddler who was 'sold by mum after she beat tot with paddle'

Little London Kerr was last seen in 2022 and police are desperately trying to track her down. It comes as the child's mother Ashley Ceejay Rowland, 39, and boyfriend Joshua Denton, 40, have both been arrested on multiple counts of child abuse

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2 w. ago The incredible efforts in honour of brave girl, 13, after her death

'Those three weeks were absolutely crucial'

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2 w. ago Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of rape and murder over death of 13

The 16-year-old boy was arrested in Huddersfield after police were called to a flat in Sheepridge Road on Monday night at 11.36pm after a report that a girl was unresponsive.

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2 w. ago Boy, 16, who was arrested on suspicion of murder after death of 13

The 16-year-old boy was arrested in Huddersfield after police were called to a flat in Sheepridge Road on Monday night at 11.36pm after a report that a girl was unresponsive.

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2 w. ago Boy arrested on suspicion of rape and murder after death of girl, 13

The girl's death is being treated as 'unexplained', police say

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2 w. ago Girl, four, who died in pool at Waterworld is named as inquest into her death opens

Vethavalli Vasu-Dharma, four, was found in a critical condition after an unspecified incident at the attraction in Festival Park, Staffordshire on August 4.

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2 w. ago Boy arrested on suspicion of murder and rape after girl, 13, dies

The girl's cause of death remains unexplained

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2 w. ago ‘Systemic failures’ led to unlawful death of girl at mental health unit – family

A jury inquest ruled the death of Ruth Szymankiewicz, who was left unsupervised at a children’s mental health ward, as unlawful killing.

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2 w. ago Death of girl left alone by fake ID worker was unlawful, jury inquest concludes

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire when she was left unsupervised.

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2 w. ago New statement issued after death of girl, 4, in Waterworld tragedy

The attraction's new owners have spoken out

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