89 m. ago Teen babysitter brutally murdered by 'insane' killer seeking female hormones

Karen Slattery was brutally raped and stabbed 18 times by Duane Owen, who was sentenced to death for her murder and the murder of another woman

Events

3 h. ago The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work?On 16 October 2023, a young man and woman sat down in the back row of the second-floor reading room of the university library of Warsaw, Poland. Their reading cards carried the names Sylvena Hildegard and Marko Oravec. On the desk in front of them were eight books with yellowing pages that they had ordered up from the library’s closed-storage 19th-century collection: rare editions of classic works of poetry, drama and fiction by two greats of the Russian canon, Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol. They studied the books closely, taking photographs on their phones and measurements with rulers.When the duo did not return from a cigarette break and the invigilators checked their desk, they found that five of the eight books had gone. One of the missing Pushkin works was a narrative po...

Society

3 h. ago EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount

Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomats

Politics

7 h. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers want him sent to a New Jersey federal prison that offers drug treatment

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence

Events

8 h. ago Mick Philpott's mate who burned six children to death in twisted arson plot dies at 58

Paul Mosley was sentenced to 14 years in prison for manslaughter after he helped act out his friend's twisted plot to set a home alight in Derby on May 11, 2012.

Events

8 h. ago Shark’s cordless vacuum cleaner has £200 off in the Amazon Prime Day sale

This is an Amazon exclusive bundle deal, including a duster crevice tool, multi surface tool, anti-allergen brush, and a pet tool

Economics

8 h. ago Julia Wandelt 'is not Madeleine McCann', jury told in stalking trial

Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg are accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year in the trial at Leicester Crown Court

Politics

9 h. ago 'British parts' found in Russian drones used to attack Ukraine, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Russian weapons contained components from allied countries including Britain, Germany, and the US as he called for more 'effective' sanctions on Russia

Events

9 h. ago Trump considers pardon request from Sean 'Diddy' Combs after New York court sentence

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was sentenced to 3 years in prison earlier this month after being found guilty of two counts of transportation of former girlfriends for prostitution

Politics

9 h. ago Robert Jenrick savaged over 'cynical' plan to abolish Sentencing Council

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick is accused of further undermining the independence of the judiciary as he seeks to hand more power to politicians over sentencing

Politics

9 h. ago Covid fraudsters urged to pay up before December or face ‘hit squad’

The Government has pledged to hit perpetrators with fines of up to 100% of the value of the money they swindled from the taxpayer.

Events

10 h. ago Trump talks Diddy and Ghislaine Maxwell pardons as he bafflingly tells reporter, ‘I haven’t heard the name in so long’

Maxwell’s last-ditch appeal of her sex trafficking conviction was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday

Politics

10 h. ago Donald Trump reveals Sean 'Diddy' Combs has asked him for a pardon after sentencing

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking in July but found guilty on two charges of transportation of former girlfriends for prostitution

Politics

10 h. ago Mother 'murdered' her son, five, and tried to kill herself after 'challenges of caring for him' made her depressed, court hears

Claire Button, 35, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her child Lincoln Brookes at their family home, but denies murdering him.

Events

10 h. ago Paul Mosley dead at 58: Child killer who was jailed for the fiery deaths of six youngsters dies

Paul Mosley was sentenced to 14 years in prison for manslaughter after he helped act out his friend's twisted plot to set a home alight in Derby on May 11, 2012.

Events

10 h. ago Stephen Miller asks when America has tolerated ‘riotous assemblies around government buildings.’ The internet responds

Earlier this year, President Trump gave reprieves to over 1,500 people prosecuted for their role in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

Politics

11 h. ago Illinois governor vows to resist Trump administration ‘power grab’ after suing over national guard deployment to Chicago – live

JB Pritzker says Illinois will use ‘every lever’ to stop Trump’s use of military in state; federal judge says administration has two days to file a response and sets a hearing for ThursdayIllinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago RAF chief’s daughter faces up to 5 years in jail after GBH charge ‘for glassing fellow Brit woman in Cyprus’

THE daughter of a top RAF chief has been warned by a judge she faces up to five years in prison after being charged with GBH. Jessica Cloke is accused of glassing a fellow British woman, leaving her with a nasty cut “from eye to neck” in a bar in Cyprus. Cloke, 20, is the...

Events

11 h. ago Woman asked 'am I gonna die?' after boyfriend stabbed her 18 times, trial hears

Rebekah Campbell was stabbed 18 times in an attack by her boyfriend Michael Ormandy at her flat, a court has heard

Events

12 h. ago Scots gran back home after ‘hellish’ Israeli jail ordeal on Gaza aid flotilla

Margaret Pacetta says she “went through hell” in an Israeli jail after being arrested on a Gaza aid mission — claiming guards slammed a door on her broken leg and took away her medicine.

Politics