6 d. ago Murder probe launched after man dies in alleyway next to busy pub in broad daylight

COPS have launched a murder probe after a man died in an alleyway next to a busy pub in broad daylight. Surrey Police said officers were called to a pub called The Wheatsheaf in Ewell at about 3.30pm on Tuesday following reports that a man had been found with serious injuries in a nearby alleyway....

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9 d. ago Goodbye angels, hello Ozempic needles – what’s behind the boom in bizarre Christmas baubles?

This year’s most-wanted ornaments include weight-loss syringes and favourite foodstuffs. When and why did Christmas trees become so commercialised?it was the second Tuesday in November but Christmas was already in crisis. Sarah Gibbons had just received a shipment of baubles at her Glasgow homeware shop, Modern Love Store, and some crucial ornaments were missing. She hopped on a long-distance phone call to her suppliers in the US – she needed to sort this out. After all, her customers were clamouring for them. “People aren’t just buying one,” the 39-year-old shopkeeper told me after discovering the missing decorations, “they’re buying three or four at a time.” Three what? Turtle doves? Nutcrackers? Or perhaps some classic candy canes? Of course not. This year’s must-have bauble is in the shape of a lightly glittered syringe of Ozempic.Growing up, my favourite Christmas ornament was a little pink plastic baby Jesus resting in a manger. He was bought by my great-aunt in Oberammergau, ...

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1 week ago Luigi Mangione's court hearing continues on anniversary of UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing

A high-stakes hearing in the New York murder case against Luigi Mangione is continuing a year to the day after prosecutors say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

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1 week ago EastEnders 'work out' Christmas murder plot as exit 'sealed' after 25 years

EastEnders fans are predicting a Christmas Day murder after a secret was exposed

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2 w. ago Beauty queen accused of killing her boyfriend's toddler looks worlds away from her glamorous pageant days as she appears in court on murder charges

Trinity Madison Poague, 20, appeared in a courtroom on Tuesday for the death of Romeo 'Jaxton' Angeles, who was found unresponsive in her college dorm room in January 2024.

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2 w. ago 'Murder' probe as Bristol uni student dies and police make five arrests

Police arrested five men on suspicion of murder after Vijay Kumar, 30, died a day after being found with serious injuries on Barbourne Road, Worcester

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2 w. ago ‘Beloved’ radiologist and his wife shot dead in ‘targeted’ daylight double murder in front of their upscale California home

Investigators say a suicide that took place hours later about 75 miles away may be related to the double murder

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2 w. ago Wembley 'murder' as man stabbed to death in broad daylight and knifeman on loose

A young man was fatally stabbed in London this afternoon, the Metropolitan Police said - a murder investigation has been launched but no arrests have been made yet

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2 w. ago Inside Jill Dando's life before 'bubbly' BBC star shot dead on busy home street

The brutal and apparently inexplicable murder of Jill, 37, on her own doorstep in broad daylight on a busy residential street left the public, police and press united in disbelief

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2 w. ago Luigi: The Making and the Meaning by John H Richardson review – sympathy for a devil?

This nebulous study of Luigi Mangione veers close to romanticising him as a latter-day Robin HoodOn 5 December 2024, the New York Times ran the headline “Insurance CEO Gunned Down In Manhattan”. The newspaper then noted that Brian Thompson was “shot in the back in Midtown Manhattan by a killer who then walked coolly away”. The murder in broad daylight was indeed both cold and shocking. But many Americans had a different response: for those who had been denied health insurance or faced exorbitant healthcase costs, the news felt cathartic. Social media blew up. One post read: “All jokes aside no one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That’s the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximize profits on your health.”Five days later, Luigi Mangione, a good-looking, 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate with a master’s in computer science, was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He awaits tri...

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2 w. ago Evil babysitter who killed toddler by throwing him against wall learns her fate

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Kimora Hodges was found guilty of felony murder and first-degree child abuse following a six-day trial, which had heard tragic Kyrie Starks suffered multiple injuries

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3 w. ago ‘Killer’ asylum seeker ‘Chris Jude’ beat & raped another woman, 30, days before murdering teen cyclist Lisa, court hears

THE accused killer of a Dutch teen cyclist raped another woman just days before the shocking murder of Lisa, a court has heard. Prosecutors gave a painstaking minute-by-minute account of Chris Jude's alleged actions across two nights in August, leaving one woman traumatised and a teen girl dead. The accused has reportedly been calling himself...

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3 w. ago Shopkeeper who turned up alive and well five years after going missing was 'stressed'

Ismail Ali turned up alive and well five years after going missing from outside his shop in Bradford - one friend claims he was stressed before he disappeared

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3 w. ago Man walks into police station days after five held on suspicion of his murder

Ismail Ali, who went missing in Bradford in 2020, is ‘safe and well’ after police said this week they thought he was deadA shop worker who went missing five years ago has walked into a police station days after officers said they believed he was dead and arrested five people on suspicion of his murder.West Yorkshire police said Ismail Ali turned up on Wednesday reporting to be “safe and well”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Shopkeeper missing since 2020 turns up 'safe and well' days after murder arrests

Ismail Ali vanished without a trace on May 29, 2020, after he was last seen leaving work in a shop in Cumberland Road, in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Five people were arrested just days before he reappeared

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3 w. ago Man walks into police station 'safe and well' days after 5 arrested for murder

Ismail Ali vanished after leaving work in Bradford, Yorkshire, on May 29, 2020 and after a murder investigation, five people were arrested before the extraordinary twist

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3 w. ago Shopkeeper who went missing FIVE YEARS ago in Bradford turns up 'safe and well' just days after five people were arrested for his murder

Ismail Ali vanished after leaving work at Gulam Food Stores in the Lidget Green area of the city at 2.30pm on May 29, 2020, when he was 46.

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3 w. ago Shopkeeper who disappeared FIVE years ago turns up ‘safe & well’ days after five people were arrested for his murder

A SHOPKEEPER who disappeared five years ago has reappeared days after five people were arrested for his murder. Missing since 2020, Ismali Ali suddenly reappeared yesterday at a police station "safe and well", cops said. The shopkeeper had vanished without a trace in May 2020 after leaving work at Gulam Food Stores in Lidget Green,...

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