14 h. ago Six thugs caged after 'gangland' attacks left victim with hand 'hanging off' and prison cars torched

The string of attacks - which also involved torching the cars of prison officers at HMP Addiewell - were carried out in and around Edinburgh in late 2022 and early 2023.

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17 h. ago Travellers terrorised families with drills and threatened to burn down their homes after they ask them to leave a park

Terrified residents claim travellers attacked their cars with drills and threatened to torch their homes after they begged them to leave a park.

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20 h. ago Wimbledon's model 'monster' who is 'certain' to win multiple tennis majors: How Jack Draper has primed himself to follow in Andy Murray's footsteps

NATHAN SALT AT WIMBLEDON: Andy Murray will watch from the sidelines as Draper, the man once hailed by Tatler to have a 'jawline sharper than a Stanley knife', carries the torch.

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45 h. ago How American star Olivia Rodrigo won over Glastonbury in Union Jack shorts, gushing about M&S and afternoon pints

Among those carrying the torch for the Union Jack at Glasto - even wearing the design in very Kate Moss-esque hot pants - was American rock star Olivia Rodrigo.

Politics

5 d. ago Gang war cops arrest teen after car and van linked to mob boss Mark Richardson torched in capital

Police launched a probe after a Transit van was targeted in the capital, just minutes after a Range Rover was torched outside another home nearby.

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8 d. ago Scots rapist left victim 'crying in park' after carrying out depraved attack

Kieran Cole has been sentenced after being convicted of rape.

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1 week ago 'Scotland's dumbest criminal' set fire to himself while torching cars for gang

Sheriff Tim Niven-Smith also imposed an eight-month supervised release period to protect the public from serious harm once Gibb is freed from jail.

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2 w. ago Car torched in street after two thugs demanded payment of a debt

One admitted threatening or abusive behaviour and assaulting a police officer, while the other admitted wilful fireraising while on two bail orders.

Economics

2 w. ago Riot police descend on Salford as '60 youths' spark chaos on street

A car has been torched and another smashed to pieces in the mayhem.

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3 w. ago Riot police clash with masked yobs in second night of chaos as fires break out and hundreds take to the streets in Northern Ireland after 'Romanian' teens accused of attempted rape

A crowd of 300 yobs hurled petrol bombs at cops, smashed windows and torched cars the day after a peaceful vigil of 2,500 people on Monday descended into mayhem.

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