9 h. ago 'Some coppers are bent, but only a handful': What fighting Liverpool's notorious drugs gangs is really like, by two veteran detectives

EXCLUSIVE: The Mail has spoken to former police detectives to understand the challenges of bringing kingpins to justice both in Liverpool and the rest of the UK.

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13 h. ago Glasgow airport strike to go ahead in July while bosses aim to ‘minimise disruption’

Unite union claims management is ‘spoiling for a fight’, while walkout by ground handlers is threatened

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13 h. ago Five reported dead in Gaza after Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced people – Middle East crisis live

Separately, the Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat said it received several casualties after Israeli forces had opened fire at civilians near an aid distribution pointMilitant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began handing over their weapons near the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step in the decades-long conflict between Turkey and the outlawed group.The disarmament ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the PKK from armed insurgency to democratic politics, as part of a broader effort to draw a line under one of the region’s longest-running conflicts. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley was 'watched by gang' as airport 'ignored cries for help'

Bella May Culley's illegal haul was allegedly held in her carry on, with her suitcase stashed with clothes. Now, the pregnant Brit is facing a life sentence in a notorious Georgian jail

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34 h. ago Salford gangster Jamie Rothwell faces lengthy jail sentence after admitting gun and drug crimes

The prominent criminal appeared in court under armed guard

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36 h. ago Gang who smuggled £81m of cocaine into Britain as they flooded the streets with class A drugs are jailed for 65 years

Redon Bushi (pictured), 32, from Brentford, west London, was found to be acting as the leader of the group over a number of years.

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4 d. ago Drone drug drops fuelling 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' in prisons

Organised crime gangs are flying illegal drugs into jails causing increased violence and a threat that needs to be taken seriously at the highest levels of Government, watchdog warns

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4 d. ago Voices: Why, as a special needs parent, any changes to my child’s support frighten me

It took years of wrestling with bureaucracy before my local authority agreed to provide the services that my child is legally entitled to – so I won’t be handing back our hard-won SEND provision without a fight, says James Moore

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5 d. ago The crucial mistake that caused downfall of ruthless gang who tortured drug dealer to death in quiet cul

Planned with military precision, the plot to attack and torture Manchester gangster Thomas Campbell could have easily remained unsolved today.

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7 d. ago Death of a cocaine kingpin: The last time drugs lord was seen alive as gang ambushed him to be tortured to death after he was betrayed by his wife

Chilling CCTV footage shows the group swarming Thomas Campbell's quiet cul-de-sac hideaway after his vengeful ex-wife gave them the address.

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7 d. ago Moment police arrest county lines 'gang member' during dawn raid as they shut down 100 drugs networks in a week

This is the moment dozens of police officers smashed their way into the east London home of a suspected county lines criminal as they crackdown on 100 drug networks in a single week. 

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8 d. ago 'Alright, alright, you got me man!' Moment police arrest cannabis gang advertising 'same day delivery service'

Chaotic bodycam footage show officers storming the 'Smoke Shack' gang's drugs den in Bristol.

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8 d. ago Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament

A Kurdish militant group has announced plans to start disarming as part of a peace process with Turkey

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8 d. ago Gangster who ordered drug deal that sparked Scotland's turf war caged over machete attack and firebombings

Michael Heeps orchestrated the drug deal with fake bank notes from his jail cell.

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9 d. ago Welsh drug gang boss fled to Spain and South America as the net closed

Paul Harris, 28, ran an organised crime gang based in southeast Wales which was involved in the wholesale supply of cocaine and ketamine

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9 d. ago Brit gang 'threatened to decapitate' 'drug mule' Bella Culley 'and to kill her family'

Bella Culley, 18, is facing 20 years behind bars in a Georgian prison when she goes on trial next week for allegedly smuggling 11kg of cannabis into the Black Sea nation

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9 d. ago Orangutan 'lays motionless' after puffing on vape handed to her by MMA fighter

Cage fighter Anastasia Luchkina sparked a huge backlash on social media when she bizarrely chose to share footage of herself giving her vape to an orangutan to smoke

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9 d. ago British gang 'threatened to decapitate' teen drug mule who faces jail in ex

Bella Culley is languishing in Women's Penitentiary No. 5 after being caught with the drugs as she entered Tbilisi Airport in the Georgian capital on May 10.

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9 d. ago British gang 'threatened to decapitate teenage drug mule suspect and her family and tortured her with a hot iron to force her to smuggle narcotics into Georgia

Bella Culley is languishing in Women's Penitentiary No. 5 after being caught with the drugs as she entered Tbilisi Airport in the Georgian capital on May 10.

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1 week ago 'Heartbroken' Zara McDermott fights back tears hearing harrowing account of woman's stalking at hands of her ex in new BBC documentary

The first episode of the former Love Island star's latest project, To Catch A Stalker, airs on BBC Three on Tuesday evening at 9pm.

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