99 m. ago Female Met police officer 'ran a spray tanning business while claiming mental health issues stopped her reporting for duty'

PC Jennifer Stowers, based within Central West Command Unit, faces a misconduct hearing after being accused of running the firm via Instagram between May 18, 2023 and April 2, 2025.

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2 h. ago Man who threatened to kill himself with a gun is left with life

Police were called by his family on Friday morning to a home in Walthamstow, north-east London , to report that he had a gun and was making threats to harm himself, Scotland Yard said.

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2 h. ago Turtle power! Marine reptiles brought back from the brink of extinction

Data shows the green turtle population rebounding in a feat being hailed a major conservation victory by scientists.

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2 h. ago Revealed: Andy Burnham accepted £12,000 tickets and hospitality in two years as PM's rival is dragged into Labour freebies row

The Tories said the £118,267-a-year Greater Manchester mayor should answer 'serious questions about his integrity' instead of eying up a move to Number 10.

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2 h. ago New forensic techniques could help solve triple murder 30 years ago

Police hope advances in forensic technology could provide a long-awaited breakthrough in the case

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2 h. ago New forensic techniques could help solve triple murder after 30 years

Diane Jones, 21, and her daughters Shauna, two, and Sarah-Jane, one, died in a fire on the Gurnos Estate, Merthyr Tydfil.

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3 h. ago Methanol poisoning kills three in Brazil as secret alcohol factory uncovered

While investigating the deaths of two people who had drunk vodka purchased at the same bar, police in Brazil uncovered a clandestine alcohol factory near São Paulo

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3 h. ago Peter Kay reveals he caused 'thousands of pounds' worth of damage to rock star Eric Clapton's holiday home in Provence

Peter Kay has revealed he accidentally caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage to Eric Clapton's swanky holiday home.

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3 h. ago Man shot by police after ‘threatening to harm others’ during four

The man was taken to hospital with life-changing injuries.

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3 h. ago Peter Kay caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to Eric Clapton's home

Peter Kay is best known for his comedy career and has now opened up about the highs and lows in his new book Peter Kay's Diary

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4 h. ago Tory MP ALICIA KEARNS: 'I froze with fear when detectives told me Chinese may have bugged my hotel room on a visit to Taiwan'

Within minutes, police had dropped the extraordinary bombshell that they suspected the researcher, Chris Cash, had been passing secrets to Beijing for a year.

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5 h. ago The 'China spy' in my office, by top Tory... who fears she was secretly filmed or bugged in hotel room by Beijing

Chris Cash received high-level briefings from former MI6 spies, ambassadors and ministers, gaining extraordinary intelligence on China-related policies before he was dramatically arrested.

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5 h. ago Nineteen people feared dead after blast at Tennessee munitions plant

Police chief calls explosion near Bucksnort, south-west of Nashville, ‘devastating’ and says ‘we have some deceased’Nineteen people are missing and feared dead following a massive explosion at a military munitions plant in Tennessee on Friday morning.The powerful blast ripped through the explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday morning, rattling homes miles away and bringing emergency services to the scene, authorities and residents said. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago A postal worker died from a massive stroke while police and jail staff ignored him for hours. Now they face a federal lawsuit

Officers reportedly watched as Kingsley Fifi Bimpong writhed around in a pool of his own urine on the floor of a jail cell until he was ‘cold to the touch’

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5 h. ago London v New York City: what data tells us about which is better

London v New York City: what data tells us about which is better  The Times

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5 h. ago Motorcyclist jailed for injuring girl after driving at group filming TikTok

The 13-year-old victim suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident in a Southampton park.

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5 h. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist 'was being investigated for two alleged rapes' before carrying out atrocity

Jihad al-Shamie was reported to police in December 2024 and September 2025 for allegedly raping two woman

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6 h. ago Man in serious condition after being shot by police in London

Man in serious condition after being shot by police in London  The Guardian

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6 h. ago Criminals who holidayed together in Turkey caught after police bugged Mercedes

The gang have been jailed for more than a century

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6 h. ago Accomplice jailed for assisting murder after police found mutilated body in 7

Ciprian Ilie, 44, was found guilty today of assisting an offender and preventing the lawful and decent burial of Cumali Turham, 46.

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