65 m. ago Man arrested and charged after 12 hour stand off with armed police in Falkirk

The man was arrested and charged and is due to appear at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Monday, 7 April and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

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3 h. ago Huddersfield 'murder': Man arrested after boy, 16, has 'throat slashed' in fatal street attack

Alfie Franco, aged 20, is set to appear in Leeds Magistrates' Court today charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

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11 h. ago Brutal killer who murdered father in savage attack given life sentence

John Farquhar was ordered to serve at least 22 years in prison after he repeatedly stabbed his neighbour Garry Thomson with a knife at a flat in Guardbridge, in Fife.

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13 h. ago US department ‘disappointed’ by UK court’s conviction of anti

Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court of two charges of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order.

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14 h. ago As Russell Brand is summoned to court next month over rape charges, will his new MAGA allies in America stand by him?

Since moving to America, the Russell Brand has built a new life, embracing Christianity and becoming ingratiated into Trump's circle of wealthy, famous friends.

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14 h. ago Trial begins for Salvadoran fugitive accused in deadly attack of Maryland hiker

A fugitive from El Salvador is on trial in the rape and murder of a Maryland woman who was attacked on a hiking trail in 2023

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20 h. ago Father of track meet murder suspect claims son was ‘not the one who started it’

‘He’s a good kid’ insisted the father of Karmelo Anthony, 17, who has been charged with the murder of Austin Metcalf, also 17

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22 h. ago Teenager, 19, accused of murdering father and trying to murder his mother and an 11

Fabio Botros, 19, was arrested after Emad Botros-Farag, 57, was found at his home with catastrophic injuries. He was later pronounced dead.

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22 h. ago Starmer to hold talks with other global leaders to discuss response to Trump tariffs, says No 10 – UK politics live

UK prime minister to speak to international leaders this weekend to ‘maintain stability and strengthen our partnerships abroad’Trump claims Starmer ‘very happy’ about tariffsDowning Street has refused to confirm President Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer was “very happy” about the treatment the UK is getting under the new US global tariff regime. (See 9.32am.) Asked about the president’s words at the morning lobby briefing, the PM’s spokesperson said that the government had already set out its position yesterday and that it was “disappointed” by the US tariff policy.Livia Tossici-Bolt has been sentenced at Poole magistrates’ court to a conditional discharge for two years for two charges of breaching a “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, PA Media reports. See 11.22am. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago David Lammy says he regrets Trump has embraced protectionism, something not seen in US ‘for nearly a century’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementAn anti-abortion campaigner at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic, PA Media reports. PA says:Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted at Poole magistrates’ court of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023.The case involved the 64-year-old from Bournemouth holding a sign saying “Here to talk, if you want”.But I think our approach should be to slightly stand back and think, what does Britain want, and can it get from the rest of the world, and what can we contribute?And in that regard, it’s important to realise that the rest of the G7, except the US, collectively are the same size as the United States. And I would have thought a very sensible thing to be doing is having a serious co...

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24 h. ago Teenager, 19, arrives at court where he is charged with murdering father, 57, and trying to murder woman and boy

A 19-year-old man charged with the murder of his father and the attempted murder of a woman and boy has arrived at court.

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42 h. ago Monster dad who murdered wife and daughters makes stunning accusations against his mistress in twisted prison letters

In the never-before-seen notes, the father, 39, points fingers at everyone but himself for the murder of his wife, Shanann, and daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3

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47 h. ago Woman who wrote How to Murder Your Husband shot husband dead in cold blood

Nancy Crampton-Brophy from Oregon was the last person anyone would suspect of murder - despite having written a short story called How to Murder Your Husband

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67 h. ago British activist in solitary confinement in India despite acquittal, family say

Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal says he is ‘being mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed. Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have not granted his brother bail, despite the prosecutor’s failure to produce any credible evidence or witnesses in the Punjab court.Gurpreet said UK consular staff met his brother in jail on Tuesday and were told he had been put into solitary confinement with a 24-hour guard, adding no explanation had been given. Gurpreet said: “I fear for his physical and mental welfare sinc...

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2 d. ago Father who appeared on Channel 5 show The Accused is jailed for 17 years for murdering his six

Kyle Kitchen, 38, assaulted his eight-week-old daughter Primrose Kane in a matter of seconds in November 2014, causing catastrophic injuries, the Old Bailey heard.

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3 d. ago Prince Andrew sex accuser Virginia Giuffre due in court after being charged before crash

Ms Giuffre has reportedly been charged with breaching a restraining order in Perth, Australia.

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3 d. ago Revealed: Why Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre was charged by cops

Virginia Giuffre, née Roberts, 41, posted a photograph on Instagram on Sunday night, allegedly from her hospital bed, claiming she had just four days left to live.

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3 d. ago Luigi Mangione faces death penalty for murder of CEO and 'innocent father'

Luigi Mangione is accused of killing healthcare boss Brian Thompson and could now be given the death penalty as a result of the incidentin New York on December 4

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3 d. ago Cyprus court acquits five Israeli men accused of raping British woman

Woman’s lawyer says verdict proof of ‘patriarchal’ justice system and does not rule out taking case to European court of human rightsA Cyprus court’s acquittal of five men accused of abducting and raping a British woman in the resort of Ayia Napa has been met with outrage as calls mount for the verdict to be challenged.Dismissing the charges on Monday, the three-member district court in Paralimni ruled the testimony of the 20-year-old had not been credible because it “lacked coherence and contained numerous substantial contradictions”. The defendants, Israelis aged between 19 and 20, claimed sexual contact with the woman had been consensual. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'Beautiful' woman killed at home pictured as her son is charged with murder

Rachel Dixon was found injured by emergency services at her home in Clacton, Essex, at around 11.30am on Friday. She was rushed by air ambulance hospital, but she was pronounced dead

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