67 h. ago Moment hundreds of rioters shouting 'don't protect paedos' clash with police as they arrest man, 38, accused of sending sexual messages to a child

In shocking footage posted online, crowds clashed with officers in Havant, Hampshire, as armed police with riot shields took the 38-year-old into custody.

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3 d. ago Putin is weaponising AI to target Brits with disinformation campaign in new digital 'arms race', experts warn

The new technology is 'already in use' and 'blurring the lines' between fact and fiction, researchers at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) worryingly claimed.

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7 d. ago Palestine Action say their jailed members are spreading 'intifada' in Britain's prisons after plot to target more RAF bases was revealed

A former prisoner and Palestine Action activist said the British state had made a 'miscalculation' in locking him up - and he had persuaded others to join the 'intifada' or 'uprising'.

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7 d. ago Olympics chief reveals plans for transgender policy change and pledges to 'protect the female category'

Kirsty Coventry revealed that a working group was being set up to determine a new policy after 'overwhelming support' amid raging controversy over transgender boxers.

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1 week ago 'I thought we were dead': British expat recalls how he and his son survived Iranian bombing raid in Israel

David Mason, 54, said he and his son Itay, 16, were lucky to survive Friday’s attack in Haifa

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1 week ago British expat, 54, lucky to be alive after Iranian missile exploded next to him and his son as they fled bombing raid

The Rochdale-born father, who has lived in the country for 35 years, was with son Itay, 16, when the alarms warned of enemy fire.

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1 week ago Selina Scott daylight robbery shows London has become a crime

Ex-New Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley condemned the 'epidemic of crime' in London after the robbery and assault of veteran broadcaster Selina Scott by an organised gang in broad daylight.

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1 week ago ‘Our era of violent populism’: the US has entered a new phase of political violence

The political temperature is dangerously high – and shows few signs of coolingIt has been a grim couple of weeks in the US, as multiple acts of politically motivated violence have dominated headlines and sparked fears that a worrying new normal has taken hold in America.Last Saturday, a man disguised as a police officer attacked two Democratic legislators at their homes in Minnesota, killing a state representative and her husband, and wounding another lawmaker and his wife. The alleged murderer was planning further attacks, police said, on local politicians and abortion rights advocates. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Broadcaster Selina Scott 'stabbed' in the leg by gang who stole her purse in 'traumatising' daylight robbery on busy West End street

The former ITN News At Ten anchor has described how the terrifying assault - which took place on busy Piccadilly in Central London - left her 'shattered and traumatised'.

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1 week ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Critical illness cover saved marathon runner Ryan

The Royal London policy was set up to financially protect the family if Ryan suffered a serious illness such a heart attack, cancer or stroke.

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2 w. ago Met Police introduces patrols to protect women and girls at concerts

The operation began on June 5 at Beyonce’s concert at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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2 w. ago Tough action needed to halt level of attacks on police in NI, federation warns

The Police Federation for Northern Ireland has launched the ‘Let Them Protect’ public campaign.

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2 w. ago 'I'm an American expat and tasted British pudding for first time

American expat Kalyn, who has lived in the UK for around a decade, tried a range of British foods in a recent YouTube video - and was left less than impressed by a much-loved dessert

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2 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing target British Olympian for new series to move on from 'toxic' past

BBC's Strictly Come Dancing are reportedly hoping to sign on an iconic British Olympian for the next series of the competition

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2 w. ago Revealed: How Rochdale social services workers failed two teenage girls who were repeatedly raped by Asian men

The case, which concluded on Friday with all seven gang members being convicted of rape, has laid bare the shocking failure of police and social workers to protect their vulnerable young victims.

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2 w. ago Revealed: SECOND woman stalked and brutally attacked in idyllic French village where British expat was stabbed to death: Six weeks on from Karen Carter's murder, a sinister new development...

Yellow police tape still surrounds Karen Carter's honey-coloured stone cottage on the outskirts of Trémolat, a small village east of Bordeaux.

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2 w. ago Iran hits back: Tehran warns it will target UK military bases if Britain helps defend Israel

At least three people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured as Tehran launched waves of attacks on Israel

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3 w. ago Cooper told to find savings elsewhere to protect spending on police

Haggling over the multiyear Whitehall spending review ends

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3 w. ago British 'service person' is arrested on suspicion of rape near UK Army camp in Kenya where 'soldier murdered a local woman'

The alleged rape happened last month close to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk), near the town Nanyuki.

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3 w. ago The British expat paradise in Spain that turned to hell:  Robbery gangs that target Brits, murders... and local police who protect their own

British expats in Spain are demanding action over a 'terrifying' surge in crime that has turned their idyllic seaside town into a 'petty criminal's paradise.'

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