3 d. ago Two more arrests over 'attempted murder' and 'firebombing' in Edinburgh

Arrests increase to 52 as police investigate suspected gang feud.

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4 d. ago Voices: For crying out loud: are you ready for the ‘politics of pain’ about to hit us?

I once accused the PM and his chancellor of being too gloomy, writes John Rentoul. Turns out they were not gloomy enough – and they’ll have to lead the nation through another vale of tears

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1 week ago Inside the Jennifer Ellison gang war: How star's gangster ex saw her embroiled in terrifying battle between drugs clans in Liverpool

Jennifer Ellison was an unlikely target when her family home was riddled with bullets from an AK-47 - but the actress was pulled into a gang war because of her boyfriend, Tony Richardson.

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1 week ago Scots cops say underworld killings in Costa Del Sol "not linked" to gang war on home turf

Scotland's most senior police officer says the fatal shootings of two men in Spain were not planned in Scotland or are linked to ongoing gangland violence here.

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1 week ago Crackdown on Scotland gang war: Police arrest 49 suspects including boy, 17, after spate of shootings, firebombings and assaults rocked Edinburgh and Glasgow

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of firebombing in connection with Operation Portaledge, the ongoing investigation into a spate of violent incidents in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Why a DPD driver was REALLY hacked to death with a machete: Inside Sikh gang war fuelled by immigration that BBC didn't show in documentary

When DPD driver Aurman Singh was hacked to death in a 'cartel-style' execution in Shrewsbury, it was the culmination of months of bad blood between Skih gangs.

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2 w. ago Slain gangster Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll replaced by new enforcer for "A Team" mob amid gang war

A TikTok page run by the faceless "A Team" claims a new recruit has been brought into the ranks.

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2 w. ago Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of postponing son’s wedding

Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict Middle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has evoked the spirit of London during the blitz, and pointed to his own family’s sacrifice amid the blood, toil, tears and sweat of his nation: the second postponement of his son’s wedding.The Israeli prime minister’s remarks, solemnly delivered to the cameras against the backdrop of a missile-struck hospital building in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, set off a howl of derision that echoed around the Hebrew-language internet, at the height of a war that Netanyahu unleashed on Friday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of Iran war

Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict Middle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has evoked the spirit of London during the blitz, and pointed to his own family’s sacrifice amid the blood, toil, tears and sweat of his nation: the second postponement of his son’s wedding.The Israeli prime minister’s remarks, solemnly delivered to the cameras against the backdrop of a missile-struck hospital building in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, set off a howl of derision that echoed around the Hebrew-language internet, at the height of a war that Netanyahu unleashed on Friday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'A Team' vow revenge in gang war and tell their rivals 'bullets win'

"TMJ are bottom of the food chain and are all working for a keyboard gangster... Bullets win."

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2 w. ago Edinburgh and Glasgow gang war: Two men, aged 26 and 20, charged over 'attempted murder' in Edinburgh

Gang war detectives make three more arrests in Edinburgh.

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2 w. ago The gang war tearing a nation apart mapped: The territories under the control of 'Mr Big', 'Scarface' and a feared 'cocaine king'

EXCLUSIVE: Detailed maps showing exactly where the battle lines have been drawn in a deadly gang war.

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2 w. ago The gang war tearing Scotland apart mapped: The territories under the control of 'Mr Big', the Scottish Scarface and Edinburgh's cocaine king

EXCLUSIVE: With a series of in-depth maps, we can reveal where the battle lines have been drawn in the territories under attack in this already vicious and deadly gang war.

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3 w. ago Edinburgh crime: Man, 26, arrested after alleged ‘firebombing’ linked to violent gang war 

A man has been arrested after a large police presence was reported in part of Edinburgh on Sunday.

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3 w. ago Gang war cops find gun in Edinburgh path after police shut down area

Cops have discovered a firearm the Roseburn Path area of Edinburgh.

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4 w. ago A teen lottery winner, a vodka boss and Glasgow's Carmela Soprano: Meet the gangsters' molls embroiled in Britain's deadliest gang war

Blood is being spilt by four warring crime families on Britain and Spain's streets but while the kingpins send out their armies, their wives and girlfriends are enjoying the trappings of a luxury lifestyle.

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