4 h. ago Alleged ‘kill team’ charged after arrest en route to hit near Sydney daycare

Police allege they identified the trio ‘mobilising’ to kill a man near a childcare centre in city’s south-westFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police have charged three men with conspiracy to commit murder, alleging they were a hired “hit team” arrested while on their way to kill a man near a Sydney daycare centre.Police said officers had been conducting a routine surveillance operation in Sydney’s Condell Park area on Tuesday when they allegedly identified the trio “mobilising to carry out an offence”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Notorious ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev claims in jail he doesn’t remember ‘conning women out of hundreds of thousands’

THE NOTORIOUS "Tinder Swindler" has claimed from his jail cell that he doesn't remember "conning women out of hundreds of thousands." Simon Leviev, 35, has spoken out for the first time since his arrest in Georgia for alleged fraud. Talking from his prison cell, the Israeli scammer admitted to a local celebrity lawyer Mariam Kublashvili...

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14 h. ago The five best haunted theme parks in the US named for 2025: list

These attractions are sprawling playgrounds of fear and theatricality set to scare the daylights out of you for Halloween

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15 h. ago The 'Tinder Swindler' fears he has been 'set up' as he speaks from his Georgian jail cell for first time since his dramatic arrest for alleged fraud

Israeli sweetheart scammer Shimon Hayut told local celebrity lawyer Mariam Kublashvili that while he is 'no angel' he has 'no recollection' of the crimes he is accused of.

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36 h. ago Frighteningly good fun: Experts reveal the best 5 haunted theme parks in the US for 2025

These attractions are sprawling playgrounds of fear and theatricality set to scare the daylights out of you for Halloween

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3 d. ago Film Club: Aimee Lou Wood’s fantastical romcom is part Mike Leigh, part cosy family sitcom

The White Lotus star is an agoraphobic movie lover who puts on elaborate immersive screenings in her garage in this sweet tale of longing, anxiety and family bickering. But is it believable?I’m not sure where Aimee Lou Wood – the Stockport-born star of Sex Education and The White Lotus – got the idea for Film Club (Tuesday 7 October, 10pm, BBC Three), the new drama she has created with fellow actor Ralph Davis, but I’d be amazed if it’s drawn from her own life. Not because the fearlessly outspoken global celebrity plays a woman too scared to set foot outside her mum’s house in Manchester following a nervous breakdown, her only respite being a weekly movie night with uni friends in the garage. No. It’s the garage itself.Each week, unemployed, agoraphobic Evie somehow finds the wherewithal to transform her garage into a spectacular film set. For a screening of Alien, this one-woman Secret Cinema wallpapers it with tinfoil and hazard tape and fills it with smoke, strip lights...

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4 d. ago Met cop began sexual relationship with woman after arresting her boyfriend

Daniel Humphreys, 38, met the woman while attending a 999 call to arrest her boyfriend following an allegation of assault and regularly met up with her to have sex

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6 d. ago Oktoberfest closed amid bomb threat after explosion leaves one dead

A major police incident is now underway in Lerchenau, northern Munich, where bomb disposal experts raced to a residential building that was "deliberately set on fire" with explosives in an incident officers fear is linked to the festival.

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6 d. ago Oktoberfest closed after bomb threat and explosion leaves one dead

A major police incident is underway in Munich, where bomb disposal experts have raced to a property that was 'deliberately set on fire' with explosives in an incident police fear is linked to Oktoberfest

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6 d. ago How to watch Arsenal vs Olympiacos: TV channel and live stream for Champions League today

Gunners return to European action after dramatic win last time out

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8 d. ago Jurrien Timber makes bullish Arsenal title vow after Newcastle rescue mission

Arsenal looked like suffering defeat at Newcastle before Mikel Merino levelled six minutes from time then Gabriel headed a dramatic last-gasp winner to move the Gunners to within touching distance of pace-setters Liverpool

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8 d. ago Downfall of 'Kardashian of Cheshire' who fleeced millionaire clients over Hermes handbags

Entitled Jack Watkin, 26, is the son of millionaire parents and was educated at a private school in Cheshire but now he will be swapping his plush surroundings for a jail cell at HMP Altcourse

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1 week ago British woman held in Iranian jail on 'spy charges' is put on drip in her cell as family fears for her health

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested in Kerman, southern Iran, on January 3 as they embarked on a motorcycle trip around the world to Australia.

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1 week ago Liverpool reward wonderkid Rio Ngumoha with first professional contract

The teenager made headlines earlier this season, when still just 16, came off the bench to score Liverpool's dramatic injury time winner away at Newcastle United

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1 week ago Death of man who was left to die in Scots jail cell to be probed by sheriff

Darren Brownlie was fatally injured at HMP Low Moss in Bishopbriggs during a disturbance in his cell on January 6, 2020.

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2 w. ago Snared at last! But as the heartless Tinder Swindler languishes in a tough Georgian jail, his many victims are praying he won't wriggle off the hook yet again

For a man long dedicated to enjoying the finest things in life, the conditions at Shimon Hayut's current place of residence must require an adjustment of vast proportions.

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2 w. ago Man arrested by Ice dies in jail cell in Long Island, New York

Officials in Nassau county confirmed death of 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share detailsA man arrested by US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (Ice) died in a Long Island, New York, jail on Thursday, according to a report.Officials in Nassau county confirmed the death of a 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share details, saying that an investigation was under way. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten shuns prison life, refuses work in wake of child manslaughter conviction

Constance Marten, 38, has retreated into her prison cell and shunned fellow inmates after being handed a 14-year jail term for the death of her newborn daughter Victoria

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2 w. ago EastEnders fans fear Joel Marshall storyline will 'take dark turn' after 'scary scene'

EastEnders fans fear Joel Marshall's storyline is set to take an extremely dark turn in the coming months after a 'scary scene' at the end of tonight's episode...

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2 w. ago Asylum seeker is seen wandering around Epping school... before police arrest him for being wanted by another force for alleged offences

Police were called to Davenant School, in Loughton, after the man was seen entering the school grounds after he was 'acting unusually' in a nearby park.

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