18 h. ago Thugs caged for 101 years after 'gangland' attacks left man with hand 'hanging off' and prison cars torched

Michael Heep is a trusted lieutenant of Edinburgh crime boss Mark Richardson.

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39 h. ago Teenagers arrested after boy, 17, left seriously injured in horror machete attack

Two boys, aged 15 and 17, remain in custody

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44 h. ago Militant attacks on Pakistani police kill 5 as government hunt for insurgents displaces thousands

A series of attacks against Pakistani police by militants left five officers dead and eight wounded in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Pakistan’s Independence Day

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45 h. ago Female police officer wins £40,000 payout after she was challenged by inspector over rare condition stopping her from working in cold weather

PC Denise Gemmell was 'ambushed' and 'attacked' by Inspector Stephen Gow (pictured) in a meeting that left her in tears after he told her she was a 'problem' to work with due to her health condition.

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57 h. ago Bleeding schoolboy asked for napkins after daylight knife attack left him with head wound

Police were called to Duke Street in Liverpool city centre at around 4.20pm today

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63 h. ago 'I have nightmares over pocket bully dog attack which left me in hospital for days'

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Gina Evans was left needing 22 stitches after the out-of-control 'pocket bully' charged at her and sank its teeth into her left calf while she was walking her own dog

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4 d. ago Man left fighting for life after attack outside Deansgate bar as police search for key witness

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they believe witnessed what happened

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5 d. ago Prisoners volunteering with animals accused of 'concerning' act with guinea pigs

Guinea pig meat and carcasses were found in the fridge of a prison farm after a group of inmates were asked to care for the creatures in a work-release program near Perth, Australia

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5 d. ago Priest left in 'serious condition' after bottle attack inside church

Father John Murray was due to retire soon, and was assaulted before Mass on Sunday morning.

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7 d. ago Carer who engaged in sexual activity with vulnerable client narrowly avoids prison

Mum-of-two Megan Neilson, 28, was told only her parental responsibilities had saved her from a custodial sentence for the "breach of trust".

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8 d. ago Woman 'dragged knife down' girlfriend's face leaving her 'ugly and destroyed'

The woman's partner was left with "permanent and irreversible" scarring following the unprovoked attack.

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9 d. ago Bernband’s alien landscape is the perfect place for digital wandering – just don’t expect a map

With distinct, discrete areas that you can visit at any time, this is not a traditional open world adventure, and it resists gamification with the mantra ‘there’s no goal but to stroll’Here is poetry in the form of a game description. Bernband is “a sci-fi exploration game for people who like to wander ”. Players will be able to simply walk around a colourful and unusual world, wandering in the glow cast by streetlights and ducking beneath zigzagging overhead flags. They’ll tour hallways where strange green life grows politely in planters, and they’ll even get the chance to snooze on rattling otherworldly subway trains while hand grips – tentacle grips? – jiggle as they hang overhead. “There’s no goal but to stroll,” the game’s Steam page promises. “Where will your feet take you?”There’s something intoxicating about a game that just lets you wander. But it doesn’t mean the game itself is easy to make, of course. “Wandering [as] the main goal is quite difficult for many reasons,” say...

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9 d. ago Angry passenger leaves airport worker with a 'fractured spine' after brutal assault

An Indian airport worker has been left with an alleged fractured spine after a vicious attack by a passenger during a row over baggage fees.

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1 week ago London attack left ‘Bridgerton’ actress with agoraphobia, lasting trauma

London attack left ‘Bridgerton’ actress with agoraphobia, lasting trauma  Straight Arrow News

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1 week ago Furious sea lion attacks and bites girl, 9, learning to surf off California coast

Corale Olsen, nine, was left with bruises and bite marks after an angry sea lion attacked her during surf camp at Asilomar State Beach.

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1 week ago Horrifying moment thug smashes car into peacemaker who was trying to break up fight and leaves him traumatic brain injury

Hugh Raymond Holmes, 35, got into a fight in Ferryhill, County Durham, which involved several men and women on the day he left jail for a separate offence.

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1 week ago Bridgerton actress who fought off phone thief reveals attack has left her 'severely agoraphobic' and unable to leave her home

Genevieve Chenneour, 27, bravely fought off prolific Algerian thief Zacariah Boulares, 18, at Joe & The Juice on Kensington High Street in which she 'blacked out'.

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1 week ago Moment woman smashes neighbour over the head with SPADE as bitter row explodes

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Catherine Lloyd, 44, attacked her neighbour with the spade after a long-running dispute over several issues for several years, the attack left the man needing hospital treatment

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1 week ago US sports lobby Home Office for travel exemption after golf caddie refused UK entry

Criminal conviction meant Eric Larson was barredNFL teams play in UK and have been alerted to situationSports organisations in the US will press the Home Office to apply exemptions to new travel rules for American citizens entering the UK after the caddie of golfer Harris English missed out on around £130,000 by being denied access for the Scottish Open and Open Championship.The case of Eric Larson has alerted the likes of the NFL and NBA, which stage games in London, that sportspeople or staff can be prohibited from entering the UK under Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rules if they have a criminal conviction. Larson was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1995 for involvement in drug dealing and rebuilt his career as a caddie for several leading PGA Tour players after serving 10 years. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Glam footballer Madelene Wright shares steaming hot bath feet pic after 'spider attack'

Glam footballer Madelene Wright has turned up the heat on social media as she shared some steamy bath snaps following a "spider attack" that left her with an injury

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