2 h. ago 'Knifeman' arrested after 'attacking public' outside college

Police were called after receiving reports a man was clutching a knife outside of a college.

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2 h. ago BREAKING: 'Knifeman' arrested outside Bradford College as cops and public 'attacked'

Police were called after receiving reports a man was clutching a knife on Great Horton Road in Bradford.

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3 h. ago School enters 'partial lockdown' after police called out to 'man seen with gun'

Parents were told about the 'precautionary measure'

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4 h. ago UK primary school incident after girl, 8, dies suddenly as police called

Penrhys Primary School in the Rhondda is closed after the death of one of their pupils on Wednesday afternoon. South Wales Police was called to the school to reports of a pupil suffering a medical episode

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5 h. ago Pupil aged eight dies as police called to Welsh primary school

The school has been closed to all pupils on Thursday

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17 h. ago Margate evacuation LIVE: Residents told to leave after 'suspicious items' found

Residents on four roads in Margate, Kent, have been evacuated from their homes after Kent Police were called to an address with concerns over 'suspicious items' inside a flat

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21 h. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 999 call

Police say Jihad al-Shamie made call to emergency services during attack that resulted in the deaths of two worshippersThe Manchester synagogue terrorist rang 999 during his deadly attack pledging allegiance to the terror group Islamic State, police have said.Jihad al-Shamie, 35, made the call claiming responsibility for the attack after driving his car at worshippers outside Heaton Park synagogue in north Manchester on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur last week. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago 'I hope he's rotting in hell': Devastated mother of woman murdered by Jack the Ripper copycat killer says she finally has 'closure' after his death in prison aged 64

Jackie Summerford has faced 18 years of agony after Derek Brown slaughtered her girl, Bonnie Barrett, in 2007. Her daughter's killer died suddenly last month while behind bars.

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24 h. ago Kate McCann reveals 'final straw' to stalking trial that made her call police

Kate McCann, speaking in court today, revealed what her 'final straw' with alleged 'stalker' Julia Wandelt was - which led Madeleine McCann's mum to call the police

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25 h. ago 'Illegal' campers at West Lothian leisure centre told to leave as police called in

West Lothian Council took to social media to warn several vehicles had set up an ‘unlawful’ encampment behind the 5-aside pitches at Xcite Bathgate on Tuesday, October 7.

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25 h. ago Why Tony Blair just can’t kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East | Oliver Eagleton

The Blair-Trump fantasy for postwar Gaza shows the former PM still thinks that free enterprise can solve all the world’s ills“There are two types of politician,” Tony Blair observed in 2012. “Reality creators and reality managers.” While postwar politics was generally a matter of steady management, he claimed, the emerging order called for more creativity, “both in the economy and foreign policy”. Only a particular type of visionary leader was fit for the task.More than a decade later, Blair has now joined forces with the pre-eminent reality-creator, Donald Trump, to draft a hallucinatory 20-point plan for Gaza. It aims to turn the devastated Strip into what seems to resemble a colonial protectorate: cleansed of armed conflict, buzzing with development projects and a “special economic zone” through which foreign capital can flow, and overseen by an international “board of peace” with Trump himself as chair. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Manchester synagogue attacker called 999 to pledge allegiance to Islamic State

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, called police in the initial stages of the attack last Thursday

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27 h. ago Police call for further potential victims of sex offender and paedophile to come forward

The Metropolitan Police believe Vruj Patel, 26, may have continued to offend until recently, when he was detained

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28 h. ago Two men charged over gold artefacts raid at St Fagans National Museum

South Wales Police were called to the museum to reports that thieves had broken in during the early hours of Monday morning

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29 h. ago Husband says 'my wife turns into a snake at night and bites me' as cops investigate

A petrified Indian husband has called in the police over his wife's nightly transformation into a savage serpent. The man said she will bite him when she changes into a snake

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48 h. ago Murdo Fraser reported to police after calling for 'no more Buddhists' as Rangers manager

Officers are looking into the social media post made by Murdo Fraser.

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50 h. ago Tory MSP Murdo Fraser reported to police after calling for 'no more buddhists or vegans' at Rangers

A Tory party spokesman claimed Fraser's tweet was aimed at Russell Martin and was "obviously a joke".

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54 h. ago Rough sleeper falsely reported murders and kidnaps in 72 police calls in 13 days

Richard Lawton, 37, was handed a community order at North Staffordshire Justice Centre after making repeated calls to 999 incorrecly telling operators that serious crimes were taking place

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3 d. ago Woman found dead inside 'large cardboard box' as police appeal for help

After police were called to the scene in a remote area of Arizona, the victim was identified as a 57-year-old woman from Las Vegas- who had been arrested days before in Las Vegas

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3 d. ago Rangers sack Russell Martin as police escort called for former Swansea City boss

Russell Martin has been sacked by Rangers after just four months in charge of the Scottish Premiership side, with the Ibrox club sitting 11 points behind leaders Celtic

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