3 d. ago Thieves drill through derelict building wall into boutique to steal £250,000 worth of WAGs’ must

Helpless owner watched on security camera as mob raid on celebrity store mirrored Hatton Garden heist

Economics

1 week ago Canary holidaymakers blow as another island warns of new tourist taxes

The Canary Island of Fuerteventura will start charging British holidaymakers a tourist tax if they want to visit its most beautiful locations, officials on the Spanish holiday hotspot have announced

Events

1 week ago ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator

Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing itWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also said she thinks there is a “possibility” that foraged mushrooms were unintentionally added to her beef wellington mixture as she tried to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about planned weight loss surgery.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago The children abducted and sold to be cut into pieces for black magic rituals: As mother is jailed for life for selling six

Racquel 'Kelly' Smith, 35, was this week found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter Joshlin. But Joshlin is far from the only child to have met this bleak fate due to her appearance

Events

2 w. ago Lead detective denies police errors in mushroom lunch investigation as Erin Patterson trial continues

Defence argues photos taken by police inside Patterson’s home appear to show computers and a phone that were not seized during searchWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The detective in charge of the investigation into the deadly beef wellington lunch served by Erin Patterson has denied police made several errors in the case, including failing to seize electronic items during a search of her house and wrongly identifying her son on CCTV footage, a court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning her four lunch guests – relatives of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson – with a beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago What police found on Erin Patterson’s computer and text messages with mother

Detective also tells mushroom lunch trial that phone records indicate a sim card was switched while police searched murder accused’s homeWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Electronic records taken from a computer seized by police from Erin Patterson’s house indicated that it had been used to visit webpages listing sightings of death cap mushrooms, a Victorian court has heard.The court also heard on Wednesday that Patterson sent multiple text messages to her mother-in-law, Gail Patterson, about health issues and medical appointments that police found no record of having ever occurred. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Indonesian police arrest an Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine to Bali

Indonesian police said on Monday they arrested an Australian for allegedly smuggling cocaine on the tourist island of Bali, a charge that could carry the death penalty

Events

3 w. ago Dani Dyer wears West Ham kit in sweet nod to fiancé Jarrod Bowen as she jets off for hen trip

Dani Dyer and Jarrod Bowen are preparing to tie the knot next month. Ahead of the wedding, Dani and her loved ones are heading off to Ibiza for her hen do

Politics

3 w. ago Tourist is charged £1,200 for two drinks and a packet of crisps in Mexico

A hapless tourist believes he may have been scammed after paying 100 times the right amount for two drinks and a bag of chips while abroad in Mexico - and his bank is refusing to pay him back.

Economics

3 w. ago Women caught performing sex act in shop doorway during school run

Sarah Crawford and Rosalind Fitzgerald had been at an all-night party and were under the influence of alcohol when they started touching each other in a shop doorway

Events

3 w. ago Two women caught performing 'disgusting' sex act in shop doorway as kids walked to school

Sarah Crawford and Rosalind Fitzgerald were caught in the act in Gateshead last December after attending a boozy all-nighter - the pair were charged with outraging public decency

Events

3 w. ago A British man on trial in Bali for a drug offense pleads for a lenient sentence

A British man on trial for drug offenses has pleaded for leniency in a court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali after a charge of trafficking that could carry the death penalty was dropped

Events

3 w. ago Oxford Street sweet shop caught selling magic mushrooms as police raid London store

Police raided an American candy shop on London's West End after one customer reported being charged nearly £900 for two packets of sweets - and found Magic Mushroom cookies for sale

Events

3 w. ago West End sweet shop caught selling magic mushrooms as police raid store after tourist charged £899 for two bags of sweets

Investigators from Westminster Council uncovered that the candy shop had been selling magic mushroom cookies, with four labelled 'Magic Dragon', while three others were named 'Game Over'.

Economics

4 w. ago Tenerife could introduce tourist tax for first time in popular holiday destination

The town of San Miguel de Abona in Tenerife could be the first area of the island to introduce a tourist tax, which would see visitors charged for overnight stays in all accommodation

Politics