15 h. ago Terrorist clad in body armour who tried to stab police officer to death and blow up van with molotov cocktail is jailed for life

Alexander Dighton, 28, knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg when he launched an attack on Talbot Green Police Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.

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15 h. ago Moment terrorist who said 'I've been damned from birth' tries to stab cop to death and set fire to police station

Alexander Dighton, 28, knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg when he launched an attack on Talbot Green Police Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.

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15 h. ago Video shows moment terrorist lures police officers out of station to attack them with knives and hatchet

Alex Dighton was armed with poles, molotov cocktails and a knife when he attacked officers at Talbot Green police station leaving two needing hospital treatment

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16 h. ago Terrorist who said 'I've been damned from birth' as he tried to stab cop to death and set fire to police station is jailed for life

Alexander Dighton, 28, knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg when he launched an attack on Talbot Green Police Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.

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16 h. ago Armoured thug stabbed officer and knocked another unconscious in police station attack

Dighton remarked in a police interview he did not consider the scope of damage, ‘merely that blood had to be spilt’

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17 h. ago Officers showed ‘exceptional bravery’ during unprecedented police station attack

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked officers outside the Talbot Green police station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, on January 31.

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18 h. ago Man who attacked officers outside police station had been referred to Prevent

Andrew Dighton had been referred to the Prevent anti-terrorism programme a year before his attack on officers in Talbot Green in South Wales.

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20 h. ago Live updates as man being sentenced for trying to kill police officer with knife and Molotov cocktail outside station

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked officers in a huge disturbance in January outside Talbot Green police station

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29 h. ago Man to be sentenced for attacking officers with hatchet outside police station

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked three police officers at Talbot Green police station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, on January 31.

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38 h. ago Woman becomes eighth person charged in connection with fatal Talbot Green shooting

Joanne Penney, who was 40, died on March 9 after being fatally shot in Talbot Green

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2 w. ago 3rd suspect arrested in connection with death of a Super Bowl reporter in New Orleans

A third person has been charged in connection to the death of a television reporter, who had traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl earlier this year

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2 w. ago 'I warned authorities about him but nothing happened. Then he went on a rampage'

Exclusive: A family member of Alexander Dighton believes his near-fatal attack on Talbot Green police was not prevented because of a 'systematic failure'

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3 w. ago January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for burglary

Zachary Alam was imprisoned for role in Capitol attack and later pardoned, and now allegedly entered Virginia home and stole itemsA participant in the January 6 attack pardoned by Donald Trump was recently arrested for burglary and vandalism in Virginia in what is believed to be the first incidence of new charges for a person who took part in the 2021 US Capitol insurrection.Zachary Alam received one of the longest prison sentences, eight years, for his part in the violence committed in Washington DC by Trump supporters attempting to keep him in office after his 2020 election defeat by Joe Biden. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Second man charged with arson over fire at Starmer’s London home

Romanian national is second person charged following three arrests

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