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Crufts dog groomer said 'I hope it f***ing hurt' after attacking three policemen

UK 40 minutes ago By Sarah Hooper

A 13-year-old has been arrested over an e-bike crash involving a pregnant woman whose baby was born afterwards in hospital and remains in a serious condition. It happened around 3.50pm on 26 January in Herbert Avenue, Poole, and the rider reportedly failed to stop at the scene. The female pedestrian, in her 30s, attended hospital for treatment.

Boy, 13, arrested after pregnant woman seriously hurt in e-bike hit-and-run

UK 2 hours ago By Brooke Davies

Savannah Guthrie and mother Nancy Guthrie stood in a tv studio

TV star Savannah Guthrie's missing mother was 'abducted in the night', claim police

TV 2 hours ago By Charlotte Minter

Fiona Goddard during a press conference setting out proposed terms of reference for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. Picture date: Monday December 8, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire

Grooming gang survivors feel 'betrayed and distressed' after victims panel is axed

Politics 5 hours ago By Luke Alsford

Smart motorway system 'was not working' on the day of fatal crash

UK 21 hours ago By Charlie Moloney

Russian ship captain guilty of killing crew member in crash with tanker

UK 18 hours ago By Luke Alsford

LONDON - MARCH 03: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York with her daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice arrive at the UK film premiere of 'The Young Victoria', at Odeon Leicester Square on March 3, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)

Sarah Ferguson took 'Eugenie and Beatrice to visit Epstein days after his release'

US 16 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

Van driver admits killing King's College student in central London crash

UK 20 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

Suffolk Strangler's brother fears serial killer has 'more victims'

UK 16 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

Jeffrey Epstein's eerie response when asked if he's 'the devil himself'

World 19 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

30th January 2026, LONDON, UK: Warren Rajah is pictured in front of the Sainsbury supermarket in Elephant and Castle where he was wrongly identified by facial recognition cameras. ??Justin Griffiths-Williams 00442085339882 00447850053473

Man ‘humiliated’ after shop staff using facial recognition cameras mistake him for thief

UK 22 hours ago By Brooke Davies

Undated handout still from issued by the Metropolitan Police of the body-worn video footage of police officers arresting nursery worker Vincent Chan, 45, of Finchley, north London, who has pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court to 26 offences including nine counts of sexual assault of a child. Issue date: Wednesday December 3, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Families say fears over paedophile nursery worker were 'brushed aside'

UK 24 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

Jeffrey Epstein in red star hat.

Was Jeffrey Epstein running a 'KGB honeytrap empire' on Putin's behalf?

World 2 days ago By Sarah Hooper

A view of Pound Lane in Willesden, London

Woman, 50, stabbed to death in 'busy' area of north London

UK 2 days ago By Luke Alsford

Harrel Braddy, now 76, was found guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping and other charges in the November 1998 killing of Quantisha Maycock. 15442151 Man, 76, who kidnapped five-year-old girl and fed her to ALLIGATORS faces death penalty

Man who left five-year-old girl to be killed by alligators spared death penalty

US 2 days ago By Luke Alsford

Grabs of people robbing the Richmond jewellers.

Neighbours of Ted Lasso neighbourhood 'living in fear' after brazen raids

UK 19 hours ago By John Dunne

Marius Borg Hoiby wearing a tuxedo

Who is Marius Borg Høiby, the Norwegian royal facing four counts of rape?

World 2 days ago By Katie Boyden

Undated handout file photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary of child serial killer Lucy Letby. A public inquiry into the crimes of Lucy Letby will not be halted, its chairwoman, Lady Justice Thirlwall, has ruled. Since September the Thirlwall Inquiry has been examining how the former neonatal nurse was able to murder or attack 14 babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Issue date: Wednesday March 19, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Letby . Photo credit should read: Cheshire Constabulary/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Lucy Letby’s parents blast Netflix’s new documentary as an ‘invasion of privacy’

UK 2 days ago By Sarah Hooper

A screen grab taken from CCTV dated 22/07/25 issued by Warwickshire Police of Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir seen leaving a park before and after the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The images of Mohammad and Ahmad were part of a time-line video presentation played to jurors at Warwick Crown Court on Friday. Issue date: Friday January 30, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Warwickshire Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Afghan man asks girl, 12, how old she is 'before raping her near playground'

UK 3 days ago By Brooke Davies

Abusive thug killed pregnant girlfriend's unborn baby in harrowing attack

Abuser killed heavily pregnant girlfriend's unborn baby in harrowing attack

UK 3 days ago By Sam Corbishley