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Thai police search for British man after his wife was found shot in the head

Channel: World World 7 days ago By Sarah Hooper
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood watching a live policing operation during a tour of the Lambeth Central Communications Command Centre in London.

More AI in crime-fighting is on the way despite West Midlands Police row

Channel: Politics Politics January 26, 2026 By Craig Munro
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI/Shutterstock (15110519c) Melania Trump, and Barron Trump sit after arriving for the 60th presidential inaugural parade at Capital One Arena after Trump was sworn in as the 47th President in Washington, DC on Monday, January 20, 2025. President Trump speaks at Capital One Arena after being sworn as the 47th President, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 20 Jan 2025

Judge warns jurors to treat Barron Trump's account with 'caution'

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Sowersby/Shutterstock (3195922o) Leeds Magistrates Court in Westgate, Leeds Yorkshire, Britain - Jul 2013

Man in Leeds 'charged with encouring someone in the US to kill themselves over video call'

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026 By Luke Alsford
Play Video MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 25: A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA medical center, died on January 24 after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

ICE agent's gun 'mishap' may have led to Alex Pretti's killing

Channel: US US January 26, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

Inside the world of London’s ‘Turkish mafia’ who are ruling the streets with violence

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026 By John Dunne
Composite image of Millbay Marina in Plymouth (left) and a close-up selfie of a man with dark hair and moustache

Teenager 'arrested for murder' after man's body found in water

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2026 By Sarah Ping

Woman, 40, who died after 'being punched in the face' is named and pictured 

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026 By Sarah Ping
?16,000 in cash was found in a safe and in a bedroom. // A devious couple who trafficked women from Europe and forced them into prostitution spent earnings on a "lavish lifestyle" and drove luxury cars. Polish nationals Wieslaw Michniewicz, 53, and wife Aleksandra Timoszek, 32, from Leeds, invited young women to the UK with the promise of legitimate work, but were then put to work as prostitutes. Michniewicz and Timoszek, who lived on Willow Avenue, Burley, targeted vulnerable women, predominantly from Poland. The women were told they would have jobs working as childminders or in local bars or shops. Photo released 25/01/2026

Couple forced women into prostitution and spent earnings on 'lavish lifestyle'

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
British mother-of-three Victoria Hart, 33, pictured, was stabbed to death at her home in Spain yesterday / re: British mother-of-three, 33, stabbed to death at her home in Spain as her ex is held on suspicion of her murder

British mum 'stabbed to death by ex in Spain' before 'son, 11, fled to call for help'

Channel: World World January 25, 2026 By Luke Alsford
Play Video This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)

What we know so far about Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse shot dead by ICE

Channel: US US January 25, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
? Licensed to London News Pictures. 24/01/2026. London, UK. A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator being arrested by police. A group Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting against the incarceration of Palestine Action activists at HMP Wormwood Scrubs were all arrested for aggravated trespassing onto prison property. The demonstrators were kettled in by Police who proceeded to arrest them one by one in a large operation that took 5 hours.Photo credit: Lab Mo/LNP

Almost 90 arrested over mass trespass at prison in support of hunger striker

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2026 By Luke Alsford
Armed Metropolitan Police on duty in Westminster on 5th May 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The Metropolitan Police Service, formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police, is the territorial police force responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in Greater London. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Britain to have its own 'FBI' super force to tackle major crime investigations

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
IAN HUNTLEY, 28, former school caretaker, who was convicted of the murders of Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. See PA story COURTS Girls. PA Photo: Toby Meville....A...LONDON...UK

Soham double child killer Ian Huntley 'kicking off' after being stripped of Xbox

Channel: UK UK January 24, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
Paedophile whose messages about raping children were 'the stuff of nightmares' is jailed for life

Paedophile whose messages about raping children were 'the stuff of nightmares' is jailed

Channel: UK UK January 23, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
A close-up of Barron Trump, and a separate close-up of Matvei Rumiantsev.

Man who 'hit woman during call to Barron Trump' says she led president's son on

Channel: UK UK January 23, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
Foreground of the image shows a blurred Finnish police officer leans on a wall while the background shows a line of Finnish police cars

Man, 80, who was kept in a windowless basement for 20 years finally freed

Channel: World World January 23, 2026 By Sarah Ping
Jo and Phil Young from Swindon smiling in an archive image.

Woman watches ex-husband plead guilty to drugging and raping her over 13 years of marriage

Channel: UK UK January 23, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
An aerial photograph shows environmental campaigners filming content for social media on a large pile of fly-tipped waste, dumped in a field between the River Cherwell and the A34 near Kidlington, Oxfordshire, west of London on November 16, 2025. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The UK's worst illegal dump sites revealed - with one filled with 280,000 tonnes of waste

Channel: UK UK January 23, 2026 By Brooke Davies
Play Video Ram-raiders smash into Yves Saint Laurent shop and steal handbags

Ram-raiders smash into Yves Saint Laurent shop and steal handbags 'worth thousands'

Channel: UK UK January 23, 2026 By John Dunne

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