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

Channel: World World January 27, 2026 By Sarah Hooper
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Paedophile goaded police officers to 'keep digging' after arrest for targeting boys

Channel: UK UK January 13, 2026 By Molly Lee
Potentially tyre-ripping water-filled potholes on the road in East Sussex, UK. ; Shutterstock ID 2528669605; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other:

Map shows best and worst councils for fixing potholes - how does your area do?

Channel: UK UK January 11, 2026 By Luke Alsford
Hot air balloon collides with power line Firefighters helped to give first aid and make the scene safe after a hot air balloon collided with power cables in Earls Colne this evening. Firefighters were called to a field near Newhouse Road, Earls Colne at 7pm after a hot air balloon had landed in a field after colliding with power lines. https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/hot-air-balloon-collides-power-line-2025-04-10-18-58 Credit Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Passenger electrocuted after hot air balloon crashes into power cables

Channel: UK UK January 11, 2026 By Luke Alsford
The emergency scene on the A130 in Essex where police and ambulance crew were injured.

Three police officers and two paramedics hit by van at scene of crash

Channel: UK UK January 10, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
Janine in hospital after being pushed and recovering from injury. // A woman recalls the life-changing moment she woke-up paralysed after her abusive ex pushed her over a balcony and broke her spine - because she refused to give him a ?New Year?s kiss?. Janine Kazmi, 38, has been left disabled after her ex-boyfriend, Barry Shankly, 45, became ?enraged? that their relationship ended. After refusing to kiss him, Shankly shoved Janine over the balcony in the hallway of his flat in Dalmarnock, Scotland, causing the devastating spinal injury. Janine woke-up with two fractured vertebrae and Shankly went on to convince her that she?d fallen by ?accident? after she temporarily lost her memory. Photo released 01/01/2026

'I was left paralysed after refusing to give my abusive ex a New Year's kiss'

Channel: UK UK January 2, 2026 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Hanningfield: Aircraft incident Main article content News Published: 12:35 29/12/2025 We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Hanningfield Reservoir, Chelmsford. We were alerted shortly after 2pm on Sunday 28 December to reports involving a small aircraft entering the water. We are working with several organisations at the scene now and that work will be ongoing. We would please ask the public to avoid this area where possible while this work continues. An investigation has been launched.

Pilot's body found after small plane crashes into Essex reservoir

Channel: UK UK December 30, 2025 By Herbie Russell
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Drivers left queuing for miles after serious collision blocks M25 in Essex

Channel: UK UK December 27, 2025 By Frankie Lister-Fell
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Driver cracks open a Stella before wrapping van around tree

Channel: UK UK December 23, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

‘Beautiful and clever’ girl, 16, killed in London Underground station

Channel: UK UK December 20, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Emma Nightingale, (R), from Lowestoft, has been charged with the murder of her 70-year-old mother, Lorna (L). // A woman has been charged with the murder of her own mother after they both disappeared for months earlier this year. Lorna Nightingale, 70, was reported missing after last being seen in Lowestoft in February, while her daughter, 36-year-old Emma Nightingale, was last seen in Colchester in June. The disappearances, which took place four months and 65 miles apart, triggered the launch of an extensive search effort by police in Suffolk on August 24. Though the pair were found "safe and well" on September 30, it has since emerged that Emma has been charged with the murder of her mother in London. Emergency services were called to Blackhorse Road in Walthamstow, London, on December 11, following reports that a woman was unresponsive. Lorna was pronounced dead at the scene, but it is understood that she could have died anytime between November 1 and December 11. Emma, whose address was given in court as Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, was remanded into custody before appearing at Thames Magistrates' Court on December 13. She is due to appear in court again at the Old Bailey in London on January 9. Photo released 18/12/2025

Woman charged with murdering mum, 70, after pair went missing for months

Channel: UK UK December 19, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Nigel Baker outside Snaresbrook Crown Court. // A predatory romance fraudster who gambled away the life savings of more than five vulnerable women has been jailed for an unprecedented 17 years. Nigel Baker targeted divorced single mums on dating apps such as Plenty of Fish and convinced them to hand over hundreds of thousands of pounds. Photo released 16/12/2025

Conman mutters 'Happy Christmas' to victims after stealing £900,000 from them

Channel: UK UK December 16, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
A close-up of British five, 10, 20 and 50-pound notes with one-pound coins

Energy company spends 10 years chasing single mum for debt that isn't even hers

Channel: UK UK December 12, 2025 By William Hallowell
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The UK's Bermuda Triangle may have just opened up

Channel: Weird Weird December 9, 2025 By Josh Milton
Leekim Stewart sits on the window seat inside her home in Maldon, Essex.

What I Own: We sold our business and bought a £1,160,000 Essex six-bed

Channel: Property Property November 29, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
PC Mathew Parker, a motorcycle officer with the Chigwell Roads Policing Unit, died on Wednesday 19 November, at 12:25pm on the A12.

First picture of a police officer killed on major road while responding to emergency

Channel: UK UK November 26, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Frankie-Rae Law who died unexpectedly. // A boy was told his sore throat was "just a virus" - hours before dying in front of his family. Frankie-Rae Law, 11, from Braintree, Essex complained that he had a sore throat on Friday November 14. Mum Keleigh Law, 33, rushed him to the local GP where he was told it was "just a virus". But hours later he approached his mum saying he couldn?t breathe - and within two minutes went silent. Photo released 24/11/2025

Boy, 11, told he 'just had a virus' before dying in front of family hours later

Channel: UK UK November 24, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
James 'Jemsie' Nunan (left) and burnt devices (right)

Family of missing sailor say they have found burnt remains of iPad and phone

Channel: UK UK November 23, 2025 By Molly Lee
This is the shocking moment a motorcyclist mistook a naked cyclist taking part in a charity event for a pervert and punched him off his bike

Call to ban naked bike rides after nude cyclist attacked by vigilante binman

Channel: UK UK November 21, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
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Nude charity cyclist says 'pain never ends' after being punched off bike

Channel: UK UK November 19, 2025 By William Hallowell

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