All news for 2024-08-23

Review also highlights racial profiling in police practices, and failure to address legacies of colonialism and slavery

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) stated that Border Force officers intercepted Bruce Knowles, 55, and Ferhat Gumrukcuoglu, 31, near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk in late June, as they tried to swim away from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat loaded with drugs.

Paraguayan police killed a parliamentarian in a violent region of the country during a shootout that erupted in an overnight raid on his house where officers and prosecutors had arrived to search for evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering.

Security services reportedly ready to storm jail in Volgograd region after hostage-takers claim Islamic State affiliation

Coastguard confirms body of Hannah Lynch, 18, found after four-day search, bringing number of dead to seven

Weather warnings were in place as the storm hit and brought winds of up to 80mph to parts of England and Wales.

Force ends investigation into bets on 4 July election date and says bar to prove misconduct in public office has not been met

Tributes are pouring in for Hannah Lynch, the last victim of the Bayesian superyacht sinking to have been recovered.

Firm says it had no idea proposed test site on Lib Dem peer’s land included part of Strathmore peatlands in Flow Country

Energy bills will go up by 10% in October, meaning 28.4million households will be paying about £149 more a year.