All news by author: Matthew Dresch

"Some people have ten shots and think they're Arnie," said one security guard when Mirror reporter Matthew Dresch joined police during the madness of 'Black Eye Friday' in Bristol

A dissident in Rwanda who spent eight years in prison for challenging the regime has raised alarm about the money the UK is sending to the country in an attempt to get its migrant deal underway

Police are still yet to recover the so-called 'Skorpion' machine-pistol used to murder three people last year as nine other gun crimes have been linked to the same type of weapon

Jack Johnson, 10, was one of four boys who died in a frozen lake in Solihull last year after feeding the ducks and skimming stones. His dad has now spoken out for the first time

We have found deactivated Skorpion sub-machine guns like the one that killed Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve last year being sold for £350 on a website and £445 on another

Tim Edwards said her daughter's death is compounded by the grooming of a new generation of gang gun runners. Elle was killed at the age of 26 on Christmas Eve last year

A London-based Palestinian university lecturer is begging the UK's diplomats to help secure safe passage for his wife after she was trapped inside Gaza at the beginning of the Israeli assault

The Home Office has confirmed a case of the highly infectious condition scabies at an RAF base used to house asylum seekers as protestors say the disease is spreading

To mark the 85th anniversary of the mission to rescue Jewish children from Nazism, one woman saved by the scheme met for an emotional embrace with another family forced to flee to the UK from Ukraine

The Bibby Stockholm has been slammed by an asylum seeker who says the weather during Storm Ciaran left the accommodation barge rocking 'like a swing'

Ahmed Alnaouq, the founder of a Palestinian youth advocacy group in London, lost his father, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews after an airstrike hit their flats

Musheir El-Farra, a civil engineer from Sheffield, grew up in Gaza and was visiting with his son when war broke out, and has lost family in the bombings

Kids are being targeted online for highly addictive pouches labelled as Skittles, Tic Tacs and Millions but the tins contain between 80mg - 120mg of nicotine

Tim Peake is concerned too may satellites in space could cause Kessler syndrome - the plot of the 2013 film Gravity starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock

Dr Mohamed Altawil said around 100 people were killed when Israel hit his family’s tower block in Nuseirat Camp, including his and his wife Nisreen's relatives

Fans of The King of Rock 'n' Roll can view his iconic white two-piece outfit, American Eagle jumpsuit and Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 among other items at a new exhibition

The Reckoning starts tonight on BBC One and is a drama detailing the terrifying and twisted crimes of Jimmy Savile, with Steve Coogan taking on the lead role

Sponsored bouts staged by Ultra White Collar Boxing raised £27million for Cancer Research UK - but it faced pressure to distance itself following the deaths of three fighters

Kevin Cook was nine when Jimmy Savile lured him into a dressing room and, with another man, abused him. He is among victims who shared their story in The Reckoning

The vessel, moored in Dorset, has been empty since the first 39 migrants on board were evacuated over fears of a deadly legionella outbreak, and now legal fight will go to court

Jean George discovered that her dad George, who served as RAF ground crew, lied when he told her that her mum had died - when in fact, she had got pregnant with another man's child

Sixty-seven died, including children, in the Kenya shopping mall massacre masterminded by British “White Widow” Samantha Lewthwaite and now a British survivor tells her story for the first time

Iris Jones surprised the nation with details of her romance with a man half her age, but she says he hasn't returned the money she lent him - and wants him kicked out of the country

After taking legal advice, the refugees are vowing to band together to resist going back to the barge accommodation as one claims conditions on board are causing 'distress'

Beverley Allitt murdered seven-week-old Liam Taylor, 11-year-old Timothy Hardwick, two-month-old Becky Phillips and 15-month-old Claire Peck at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital