Crime

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Brentford condemn sickening racist abuse sent to Ivan Toney after Arsenal goal
Ivan Toney was the victim of racist abuse sent to his Instagram account after his goal earned Brentford a draw away to Arsenal in Saturday's Premier League action
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Russian woman who protested against Ukraine war forced to escape Putin's regime
Marina Ovsyannikova describes the ordeal of fleeing Moscow, having to continually swap cars to cover her trail and crossing multiple borders of countries she said she cannot disclose, to get to France
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Teacher 'takes own life' days before trial accused of assaulting pupil
Katherine Scouler was found injured in the garden of her home in High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, a week ago. She was taken to the hospital where she died on Tuesday
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Moment attacker armed with crossbow walks up to victim to shoot him in head
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A man in his 30s was shot in the head with a crossbow and survived despite being placed into a coma for two weeks
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Mystery over teenage girl found dead with serious injuries in park
Cheshire Police have launched an investigation after a teenage girl was found dead in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington on Saturday, with MP Charlotte Nichols urging anyone with information to come forward
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Irish influencer Charleen Murphy 'viciously attacked while out for dinner'
The court saw CCTV footage which appeared to show Charleen Murphy sitting at a table before being punched from behind and blood pouring from her head afterwards
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Family of Epsom College 'killer' who 'shot wife and daughter, 7,' break silence
George Pattison killed his wife Emma, 45, and daughter Lettie, seven, before taking his own life in a suspected murder-suicide, Surrey Police have said. They were found dead at Epsom College last week
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Hotel asylum seekers 'scared to go outside and can't sleep' after violent riot
Care4Calais founder Clare Moseley visited the asylum seekers at Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside, after a violent riot erupted outside on Friday night amid a protest
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Witness 'saw two men near Nicola Bulley's route as cops are handed CCTV footage'
Nicola Bulley went missing while on a dog walk in St Michaels on Wyre on January 27 - with Lancashire Police ruling out foul play and deducing she likely fell in the river
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Tories' huge bills on five-star jaunts uncovered as Labour publish 'GPC Files'
Ministers are supposed to stay in the most cost-effective hotels, under official guidelines - but Tory bigwigs have spent millions treating themselves to luxury on the taxpayer's tab
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Over 18,000 troops are victims of bullying at work - yet 90% won't speak out
Members of the armed forces have faced discrimination and sexual harassment, with women being disproportionally affected, but 90% never make an official complaint.
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Nicola Bulley's friends and family launch Facebook campaign in hunt for mum
Pals hope that the Bring Nikki Home campaign will raise awareness of the search and encourage witnesses to come forward, by asking users to share a yellow logo on their profiles.
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McDonald's worker says bosses failed to sack colleague who groped her on the job
Bobbie Moore recalled being locked in an office and groped by a male colleague who was allowed to resign at the McDonald's branch where she worked in Beckton, east London
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'Tidal wave' of demand for illegal anxiety drug linked to 171 deaths in a year
Illegal versions of anxiety medication have soared in popularity in recent years leading to a black market of "dirt-cheap but potentially fatal versions" of the drugs
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Dangerous children including convicted murderers push prison staff to the brink
Shocking figures reveal almost one in four inmates are high-risk teens at HMP Wetherby for boys which has seen 215 assaults between young prisoners in the last year alone
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Labour demands Whitehall keep out of local issues like tarting up bus shelters
Yet the Government’s nosy parkers even insist councils get their go-ahead to scrape chewing gum off the streets
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Ministers admit 4000 phones given to criminals on probation now 'lost or stolen'
Thousands of basic mobile phones were handed out during the pandemic to help keep track of those being supervised by the probation service, including prisoners temporarily released on licence to reduce overcrowding in prisons
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UK to miss primary school targets after Covid sparks slump in key subjects
Ministers want 90% of 11-year olds to meet expected standards in reading, writing and maths by 2030 - up from 53% seven years ago
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Calls for crackdown on illegal online touts who beat fans to tickets
Ticketing security experts say that more needs to be done to protect gig-goers, following a surge in criminals using software to bulk-buy tickets to see stars such as Beyonce and Madonna
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Disgraced ex-MP Jared O'Mara still 'believes he did nothing wrong' says ex-aide
Jared O'Mara's political career is one of the most chaotic episodes in modern politics. Here's how he went from local bar DJ to being jailed for tens of thousands in fraud
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Speeding drunk driver kills woman in 100mph crash after failing to stop for cops
Charlie Hilton, 25, has been jailed for more than 10 years after crashing into a tree after reaching 100mph during a police chase, killing 21-year-old passenger Lillie Clack
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Man dies in double stabbing near nightclub as police launch murder investigation
Trei Daley, 26, was named by Metropolitan Police this evening as the man who was stabbed to death in Hackney Wick, East London in the early hours of Saturday morning
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X Factor winner Shayne Ward wants to impress his children with musical comeback
Singer Shayne Ward, 38, says that his main purpose in life is to be a father to his two children, Willow and Reign, and that his return to the stage was inspired by them
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Prison classrooms meant to teach lags skills during rehabilitation lying empty
A picture of an inmate putting his feet up in a deserted classroom was taken at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire, which bills itself as a training prison. Inmates at the jail are supposed to learn skills
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Ex-cops share 8 clues in Nicola Bulley's disappearance - from fitbit to phone
Lancashire Police launched a massive search for Nicola Bulley and were seen combing the river bank, utilising diving teams, search dogs, drones and boats to no avail