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Amid claims that Sheerness in Kent is one of the most dangerous places to live in the UK locals have rallied around their home which they say retains a rare community spirit

The number of teenage deaths from one drug stronger than heroin remains at record levels in the US. High schoolers overdose at school and at home from the fentanyl-opiod epidemic

Thomas McCabe, 59, was sentenced to life for murder in 1990, and is currently at large after failing to return to prison on Wednesday, said police in Northern Ireland

A bitter custody battle ended in bloodshed when mum-of-one Alyssa Ann Burkett was attacked, but her killer had taken steps to try to ensure he wouldn't get caught

Josh Witte first got into the investigation business after taking on an internship, learning about financial intelligence and money laundering operations and now gives others advice

The gunman who murdered three in a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, left behind a racist manifesto that said 'he hated Black people' and wanted to kill them, local authorities have revealed

Alabama plans to execute death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen hypoxia - a never-before-used method where the body becomes starved of oxygen

Greater Manchester Police arrested a man after the Audi collided with a property in the Ashton-under-Lyne area of the county, which left residents shocked and a teenager injured

Ian Gary Connell is alleged to have murdered Donald 'Prentice' Patience, whose body Greater Manchester Police says was at a house in the Bury area for several days

Steve Reed, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary said: “No one will take any lessons from this soft-on-crime Tory government."

The former PC attacked a 16-year-old girl and repeatedly raped a female colleague, while bragging he was 'untouchable' - now the Mayor's office wants his pension stopped

A senior officer said the net is closing in on Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik, who all left the UK after Sara Sharif died

Paint was thrown everywhere and toys were destroyed at Mini Explorers Nature Nursery, in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, the owner of which said the yobs must have wanted a laugh

Heartbreaking pictures show the impact of the horrific attack against two children, David and Sophia, and their mother, Zhao Zhao, who were brutally beaten with a hammer allegedly by LiYong Ye

Critics say little progress has been made since friends Letisha and Charlene were murdered after being caught in the cross fire between two rival gangs on New Year's Eve 2003

Rebecca Ryle was 19 when she was strangled to death and dumped half naked in a field near her home in Australia by James Duggan in 2004, who was deported back to the UK in 2021

Marek Wojnar prepared meals for unsuspecting families at the resort in Dorset, and bosses who hired him had no idea he was wanted 1,700 miles away in the city of Ostrava

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Louise Badman, 49, claimed police stormed her home in the early hours and pinned her against a wall has received a payout and an apology from South Wales Police

Billy McFarland claims that Drake would be his dream headliner as he relaunches Fyre Festival II after leaving prison

The RFEF has released a new statement in response to the statement from Spanish striker Jennifer Hermoso in the latest instalment of the Spanish football saga

Ricky Hamblin, 43, locked his partner inside their room at Formby Golf Club during a vicious drunken assault which left her bruised and bloodied on what was supposed to be a birthday weekend away

After a couple strutted out of a hotel with bags packed to the brim with stuff, the owner found that their hotel room had been totally emptied. Accused by the hotel of being thieves, the police have now taken one of the pair in for questioning

A "small number" of staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit, where Lucy Letby carried out her year-long killing spree, are apparently struggling to believe that she murdered seven babies

Remo was honoured for bravery after he and his handler PC Paul O'Donnell were attacked in 2020 leaving both man and dog in need of hospital treatment