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After the deadly kidnapping in Matamoros, Mexico, and the disappearance of three women, US authorities have urged the public to avoid entering the country over safety fears

A new video has emerged of men and boys fighting at Swansea's Morriston Cemetery, damaging gravestones and disruption funerals, while some people were paying tribute to their loved ones

Fed up residents in Preston have taken to carrying pepper spray for their protection because of the amount of problems with anti social behaviour on their streets

Jen Shah, 49, was sentenced to 78 months after she was found guilty of defrauding elderly and vulnerable people out of tens of millions of dollars in a telemarketing scheme

A woman in Blyth, Northumberland was banned from owning a pet for 10 years after her Staffordshire bull terrier was found with a 'lump the size of a tennis ball' and had to be put down

The woman remains in a serious condition in hospital after the attack in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on Thursday

Police were called to the North Mount Loretto State Forest, New York City, following the grisly discovery of a skeletal human hand which was found to have come from a cemetery

The parents of Caroline Crouch's killer have lost their legal battle to win custody of her their killer son's daughter. Babis Anagnostopoulos was jailed for life in 2021 for strangling Caroline to death

West Midlands Police has launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally stabbed at a nightclub in Walsall. Police were called to the Black Country club at around 5am this morning and a man, 29, later died

Rachael Bletchly says indecent exposure still goes under-reported as it is trivialised and shrugged off, but Wayne Couzens is proof that we need to start taking 'non-contact' sexual offences more seriously

Officers from West Yorkshire Police Dog Support Unit caught the pair on Thursday night by simply following their footsteps, jokingly awarding them "tonight's dumbest criminal award"

In the shocking CCTV footage, a 37-year-old mother-of-one from Fortazela in Brazil, is seen bravely walking up to the obnoxious soon-to-be-killer and appearing to shout in his face

Lisa Chamberlain's cat Minnie went missing in December and a few weeks later, she received a call from two men threatening to kill her beloved pet unless she paid them £500

Villagers have had their cars pelted with eggs every Friday night when the clock strikes midnight for several weeks... but there's still no sign of the attacker being found

Five incredible dogs are battling it out as finalists to win Crufts 2023 Hero Award this weekend - their heartwarming stories might just bring a tear to your eye

The home in Frederick, Colorado, US, was were convicted killer Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife and killed his two young daughters before trying to dispose of the bodies

The woman, aged in her 20s, was punched and pulled by her hair to the ground before the five-strong gang ran away

The 10-year-old victim was sexually assaulted whilst walking up stairs at Leicester Square Tube station, before his mum tried to chase the perpetrator down

Police are carrying out inquiries after remains believed to be human bones were found in a wooded area in Northumberland. A dog walker said they were surprised about the suspicious find

Monique Ooms from Victoria, Australia, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual penetration of a child under her supervision and care at Latrobe Valley County Court

Jennifer Hawkins is accused started the affair while the boy was dating her daughter and even living under her roof. She has now been arrested and is accused of wrecking his time at school

Alan Worthington, 62, has been told he will only be allowed to have normal adult relationships after assaulting four women who were vulnerable and unable to refuse his unwanted advances

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was on a supervised visit with her biological mum at a mall in Vancouver, Washington, US, when the mother kidnapped the child and disappeared

Andie Rosafort, who worked part time at the school in Connecticut, US, turned herself in to the police after accusations emerged she had sexually abused a teenage boy in her SUV after a party

James Foy, 19, and Michael Foy, 22, were both jailed for life for the murder of Michael Rainsford, 20 in Litherland, Merseyside.