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Ex-police officer jailed for stealing women’s underwear during search
A police officer conducting a search of a woman’s bedroom took something that wasn’t exactly evidence.
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Protests and riots around Bell Hotel lead to court ban on housing refugees
Asylum seekers being housed in an Essex hotel will be moved after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction.
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Liverpool thug brutally beats girl on street as attack captured on Ring video call
Thomas Jennings, a man with ties to a local gang who was caught on camera attacking his girlfriend, has been jailed.
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Bloody showdown in Wales: car runs over man in broad daylight
The incident occurred in North Wales on Monday afternoon, resulting in one man being taken to the hospital and three individuals—two men and a woman—being arrested in connection with it.
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Westminster Council plans crackdown on nuisance vehicles in Soho and Mayfair
Westminster City Council is proposing extending its existing Public Spaces (Nuisance Vehicles) Protection Order (PSPO), which currently covers an area including most of St James’s, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, to the two upmarket districts.
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"Today has shown that we have moved forward," says Keir Starmer after Trump–Putin talks
Keir Starmer praised Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine after being asked by BBC Breakfast about his feelings on seeing Vladimir Putin receive red carpet treatment in Alaska.
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Mum jailed for 10 years after killing two teens in 96mph lager-fuelled crash
A mother who killed two teenagers in a high-speed crash cried ‘I’m so sorry’ in court as she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Manchester man admits Greggs hammer raid and house burglary
A Manchester man has confessed to attempting to rob a Greggs Bakery in Cheshire just hours after breaking into a house and stealing items, including an antique shotgun.
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House of killer Wayne Couzens put up for sale for £280,000
The family home of convicted officer Wayne Couzens has been put on the market for £280,000, and it includes a garden hot tub.
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Metropolitan Police investigating drug use allegations at Strictly Come Dancing show
The Metropolitan Police has announced that it is investigating allegations of drug use on Strictly Come Dancing.
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Major fire in Clacton: residents evacuated from homes in the middle of the night
Residents of Clacton, Essex, have been evacuated, and locals have been advised to keep all windows and doors closed due to a large amount of smoke coming from a nearby building fire
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27-year-old man dies in Ensor’s Pool in Warwickshire
A man has died after disappearing beneath the water at a popular pool in Warwickshire.
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Girl, 11, tragically dies after incident on River Lynher in Cornwall
North Yorkshire police also report the discovery of a body in a river while searching for the missing 12-year-old boy.
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Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s suspend supplies from farm after pig cruelty exposed
Tesco, Asda, and Sainsbury’s stated that they had ’immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after workers were found kicking piglets.
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Families “asked to move out” to make way for new estate of Prince and Princess of Wales
Two families were reportedly asked to leave their homes in order to make way for the Prince and Princess of Wales’s move to a new mansion.
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Two-year-old child dies after being hit by car in Whitstable car park
Police hurried to Whitstable, Kent, on Saturday night following reports of a car driving into a crowded car park, resulting in the death of a two-year-old child at the scene.
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Police helicopter flies a metre above road during chase in Merseyside
A police helicopter swept perilously close to the ground while pursuing a motorbike in Merseyside.
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Body recovered from River Swale in search for missing 12-year-old boy
A body has been found in a river by search teams looking for a missing 12-year-old boy, who was last seen swimming on Saturday evening.
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Thousands of Afghans who aided British forces caught in latest data leak scandal
Thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK have had their personal data exposed, after a Ministry of Defence (MoD) sub-contractor suffered a data breach.
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‘Brazen’ drug deals in the pews: worshippers horrified as dealers target Westminster Cathedral
Shocked churchgoers say they have seen ‘brazen’ drug deals taking place inside Britain’s biggest Catholic church.
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Armed police swarm Kings Hill as masked people spotted on rooftop of disused building
Armed police have quickly arrived at a "disused" building in Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, due to an ongoing "disturbance" and masked individuals have been spotted on a rooftop.
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Pro-Palestine protesters chant ‘RAF shame on you’ at High Wycombe air base demo
Pro-Palestine protesters chanted “RAF shame on you” as they held a demonstration outside an air base calling for an embargo on selling arms to Israel.
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John Cruickshank, last surviving WW2 Victoria Cross hero, dies aged 105
Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, Britain’s last surviving Victoria Cross recipient from the Second World War, has died at the age of 105.
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Dozens of HMRC staff sacked for snooping on taxpayers’ private records since 2022
Since 2022, dozens of HMRC staff have been dismissed for violating data privacy rules, with over 186 terminated for prying into taxpayers’ confidential information.
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Yob who threatened to gang rape Virgin Atlantic stewardess jailed after years of crime and chaos
Salman Iftikhar launched an extended and abusive verbal attack on a Virgin Atlantic flight attendant on a flight to Lahore, Pakistan, and the father was jailed last week.
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