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  1. Woman’s neck slashed after man stabbed in stomach in double attack

    Channel: UK UK 21 hours ago By Brooke Davies
  2. Prisoner released early attacked ex-partner the day after he was released
  3. Explosion rips through museum in art heist of 2,500-year-old gold helmet
  4. Teen stabbed 14 times after boy she performed sex act on found out she was trans
  5. Search for three men last seen at Soho flat where pioneering drag queen was found dead

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Knife fight at Birmingham Wetherspoon pub leaves three people injured

Channel: UK UK 1 hour ago By Danny Rigg
Play Video A comp of the CCTV footage and the golden helmet

Explosion rips through museum in art heist of 2,500-year-old gold helmet

Channel: World World 3 hours ago By Gergana Krasteva
Madeleine McCann prime suspect 'could leave Europe and get plastic surgery'

Madeleine McCann prime suspect 'could leave Europe and get plastic surgery'

Channel: UK UK 15 hours ago By Sam Corbishley
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Family of murdered schoolboy Leo Ross, 12, say 'our lives have been taken too'

Channel: UK UK 19 hours ago By Sam Corbishley

British Museum forced to close 'after sacked IT worker shut down systems'

Channel: UK UK 19 hours ago By Brooke Davies
Man, 83, charged with murdering woman, 84, in home

Man, 83, charged with murder after elderly woman found dead at home

Channel: UK UK 21 hours ago By Sam Corbishley

Woman’s neck slashed after man stabbed in stomach in double attack

Channel: UK UK 21 hours ago By Brooke Davies
Jason Hoganson seen outside HM Prison Durham. Around 1,700 inmates are expected to be let out early in an attempt to ease overcrowding in prisons. Picture date: Tuesday September 10, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Prisons. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Prisoner released early attacked ex-partner the day after he was released

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Brooke Davies
Oliver Smith, 21, has been sentenced today (Friday 24 January) to 12 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to multiple offences, including kidnapping and rape in Bordon.Smith, of South Hurst, Whitehill, who identifies as transgender and uses they/them pronouns, entered the pleas when they appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday 4 November.

Rapist who attacked schoolgirl in uniform jailed for 12 years

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Sarah Hooper
Amandine before she died aged just 13

Girl, 13, 'starved to death by mother because she looked like her father'

Channel: World World 2 days ago By Oliver Jones

Southport child killer will face 'lifetime of hell' as prime target for attacks

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Sarah Hooper

Man left premature baby disabled and in constant pain after 'monstrous' attack

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Play Video ?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 24/01/2025. London, UK. Forensic investigators at the scene on Deodar Road following a fatal stabbing. Emergency services responded at approximately 03:36GMT on Friday 24 January 2025, to an address in Deodar Road, Putney following reports of a stabbing. Metropolitan Police Service attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service who treated a man for stab injuries. Despite the emergency services efforts, he was pronounced dead on scene. A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. It is believed he was known to the victim. Photo credit: Peter Manning/LNP

Architect, 75, stabbed to death in £3,500,000 London home

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Brooke Davies
RETRANSMITTING AMENDING BYLINE TO YUI MOKJoey Barton and his wife Georgia Barton at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where the former footballer is accused of assaulting his wife. Picture date: Friday January 24, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Barton. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Joey Barton 'beat up wife until friend pulled him away to stop attack'

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Sam Corbishley
The 40-year-old doctor has been named only as Johannes M

Fears doctor killed 60 patients 'for the thrill of it'

Channel: World World 2 days ago By Oliver Jones
Play Video Moment mum shopped in Sainbury's while her four young sons were killed in house fire PA/Met Police

Mum went shopping while her four trapped sons lay dying inside house fire

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Brooke Davies

'Loner' heir of £230,000,000 pie fortune jailed for killing flatmate

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister
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Search for three men last seen at Soho flat where pioneering drag queen was found dead

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Brooke Davies
Woman pictured who was stabbed to death in Plymouth.

Family pays tribute to university lecturer 'stabbed to death' in Plymouth

Channel: UK UK 26 mins ago By Jasper King
Pensioner who killed eight-month-old baby in 'senseless' crash outside hospital jailed

Pensioner who killed eight-month-old baby in 'senseless' crash outside hospital jailed

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Sam Corbishley
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