All news for 2025-08-18

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.

The State Department has revoked over 6,000 international student visas due to violations of US law and overstays, the department informed the BBC.

A man has been convicted for his involvement in a gang-related shooting that resulted in a nine-year-old girl having a bullet lodged in her brain.

Companies have sent a letter to the business secretary complaining that new rules were imposed with only 24 hours’ notice.

Henrik Landerholm resigned in January after he was accused of leaving official documents in a hotel

Jasveen Sangha, fifth and last defendant charged in Friends star’s overdose to strike plea agreement with prosecutors

The family home of convicted officer Wayne Couzens has been put on the market for £280,000, and it includes a garden hot tub.

Ban on alcohol in Kuwait fuels rise of dangerous underground trade now blamed for 23 deaths.

According to new research, an alliance in the style of espionage is needed to dismantle organized crime groups that have become so advanced they now pose a threat to Britain’s national security.

Russian soldiers have been filmed taunting Ukraine over Donald Trump’s perceived support for Vladimir Putin.

A man arrested after Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused during their match against Liverpool has been banned from every football ground in the country.

A drug dealer who killed a great-grandfather after hitting him while performing a wheelie on his e-bike has been jailed.

Petro Dyminskyi, who was named a suspect at the time of a fatal car collision, is still wanted by Ukrainian authorities. The investigation has been suspended while his current whereabouts remain unknown.

A man has admitted murdering a 47-year-old woman in her own home.

A special documentary outlining the late Ozzy Osbourne’s last months has been removed from BBC’s schedule and substituted with a new program.

Timur Turlov, a businessman of Russian origin who controls Freedom Holding Corp., has been likened to Sergey Mavrodi, the creator of the largest financial pyramid in CIS history, and accused of diverting investors’ funds from Kazakhstan to offshore accounts, according to a correspondent of the agency.

Members of the Kremlin elite — including Vladimir Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — continue to own luxurious vineyards in Italy.

The Metropolitan Police has announced that it is investigating allegations of drug use on Strictly Come Dancing.

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

A man has died after disappearing beneath the water at a popular pool in Warwickshire.