Crime

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Bride-to-be killed in hit-and-run just a week before she was due to get married
A woman due to be married this month was tragically killed in a hit-and-run. Her parents are now calling for the driver to 'do the right thing' and come forward
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Killer pig farmer's wife gets 'unusually' high divorce pay-out
Wealthy pig farmer James Seales, 66, was jailed for life for the 2012 shotgun killing of Philip Strickland, 36, and has now lost an 'unusual' divorce battle with estranged wife Alison Seales, 55
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Woman's domestic violence torment comes to an end after simple knock at the door
Greater Manchester Police officers and an independent domestic abuse advisor (IDVA) knocked on a woman's door out of the blue and she was finally able to reveal her abuse horror
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Sister of Sarah Ferguson’s killed aide says working with royal 'was best thing'
Sarah Ferguson said she was "shocked and saddened" by the death of Jenean Chapman, 46, who she remembered as "loyal, hardworking, beautiful and fun"
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Serial killer Levi Bellfield 'lied about murders confession for cash & fun'
Bellfield – who murdered teenager Milly Dowler in 1996 – had given a statement in which he admitted killing Lin, 45, daughter Megan, six, and attempting to kill her sister Josie, nine
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James Bulger's dad begs to tell Jon Venables he shouldn't be freed from jail
James Bulger was two years old when he was snatched from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993. The abductors – Jon Venables and his friend Robert Thompson, then murdered him
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Mum accused of scrolling on her phone as her son, 3, drowned at a waterpark
Many witnesses claim they saw a mother ignore her son while scrolling on her phone poolside. When the child began to drown, she didn't react for several minutes
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Donald Trump heads to court again as he moans rivals are 'out to get him'
Donald Trump is yet again set to attend court, this time he is going willingly. His focus is on 'clearing his name', but some charges already have a ruling
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Pupil hurt in M53 coach crash that killed two recalls seeing 'blood everywhere'
The fatal crash of a school coach on the M53 on Friday has left a large school community in mourning. And now one boy has spoken out on the terrible and traumatic ordeal
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Football fan charged with 'taunting' Sunderland fans with pic of Bradley Lowery
A man held up an image of Bradley Lowery, who died in 2017 after a battle with cancer, during the Championship match between Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland
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Major update as vid shows female student hurl chair at teacher and knock her out
A 15-year-old student who was filmed throwing a metal chair at her teacher and knocking her out in the classroom on Thursday has been arrested and faces felony charges
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'Screams' heard by neighbour before woman who 'brought smiles to faces' dies
The family of Charlene Mills, 43, from Gorton, Manchester, has paid tribute following her death with a neighbour telling they heard 'screaming' on Saturday night
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'Popular' Black man killed in stab attack cops are probing as 'race hate crime'
Christina Howell, 36, of Easton, has been charged with murder after a Black man was stabbed to death in Bristol in what is being treated by police as a 'race hate crime'
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Major development in Sycamore Gap felling mystery as giant chainsaw found
A chainsaw has been found in a major development to the investigation into the Sycamore Gap tree felling in Northumbria, which has gripped an outraged nation keen to see justice
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Partygate Tory swerves question about police probe after saying Met lack support
Lord Shaun Bailey launched an extraordinary attack on Sadiq Khan at the Tory Party Conference, but then refused to give an update on his own legal woes after a rulebreaking lockdown bash
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'I watched botched Death Row execution - his hand went blue and nurses panicked'
Reverend Dr Jeff Hood has described the harrowing final moments of Death Row killer Anthony Sanchez who was executed by lethal injection - and claims nurses are being tasked with carrying out a punishment that 'human beings shouldn't have to perform'
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Girl, 8, shot and killed by cops at school footie game as family wins £9m fight
Fanta Bility was tragically killed at the age of eight when police officers shot into a crowd leaving a football game in Philadelphia - and her family has now reached a settlement
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Sycamore Gap tourists warned 'don't touch the stump' as cops probe new theory
People travelling to see the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree have been urged to stop touching its stump and removing pieces by the National Trust, as investigations continue
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Family pay tribute to 'talented' Jessica Baker killed in coach crash on M53
Heart-rending tributes have poured in after the death of 15-year-old Jessica Baker in a major coach collision on Friday. The driver, dad-of-two Stephen Shrimpton, also tragically didn’t make it
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Every theory behind Sycamore Gap felling from social media stunt to 'revenge'
Police are keeping an open mind with regards to the culprit behind the vandalism and to their motive as rumours fly about the sickening act that has shocked people around the world
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All new motoring rules coming this month from 'stealth law' to driving in France
A raft of new motoring laws and rules have been introduced this year, some under the radar, and drivers should be aware of the changes being introduced now we're into the autumn
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'Cold' killer jailed for stabbing own friend to death as daughter slept upstairs
Grant Bradley stabbed Marcus Dunkerton five times with a kitchen knife in June last year and even accused his victim's partner of playing a part in his horrible death
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Man who 'kept woman prisoner in tiny cell' charged with kidnapping another woman
Negasi Zuberi is facing separate criminal charges of kidnap and rape from a case two months before he allegedly kidnapped a sex worker and drover her hundreds of miles to his Oregon home
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Mum's body dumped in 'The Boneyard' where aspiring Marine found months prior
A remote area of desert near Moffat, Colorado, has been nicknamed 'The Boneyard' due to the numbers of remains being discovered there including missing mum Suzanne Morphew's
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'Lovely' teen boy and girl killed in horror crash as best friend fights for life
Polite Moyo, 18, died alongside a 19-year-old girl after a crash in Leeds in the early hours of Friday. Another friend, aged 18, who was a passenger in the car, is in intensive care