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21 Jan 2025 769

Two 14-year-old schoolboys charged with kidnapping and raping girl in park

A 14-year-old girl is being supported by specialist officers from Hampshire Constabulary after police were called to Fordingbridge Recreation Ground, Hampshire, as two boys were charged with rape.

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21 Jan 2025 612

Girl, 6, and man discovered dead in house following ’major incident’

The bodies of a man and a six-year-old girl were discovered after a ‘major incident’ in West Lothian, Edinburgh.

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21 Jan 2025 833

Social media worker wins £22,000 payout after being fired for inactivity for a month

A digital content producer has been handed £22,000 from her former bosses after she was sacked for not doing enough work.

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21 Jan 2025 790

Masked men storm London cinema, shouting ’down with India’

A group of masked men stormed a west London cinema shouting ‘down with India’ during a Bollywood film leaving customers ‘terrified’.

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21 Jan 2025 772

Citibank boss found beaten to death in her London home, police search for killer

Citibank boss Marianne Kilonzi, 43, was found dead in her home in Woolwich, south-east London - a post-mortem has now revealed her cause of death as a manhunt to find her killer continues.

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21 Jan 2025 651

Horror as teen girl ‘raped in train station toilet’ as cops trawl CCTV and urge any witnesses to come forward

COPS have launched an urgent investigation after a teenage girl was allegedly raped in a train station toilet.

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21 Jan 2025 756

Southport murderer acquired weapons and ricin-making equipment two years prior to attack

Axel Rudakubana bought items on Amazon to make lethal poison three years after he came to attention of authorities.

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21 Jan 2025 787

Pair convicted of murdering man who tried to break up fight at Travelodge hotel

Two men are facing life sentences after battering a ‘peacemaker’ father who was working at a music festival.

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21 Jan 2025 733

Mystery surrounds body discovered on beach in popular UK holiday spot

A dead body has been found on a beach in Cornwall and the incident is being treated as ‘unexplained’.

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21 Jan 2025 801

Southport killer had deadly ricin poison at home after attack

Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to killing three girls and attempting to kill several others at a dance class in Southport last summer on the first day of his trial.

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20 Jan 2025 640

Indian police volunteer gets life sentence for raping and murdering trainee doctor

Judge rejects death penalty for Sanjay Roy as victim’s parents suspect more were involved in killing, which sparked strikes.

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20 Jan 2025 591

TikTok star strangled girlfriend, slashed her with vodka bottle and set her alight in horrific four-year abuse campaign

A TikTok star strangled their girlfriend, slashed her with a vodka bottle and set her alight in a horrific campaign of abuse.

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20 Jan 2025 929

Police submit funeral home investigation file to CPS

Police investigating a funeral directors in Hull have passed a file containing more than 13,000 exhibits to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

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20 Jan 2025 733

Southport knife killer pleads guilty to murdering 3 girls at Taylor Swift dance class

Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, changed his plea on day one of a trial at Liverpool Crown Court where he was charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9; Bebe King, 6; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7.

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20 Jan 2025 741

British teen imprisoned for having sex in Dubai spent birthday and New Year in isolation

A British teenager jailed in a ‘hellish’ prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl wasn’t allowed to speak to his family on his birthday.

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20 Jan 2025 771

Former soldier loses £200,000 in scam involving fraudsters using Rod Stewart’s image

An ex-soldier has been conned out of his life savings by a scammer who used Sir Rod Stewart’s face to advertise a fraudulent investment scheme.

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20 Jan 2025 717

Foster mum crushed boy, 10, to death sitting on him after he threatened to call police to report child abuse

Jennifer Lee Wilson, 49, was sentenced to six years in prison for the death of her 10-year-old foster son, Dakota Stevens, who she killed by sitting on him after he threatened to call 911 over child abuse.

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19 Jan 2025 779

Woman raped outside shopping centre before second victim injured in ‘linked’ attack

A woman was raped outside a shopping centre and another was attacked and left with serious facial injuries.

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19 Jan 2025 644

Telegram malware scams surge 2,000%, posing new threat to crypto investors

Scam Sniffer urges caution as Telegram scams outpace traditional crypto theft methods

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19 Jan 2025 741

Paedophile kidnapped and assaulted girl, 11, as she walked home from school

A paedophile has been sentenced to life in prison after he kidnapped an 11-year-old girl on her way home from primary school and sexually assaulted her.

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19 Jan 2025 752

Search underway for man who followed and attacked teenage girl after she got off a bus

Police have launched a hunt for a man who assaulted a 19-year-old woman in an alleyway after following her off a bus.

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18 Jan 2025 526

NHS compelled to pay over £31 million for violent attacks on healthcare workers

NHs staff have received payouts in 1,496 cases totalling £31.4million over the last seven years, NHS records show - and legal fees of £28.4m nearly doubled the bill for the taxpayer.

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