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Requests for statistics from Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies resulted in personal data of crime victims being accidentally released, with 1,230 people affected

New police chairman Donna Jones has called on parents to take action following reports of a new social media trend which encourages teens to overdose on paracetamol

Kacey Williamson was walking the 15-minute journey from her home to her mum's with Bambi in Leeds, West Yorks, on Wednesday at around 11.15pm when she was targeted

Figures published today by charity the NSPCC show there were over 6,300 cases of sexual communication with a child recorded last year alone - up 82% in five years

The pair is indicted on four counts, encompassing sexual exploitation of minors and the role they played in the death of Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old athlete from Michigan who took his own life in March 2022

It's currently unknown whether the violent lads were British or Irish tourists and cops are yet to make any arrests in connection with the brutal brawl on the Punta Ballena strip in Magaluf on Sunday

A Maryland man led Virginia police on a chaotic chase involving a stolen truck and ambulance, causing multiple crashes on major highways, before being apprehended in Washington DC

In a disturbing letter released by the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, defrocked priest Alexander Crow said he is 'not leaving the priesthood' or returning with the teen girl

Six former white Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges for racially motivated torture of two Black men, using excessive force, racial slurs, and planting evidence

Gary Watson Shearer, 53, had only been on the Canary Island of Lanzarote for a few hours when he vanished without a trace while there to celebrate St Patrick's Day

Former Family Feud contestant Timothy Bliefnick, who had mocked his marriage on TV, has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his wife

Bar owners in the devastated town of Lāhainā in Hawaii claim looters have been pillaging the village in the night without the oversight of authorities, stealing people's possessions and robbing them at gunpoint

Michael Hillier and his girlfriend Rachel Fulstow both deny murder. Electrician Liam Smith was shot and had acid thrown over him as he lay dying in November last year

Karima Nour's severed head was found in the Grand Union Canal in London last week - today is the first time we can report that Arizo Nour is related to the 57-year-old victim after reporting restrictions were lifted

A woman was seen being pulled into a car by a man in the front passenger seat on a street in Oldham on Sunday night before it sped off, Greater Manchester Police said

The Met Police are urgently appealing for eyewitnesses after two men were attacked by a knifeman in Clapham, south London on the weekend - detectives are treating the attack as homophobic

Erin Patterson, 48, says she wants to 'clear up the record' after three people dropped dead following a meal she served at her home - she says she hasn't been completely honest

People living on an estate in north Manchester are "fearful and scared to go out" due to drug gangs and violence with a local councillor saying it is a matter of time before someone is killed

A priest from Alabama who allegedly groomed and flew to Italy with a young teenager has previously said he had an exorcism performed on him. Police are looking for Father Alex Crow

A vengeful Siberian tiger went on a killing spree in a remote area of Russia, targeting humans who had provoked it by stealing its kill, Canadian author John Vaillant has recounted in his book

Essex police officers are asking for witnesses and investigating after a robbery at a Tesco store in Chelmsford, Essex, in which a security guard was threatened by a man

Chilling footage shows the moment Tashawn Bernard, 12, was mistakenly arrested is what police are calling a "wrong place, wrong time" incident despite him being outside his own home in Michigan

Pan-Am air stewardess Neerja Bhanot is remembered for her courageous actions during the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986, where she saved lives by hiding American passports, shielding children, and sacrificing her life

The chants could be heard in the first half of Sunday's clash with Premier League rivals Liverpool, after the Blues apologised for their supporters aiming similar chants at Reds fans last season

It is estimated that almost 20,000 Ukrainian children have been systermatically abducted and deported from their home towns and sent to Russia since the start of the invasion in February last year