Brooke Davies

Brooke Davies | News reporter

News reporter specialising in London-based stories, with a particular emphasis on crime, policing, prisons and justice.

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock (15112763g) The Homebase Store in Abingdon which will be closing for good. Homebase the DIY and garden retailer fell into administration last year. Homebase was forced to call in the administrators in November last year it blamed the weaker consumer confidence and spending post-pandemic and the cost of living crisis for its losses. Homebase to close 13 UK stores for good in January, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - 22 Jan 2025

Full list of 14 new Homebase stores opening in April

UK March 19, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Dangerous inmate spotted running across fields after fleeing prison van

UK March 20, 2025 By Brooke Davies

United Kingdom, Manchester 19 March 2025: General views of a crime scene with the Crime Scenes Investigators on Butterstile Lane in Prestwich. Credit: Jake Lindley / Manchester Evening News

Woman, 70, arrested for murder after man, 84, found dead with suspicious injuries

UK March 19, 2025 By Brooke Davies

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College in lockdown after fight breaks out between gang of men

UK March 19, 2025 By Brooke Davies

PHA8W6 Deansgate the main shopping area in Bolton town centre Lancashire showing McDonalds and some independent businesses

The UK town about to get its eighth McDonald's just a short walk away from each other

UK March 19, 2025 By Jasper King

Curious dolphins give Nasa crew a surprise welcome back to Earth

Tech March 19, 2025 By Josh Milton

Portrait of US President John F Kennedy (1917 - 1963) at the White House, Washington DC, July 11, 1963. (Photo by Cecil Stoughton/White House via CNP/Getty Images)

Five unanswered questions that still remain over JFK's assassination

US March 19, 2025 By Tom Sanders

Top UK rapper shot man in the head and mouth in ‘savage’ drive-by attack

UK March 18, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Fred Doe Oxford Crown Court.

Two men guilty of stealing £4,750,000 golden toilet during Blenheim Palace raid

UK March 18, 2025 By Jasper King

Lecturer warned police her ex would kill her the morning of her murder

UK March 20, 2025 By Katie Boyden

Starbucks told to pay customer £39,000,000 after coffee spilt onto his lap at drive-thru

US March 16, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Man stabbed to death at house named and pictured

UK March 17, 2025 By Brooke Davies

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Virus already in Europe is a ‘growing threat’ to UK after blackbirds drop dead

UK March 16, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Alamy Live News. 3A3BPMC Ripon Drive, West Bromwich 15th March 2025: A Police cordon has been placed around a house on Ripon Drive in West Bromwich where a man was seriously injured after being attacked by what is believed to be an XL Bully dog. Armed police and a specialist dog unit arrived at the scene on Friday afternoon and tasered the canine which died from the shock. A woman who is friends with the victim spoke on social media: '.it was 3 ADULT XL bully dogs, 2 of which were in a cage and not out in the open. 'He was attacked by 1 of them as he was feeding. 'They were in his property but he wasn't their owner This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

Man fighting for life after ‘friend’s XL Bully attacked him as he fed it’ in garden

UK March 16, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Teen killed and two boys left fighting for life after horror car crash

Third teenager dies after crash that killed two of his friends

UK March 18, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Major WhatsApp group chat makeover revealed to stop messages being ignored

Tech March 15, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Thief jailed for 30 years for murdering Amazon driver who tried to stop him taking van

UK March 14, 2025 By Brooke Davies

‘Frail’ curtain maker ordered to move out of home she has lived in for 30 years

UK March 14, 2025 By Brooke Davies

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: General view of Carnaby Street, an alternative neighborhood and the LGBT community on August 22, 2023 in London, England. London is the capital of England, many of the inhabitants, called Londoners, come from abroad or are of foreign origin, which makes it one of the most cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic cities in the world, also home to the oldest underground system in the world, the London Underground (The Tube) which is also the largest in Europe.(Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

Central London 'to get designated quiet zones' in further blow to night life

UK March 14, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Elianne Andam who was murdered by Hassan Sentamu in Croydon.

Teen jailed for life after killing Elianne Andam, 15, over teddy bear at bus stop

UK March 13, 2025 By Brooke Davies

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