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  1. Play Video The youths walking around in Southend.

    Ten teenagers jailed for 34 years for machete rampage through Southend

    Channel: UK UK 5 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
  2. 'I shared a prison dorm with Ghislaine Maxwell - she isn't suicidal in the least'
  3. Couple guilty of murdering grandson they subjected to weeks of 'pain and misery'
  4. Man who murdered Peter Falconio dies without revealing where his body is
  5. The future of the Sycamore Gap tree has been decided

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(Left) Leo Painter and (Right) mum Gemma Painter.

Heartbroken mum dies a year after son, 6, was killed by drink-driver

Channel: UK UK 43 minutes ago By Sam Corbishley
Undated handout screengrab issued by Bedfordshire Police of teenager Nicholas Prosper holding a plank of wood as a mock gun, pretending to shoot people.

Triple murderer Nicholas Prosper spared whole life sentence after appeal refused

Channel: UK UK 2 hours ago By Sam Corbishley
Jeffrey Epstein standing against a blurred black and white background.

Five key questions answered about the Trump administration's Epstein files chaos

Channel: US US 38 minutes ago By Sarah Hooper
Play Video The Sycamore Gap Tree, also called Robin Hood Tree, is a sycamore tree standing next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland.

Why was the Sycamore Gap tree cut down?

Channel: UK UK 7 hours ago By Noora Mykkanen
Shoots appearing to grow on the base of Sycamore gap tree in Northumberland. Daniel Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are due to be sentenced on Tuesday after they were found guilty at Newcastle Crown Court of criminal damage after the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree - valued at ?622,000 and ?1,114 damage to Hadrian's Wall. Picture date: Tuesday July 15, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

The future of the Sycamore Gap tree has been decided

Channel: UK UK 3 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
Play Video The youths walking around in Southend.

Ten teenagers jailed for 34 years for machete rampage through Southend

Channel: UK UK 5 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
Peter Falconio

Man who murdered Peter Falconio dies without revealing where his body is

Channel: UK UK 7 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

'I shared a prison dorm with Ghislaine Maxwell - she isn't suicidal in the least'

Channel: US US 15 hours ago By Jessica Kwong

Seven officers investigated after man 'in crisis' dies during Boston arrest

Channel: US US 9 hours ago By Jessica Kwong
15/7/2025 Picture Alan Simpson 07825 811953 Palestine supporters used van to ram perimeter fence at Leonardo Factory Edinburgh where Laser guidance systems for fighter jets are manufactured.

Three women arrested on terror charges after van driven into defense factory

Channel: UK UK 18 hours ago By Sarah Hooper

Teen dies after getting sucked into meat grinder at burrito factory

Channel: US US 20 hours ago By Jessica Kwong
Man stabbed in heart on Christmas Day 'by abusive ex when she saw him on Tinder'

Man stabbed in heart on Christmas Day 'by abusive ex when she saw him on Tinder'

Channel: UK UK 22 hours ago By Sam Corbishley
Play Video FILE PHOTO: General view of the Sycamore Gap tree that was felled, in Northumberland, Britain, September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo

Two men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree jailed for four years

Channel: UK UK 8 hours ago By Sam Corbishley
Ethan Ives in a photo

Couple guilty of murdering grandson they subjected to weeks of 'pain and misery'

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Sam Corbishley
Alicia Kemp, 24, in a screencap of a video from TikTok.

British woman 'killed dad in e-scooter crash while drunk' in Australia

Channel: UK UK 23 hours ago By Sam Corbishley
Charles Bronson outside Wormwood Scrubs Prison, Britain.

Charles Bronson says 'you're now in hell' in new message to people viewing his art

Channel: UK UK 21 hours ago By Josh Layton
Pok?mon thief catches them all as he swipes $100K worth of rare cards from Massachusetts shop during break-in

Burglar takes 30 seconds to steal rare Pokémon cards worth £80,000 from shop

Channel: US US 1 day ago By Jessica Kwong

Jack Grealish was slapped by Man Utd fan he called a 'little, ugly w**ker'

Channel: UK UK 23 hours ago By Sarah Hooper
Undated handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of Blue Stevens who has been named as the man who as been stabbed to death in central London's Knightsbridge. Police, ambulance and air ambulance services responded to reports about a stabbing in Seville Street, near Hyde Park, around 9.30pm on Wednesday where Mr Stevens, found injured, died at the scene. Issue date: Friday July 11, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Three arrested after 'loving' father stabbed to death outside Knightsbridge casino

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Barney Davis
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Angry Trump fans burn their MAGA hats over Epstein files mystery

Channel: US US 2 days ago By Sarah Hooper

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