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Keri Pegg, former governor of HMP Kirkham, arrives at Preston Crown Court, Lancashire, where she is accused of two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of possession of criminal property. Picture date: Wednesday March 26, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Prison chief 'had fling with inmate who gave her a Mercedes after releasing him'

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Sam Corbishley

Warning issued over impending scam bot army invasion that will work 24/7

Channel: Tech Tech 2 days ago By Jen Mills
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Man banned from entire county for stealing Creme Eggs

Channel: UK UK 2 days ago By Katie Boyden
Play Video Machete wielding youths .

Machete fight breaks out between rival gangs in front of commuters

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Jasper King
A prized bird was 'stuffed down a thief's trousers' and stolen from a pet shop,

Exotic bird 'stuffed in thief's shorts' then returned by 'woman in balaclava'

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Luke Alsford

Catholic priest who fell out with Emile Soleil murder suspects 'kills himself'

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Brooke Davies
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Men on an incel website reveal what they really think about women

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the English FA Cup fourth round soccer match between Leyton Orient and Manchester City at the Gaughan Group Stadium in London, England, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Manchester City have had a poor season by their standards but can win the FA Cup

Channel: Football Football 3 days ago By The Tipster
This photo taken on September 29, 2024 shows Iwao Hakamada (C)

World's longest death row inmate given 3p for every minute he spent in prison

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
The Metropolitan Police deploying the use of live facial recognition technology in Croydon, south London. The Met use the technology to tackle crime and identify offenders, helping officers to target those wanted for causing serious violence. Picture date: Friday February 9, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE FacialRecognition. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

First permanent facial recognition cameras to go up in London despite 'dystopian' warning

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Brooke Davies
Entrance of the Vienna's Regional court room are pictured in Vienna, Austria, on February 1, 2023. - The verdict of the trial of the six men who helped a gunman carry out Austria's first deadly jihadist attack is expected on February 1, 2023. Convicted Islamic State group sympathiser Kujtim Fejzulai went on a shooting rampage on November 2, 2020 in downtown Vienna, killing four and wounding 23 others before police shot him dead. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Girl, 12, raped by more than a dozen boys who filmed attacks

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Sarah Hooper
Self-confessed 'psycho' who stabbed neighbour 39 times in 39 seconds locked up

Self-confessed 'psycho' stabbed neighbour 39 times in 39 seconds with a sword

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Sam Corbishley
Grandmother Killed in Hit-and-Run Near Colindale Police Station ??? Driver Still at Large Colindale, North London ??? Tuesday, 25 March 2025 ??? A grandmother has been tragically killed in a hit-and-run incident near Colindale Police Station, prompting a major investigation and a city-wide manhunt for the driver responsible. The fatal collision occurred shortly before 3:10pm at the junction of Booth Road and Falcon Way, NW9, not far from the RAF Museum and a local primary school. The victim, a woman in her 60s, was reportedly walking to collect her grandchild when she was struck by a car that had moments earlier failed to stop for police. Despite the rapid response of officers from the nearby Colindale Police Station and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She has not yet been formally identified, but tributes have begun to pour in from the local community, who have been left shaken by the tragedy. The vehicle involved in the incident did not stop and was later found abandoned nearby. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Alperton Traffic Unit are now working alongside the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) to determine the full circumstances of the fatal collision, given the prior police interaction. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ???Shortly before 15:10hrs on Tuesday, 25 March a car was in collision with a female pedestrian at the junction of Booth Road and Falcon Way, NW9. The car had driven away from a police vehicle prior to the collision taking place. Officers provided treatment at the scene before the arrival of the London Ambulance Service. However, despite the best efforts of all emergency services, the woman died at the scene. The car did not stop but was found abandoned a short time later. Work is ongoing to locate the occupants. No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.??? A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service added: ???We were called at 3.08pm toda

Two teenagers arrested after woman in 60s killed in hit-and-run near school

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Sam Corbishley
Play Video Couple 'dropped bag' hours before street cleaners found dead baby in bin, witnesses claim

Couple 'dropped bag' hours before street cleaners found dead baby 'next to bin'

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By John Dunne
Play Video Former footballer Joey Barton arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, central London, where he is charged with assaulting his wife, Georgia Barton. Picture date: Tuesday March 25, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Barton. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire

Ex-Premier League footballer Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting his wife at home

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Katie Boyden

Ex-Argos worker burst into warehouse and stabbed five former colleagues

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Sarah Hooper
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Brit, 28, is 'beaten to death by bouncers' after he was turned away from bar

Channel: World World 4 days ago By Luke Alsford
Laurence Fox points at audience as he speaks

Laurence Fox charged with sex offence after 'sharing upskirting picture'

Channel: TV TV 4 days ago By Danni Scott
young attractive man use mobile phone late at night in a dark room

The 'sadistic' online gangs of teenage boys targeting other children for abuse

Channel: Tech Tech 4 days ago By Jen Mills
Barry and Mavis Lovelock say they were just finishing their breakfast on Saturday morning when they noticed a load of officers outside their home / Leicestershire Police said officers were acting on "information received that related to the production of cannabis", but after no plants were found, the force confirmed it had apologised to the pair. / Source: ( Permission given to Andy Dolan) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vzgnn3560o

Pensioners turned the heating up so much police thought it was a cannabis farm

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Luke Alsford

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