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Murder victim Rene Graham and police at the scene of the shooting in Ladbroke Grove, west London

Mum says she's constantly looking over her shoulder because son's killer is still free

Channel: UK UK March 24, 2025 By Oliver Jones

Families of murdered babies say Lucy Letby’s campaign is just ‘publicity-grabbing’

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Kimberly Cruz-Feliciano and a collar

Mother who 'forced own child to wear dead dog's shock collar' pictured

Channel: US US March 22, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Sex offender jailed for recording hundreds of men in public toilets

Channel: UK UK 6 days ago By Brooke Davies
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Woman and man made 'thousands of pounds torturing pets for crush fetish videos'

Channel: World World March 22, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Dangerous prisoner finally caught days after escaping van on motorway

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
How hero patient spent two hours talking terrorist out of blowing hospital up

How hero patient spent two hour talking terrorist out of blowing hospital up

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

Man sexually assaulted two girls outside court while on trial for drug dealing

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/patient-talked-down-hospital-suicide-bomber-leeds-n3qthl6xk

Paedophile who abused schoolgirl, 13, told police 'she wanted it as much as me'

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Handout photo issued by Sussex Police of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team carrying out a controlled burn of desensitised chemicals in a skip near the sea wall in St Leonards, East Sussex following the discovery of explosive chemicals in a property on Thursday. Picture date: Saturday March 22, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE StLeonards. Photo credit should read: Sussex 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.

More than 70 people evacuated after explosive chemicals found on seafront

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Danny Rigg
'Coward' driver hit mum and left her to die in the road after downing 11 pints

'Coward' driver hit mum and left her to die in the road after downing 11 pints

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

Boy, 16, busted for 'stabbing younger teen dead at a McDonald's on Valentine's Day'

Channel: US US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Men sentenced after making cockerels run on treadmill

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies
EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23 Undated handout photo issued by National Crime Agency of some of some of the largest ever haul of class A drugs in the UK, worth an estimated ??450 million, that has been seized in a load of bananas at Southampton Port. The National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force seized 5.7 tonnes of cocaine found in a container carrying the fruit from South America on February 8. The NCA has said the illicit drugs were heading to the Port of Hamburg in Germany for onward delivery. Issue date: Friday February 23, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Cocaine. Photo credit should read: NCA/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in 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.

'Cocaine motherships' dropping drugs off UK coastline for gangs to collect

Channel: Uncategorised Uncategorised March 21, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Mum who killed newborn told husband 'it is what it is' after hiding crime for 25 years

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Dead puppy in pizza box left in front of boy by three 'animal torturers'

Channel: US US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Prison worker jailed for letting Zara Aleena’s killer ‘throttle her’ in secret affair

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy
Police scene on Morrisons car park, Kingsway, Rochdale.

Three schoolboys charged with raping young girl in supermarket car park

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Jasper King
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Drunk barmaid sobs 'who's dead?' after killing friend in car crash

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Jasper King
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Would-be bomber jailed for plot to blow up 'as many nurses as possible'

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

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