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Crime

‘Stop Brexit Man’ cleared of flouting ban on playing music near Parliament

Steve Bray, 56, was playing music on March 20 last year before then-PM Rishi Sunak arrived for Prime Minister’s Questions.
14 Apr 2025
UK

Novichok perfume bottle 'contained enough poison to kill thousands'

Dawn Sturgess ‘was entirely unaware of the mortal danger she faced, because the highly toxic liquid had been concealed...inside a perfume bottle’

14 Oct 2024
UK

Man sought over fatal six-vehicle crash on M40

Warwickshire Police believe Akashdeep Singh may have information about the incident on the M40

30 Sept 2024
UK

Damian Lewis drives sheep over Thames in ‘eccentric’ tradition

The Homeland and Band of Brothers actor joined more than 1,000 people driving sheep along a historic trading route on Sunday.

29 Sept 2024
UK

Police dogs should be phased out, Peta tells Met commissioner

The animal rights group wrote to Sir Mark Rowley after police dogs were ‘burned’ and ‘hit with bricks’ during UK riots this summer.

29 Sept 2024
Politics

Israeli strikes killed five members of my family, says mother returning to UK

Sana Chamseddin told the PA news agency that her uncle, his wife and his three daughters died on Monday.
28 Sept 2024
Crime

Man, 58, denies drowning 70-year-old woman in west London

Clifford Cowen, of Kensington Park Gardens, Notting Hill, west London, is accused of murdering of Rita Fleming.
27 Sept 2024
Crime

Convicted killer admits murdering and dismembering 38-year-old woman

Body parts belonging to Sarah Mayhew, 38, were found in south London on April 2.

26 Sept 2024
UK

Duke of Sussex says tourism is a double-edged sword

Harry said his comments were influenced by ‘conversation and debate around campfires’.
25 Sept 2024
UK

Harrods looking into if current staff involved in Al Fayed allegations

Five women alleged they were raped by the Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods who died last year at the age of 94

23 Sept 2024
Crime

Fraudster used Covid bounceback loans to fund lavish London lifestyle

Gerald Smith, 69, was imprisoned for 18 months over the bounce-back loan also used to ‘fund a lavish lifestyle’, City of London Police said.

23 Sept 2024
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Huw Edwards to be sentenced for accessing indecent images of children

The former BBC presenter pleaded guilty in July to three counts of making indecent images of children.

16 Sept 2024
Environment

Warm weather forecast for week to come despite fog warning

The Met Office has said next week will be ‘welcome relief’ after cool temperatures last week.
15 Sept 2024
Politics

James Cleverly declines to rule out accepting future donations from Frank Hester

The Conservative leadership hopeful said the businessman had apologised for saying Labour MP Diane Abbot made him ‘want to hate all black women’.
15 Sept 2024
UK

Four charged after tonne of cocaine found in fishing boat off Cornish coast

The boat was stopped at sea near Newquay on Friday afternoon in what the National Crime Agency said was a ‘huge loss’ for an organised crime group.
14 Sept 2024
UK

Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot an estimated £5.2m after no player scoops top prize

No players won the £1 million prize either which required matching five out of six numbers and the bonus ball.
14 Sept 2024
UK

Fishing boat carrying tonne of cocaine intercepted off Cornwall coast

Four men have been arrested and the drugs have been seized.

14 Sept 2024
Crime

Man jailed for raping girl, 14, in Rotherham alley 21 years ago

Waleed Ali, 42, was investigated by the force’s probe into historic allegations of abuse in the Yorkshire town between 1997 and 2013.

14 Sept 2024
Crime

Former Met officer jailed for 16 months after stealing from dead man

Craig Carter, of Harlow, Essex, stole around £115 from Italian filmmaker and actor Claudio Gaetani between September 7 and 14 2022.

13 Sept 2024
Crime

Senior prison manager charged with disclosing unauthorised data gives evidence

Peter Nichols, 49, denies 10 counts of causing a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to data.
12 Sept 2024
Crime

Mum of riot boy, 12, due in court after ‘missing hearing for Ibiza’

Last Monday a judge said she was ‘frankly astonished’ that the boy’s mother had decided to fly abroad for a five-day holiday instead of attend the hearing

11 Sept 2024