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So far this year 18,565 people have made the Channel crossing, which is 42% lower than the same period in 2025 when 32,188 had crossed in small boats. The government said its "progress this year in tackling small boats…
His wife Rachel Ferris told the sentencing hearing at Inner London Crown Court that her husband's death "could have been prevented", after it emerged that a window fell from the same development in August 2017, but the…
That demonisation culture, particularly by the elite establishment, directly led to the institutional cover-up at Hillsborough in 1989 that is a stain on England’s cultural landscape. Anything that erodes that…
In a deeply candid passage in his new book, Owning It, the striker, 37, said he went through the 'traumatic' assault a few years ago, and only decided to detail the incident 'at the last minute' following lengthy…
Police said that Abdul Baqi, from the border city of Chaman in Balochistan, sold his young daughter to the man, named locally as Salah Uddin, in exchange for 2.5million Pakistani rupees (£6,802), according to the BBC .…
Police are investigating after eight-year-old tabby Max vanished from his home in Hull, East Yorkshire , last Monday. Owners Louise, 45, and Lisa, 47, found his distinctive white-tipped tail chopped off and posted…
According to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, a neighbour of Edward’s heard a loud bang at around 12.30am, as reported by People . Edward then made the desperate 911 call as he was being…
Fire crews were called to The World’s End pub on Fort Road in Tilbury, Essex , at around 3.30pm on Wednesday. The blaze was brought under control by around 6.30pm, but firefighters remained at the scene throughout the…
The suspect is alleged to have been a camp guard at Stalag 326 VI K in Senne in northwestern Germany. A similar case had also been under way involving a second former camp guard at Senne, Dortmund public prosecutor Sonja…
The men worked with an organised crime gang to run what was described as a distribution hub. At the High Court in Kilmarnock, the men were jailed for nine years and five months each. Police found the warehouse stocked…