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Older teenagers tried to rescue Junior Slater from the River Ribble in Ribchester, Lancashire, after friends initially thought his cries for help were a joke, Preston Coroner's Court was told. His family asked people to…
His family have insisted he was innocent and 'took his own life after months of immense pressure' caused by the investigation. Today, his sisters Alexia Hicks, 40, and Sophie Voelcker, 45, accused the police of dragging…
The men, aged 41, 39, 27, 23 and 22, were charged in connection with a range of offences including assault and possession of offensive weapons. A Police Scotland spokesperson said they are expected to appear at Glasgow…
The victim, identified by Russian media only as Lyudmila T, was found around 50ft from her house in Verkhniy Kebezh, in Russia ’s Krasnoyarsk region. She’d died at the scene from injuries that investigators said were…
Read our privacy notice . George Galloway is facing a growing row over his decision to stand against Zack Polanski in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election . The Leader of the Workers Party of Britain has been accused…
The proposed tax rise, announced this week by Wandsworth Council, is in response to a sharp fall in its cashflow after the Government’s “fair funding” review changed the formula that decides how much money each local…
Passengers queueing at Gatwick Airport during the disruption (Gareth Fuller/PA) PA Wire An air traffic control issue which led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled was caused by a software defect and not by “any…
Parents claim some pupils at Philip Morant School in Colchester have been given detentions for hugging or high-fiving their friends since the new guidance was brought in at the start of term. The author of an online…
Not punk in style, although it is certainly an album to strip the flesh from your bones, but in the way it felt dangerous. It came out in 2000, and was the last release for Creation Records; as that label fell apart…
A £10m savings plan - which could see more than 100 jobs lost - was agreed earlier this year . The University and College Union (UCU) said the staff member's dismissal needed to be met with a "proportionate response"…