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Suspect arrested after anti-Muslim stabbing rampage in Scotland
Bystanders captured the moment police arrested a machete-weilding man, suspected of anti-Muslim stabbing rampage.…
SUV buyers undeterred by warnings of risk to pedestrians, UK study finds
Exclusive: Research suggests financial penalties necessary if number of large vehicles on roads is to be reducedDrivers who are told about the safety …
Mangione lawyers abandon psychiatric defense over health CEO’s killing
Legal team of alleged gunman, 28, reverses position on ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense after one dayIn a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione’s l…
Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George to be next mayor of Washington DC
City councillor who ran on expanding childcare, education and housing slated for office after opponent concedesDemocratic socialist Janeese Lewis Geor…
My job was to watch hours and hours of abuse caught on camera at Muckamore Hospital
Central to those investigating what went on at Muckamore Abbey Hospital was hundreds of thousands of hours of CCTV footage.…
Naomi Campbell called unfit to run a charity in her appeal against ban
Supermodel ‘completely abdicated’ her trustee responsibilities at Fashion for Relief, Charity Commission tells hearingNaomi Campbell showed herself to…
Teenager wrongly arrested wins race discrimination claim against the Met
Daryl McLune, who was 16 at the time, was held for 23 hours on suspicion of the attempted murder of his mother after she had tried to take her own lif…
Man arrested after boy, 3, injured in Cambridgeshire zoo crocodile enclosure
Officers arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder as child is treated in hospital for serious injuries A man has been arrested on suspicion of atte…
Border Force officer and Hong Kong trade official jailed for spying for China
Peter Wai and Bill Yuen sentenced to 10 and eight years at Old Bailey in first convictions under National Security ActA UK Border Force officer and a …
Whole life order given to UK teacher who sexually abused and murdered adopted baby
Jamie Varley jailed for life and partner John McGowan-Fazakerley jailed for 25 years over death of Preston DaveyA secondary school teacher has been ja…
‘Mistreatment became normality,’ inquiry into Muckamore Abbey hospital abuse finds
Vulnerable adults suffered broken bones and severe neglect in Northern Irish hospital at centre of major police investigationA major inquiry into the …
Driver hailed for saving tourists from rip current at Louisiana beach: ‘I just locked in’
Jordan Matthew, who has no lifeguard training, rescued a young boy and two women from the dangerous currentA shuttle driver recently used his bare han…
Cambridge experts recreate 336-year-old garden to commemorate ‘father of natural history’
John Ray, 17th-century botanist who coined words petal and pollen, was a tutor at Cambridge when he created his first gardenHe coined the terms petal …
Inquest into Melbourne influencer’s death following freebirth halted after new phone evidence discovered
Coroner tells freebirth inquest new material ‘of such significance’ any findings must be postponed so information can be analysedThe closing submissio…
NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs
Supply problems pose risk to health, with common painkillers, epilepsy medication and HRT affectedBritons are facing some of the “most severe” shortag…
Cannabis commercialisation not decriminalisation drives up usage, study finds
Review reveals rise in users and rates of psychosis in countries where cannabis is sold commercially Decriminalising the possession of cannabis or str…
LA leaders back investigation into police killing of two-year-old dog
Officers responding to call about ‘screaming woman’, who was celebrating Knicks win, shot dog named JamesonAs the Los Angeles police department faces …
Two California students swept out to sea and drowned while napping on beach
Friends Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were pulled out of water by rescue crews but died later at local hospitalsSign up for the Breaking New…
Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann sentenced to life in prison without parole
Victims’ families spoke in court as Heuermann, 63, was imprisoned for killing spree that spanned decadesRex Heuermann, the Manhattan architect who met…
New homeowner finds skeletal remains of three people in auction-bought Connecticut home
Attorney asks court to return $82,000 deposit to buyer if 2025 foreclosure is invalidated due to discoveryA person who bought a foreclosed home, as is…
Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak
Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years agoThe earliest evidence for an outbreak …
Luigi Mangione in New York state court after missing appearance this week
Mangione, who faces nine counts including second-degree murder in state case, missed court due to paperwork errorLuigi Mangione has appeared in Manhat…
Florida couple given wrong embryo will retain permanent custody of their child
Steven Mills and Tiffany Score reached an agreement with the biological parents of their child after fertility clinic’s mix-upA Florida couple who lea…
Clinician reported birthkeeper to police the day Melbourne wellness influencer died following freebirth
Inquest hears clinician wasn’t legally required to report to police but was concerned about public health and safety A senior clinician reported a bir…
Lack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an ‘absolute crisis’, says union
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’The specialist l…
US screwworm cases rise as outbreak spreads beyond initial contamination zones
Twelve animal cases have been confirmed so far among cattle, goats, sheep and a dog in Texas and New MexicoScrewworm cases are rising in the US as the…
From camel coats to guochao: Max Mara woos China’s luxury brand consumers
Fashion house pays tribute to Chinese style with its 75th anniversary catwalk show in Shanghai“New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shangha…
A teacher, a cancer survivor and a new dad: victims of Missouri skydiving plane crash identified
A group of 12 people – nine skydivers, two tandem jumpers and a pilot – were killed in the weekend crash in ButlerA high school music teacher, a cance…
Bristol court hears how mother found her baby floppy and grey in murder trial of father
Prosecution alleges Tony Bartlett shook four-week-old Atticus Bartlett so violently he suffered fatal brain damageA mother has described in court the …
One-year-old killed and another person injured after Mississippi police shot at car
Child was fatally shot and his mother’s friend is wounded after Senatobia police responded to shoplifting callA one-year-old boy is dead and another p…