Police are urgently searching for a man suspected of raping a woman in what officers are calling a racially motivated attack. West Midlands Police say they were called to the Park Hall area of Walsall just after seven fifteen on Saturday evening after reports of a woman in distress. The victim, in her twenties, was found to have been raped and assaulted at a nearby property by a man she […]

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has been elected Ireland’s new president after her rival conceded defeat. The 68-year-old former barrister from Galway secured 63 percent of first-preference votes in an election marked by a high number of spoiled ballots. Speaking at Dublin Castle, Connolly said she would be an “inclusive president for all,” promising to listen, reflect and only speak when necessary. The Metropolitan Police has issued an urgent appeal to […]

A nationwide manhunt is underway for an asylum seeker who was mistakenly released from custody after being jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping. 41-year-old Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, from Ethiopia, had been living at The Bell Hotel in the Essex town — the site of recent protests over asylum accommodation. He was sentenced in September to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of […]