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Police are investigating after reports of two males fighting with weapons in Station Road in Langley. Officers were called at around three fifty on Wednesday afternoon. When police arrived the offenders had left the scene. A seventeen year old boy was arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon and remains in custody while enquiries continue. Police say they are not aware of any injuries. Detective Superintendent […]

A woman has been jailed for four and a half years after falsely accusing ten men of raping her. Stacey Sharples, thirty one, from Farnworth in Bolton, pleaded guilty at Bolton Crown Court to ten counts of perverting the course of justice. The false allegations were made between twenty thirteen and twenty nineteen. Greater Manchester Police said most of the men were arrested and spent time in custody, with some […]

US forces have carried out strikes on sixteen mine-laying boats near the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, Donald Trump said ten inactive mine-laying boats had already been destroyed, adding there was “more to follow” in an update posted at 8:24pm. The announcement came less than an hour after the president indicated uncertainty over whether mines were present in the strait. He said Washington had “no reports” confirming Iran’s involvement, but insisted […]

RAF fighter jets have carried out military action to defend the nations of Jordan and Bahrain overnight, the Ministry of Defence says. The jets successfully took out an uncrewed aerial system in defence of Jordan and intercepted a drone heading towards Bahrain, it said. Iran's foreign minister has criticised the US for destabilising oil prices with strikes on the country. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is giving a statement in the House […]

A fire at a vape shop has forced the closure of Scotland’s busiest railway station until further notice, Network Rail says. Dozens of trains were cancelled on Sunday after a four-storey building on Union Street, near Glasgow Central Station, caught fire. The building has partially collapsed, and the station will remain closed on Monday as firefighters continue to tackle the blaze more than five hours after it began. A spokesperson […]

The King will describe this as a time of great challenge during his message to mark Commonwealth Day. In an extract released ahead of the annual event celebrating Commonwealth nations, King Charles, who is also head of the Commonwealth, says the day comes at a moment of both challenge and possibility. He says communities and nations are facing increasing pressures from conflict, climate change and rapid transformation, but adds that […]

A van driver has been jailed for eight years after crashing into gates near a London university campus and killing a student. Christopher Jackson, who is twenty seven and from Southampton, had previously admitted causing the death of Aalia Mahomed by dangerous driving on the eighteenth of March last year. The Old Bailey heard that the twenty year old student had been sitting on a bench close to King’s College […]

Kristi Noem has been sacked as US homeland security secretary following what a Trump administration source described as the culmination of her many leadership failures. Donald Trump announced on social media that she will be replaced by a senator from Oklahoma. He added that Ms Noem will take up a new post as special envoy for the Shield of the Americas in about three weeks. Posting on Truth Social, Trump […]

One of the three men arrested on suspicion of spying for China has been named as David Taylor, the husband of sitting Labour MP Joani Reid. In a statement, Ms Reid said she has never seen anything to make her suspect her husband has broken any law. She added she is not part of his business activities and neither she nor her children are part of the investigation and should […]