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A Royal Mail worker from Slough who stole drug parcels and profited from cannabis supply has been jailed for more than six years. Amjad Ali used his post to intercept packages suspected of containing illegal drugs for his own criminal gain. A Thames Valley Police investigation led to the recovery of over one point two million pounds in cash—the largest cash seizure ever made by the force. Donald Trump has […]

Six police officers serving with Greater Manchester Police have been dismissed following an internal investigation into racial discrimination against a colleague. The probe was launched in 2024 after allegations surfaced regarding racist behaviour in December 2023. Greater Manchester Police confirmed the officers were sacked without notice for gross misconduct. Two former officers would also have been dismissed had they remained with the force. The family of a student killed in […]

Cleveland Police is receiving an extra £2m to tackle serious crime following a fatal collision near Middlesbrough. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the funding after Prime Minister Andy Burnham paid tribute to police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, who were killed on duty on the A66. Five young men in a pursued vehicle also died in the crash, with police suggesting they had links to organized crime. A Bank […]

The death toll from last week's severe flooding in Nepal has risen to 939, while the number of people reported missing has dropped to 3925. Nepal's disaster management authority confirmed that the missing total includes 592 foreign nationals. More than 11,000 people have been rescued so far, with 279 individuals injured. The government is spending £110m to create additional prison cells across England and Wales to address severe overcrowding. The […]

Six people have died after a passenger ferry carrying two hundred and seventy people capsized off northern Cyprus. Local media reports say the boat had departed from Kyrenia and was heading to the Turkish port of Tasucu when it capsized roughly two kilometres north of the Kyrenia coast earlier today. Northern Cyprus prime minister Unal Ustel confirmed the six fatalities. A thirty-one-year-old British woman has died after being stabbed at […]

Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a newborn baby girl in South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire Police were called to an address in Holywell Heights in the Wincobank area of Sheffield just before six o'clock on Sunday morning over concerns for the baby's safety. The infant was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of attending officers and paramedics. A Ferrari driver has […]

One person has died and at least six others have been injured after a large sign fell at a Christian festival in West Sussex. Sussex Police were called to the Big Church Festival at Wiston Park near Steyning on Friday, where a forty-one-year-old man from Eastbourne was pronounced dead. His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Detective Chief Superintendent Richard McDonagh described the […]

More than two hundred extra officers have been drafted in to assist Cleveland Police following a series of violent incidents across Middlesbrough. The surge comes after a woman and seven-year-old girl died in a Grangetown house fire on Wednesday, just one mile from a head-on crash on Saturday that killed two police officers and five young men. A vehicle also crashed into a wall on Steele Crescent early on Thursday. […]

A woman killed in a house fire near Middlesbrough has been described by her mother as a beautiful soul who would have done anything for anybody. Thirty-four-year-old Natalie McDonald died alongside her seven-year-old niece, Valentina Foster, in the blaze in Grangetown early on Wednesday. Cleveland Police confirmed a forty-eight-year-old woman remains critically ill in hospital, while three others received treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. Two men, aged twenty-three and thirty-one, have […]