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'Sheer terror' as van loaded with fireworks set alight in Clydebank
Homes were evacuated when the van parked in a driveway exploded in the middle of the night in Clydebank.
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Homes were evacuated and roads closed when the vehicle, which was parked on a driveway, exploded with a shower of fireworks on Braes Avenue at about 01:00 on Sunday.
There were no reported injuries.''
''Police said the man was described as white, in his 30s, with slim build and a shaved head and wearing a dark hooded jacket and dark bottom.
He was seen making off in the direction of the Forth and Clyde...
Human skeletal remains found near retail park in Stoke-on-Trent, police say
Police have cordoned off an area of the park but have not yet formally identified the remains.
A member of the public has discovered skeletal remains in Stoke-on-Trent, police have said.
Police were called to reports of the discovery on land near to Festival Park, Etruria, on Sunday afternoon.
Staffordshire Police said: "At this time the remains have not been identified.
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Fuel tanker and cargo ship collide and catch fire in North Sea off Britain, crew rescued
A cargo ship hit a tanker carrying jet fuel for the American military off the coast of eastern England Monday, setting both vessels on fire and sending fuel pouring into the North Sea.
The collision triggered a major rescue operation by lifeboats, coast guard aircraft and commercial vessels. All 37 crew members aboard the two vessels were safe and accounted for, with one hospitalized, local lawmaker Graham...
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Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for the public's help in finding Lee, 36.
He is missing from Evesham, Worcestershire, but the last confirmed sighting of him was in central Bristol at about 10.30am on Tuesday 11 March 2025.
His family haven't heard from him since Tuesday, when he said he’d catch a train home but failed to return.
Lee, has no known links to Bristol and this is out of character.
He's 5ft 11ins tall with short dark brown hair and a beard and a distinguishing birth mark on his right arm. He was wearing a blue jacket, dark-coloured jeans and had a...
He is missing from Evesham, Worcestershire, but the last confirmed sighting of him was in central Bristol at about 10.30am on Tuesday 11 March 2025.
His family haven't heard from him since Tuesday, when he said he’d catch a train home but failed to return.
Lee, has no known links to Bristol and this is out of character.
He's 5ft 11ins tall with short dark brown hair and a beard and a distinguishing birth mark on his right arm. He was wearing a blue jacket, dark-coloured jeans and had a...
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UN judge studying at Oxford kept young woman as a slave
Lydia Mugambe tricked Ugandan victim into coming to Britain
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'Lydia Mugambe was found guilty in a case in which prosecutors said involved a ‘very dishonest’ trade-off with the Ugandan deputy high commissioner Credit: HNP Newsdesk/Hyde News & Pictures Ltd
A United Nations judge studying for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave.
Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe, 49, took “advantage of her status” by preventing the woman from holding down steady employment and forcing...
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Very lengthy.
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By MARK DUELL18 March 2025
''Detectives hunting for a violent robber suspected to be the elusive 'Night Watcher' have released a chilling new video with audio in an effort to finally snare him.
The man's voice can be heard in the new CCTV of his latest crime in which he pistol-whipped a 63-year-old woman in a £1.5million jewellery raid near Sevenoaks in Kent.
The armed and masked thief carried out the 'professional' robbery in June last year on the...
Hunt for the elusive Night Watcher: Police release chilling new video
The voice of the elusive 'Night Watcher' can be heard in new CCTV video of his latest crime in which he pistol-whipped a 63-year-old woman in a £1.5million jewellery raid near Sevenoaks in Kent.
''Detectives hunting for a violent robber suspected to be the elusive 'Night Watcher' have released a chilling new video with audio in an effort to finally snare him.
The man's voice can be heard in the new CCTV of his latest crime in which he pistol-whipped a 63-year-old woman in a £1.5million jewellery raid near Sevenoaks in Kent.
The armed and masked thief carried out the 'professional' robbery in June last year on the...
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Ben Quinn 20 Mar 2025
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''Spattered across a row of homes, the red paint that appeared on the front of houses in north-east London this week was as unwelcome as it was inexplicable.
Yet the vandalism was not confined to this corner of Walthamstow – the second such attack in a fortnight – it mirrors other incidents in communities across the country that have left local residents seeking answers from police and local councils.
Huddersfield, Bradford...
Mystery of red paint vandalism across England leaves residents puzzled and fearful
Police try to establish if there is a link between incidents in Walthamstow and other areas
Yet the vandalism was not confined to this corner of Walthamstow – the second such attack in a fortnight – it mirrors other incidents in communities across the country that have left local residents seeking answers from police and local councils.
Huddersfield, Bradford...
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Heathrow Airport latest: Shutdown causes flight chaos and leaves thousands stranded
The fire which knocked out power to Heathrow is still burning, as sources tell the BBC counter-terrorism police are investigating as a "precautionary measure".
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- Heathrow Airport will be closed all day Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it with power
- The fire is still burning, London Fire Brigade says, with no power at Terminal 2 and 4 as well as 5,000 homes nearby
- Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the fire, but the Met Police says there's currently no indication of foul play
- Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, warns of days of disruption - more than 1,350 flights are thought...
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Chilling murder of woman strangled to death in her bath unsolved 27 years later
Christine McGovern was found naked by her friend inside her flat in Walthamstow
Chilling murder of a Walthamstow woman strangled to death in her bath remains unsolved 27 years later
Christine McGovern was found naked by her friend inside her flat in WalthamstowSadly not every murder investigation ends with the killer being found and prosecuted for their crimes, even with modern DNA technology and other policing advances. One such case which has remained unsolved for 26 years now is the killing of Christine McGovern.
The 47-year-old sex-worker was found...
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Chilling murder of woman strangled to death in her bath unsolved 27 years later
Christine McGovern was found naked by her friend inside her flat in Walthamstow
Chilling murder of a Walthamstow woman strangled to death in her bath remains unsolved 27 years later
Christine McGovern was found naked by her friend inside her flat in WalthamstowSadly not every murder investigation ends with the killer being found and prosecuted for their crimes, even with modern DNA technology and other policing advances. One such case which has remained unsolved for 26 years now is the killing of Christine McGovern.
The 47-year-old sex-worker was found...
Brutal murder of Hounslow girl Patsy Morris remains a mystery almost 40 years on
9 May 2019
Patsy Morris was just 14-years-old when her body was discovered on Hounslow Heath in 1980.
Her mysterious death has been the subject of speculation since the teenager first vanished from Feltham Comprehensive School during a lunch break nearly four decades ago.
Feltham officers spent two days searching alongside her family and volunteers from the community before a police dog handler uncovered her fully-clothed corpse, on June 18, on the Heath.
A post-mortem revealed...
9 May 2019
Patsy Morris was just 14-years-old when her body was discovered on Hounslow Heath in 1980.
Her mysterious death has been the subject of speculation since the teenager first vanished from Feltham Comprehensive School during a lunch break nearly four decades ago.
Feltham officers spent two days searching alongside her family and volunteers from the community before a police dog handler uncovered her fully-clothed corpse, on June 18, on the Heath.
A post-mortem revealed...
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Buckinghamshire: 'Mum was handcuffed and bludgeoned to death'
A family and Thames Valley Police appeal for information on the 30th anniversary of a cold case murder.
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''The violent murder of mother-of-three Janet Brown "totally shattered" her family and has baffled police for three decades.
Janet, a 51-year-old research nurse in Oxford, was home alone in the Chiltern Hills, near Radnage in Buckinghamshire, when someone broke in, handcuffed her and hit her on the head repeatedly with a heavy object.''
"It's not too late. The police have DNA from the scene so they just need a name to be able to find a match."...
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Both bound & murdered 18 miles apart...were these women targeted by same killer?
HANDCUFFED, gagged then bludgeoned to death in her own home, the gruesome details of Janet Brown’s murder were enough to strike fear into anyone. The mum-of-three was alone in her Radnage, Bu…
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Murdered jewellery dealer lived in fear of stalker
A jewellery dealer murdered in her home by an intruder had complained to police at least twice about a stalker, it was disclosed yesterday.
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'A jewellery dealer murdered in her home by an intruder had complained to police at least twice about a stalker, it was disclosed yesterday.
Carolanne Jackson, 50, who ran an antiques business from her home, was found tied up in the kitchen of her cottage in Wooburn Green, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on Sunday morning. She died from asphyxiation...
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April 3 2025
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'Baby April was discovered at a beauty spot in Ashford, Kent, on April 3, 1995.'
''She had been strangled with a pair of tights then wrapped up in the toilet roll bag before being placed inside a Motaworld bag.
The tot was then thrown into the water in Singleton Lake where she was discovered by a teen couple on a walk.
Police estimated Baby April was born between March 25 and April 3, 1995 - the week before she was found dead.
They said the 7lb baby was not born with medical...
Wrapped in bag & thrown in lake...could murder of Baby April be solved 30yrs on?
POLICE are finally hoping to solve the chilling murder of a newborn baby found wrapped in a Kleenex toilet roll bag 30 years ago. Baby April was discovered at a beauty spot in Ashford, Kent, on Apr…
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'Baby April was discovered at a beauty spot in Ashford, Kent, on April 3, 1995.'
''She had been strangled with a pair of tights then wrapped up in the toilet roll bag before being placed inside a Motaworld bag.
The tot was then thrown into the water in Singleton Lake where she was discovered by a teen couple on a walk.
Police estimated Baby April was born between March 25 and April 3, 1995 - the week before she was found dead.
They said the 7lb baby was not born with medical...
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UK citizen missing in Thailand.
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