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Hundreds of snakes cause chaos after escaping breeding farms | 5 News
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- Hundreds of snakes cause chaos after escaping breeding farms | 5 News
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- 0:30
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- 2 days ago
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- ► The slithering cohort includes cobras and king ratsnakes.
Venomous snakes are among hundreds to have slithered to freedom from a breeding facility in Southern China where flooding has claimed the lives of at least 38 people.
Nearly 1,000 reptiles are on the loose amid severe flooding in Guangxi, where two reservoirs breached their banks after heavy rainfall caused by typhoon Maysak.
The snakes have turned up at homes and attacked people near water with a local doctor telling Beijing News he had treated several villagers since the typhoon hit the region this week.
One person is said to have died following an incident with a snake, and another was hospitalised after being bitten while clearing debris in his home.
Hospitals are said to have increased stocks of anti-venom supplies, and locals are being urged not to try and capture the reptiles.
Authorities have warned that snakes could seek shelter in homes, ...
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- Spain wildfires: Four Britons feared dead as burnt-out car found | 5 News
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- 1:57
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- 2 days ago
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- ► The Foreign Office is in contact with authorities in Spain following reports that four Britons may have been killed in a wildfire.
The bodies were found in a burnt-out car which had its steering wheel on the right. Antonio Sanz, Andalusia’s health and emergencies minister, said the people inside were believed to be “of British origin”.
Downing Street said the government was seeking more information following the “concerning” reports.
A No10 spokeswoman said: “I’m aware of those reports and the Foreign Office are in touch with the relevant authorities in Spain.”
The wildfires have claimed at least 12 lives, and some 23 people are still missing as search operations continue.
The fire is thought to have starred by a downed power line. Flames then spread in a
wooded area around popular tourist destination of Almeria, in the Andalusia region.
Scorching temperatures, tin...
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- Ann Widdecombe death: Man, 26, arrested on suspicion of murder | 5 News
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- 0:51
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- 2 days ago
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- ► Police said the death did not appear to be politically motivated.
Police have announced that a 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of Ann Widdecombe.
The 78-year-old former Tory politician was found dead at her home in Dartmoor, reportedly covered in blood and suffering a serious head wound, at 11.40am on Thursday.
The arrested man, a white British national, is in custody having been arrested at an address in Newton Abbott.
Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman said there was nothing to suggest the death was politically motivated.
Mr Longman did not comment on what injuries Miss Widdecombe suffered or give any further details around the man’s arrest.
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- Ann Widdecombe death: Man, 26, arrested on suspicion of murder
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- 12:14
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- 2 days ago
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- ► Police said the death did not appear to be politically motivated.
Police have announced that a 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of Ann Widdecombe.
The 78-year-old former Tory politician was found dead at her home in Dartmoor, reportedly covered in blood and suffering a serious head wound, at 11.40am on Thursday.
The arrested man, a white British national, is in custody having been arrested at an address in Newton Abbott.
Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman said there was nothing to suggest the death was politically motivated.
Mr Longman did not comment on what injuries Miss Widdecombe suffered or give any further details around the man’s arrest.
#crime #annwiddecome #police
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- Man throws Molotov cocktail at person in wheelchair - then pushes him back into flames | 5 News
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- 0:47
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- 2 days ago
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- ► A horrific random act of violence has been captured on camera showing a Molotov cocktail being launched at a man in a wheelchair.
Video, released by police, shows a man throwing the petrol bomb at an unsuspecting victim before pushing him back into the flames as he tries to escape during the incident near the Oklahoma City Police Department. Several people then rush to his rescue.
The force released the footage of the incident, on 2 July, at South Lee Avenue and West Main Street. Authorities arrested Alexander Emery who is said to have admitted that he picked the target at random. The man in the wheelchair only suffered minor injuries.
The force said the incident showed “the absolute best of our community and our first responders. OKCPD detectives and quick-thinking bystanders immediately rushed into danger to help the victim and take the suspect into custody on the spot”.
“Oklahoma City Fire Department was also quick to the...
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- ‘Road rage’ incident leads to car smashing through building wall and pedestrian being hit | 5 News
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- 0:26
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- 2 days ago
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- ► Two men are in custody after a reported road rage incident led to a pedestrian being injured and their vehicles smashing into the side of a building.
The drivers, Robert Walker, 43, and Anthony Hayes, 56, are both accused of vehicular assault and reckless endangerment after the incident in Brooklyn on Tuesday around 11.07pm. Mr Hayes is also accused of driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
Investigators said the incident happened when a BMW, driven by Mr Walker, and the Cadillac Escalade, driven by Mr Hayes, collided on Fulton Street, before both vehicles lost control, striking the pedestrian on the sidewalk, then the building.
Video from the scenes shows the BMW inside the building, while the Escalade came to a stop on the pavement.
Officials ordered a partial vacate order for the building and an engineer to check its structural stability.
Both drivers and the pedestrian were taken to hospital and,...
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- Pop singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75: “You took it by the balls, Bonnie!”
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- 7:08
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- 3 days ago
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- ► Musician Suzi Quatro pays tribute to her friend and singer Bonnie Tyler, who has died at the age of 75.
Quatro says the 80s pop star, who was behind timeless classics like 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and 'Holding Out for Hero’, “left the world with a wonderful soundtrack for the heart.”
She says: “Bonnie took it by the balls, and Bonnie knows what I mean. If she’s listening, which I know she is, you took it by the balls Bonnie.”
The singer, whose real name is Gaynor Hopkins, has died just months after she was treated in intensive care, after being placed in an induced coma following emergency intestinal surgery.
Her family said in a statement published on the singer’s official website: “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for."
#BonnieTyler
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- Denham murders: Zimbabwe police 'on alert' after international manhunt sparked for missing father
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- 2:22
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- 3 days ago
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- ► Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, and her two daughters, Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead on Monday in their home near Bedford, Great Denham.
An international manhunt was sparked after the disappearance of husband and father, Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma.
Mrs Tshuma aunt, Beatrice Khumalo, told 5 News how “devastated” the family is, saying, "It’s a nightmare you want to wake up from”.
“Nothabo was a daughter who was loved, who was raised well. An intelligent girl, who knew that the sky was the limit. Who raised her children well to be the best they could be.”
Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, who also goes by the name of Mark, was captured on CCTV at Heathrow Airport on 4 July on his way to Zimbabwe, appearing to flee the UK.
Zimbabwe police have told British authorities that they are on the alert and ready to make an arrest, and have encouraged Mr Tshuma to surrender himself to police.
Detective Inspec...
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- Dad murdered his four-week-old son after night out - then lied to police | 5 News
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- 0:39
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- 3 days ago
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- ► The dad left his four-month-old with injuries similar to a ‘car crash’ victim.
Tony Bartlett, 39, was found guilty of murdering his baby son, Atticus, after he was violently shaken.
Bartlett, of Axminster in Devon, was convicted by jury for causing severe injuries to his baby son when he shook him at home in Chard, Somerset, on 16 July 2022.
Bartlett and his former partner Evelyn Ballentyne had gone on their first night out since the birth of their son.
When they arrived home, the mother went upstairs and Bartlett was left alone to feed Atticus. A court heard that by the time she returned downstairs, her son looked "lifeless".
Atticus was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital before being transferred to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, where he died just before midnight on 23 July 2022.
Bartlett, formerly a postman, insisted he had not harmed his son and refused to admit he was drunk. His legal team sug...
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- Police release video of 'worst UK football violence in decades' - as eight men plead guilty
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- 0:46
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- 3 days ago
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► Eight men have admitted their part in violence following disorder outside a match between Aston Villa and Legia Warsaw in November 2023.
West Midlands Police have now released footage showing the full extent of the disorder near Villa Park, Birmingham, when 300 officers from multiple forces faced violent attacks from supporters of the Polish football club - who threw flares, missiles, and debris.
The force said six officers were injured, including PC Andy Forbes, who suffered burns after being struck by a flare, and another was knocked unconscious. Two police dogs and two police horses were also hurt during the disorder, which continued for around 30 minutes.
Investigators “painstakingly” reviewed around 700 hours of body-worn camera footage from the night, resulting in more than 40 arrests being made.
At Birmingham Crown Court on 1 July, seven men pleade...
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- Teen texted friends, ‘I may not survive’ - she died moments later | 5 News
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- 1:12
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- 3 days ago
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- ► Killed by a drunk driver two days before her 20th birthday.
A speeding drunk-driver has been jailed for eight years for causing the death of a teenager who text her friends saying: “I may not survive tonight.”
Erin Slane was a passenger in a car being driven by Kyle Patrick, who she knew, when he crashed in Perthshire in September 2024, while he drove at a “grossly excessive speed”.
Her last messages to her friends - two days before her 20th birthday - were: "I may not survive tonight. I'm scared. Kyle is steaming.”
At 02:05 she wrote again: "Kyle is steaming".
Kyle Patrick was 21 at the time. He had visited several pubs that night drinking pints of beer and shots.
Shortly afterwards he turned up in his Ford Fiesta ST-3 Turbo at a taxi rank and offered lifts to people waiting in the queue.
A 17-year-old boy paid him £10 to take him to nearby Bankfoot before he parked up outside the Tha...
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- Count Binface takes Farage to the curb over time he’s spent in Clacton
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- 2:50
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- 4 days ago
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- ► Count Binface has thrown his lid in the ring to compete for the Clacton by-election after Nigel Farage resigned as an MP on Tuesday, before immediately announcing his intention to contest the seat he is vacating in what many have branded a “stunt”.
Labour, the Conservatives, Lib Dems, and the Greens have said they will not stand a candidate, meaning the Count is the only one prepared to try and curb the Reform leader’s run to power.
The Count has never been to Clacton, but says, that’s probably not an issue for voters as the “incumbent doesn’t actually spend any time there” either.
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- Great Denham murders: International manhunt after husband seen at Heathrow after family found dead
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- 2:45
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- 4 days ago
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- ► A man wanted on suspicion of the murder of his wife and two daughters, aged, five and 15, has been pictured fleeing the UK.
Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, who also goes by the name of Mark, was captured on CCTV at Heathrow Airport on 4 July on his way to Zimbabwe.
Police launched a murder investigation on 7 July after the bodies of a women and two children were discovered at a property in Bedford, Great Denham.
They have not been formally identified, but police believe they are Mr Tshuma’s wife Zandile Tshuma, and children, Natalie, 15, and Nala, five
Detective Inspector Lee Martin, senior investigating officer, said: “We have been carrying out numerous lines of enquiry as part of this fast-paced, complex investigation. We know that Mark Tshuma left the country on Saturday and is now believed to be in Zimbabwe. We are urgently working to find and apprehend him, and would appeal to him directly to hand himself in.
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- Count Binface versus Nigel Farage in Clacton as Reform leader cleared to quit as MP
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- 8:46
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- 4 days ago
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- ► From Clacton to the cosmos.
Nigel Farage’s attempt to set-up a “people versus the establishment” contest by resigning as an MP and triggering a by-election in Clacton – which he will then contest – has turned into a contest between man and bin.
Count Binface has put his lid forward to contest Clacton after all the major parties – Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and the Greens – said they won’t stand a candidate, rubbishing Mr Farage’s claims that he is being treated unfairly over his financial affairs.
Reform has set August 6 as a proposed date for the by-election.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said Mr Farage had “run himself into a cul-de-sac" with his decision to quit and claimed his true intentions had been “utterly exposed in this complete stunt”.
“And there’s a reason for that and that’s because he’s up to his neck in sleaze and he doesn’t want to answer questions a...
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- Neo-Nazi Tesco worker’s chilling manifesto revealed after MI5 sting
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- 1:48
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- 4 days ago
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- ► A Neo-Nazi who planned a mass gun attack and made a “kill list” of his Tesco colleagues and customers has been jailed for 13-and-a-half-years.
Alfie Coleman, who was caught in an undercover MI5 sting while trying to buy weapons including a submachine gun, wrote a “manifesto” detailing potential targets - including the Lord Mayor of London and a mosque - and spouting racist beliefs.
The 22-year-old, from Great Notley in Essex, was earlier found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts after an Old Bailey retrial.
He was also handed a further five years on extended licence.
Authorities first became concerned about Coleman in the summer of 2023 when he became active on online extreme right-wing groups. Then, in September, he arranged to buy a Skorpion automatic weapon, an AK47 rifle and bullets in France, having identified a local mosque as his target.
The plan was abandoned, but then he was lured in by the MI5 un...
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- Woman slashes ex's new girlfriend's face with broken glass in horrific nightclub attack | 5 News
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- 0:18
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- 4 days ago
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- ► “There is no excuse for such vile behaviour.”
A woman was almost blinded after being slashed in the face with a broken wine glass by her boyfriend’s ex.
Georgina Kilburn was left covered in blood and needed more than 20 stitches to her face after being attacked by 21-year-old Jade Hill at The Closet, a nightclub in Weymouth, Dorset, in October 2024.
A friend of Miss Kilburn’s who tried to intervene was also attacked by Hill with the stem of a broken wine glass and needed hospital treatment for injuries to their head and face.
CCTV footage of the incident shows Hill abusing Miss Kilburn before smashing the glass into her face, causing shards of glass to fly in the air.
The friend comes to Miss Kilburn’s rescue, but Hill then strikes at the, with the glass.
The DJ stops playing ‘Sex on Fire’ by Kings of Leon at this point to call for security.
Hill, from Portland, Dorset, has been...
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- Martial arts master tries spinning kick on police - gets floored | 5 News
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- 0:38
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- 4 days ago
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- ► "Had that have landed, it would have been a bad day."
In scenes straight out of an action movie, a former martial arts master is seen trying to land a spinning heel kick on a police officer pursuing him on a beach.
Timothy Allen Wegert was being chased by police in Virginia Beach over the Fourth of July weekend when he attempted to use his combat skills to seemingly avoid arrest.
But the kick didn’t connect, and he got floored by police and arrested.
Officers had been chasing the 33-year-old around 2.20am on 5 July when the incident – which has since gone viral – occurred.
As one officer closed in on Mr Wegert, the karate master, attempted to kick him. Ducking the kick, the officer then tackled Mr Wegert to the sand as other officers piled on top.
Mr Wegert, a former master at UpLevel Martial Arts in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been charged with felony assault on a law enforcement officer, along w...
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- Reform's Lee Anderson defends Farage’s move to quit as MP - to be re-elected
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- 2:35
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- 5 days ago
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- ► Nigel Farage quit as an MP on Tuesday but then proceeded to announce he would stand for the very seat in Clacton that he is vacating.
The Reform UK leader made the announcement as questions swirl around financial support he got from a convicted fraudster and as questions remain over a £5 million gift he got from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne - that may lead to a parliamentary investigation.
Chairman of Reform UK Lee Anderson, defended Farage's decision to quit, saying: “This is a chance for the people of Clacton to be the judge of Nigel Farage’s record and political integrity - not the mainstream media.”
He added, "What Nigel does in his private life before he entered politics is completely up to him".
Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Nigel Farage’s announcement as a “desperate stunt” by someone “up to his neck in sleaze”.
“It’s obvious why he is doing it. He is up to his neck in sleaze. ...
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- Explained: Why Nigel Farage quit as an MP
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- ► Nigel Farage quit as an MP on Tuesday but then proceeded to announce he would stand for the very seat – Clacton - he is vacating.
The Reform UK leader made the announcement as questions swirl around financial support he got from a convicted fraudster – that may lead to a parliamentary investigation – and as questions remain over a £5 million gift he got from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne.
#politics #news #farage
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- Prince Harry loses ‘£50 million’ High Court battle against Daily Mail publisher
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- 3:38
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- 5 days ago
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- ► Prince Harry has lost his legal battle against the Daily Mail publisher, Associated Newspapers (ANL). In a judgment handed down on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Justice Nicklin ruled all articles published by ANL had not been based on unlawful information gathering.
Paul Dacre, ANL’s editor-in-chief, said the case cost “well over £50 million and wasted a huge amount of valuable court time” and argued it should “never have been brought to trial”.
The Duke of Sussex alleged 14 articles published by the Mail between 2001 and 2013, were based on information gained through unlawful methods.
His court action was supported by six other high-profile figures, including Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish and campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence.
The newspaper was accused of phone hacking, landline tapping and using private investigators to gain information such as medical records.
Mr Justice Nivklin said in his ...
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- Nigel Farage resigns as an MP to fight for a seat he already had
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- 11:48
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- ► Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Nigel Farage’s announcement that he is quitting as an MP – but will stand in a by-election for a seat he is vacating – as a “desperate stunt” by someone “up to his neck in sleaze”.
“It’s obvious why he is doing it. He is up to his neck in sleaze. Politics should be about improving the lives of millions of people, not about personal gain, not about hiding dodgy donations, and I think the public will see this for exactly what it is,” Sir Keir said.
In a statement amid growing controversy surrounding his finances and donations, Mr Farage said: "I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions.
"And that is why I will be putting my name forward to stand in this by-election. I will fight to win," he said in a statement livestreamed by Reform.
Mr Farage’s move comes as pressure mounts on him around the financial support he received from a convicted fraudst...
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- Sex offender sobs about being called a ‘predator’ – after violent stabbing and acid attack threats
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- 1:24
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- 5 days ago
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- ► He sobbed, “they are calling me a predator”.
Mansoor Ahmed called the British Transport Police and provided a reference number to his own sexual assault case – so he could abuse the call taker.
The 31-year-old, who was jailed for more than two years for sexually assaulting two women on the London Underground in 2020, was recorded saying “I’m coming to stab” BTS staff and wanted to “open their hearts”. He also threatened them with an acid attack.
Ahmed was angry at the BTS after his custody photo was published in media reports after he was sentenced and spent 14 minutes hurling abuse at BTP’s First Contact Centre on 27 May.
Officers arrested him over the call, and bodycam footage caught him branding them, “dossers”.
But his tune soon changed. Ahmed explained to detectives that a “red mist” came over him during the call, and during interrogation, he broke down, sobbing, “they put ...
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- Nigel Farage resigns – then announces he will contest by-election | 5 News
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- ► Nigel Farage has announced he will stand down as a Member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea to force a by-election, which he will then contest - a competition he’s branded “people versus the establishment”.
"I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," Mr Farage said on Tuesday in a statement amid growing controversy surrounding his finances and donations.
"And that is why I will be putting my name forward to stand in this by-election. I will fight to win," he said in a statement livestreamed by Reform.
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- Snapchat joke about teen not having money to buy phone data led to murder | 5 News
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- ► The victim was shot three times at a close range.
Two teenage drill rappers shot another teen dead after a dispute on Snapchat.
On 26 June last year, Emmanuel Popoola, 18, shot Keanu Harker, 18, in the head and chest after chasing him on a high-powered electric bike, driven by his co-defendant, Tayvon Etefia, also 18.
The teenagers were convicted of Mr Harker’s murder and possessing a self-loading pistol on Monday and will be sentenced later this week.
The murder was motivated by rivalry between two Enfield gangs, the 3x3 and Get Money Gang (GMG), a court was told. Comments were made on Snapchat implying Popoola did not have enough money to buy data for his phone.
After the murder, gang members were said to have bragged in drill videos about the killing.
CCTV video caught the moments before and after the murder. It shows Popoola and Etefia stalking Mr Harker on an electric bike before pulling up beside him and firing...
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- Nigel Farage gives 15-minute speech, takes no questions, resigns, but will contest by-election
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- 15:31
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- ► Nigel Farage has announced he will stand down as a Member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea to force a by-election, which he will then contest - a competition he’s branded “people versus the establishment”.
"I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," Mr Farage said on Tuesday in a statement amid growing controversy surrounding his finances and donations.
"And that is why I will be putting my name forward to stand in this by-election. I will fight to win," he said in a statement livestreamed by Reform.
In his statement, the MP said he has “never been angrier”, discussed threats he has faced and challenges he’s overcome – but took no questions.
#ukpolitics #politics #farage #reform
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- Nigel Farage under fire over claims he failed to declare benefits from George Cottrell
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- 3:08
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► Nigel Farage has “serious questions to answer” a minister has said as the Reform UK leader – already under fire over a £5 million gift - is facing calls for an investigation into financial support given to him by a convicted criminal.
The Sunday Times reports that Mr Farage did not declare benefits provided by convicted fraudster, George Cottrell, who it says calls him “Daddy”. The publication says the man known as “Posh George” supplied support, including security and social media staff, who worked on Mr Farage’s online content in the year before he became an MP.
Under rules in place at the time, new MPs were required to register any gifts worth more than £300 they received in the previous 12 months, except where the gift “could not be reasonably thought by others” to relate to their political activities.
Mr Farage has said he is now considering action against the Times, adding: “It’s now clear the establishment wil...
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- Prince Harry claims Buckingham Palace invite was ‘dropped last minute’ - palace says differently
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► Prince Harry says he will not stay at Buckingham Palace during his visit to the UK, claiming that his invitation was withdrawn “at the last moment”.
The Duke of Sussex had accepted an offer to stay at the royal residence after making alternative security arrangements, but the offer was reportedly revoked.
A spokesperson for the duke said he delayed accepting the offer while formalising security arrangements.
However, royal sources told the BBC that the duke had not responded in time to the offer and was told of the decision on Saturday. His team, it has been said, then tried to accept the offer.
There were also reportedly concerns from the palace about the duke’s case with Associated Newspaper concluding on Tuesday which might put the King – who has a position of neutrality – in a difficult position.
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- Ross Kemp drools over Jude Bellingham after England beat Mexico at World Cup | 5 News
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► He couldn’t Kemp it in.
Ross Kemp has outdone himself celebrating England’s epic 3-2 win over Mexico in the World Cup.
The EastEnders star couldn’t contain his enthusiasm - or his spit - drooling all over his Three Lions top in a social media post.
Jude Bellingham’s brace sent the actor over the limit.
“Come on England! Come on England!’ he started in a video on Instagram, before telling the team to “keep it calm” - advice he clearly couldn’t follow himself.
“Jude,” he began, before declaring his love for the midfielder as spit – bubbling on his lips – began cascading down his shirt.
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- English Manosphere influencer tries to provoke Mexico WC fans – it doesn’t end well
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► A social media influencer who featured in Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary was handcuffed by police after appearing to bait pubgoers during the Three Lions triumph over Mexico.
In footage he posted online, Ed Matthews is seen singing “Mexico get battered everywhere they go”, as he sits on the roadside in handcuffs next to a friend.
Video also shows him taunting pub goers in El Tri colours, along with what appears to be pub management, who looked to have just kicked him out of a bar in Texas.
Mr Matthews, who often provokes people in his videos, claims: “We're only getting kicked out because we’re English.”
The men then appear to head to another bar before Mr Matthews realises, “the police have been called on us”.
Unfazed, and sat on the curb in handcuffs, the England supporters repeatedly chanted: “Mexico get battered everywhere they go!”
One user on X wrote of the footage: "Emba...
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- Lyra McKee murder: Family vow to fight on after three men found not guilty of killing journalist
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- 3:03
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- ► The family of murdered journalist Lyra McKee have slammed the justice system in Northern Ireland after three men were today found not guilty of killing her.
Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 38 and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were cleared at Belfast Crown Court of murdering the reporter, who was shot while watching disturbances in Londonderry in 2019.
Miss McKee’s sister, Nichola Corner, hit out as the justice system over the decision saying the outcome is an “utter shock to us as a family”.
“The system has completely failed Lyra and has failed our family, and has failed Northern Ireland, to be perfectly honest,” she said:
“There is also a situation which is ongoing in our country and has been for many years, and that people are afraid to speak out, they are afraid to tell the truth, they are afraid to share information that they have.
“Over 150 people witnessed this event on the 18th of April 2019.
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- Jean Hanlon murder: Greek man found guilty of murdering Scottish woman in Crete
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- ► The family of Jean Hanlon have expressed their relief after a 17-year fight for justice finally resulted in a guilty verdict.
Miss Hanlon’s body was found in water off Heraklion in March 2009, with authorities initially ruling that the Scot’s death was accidental.
Her family pushed for the case to be reinvestigated, and a subsequent report found she had suffered injuries consistent with a struggle.
In 2023, the family hired a private investigator who compiled a report with a named suspect and handed it to authorities.
A 54-year-old Greek man – who under Greek law will not be named until the court process including appeals is over – has now been convicted of Miss Hanlon’s murder and jailed for 10 years.
The court recognised his diminished responsibility due to mental health conditions, and he will not go to prison until his appeal is heard.
The court was told the suspect was in a brie...
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- Ex-security guard almost pulled off the perfect crime – but made simple mistake | 5 News
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- ► Uber error led to Kissi being caught.
It was a simple plan, and it worked perfectly.
Kwabena Kissi put on his old security guard uniform, strolled into a Santander bank, then walked out with £117,000.
Bank staff were said to have only realised they’d been robbed when the security guard meant to collect the money arrived to make the collection.
For almost four years, Kissi avoided capture - having fled to Ghana – but he was arrested when he returned to the UK in March 2025.
The court was told Kissi worked for G4S between 2019 and 2020 but failed to return his uniform when he quit.
The 40-year-old, the court heard, let himself down, by messing up his getaway. He ordered an Uber in his own name.
Kissi was jailed this week for three years and four months.
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- Harry Kane's look-a-like reveals his biggest secret | 5 News
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- ► When pub goers mistook Danny McLaughlin for England captain Harry Kane, he decided he might as well make a job of it. That was eight years ago - and he's still going strong. With the Three Lions about to face Mexico, we sat down with Danny to find out more.
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- Dog that vanished for a month found partying with World Cup fans | 5 News
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- ► “While we were worried looking for her, she was out partying."
Gorda the dog had been missing for a month when his relieved owner finally spotted him - and he appeared to be having a great time.
The six-month-old mutt had been out partying in the streets with jubilant Mexican World Cup fans.
Alejandra Garcia’s pet vanished on May 24 from her home in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Despite extensive searches, there was no sign of Gorda anywhere.
Then, following Mexico’s 3-0 victory over the Czech Republic, Miss Garcia’s brother spotted Gorda while scrolling social media. One El Tri fans was spotted carrying a dog as he paraded through the streets in Ciudad Victoria.
The video was captioned, “even the dog is out celebrating”.
Gorda’s family tracked down the location of the video and set out to find their missing pet, who, as it happened, was still out partying.
"After ...
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- Supermarket carnage in Lidl as heatwave sparks fan frenzy | 5 News
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- ► “That fan is life or death.”
Chaos erupts in French supermarkets as people battle for air-conditioning units and fans ahead of this weekend’s heatwave.
The carnage began after Lidl promised to put out 200,000 fans and air conditioners on its shelves on Thursday, prompting customers to queue outside stores before dawn in preparation.
Video circulating online shows hundreds of desperate shoppers flocking to stores, screaming and fighting in a bid to get their hands on the machines before expected temperatures of up to 37°C. Police were reportedly forced to intervene as scenes quickly became violent.
Public Health France recorded a surge in deaths during last week’s heatwave, which hit most of Europe with temperatures that soared above 40°C in many places. Last Wednesday, France registered its hottest-ever day, breaking a record that had been set just the previous day.
Despite the promise of plentiful devices f...
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- 16 ‘almost feral’ children freed from years of confinement in rural Ohio
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- ►16 children who were discovered living in “wretched conditions" in the US state of Ohio have been rescued by police.
Officials say the children, all from the same family, were kept in a 12-by-12-foot room with with human waste for much of the past four years.
Authorities described the scene as "almost beyond comprehension" and "pure evil," noting the children were barely able to communicate, and an 18-year-old developmentally disabled individual could not write her name.
Seven children were transported to hospitals, with two flown by helicopter and one in a critical condition.
The children’s parents and two grandparents were each charged with 16 counts of second-degree felony child endangerment because it involves “serious physical harm”, said Vinton County Prosecuting Attorney William Archer. He also stressed that this was not a human trafficking case but an “intra-family situation”.
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- 16 children confined in 'wretched conditions' in rural Ohio have been rescued
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- ► 16 children who were discovered living in “wretched conditions" in the US state of Ohio have been rescued by police.
Officials say the children, all from the same family, were kept in a 12-by-12-foot room with with human waste for much of the past four years.
Authorities described the scene as "almost beyond comprehension" and "pure evil," noting the children were barely able to communicate, and an 18-year-old developmentally disabled individual could not write her name.
Seven children were transported to hospitals, with two flown by helicopter and one in a critical condition.
The children’s parents and two grandparents were each charged with 16 counts of second-degree felony child endangerment because it involves “serious physical harm”, said Vinton County Prosecuting Attorney William Archer. He also stressed that this was not a human trafficking case but an “intra-family situation”.
#Ohio #US #news #crim...
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- Two teen boys spared jail over rape of girls now given four years' detention | 5 News
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- 3:34
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- ► Two 15-year-old boys who were spared custody for the rape of two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, have been sentenced to four years’ detention after the Court of Appeal ruled their sentences were “unduly lenient”.
The boys, known as X and Y, and another aged 14 known as Z, were given non-custodial sentences in May for a combined 10 counts of rape and seven indecent image offences related to two victims, who were separately attacked in the Hampshire town in November 2024 and January 2025.
The two older boys were involved in both attacks, while the 14-year-old encouraged the rape of the second victim.
They were given non-custodial sentences in May after a judge at Southampton Crown Court said he should “avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily” and that detention was a “last resort”, but the Attorney General referred the sentences to the Court of Appeal as “unduly lenient” days later.
At a hearing on Wedn...
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- Masked daredevil couple get engaged on top of Empire State Building | 5 News
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- ► Two people who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” have been arrested.
Air traffic control audio captured a moment between an NYPD helicopter pilot and a LaGuardia air traffic controller talking about the sky-high marriage proposal.
“What’s all the hoopla going on over there?”
“Two geniuses climbed to the top of the Empire State Building, the top of the spire.”
“Oh, that’s awesome. A little hot for that, isn’t it?”
“It’s just the beginning of this week.”
The helicopter video, captured by WABC television station, showed the engagement of a couple dressed in black and wearing masks, balancing on top of one of New York City’s tallest skyscrapers on Wednesday 01 June.
The banner read: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.”
They descended, embracin...
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- Teens spared jail over rape appeal: ‘No sentence other than detention was appropriate’
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- ► A decision on the sentences of three teenage boys for the rape of two girls slammed as “unduly lenient” is expected to be delivered by appeal court justices on Thursday afternoon.
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said the boys are expected to attend Southampton Crown Court, and appear at the Court of Appeal in London via videolink, as the justices want to “address the boys directly”.
Opening the Attorney General’s case, Tom Little KC told the Court of Appeal that “no sentence other than detention was appropriate” for the boys who were spared custody over the rape of two girls.
Mr Little said that Judge Nicholas Rowland, who sentenced the boys at Southampton Crown Court in May, oversaw a “difficult sentencing exercise” given the ages of the offenders and the victims, but that the case involved “the application of well-established principles”.
He said: “We accept… that the judge did try to apply the ...
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- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage pockets £270,000 for promoting gold | 5 News
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- 3:38
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- ► “It stinks and it’s got to stop.”
Nigel Farage was paid £270,000 from a gold marketer for which he is a brand ambassador.
It is the Reform UK leader’s largest single payment registered for work outside his role as an MP, and its reignited debate about the rules around MPs having second jobs.
Mr Farage has previously faced criticism over his £400,000-a-year second job encouraging people to buy gold for Direct Bullion. His latest payment, for just 12-hours work, is double his 2025 fee and was registered in May. It appears in the politician's latest entry in parliament’s register of interests, published Tuesday.
Mr Farage declared that the payment from Direct Bullion was for work amounting to an estimated four hours per month across a three-month period.
A spokesman for the MP said: "As has previously been reported and declared, Nigel Farage is a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion."
Labour...
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- Law preventing Rochdale grooming gang ringleader from being deported – and why it might change
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- 3:29
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- ► The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang is to be released from jail tomorrow – and can’t be deported because of immigration laws.
Shabir Ahmed, 73, had dual British Pakistani citizenship but was stripped of the former after being convicted in 2012 for multiple rape and sexual offences against girls in what became a national scandal.
Probation Service documents shared online, suggest Ahmed will be freed on Thursday.
He will be subject to licence conditions, including that he, initially, must live in supervised accommodation 24/7 and be subject to an “exclusion zone” centred on Rochdale.
The papers, said to have been released by one of his victims, says Ahmed can’t be deported back to Pakistan due to provisions under the Immigration Act 1971.
Because Ahmed arrived in the UK before 1973 and lived in the country for at least five years before his deportation was considered, he can’t be removed. <...
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- Policewoman screams in agony as man pours boiling water over her | 5 News
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- ► He got 14 years for it.
A policewoman is heard screaming in agony after a man she was trying to arrest poured boiling water on her.
Two officers were called to the Birmingham home of John Davies, where they found he had “another man cornered against a fence”.
One of the officers separated the men before Davies, 58, went inside the property. Officers were told Davies had a knife and he was confronted about it.
Davies denied it, police said, but suddenly “threw the contents of a hot drink he had made into the face of the man he’d been arguing with”.
The officers tried to arrest Davies, but he punched one in the face and grabbed the recently boiled kettle and poured it over the other.
“She was left with blistering over her shoulders, back and neck,” police said in a statement.
Davies has since admitted maliciously wounding the PC with intent to resist arrest, assaulting the o...
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- Rapists film and laugh as they try to leave UK after sex attack on teen | 5 News
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- ► Three Afghan nationals were caught laughing and joking at they attempted to flee the UK after raping a teenage girl.
The men filmed each other while being smuggled in the back of a lorry to France three days after they piled a 17-year-old with alcohol and took turns raping her at a house in Bristol in November last year.
The footage shot by Mehrab Safi, 21, of his friends, Awal Ahmadzai and Salman Habibkheil, both 19, was played in court this week when the men were convicted of grooming and raping the teen. A fourth assailant, a 17-year-old Afghan national who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also convicted on the same charges.
The court was told the video was a “direct insight into the mood of three”, and that the men appear to be “celebrating because they think they got away with it”.
The trio were spotted by French authorities soon after arriving in Calais and returned to the UK where they were arrested on suspici...
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- ‘Both her arms, both her arms are off' - chilling 911 call after fatal alligator attack | 5 News
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- ► A chilling 911 call has been released detailing the harrowing final moments of a women’s life after she was savaged by an alligator, and the desperate attempts to save her life.
Brittany Clark was hiking with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, and a friend when they decided to cool off in the Econlockhatchee River in Florida.
The 31-year-old was then ambushed by a 12-foot alligator.
Mr Allison reportedly tried to fight off the apex predator that tore off one of Miss Clark’s arms and left the other barely attached.
A medical examiner’s report reads: “While they were swimming an alligator grabbed [Brittany] by her arm and began the ‘death roll’.
“Her boyfriend Chance grabbed the alligator trying to get it to release her when it took them both underwater.”
Mr Allison was able to free one of Miss Clark’s arms, “for a moment” before the alligator bit down on the other one, the report says.
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- Man goes to extreme lengths to hide from police – puts bag over head | 5 News
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- ► Nothing to see here!
A man wanted by police for failing to appear in court tried to hide from officers by putting a bag-for-life over his head.
Hertfordshire Constabulary posted a bodycam video of the arrest on their Facebook page where it has since gone viral.
It shows officers arriving at a property in St Albans and asking if the man – who has not been identified – is home. The person answering the door, says no, but officers ask to come in and “have a look”.
The officer is then seen walking through the house and entering a back bedroom when a yellow bag appears to sit upright above a duvet.
Pulling on the bag, a man’s head appears and the officer says, rather comically: “Hello. How are you mate?” He then adds: “keep your hands where I can see them.”
A caption on the post reads: “When life gets intense... go incognito... but we will still find you.”
“We’ve seen som...
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- Moment off-duty officer in sandals tackles knife-carrying shoplifter
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- ► An off-duty police officer filling up her car in Gillingham sprang into action when she saw a knife-carrying shoplifter trying to get past security staff.
PC Alice O’Brien said she “did what any of my colleagues would do, which is help members of the public who are in potential danger”.
CCTV shows Nicholas Noble loading-up on Solero ice lollies, a Snickers ice cream bar, Mini Milk lollies and bacon before trying to flee the petrol station shop last month.
The 45-year-old was confronted by a staff member, who was then assisted by PC O’Brien.
‘When I saw them get violent, I knew I had to step in,” she said.
“The staff member and member of the public who assisted were absolute superstars, and I'm so lucky one of them spotted and removed the knife otherwise the incident could have had far more serious consequences.'
Miss O’Brien, dressed in janes and sandals, held the thief on the ground until...
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- Energy expert on how to beat price cap rise and higher bills | 5 News
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- 2:38
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- ► Millions of Brits are being urged to take action now to avoid higher energy bills with the price cap rising on Wednesday.
An estimated 5.3 million households on standard tariffs, who don’t have a smart meter, are being urged to submit a meter reading before the price cap, set by regulator, Ofgem, rises 13 percent.
Households that don’t submit up-to-date meter readings risk having some of their June usage charged at the more expensive rate.
Based on the new rates, the average gas and electricity bill will increase by £221 to £1,862 a year. The step up reflects the spike in global energy market prices caused by the war on Iran.
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- Domestic murderers to face extra 10 years jail after mums' law change plea
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- 7:15
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- ► Bereaved mums' campaign for changes pays off.
Killers who take the lives of their partners or exes will face an extra 10 years in jail under plans to overhaul controversial sentencing laws.
Under existing laws, domestic killers got lighter sentences because they often did not bring a weapon to the scene of the crime – they used something already there, like a kitchen knife.
As a result, the typical sentencing starting point for domestic killers is 15 years, compared to 25 years in other circumstances.
The change follows a campaign by three bereaved mums.
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- Britain’s military gets £15 billion boost to defend against Russian attacks
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- ► Keir Starmer announced a £15 billion boost in defence spending on Tuesday but warning his successor not to borrow more to pay for it after he raided energy, transport and housing projects to pay for it.
Sir Keir revealed his long-awaited defence investment plan (Dip) after an 11-month government row that led to the defence secretary John Healey quitting and played a part in his resignation. He said the plan reversed a “corrosive hollowing out” of the armed forces and would mean the UK would be ready to fight Russia by 2030 if necessary.
The PM said conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East are not “remote” threats.
“We see the horrendous human toll of these conflicts, which cuts across our values of justice and sovereignty, and that simple British impulse that bullies and dictators cannot be allowed to push people around,” Sir Keir said as the defence investment plan was revealed.
“We also know that these thr...
