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Man who planned an attack on a military base with Manchester synagogue attacker jailed for life
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- Man who planned an attack on a military base with Manchester synagogue attacker jailed for life
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- ► A man who plotted to attack a military base in Oxfordshire has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 17 years.
Mohammad Bashir wanted to carry out an atrocity alongside his friend, Jihad Al-Shamie, the Manchester synagogue attacker.
Bashir 31 drove Al-Shamie on a 10-hour round trip to conduct hostile reconnaissance at the UK's Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, on 14 August 2025.
Sentencing Bashir, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told him that by August last year he had become a "firmly committed jihadist".
He and Al-Shamie were "equally engaged" in planning an attack on a British military target "in which you and he expected to kill and be killed", she said.
Despite Bashir's claim to a probation officer that he regretted his actions and no longer held extremist views, the judge said: "I consider you remain dangerous. You have given no grounds that your attitude has really changed at all."
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- Why 'patriotic' British millionaire wants to pay MORE tax | 5 News
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- ► 120 British millionaires have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, saying they approve of a wealth tax.
Among the signatories, are former footballer Gary Lineker, director Richard Curtis, and music producer Brian Eno.
Brian Eno told 5 News, "I want to live in a country that works!"
#millionaire #politics #economics
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- Police officer unmasked as violent rapist who attacked women in 14-year crime spree
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- ► Some of the attacks were so violent they constituted attempted murder.
A police officer has been unmasked as a violent sex offender after taking his own life following a 14-year spree of rapes and attempted murders.
PC Alan Greer’s first known victim was a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012, after she called police to report being a victim of crime. The woman reported the attack to police late last year sparking one of Police Scotland’s “largest and most complex enquiries” ever undertaken by the anti-corruption unit.
Detectives have since uncovered eight further victims, five of whom were sex workers, attacked while Greer was off duty, the BBC reported. Some of the attacks were said to be so violent they constituted attempted murder.
The 47-year-old was a married father of one, with his wife and family said to be completely unaware of his double life as a rapist.
Greer killed himself on 6 May while ...
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- Driver gets 'instant karma' after shouting at Nigel Farage | 5 News
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- 0:11
- Date posted
- 13 hours ago
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- ► This is the moment a heckler crashed her car moments after shouting verbal abuse at Nigel Farage.
The accident was caught on video in Clacton, with the Reform UK leader saying afterwards, “she won't be doing it again in a hurry”.
In the video, shared by Mr Farage online, he was seen standing with a group at the side of a road, when a woman drove past, leaned out the window of a grey Vauxhall Astra and shouted "w****er".
Before the driver could bring the vehicle to a halt, a loud crunch can be heard as she ploughs into a car in front.
Mr Farage is currently campaigning in the town after he quit as an MP on 7 July, and is due to face Count Binface in the Clacton by-election in August.
#5news #nigelfarage #carcrash
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- Orcas caught on camera exploding prey in ‘eye-opening’ attack
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 15 hours ago
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- ► Scientists have captured “eye-opening” footage of orcas ramming into sharptail sunfish with such force, that it shatters into fragments.
The footage of the apex predators, recorded off the coast of Mexico in 2024 and 2025, have now been published in the journal Frontiers in Ethology.
A diver can be heard saying “Oh, my God” as one orca held the fish carcass while another accelerated toward it at high speed, striking it with explosive force.
The impact caused the fish to break apart into hundreds of smaller pieces, scattering through the water.
Researchers have termed the behaviour 'ram-to-fragment' and believe that by breaking large prey into smaller portions, adult orcas could be making it easier for younger members of the pod to feed.
However, scientists suggest it could be a form of play. Orcas are well-known for their intelligence, and so the dramatic smashing of the sunfish could be social bonding.
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- Masked thieves caught stealing £10k worth of goods in daylight robbery at Boots | 5 News
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
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- ► “Idiots… look at the mess that they just left”
This was the shocking moment a group of thieves were caught on camera raiding a Boots store in Hornchurch, east London.
The masked gang seemed unfazed during the commotion, as footage shows several people tearing open cabinets and clearing the shelves on Wednesday afternoon.
In the video, a witness in the store can be heard calling the group “idiots”, saying “look at the mess that they just left!”
By the time officers arrived, the thieves had fled the scene in a vehicle. But 30 minutes later, police said that the same vehicle was intercepted on Southend road and five suspects were arrested.
The Met Police confirmed, "Three men, one aged 37 and two aged 46, and two women, aged 32 and 41, were arrested for commercial robbery and remain in custody. All stolen items believed to be valued just under £10,000 were returned to the store.”
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- Speeding drink shrieks with terror after Yolo the police dog is sent after him | 5 News
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
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- ► “Please help me!”
A driver who failed to stop for police then tried to flee them on foot was left begging for help when a police dog was sent after him.
Godfrey Forster-Davies begged, “please help me”, after Yolo tracked him down during the incident in Bolsover, Derbyshire, just after 2.25am on June 18.
Dashcam footage shows the 26-year-old trying to speed away from officers in his Ford Fiesta which police tried to stop after noticing it has a broken licence plate light.
Forster-Davies failed to stop, reached speeds of more than 80mph through 30 and 40mph zones, failed to give way at junctions, and drove on the wrong side of the road while pursued across Bolsover, Shuttlewood and Clowne.
He later tried to run from officers, but Yolo and his handler, PC Andy Shaw tracked him down.
Forster-Davies admitted dangerous driving, driving without insurance, failing to stop when required by a const...
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- Animal charity issues public warning over risks of dangerous animals being kept as pets
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- ► A wildlife charity has said more than 2,200 animals classed as being dangerous, including pit vipers, tigers and crocodiles, are being legally kept in “private setting” in the UK, including private homes, sanctuaries and conservation projects.
The presence of dangerous and exotic animals in the UK has been thrown into focus following the recent discovery of a discarded marmoset on a bus in northwest London. It has since been rehomed in a sanctuary and nicknamed, Oyster. New legislation means that a licence is required to keep dangerous animals, but it is feared that may lead to more exotic animals being abandoned.
The Times reported on Wednesday that local authority data showed that more than 500 venomous snakes are being kept privately, including in sanctuarites and educational facilities. Private entities also hold nearly 300 primates, 79 crocodiles, alligators and caimans, and 166 wild cats including lions, pumas and tigers.
Charity Bor...
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- Andy Burnham accelerates his cost-of-living drive to include bus fares
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- 3:42
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- ► Most single bus fares in England will be capped at £2 from 1 January 2027, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced in his latest pledge to ease the cost-of-living crisis.
As questions still swirl around how the new PM intends to cover the cost of removing VAT on electricity bills, Mr Burnham made a further pledge to make life easier for Brits on Wednesday.
And again, it prompted questions about how he intends to pay for it. He was also asked if the idea was his at all, with reporters asking him whether he had, in fact, borrowed it from Boris Johnson.
Mr Burnham said the idea was his originally as Mayor of Greater Manchester, “but I worked with Boris to take it national”.
#politics #burnham
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- PC Andrew Harper: Andy Burnham hints at review into early prisoner releases after family outrage
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- 3:48
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► Prime Minister Andy Burnham has hinted at a review into early prison releases after public outrage at the news that two men involved in the 2019 killing of PC Andrew Harper are eligible for early release.
The 28-year-old officer died after being dragged by a car after responding to a theft in Berkshire in 2019. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were both 17 at the time, were jailed for 13 years for manslaughter. Henry Long was jailed for 16 years.
Cole and Bowers, the Ministry of Justice has said, are eligible for early release, something PC Harper’s widow has called “deplorable”. The officer’s mother, Debbie Adlam, said the news made her “feel sick”, saying it “feels like a slap in the face and an insult”.
Mr Burnham confirmed on Wednesday that the main perpetrator, Long, will not be subject to early release, and added that the new Justice Secretary, Alex Norris, will “review the policy” Further statements will be ma...
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- Young girl waves at drone unaware that giant great white shark is right beside her
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► “The young swimmers had no idea”
A group of young swimmers had a terrifyingly close encounter with a great white shark off the coast of Southern California.
Footage of the encounter was captured by a drone, which one of the swimmer’s waves at, completely unaware that the ten-foot predator was just feet away.
Carlos Gauna, known online as The Malibu Artist, documents sharks and captured the encounter from more than a mile away.
He wrote on Instagram on Tuesday that he doesn’t normally “get nervous, but this was one of those rare instances where I did”.
“The young swimmers had no idea,” he wrote.
Speaking to ABC, he added that his “heart was pounding”.
The shark, Mr Gauna said, had a “very big boat prop strike wound across its back”, which made him wonder if it was “searching for easier prey”.
“Either way, this shark does approach humans ...
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- Influencer ditches bathtub on top of mountain for likes - rugby club carry it back down
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► "I just wanted to make a funny video."
An influencer is in hot water after leaving a bathtub on top of a mountain as part of a social media stunt, prompting a team of rugby players to clean up after him.
Tom Christopher attempted to break a world record for the "highest bath in the world" on Saturday, by carrying the tub to the top of Pen y Fan in Wales. Then, with the help of ramblers, he filled it with water.
After the stunt was posted, Mr Christopher left the mountain, and the bathtub behind. No one liked that, with some social media users calling for him to be fined for fly tipping.
“This is just incredibly irresponsible to leave a bath on top. Not a good look at all mate. If you carry it up you carry it down", one TikTok user said.
Another added: “Absolutely disgusting leaving it up there. No respect for Welsh countryside.”
The influencer has apologised for leaving the tub 2,907ft up the Breco...
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- Streeting and Mahmood caught out on hot mic making early prisoner release ‘joke’ | 5 News
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► The timing isn’t good.
As outrage builds around the possible early release of two men who killed PC Andrew Harper, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood have been caught out in a video joking about the early release of prisoners.
PC Harper sustained fatal injuries after he responded to a quad bike theft in Berkshire in August 2019. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 17 at the time, were jailed for 13 years for manslaughter over the 28-year-old's death. Both men might be eligible to be released from prison halfway through their sentences, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. A third offender, Henry Long, who was jailed for 16 years, is not eligible for the scheme.
PC Harper’s mum, Debbie Adlam, has said news of the possible early release “makes me feel sick”. She told The Telegraph: “It feels like a slap in the face and an insult.”
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has since said he is lo...
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- ‘No-one believed me’ - dragon spotted flying over UK city | 5 News
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► It is a bird, is it a...
People were left in disbelief today after what appeared to be dragon, was spotted flying over a UK city.
Footage of the mythical monster has been circulating on social media after it was caught gliding past the OVO Hydro in Glasgow around 5am on Wednesday.
STV Radio DJ Ewen Cameron filmed the creature on his way to work, writing on X that he “saw this flying over the River Clyde”.
STV presenter Hannah Carmichael said she “thought I was seeing things”, adding that “no-one believed me”.
As to the origins of the winged beast, all sort of theories were flying around.
Some wondered if it was a stunt to announce the Rangers’ rumoured signing of Serbian midfielder Vanja Dragojevic.
The Sun reported that more likely, it was a high-tech replica of Syrax from House of the Dragon.
It was previously seen soaring across the London skyline to mark the return of the HBO Max House of the Dragon spin...
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- 'Predator' in balaclava made videos of women through windows of their homes late at night
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► The dad targeted homes in Islington, north London
A dad-of-two who filmed women through the windows of their homes in the middle of the night has admitted 19 counts of voyeurism.
Anthony Durkan carried out “serious and sustained predatory behaviour” between 2020 and 2025, spying on women, including when they were undressed, police said.
Police found hundreds of videos hidden on the 35-year-old's phone after catching him red-handed.
Durkan admitted 19 counts at Highbury Corner Magistrates on Tuesday, bringing the total number of voyeurism offences to 26 after he pleaded guilty to seven separate incidents in March.
Durkan repeatedly visited one woman’s home in Islington, north London, in the early hours of the morning in January 2026.
The woman complained to police after a neighbour saw a man dressed entirely in black, and wearing a balaclava, walk towards her home.
The man was seen holdi...
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- Spanish pilot pranks plane full of Argentina fans into thinking they’d won World Cup
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► Argentinian media branded the stunt a “sick joke”.
A Spanish pilot didn’t let his passengers down gently after Argentina lost the World Cup.
The prankster told a plane full Los Pumas fans that they’d beaten Spain over the Tannoy.
Spain won the game 1-0 thanks to an extra-time strike by Ferran Torres which ended Lionel Messi’s hope of a fairytale ending to his world cup career. At 39, The Little Genius is unlikely to feature in the next tournament in 2030.
In footage of the stunt, filmed not long after Spain were crowned world champions for a second time, passengers wearing Argentina shirts are seen jumping with excitement.
The plane then fell silent as the pilot said: “It was a fiercely contested match right to the end, including extra time.
“Both teams gave it their all but, unfortunately, only one team can win the World Cup final.”
He then went on to congratulate our “Arge...
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- Andy Burnham’s cost of living plans and everything you need to know about his new team
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- 10:23
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► Kemi Badenoch wants to know, “where’s the money coming from”.
Downing Street has insisted Andy Burnham’s plan to cut VAT from electricity bills is fully funded – but not everyone is buying it.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “It’s fully funded and will come into effect from October the first, and it applies and is funded for this financial year.”
The Government previously said the £1.8 billion cost of the digital ID scheme over three years had been “scored” by the Office for Budget Responsibility, meaning the money would have had to be found.
The spokesman was asked about the scoring of the digital ID programme and which funding is to be shifted from it for the VAT cut, as the Office for Budget Responsibility previously said that money for digital ID still needed to be found.
Put to him that the cut was being funded through unidentified savings, he said: “What we’re doing is we...
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- Ann Widdecombe murder: Joshua Kerry accused of killing pensioner in her kitchen with hammer
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► Former MP Ann Widdecombe died after being hit 21 times on her head with a hammer, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday.
Prosecutor Kashif Malik told the court that on 8 July Miss Widdecombe had been eating lunch when Joshua Kerry allegedly pulled up outside her home in Dartmoor, Devon, in a red Vauxhall Corsa and entered through the front door.
Kerry, 28, is accused of then walking to the Reform UK spokeswoman’s kitchen and using a hammer to hit her on the top of her head 21 times with a “ferocity of violence”
Kerry then allegedly tipped Miss Widdecombe, 78, from her chair and took a wallet out of her handbag before leaving and driving off, having only been in the property for two minutes, the court heard.
A provisional cause of death was given as a “blunt force injury to the head”.
Kerry, who appeared emotionless in the dock, spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address durin...
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- CCTV captures moment teens 'congratulate' each other after killing Kayden Moy
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- ► The dad of a 16-year-old boy murdered on a beach last year by three other teenagers has told of his anguish after the boys were today handed life sentences over the stabbing.
Jay Stewart, 19 and Cole Turley, 18, were both sentenced to 16 years detention, and a 15-year-old who has not been named, was handed a 14-year term for the murder of Kayden Moy on a North Ayrshire beach in May last year.
Speaking after the sentencing, the teen’s dad, Paul Moy, said that “no family should have to endure the pain that we now live with every day”.
Kayden, he said outside the High Court in Glasgow, had “his whole life ahead of him” and would not be forgotten.
“Every birthday, every family gathering, every milestone from now on will be a reminder that he should be here with us,” Mr Moy said.
“That is the life sentence our family has been given. The choices made that day have devastated our family forever.
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- Politician yells at dog on live TV - then snaps at presenter | 5 News
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- ► “Angry man yells at invisible dog to think up an answer….”
A right-wing Australian politician interrupted a live TV interview to scold his dog, yelling at it to “sit down”.
In an ABC News interview that has since gone viral, Barnaby Joyce snaps at the dog after being asked by host Sarah Ferguson if he is “comfortable” where the leader of his party – One Nation Party – was taking them.
“I think…” he began, before shouting “sit down!” at something unseen to his left. He then clarified: “Sorry, it’s the dog.”
After going on to answer the question, Mr Joyce is interrupted a second time when quizzed about policy: “I have to apologise about the dog,” Mr Joyce says prompting a tense exchange with Ms Ferguson who tells him not to “worry about the dog” and “just answer the question”.
Mr Joyce bites back, saying “don’t be rude” before threatening to cancel the interview: “Oth...
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- ‘Heroism on the highway’ as man pulled from smashed window of burning car | 5 News
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- ► A dog missing for almost two weeks was rescued while frantically paddling half-a-mile from shore while trying to evade an “aerial assault by an organised gang of seagulls”.
The dog, later identified as Prieta, was spotted swimming in San Francisco Bay having last been seen on Fourth of July.
East Palo Alto Police Department received reports from a witness who spotted the distressed-looking dog and quickly coordinated a rescue effort with Menlo Park Fire Protection District, Redwood City Fire Department and the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA last Thursday.
After “spotting the dog with binoculars”, firefighters pinpointed its location with a drone then went out on the Bay in a boat to save its life in what was deemed a “challenging water rescue”.
The pup is believed to have been paddling for about 40 minutes when it was saved.
Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA said Prieta arrived at its facility “ex...
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- ‘Heroism on the highway’ as man pulled from smashed window of burning car | 5 News
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- ► A man was pulled out of the window of his burning car seconds before flames engulfed the vehicle in an act of highway “heroism”.
Southlake Police Corporal Joshua Swisher was alerted to reports of a vehicle approaching his location “with heavy smoke coming from it” on June 7.
“Within seconds of coming to a stop, flames began spreading from underneath the vehicle,” the Texas force said.
As the fire intensified, the police force said, Mr Swisher “immediately recognised the driver had not yet exited the vehicle” and “without hesitation” moved towards the burning car.
After smashing the window, Mr Swisher “pulled the driver to safety before the fire could fully engulf the vehicle”.
The driver escaped the blaze without serious injury and Mr Swisher has since been recognised with a bravery award.
“For his courage, decisive action, and commitment to protecting others”, Mr Swishe...
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- Andy Burnham clears Keir Starmer’s cabinet as he’s set to announce his new top team
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- 13:31
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- ► Andy Burnham has cleared the way for his new cabinet, sacking a number of Sir Keir Starmer’s key allies.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Deputy PM David Lammy, Darren Jones, Peter Kyle, Lord Hermer, Liz Kendall, Lord Vallance, Jo Stevens, and Steve Reed are all gone.
Ms Reeves, who was reportedly offered a new job but declined it, wrote on X that serving in the Treasury has been “the privilege of my life”. She said the economy was now “stronger, fairer and more resilient”.
In a speech outside 10 Downing Street shortly before midday, Mr Burnham pledged to end rough sleeping and said he would deliver a 10-year plan in the next few days.
Mr Burnham said he wanted "this moment" to be a "circuit breaker for Britain" and pledged to put the "care of people at the heart of everything I do".
"Let us make this the moment that Britain starts to believe again," he told crowds at Downing Street, as he pledged to release a 10-...
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- ‘A purple blouse and capri pants’ – manosphere influencer Andrew Tate goes viral for arrest fit
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- ► The manosphere influencer has now been accused of crimes against fashion.
Andrew Tate has gone viral again, this time for the “purple blouse and capri pants” he was wearing when he was arrested in Miami on Saturday.
Comedian Grace Campbell, who has released a full breakdown on Tate’s arrest fits, branded his latest ensemble, “super-basic” and an “outfit that a mannequin at Dorothy Perkins would literally spit in and be like, ‘please do not put me in that’.”
She went on to accuse Tate of ruining capri pants “for all of us this summer”. Despite being ridiculed in the early 2000s, the short-legged trousers are back in fashion this year.
Bedfordshire Police said Tate, 39, and his brother, Tristan Tate, 38, were arrested in Miami on Saturday in connection with a UK police investigation.
The men face 38 new charges, bringing the total number of charges against them to 59.
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- Transgender student screams at police for ‘misgendering’ them - then gets tasered
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- ► “Just say the right pronoun.”
Dramatic bodycam footage shows the moment a transgender student screams at a police officer over being misgendered.
The footage, published by YouTube channel Inside The Blue TV, shows Jarrett Vick yelling at police officers at the University of Central Florida then being tasered and led away in handcuffs.
Police got into an altercation with the 27-year-old after being called to the campus to deal with a disturbance.
“Why do you let them get away with this,” the student yells.
Officers tell them to stop yelling, before they ask: “F****** try it. Are you threatening me?”
When the officer speaks into his radio saying the student is “having a breakdown” they pull him up on their preferred pronouns: “She! She! Just say the right pronoun.”
Removing his pepper spray the officer urges the student to calm down.
The student later asks a uni...
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- On the chin – the man going viral for balancing heavy objects on his face | 5 News
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► Tobey Newall is internet famous, for balancing things on his chin. The Salford man – who goes by the name, Chinarooney - is so good, he’s trying to set a world record for the tallest thing balanced on his chin. The current record is almost 22m. How does someone get into chin balancing you might wonder. Well, for Chinarooney, it started with a trip to B&Q with his brother.
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- Andy Burnham says he ‘has a plan’ and will reveal cabinet on Monday as he makes first speech| 5 News
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- 4:39
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► Labour leader Andy Burnham told supporters he would not let his new role change him and that he would put the party back in touch with ordinary people, ahead of becoming prime minister next week.
The Makerfield MP told Labour activists during a speech in Gravesend, Kent: “I’m not going to let this job change me. I’ll remain on the ground. I will remain close to people. I will listen to what they say.
“I will put us back in touch with ordinary people. “I will give it my all. I will give my all to support all of you here in Kent to make sure Labour connects with people here.”
Mr Burnham defended waiting until he enters Downing Street to announce his Cabinet picks, saying doing so earlier would cause “chaos”.
Asked why he had not yet decided who to appoint to his top team, he said: “Because you do that when you do take over.
“You make those decisions, and it would be somewhat premature, and w...
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- Mother of Henry Nowak’s murderer jailed for three years for hiding knife | 5 News
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- ► The mother of Henry Nowak's killer has been jailed for three years for removing the blade used to murder the 18-year-old from the crime scene.
Vickrum Digwa is serving a minimum of 21 years for stabbing Henry to death in December last year.
On Friday, Digwa's mum, Kiran Kaur, 53, was jailed for assisting her son during a killing that prompted national outrage after it emerged Digwa had claimed he was the victim and had been racially abused. Henry was handcuffed and arrested as he lay dying leading to suggestions of "two-tier" policing.
“You took the knife and put it at home with other weapons in your son's bedroom,” Judge William Mousely KC said, adding her actions had "helped to conceal what it had been used for".
A reasonable person, he said, would have asked their child to "do the right thing".
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- Boy hurled into crocodile pit has seventh operation as family speak out
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- ► The family of a three-year-old boy who was thrown into a crocodile pit has undergone his seventh surgery, his family has revealed, as his recovery enters its fifth week.
Surgeons completed a nerve graft on his left arm, the boy’s family explained earlier this week on a fundraising page set-up to help support his recovery.
“They harvested a nerve from his leg to replace part of the nerve that was missing in his left arm. Over time, this nerve will hopefully embed and help our son to regain some function in his left hand.”
However, they must now wait to find out if the surgery has worked: ”We won’t know whether the nerve has been successful until tests can be carried out in a few months time.”
The child was hurled 15ft into an enclosure containing at least 15 reptiles at Johnsons at Old Hurst in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on 18 June by a disabled man.
The 30-year-old man, who has a learning disabi...
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- Gang pretends to be police officers in elaborate £4 million crypto scam | 5 News
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- ► Humiliating footage shows one of the men in a rather compromising position.
A gang who impersonated police officers to defraud eight victims of more than £4 million worth of cryptocurrency, have been jailed after splashing the cash on designer cars, clothes and holidays.
In a highly organised scam, the gang created “convincing looking” police websites, and once they stole their victim’s crypto it was laundered through a complex financial network.
Detectives established during the investigation that the three men were living lavish lifestyles with the funds they had stolen – buying cars, designer clothes and Rolexes as well as going on numerous luxury holidays despite one of the men having a recorded income of £444 a year.
The fraud was discovered after one of the gang’s victims came forward in January 2025.
On 20 November last year, officers executed coordinated warrants at seven addresses acr...
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- Man who spent £550 on England World Cup winners tattoo – has great idea to fix it | 5 News
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- ► No matter how bad you feel about England's World Cup loss to Argentina, you probably won't be regretting the loss as much as Sean Carrington.
He spent £550 getting a tattoo on his leg saying, 'England World Cup winners 2026' after the Three Lions beat DR Congo.
But the 36-year-old, from Wigan, has come up with a fun way to fix the inking now that Harry Kane's team isn't bringing football home.
#5News #worldcup #tattoos
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- ‘All of a sudden a head popped out of the toilet' - man trapped in Portaloo for 8-hours
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- 1:18
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- 7 days ago
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- ► Apparently... he was trying to retrieve a Mountain Dew
A man reportedly got stuck inside a Portaloo for eight hours after getting stuck inside the bowl while trying to retrieve a bottle of Mountain Dew.
Kansas City firefighters were called to cut the man out of the stinky situation which was noticed after a worker from the portable toilet company tried to collect the loos and a man inside refused to come out.
In a social media post, Patriot Portable Restrooms partner, Chip Counterman, explained that the worker knocked on all the doors of the toilets placed at a World Cup event and “found one was locked”.
“He knocked on the door and let the gentleman know he had 10 minutes to get out,” Mr Counterman explained, adding that he returned to the portable toilet after he picked up the others at the venue and, “the man inside said, he was not going to get out”.
A passing police officer was flagged down, and he ...
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- ‘Kind’ firefighter uses oxygen mask to help breathless pigeon after fire
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- 0:17
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- 7 days ago
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- ► The bird approached them for help.
A firefighter is being praised for getting on his knees to help a breathless pigeon – even using an oxygen mask to help the avian get back in the air.
Oakland’s E29 crew noticed the bird in distress earlier this week, with the crew posting on social media that the bird “came up to them seeking help”.
The crew noted that the bird seemed to have suffered smoke inhalation from a vehicle fire, so it “administered the pigeon some oxygen and the bird shortly flew away after clearing out its lungs”.
The post has since taken off, with over one million likes. Commenters praised the fire fighter for being “kind and compassionate”.
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- Horror moment dental nurse smashes Mercedes into motorbike sending riders flying
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- 0:15
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- 7 days ago
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- ► Witnesses managed to lift the car off her body after the horrifying crash.
22-year-old Halle Bae Osborne-Holland indicated left out of a petrol station, before smashing her Mercedes into a couple riding a motorbike, sending them flying through the air.
Christopher Collins, 22, and Rebecca Good, 21, were travelling along a main road in Swanley, Kent, on a Honda motorbike when the dental nurse pulled out of a petrol station into the path of the oncoming motorbike - leaving the rider with little time to react.
Shocking dashcam footage of the incident on 28 August last year shows the pair flipping over the car before landing on the carriageway - with debris scattered across the road.
Ms Good, a student, who has no memory of the crash itself, was reportedly left trapped beneath a nearby VW Golf, as members of the public managed to lift the car to free her before emergency services arrived. She was then airlifted to King’s College Hos...
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- Lone Argentina fan escorted by police after England fans swarm him
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- 0:34
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- 7 days ago
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- ► A lone Argentina fan was ‘rescued’ by police in London after England fans surrounded him.
But critics are suggesting it could have been a set-up with one user on X commenting: “He's a Polish YouTuber who does rage baiting for content... His YouTube channel is Maciej MP.”
Piccadilly Circus descended into chaos on Wednesday night as devastated England supporters took to the streets after the Three Lions lost to Argentina in the World Cup semi-final.
Tensions flared in central London after the intense match, with people seen swarming around and shouting abuse at a man wearing an Argentinian shirt with Messi emblazoned on it - who managed to get caught up in the crowds.
Metropolitan Police officers formed a circle around the Argentina fan, who proudly tugged at his blue and white stripped football shirt in the sea of red and white. The man, was followed by someone with a filming device, appeared startled as he was ushered to s...
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- Teen hackers who cost Transport for London £30 million jailed | 5 News
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- 2:43
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- 7 days ago
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- ► 18-year-old Owen Flowers and 20-year-old Thalha Jubair have been jailed for five and a half years for launching a crippling cyber attack on London's tube and rail network, which cost nearly £30 million pounds in damages.
The convicted cyber criminals were teenagers when they hacked into Transport for London's network on 31 August 2024.
They were described in court as ‘computer-obsessed loners’ who carried out the hack as part of the cyber crime collective known as Scattered Spider.
The group has been linked to dozens of other cyber-attacks including retailers Marks and Spencer and the Co-op.
The cyber-attack disrupted TfL's online services for months, after the personal data of millions of people was stolen and left all 27,000 TfL employees needing to reset their passwords in person.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the criminals streamed their 16-hour long cyber-attack online after convincing the person to reset the p...
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- No 10 backs calls for Fifa probe after Argentina players wave Falklands banner | 5 News
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- 3:31
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- 7 days ago
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- ► “The PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain.”
Downing Street has backed calls for Fifa to investigate whether Argentina players broke rules by brandishing a banner in support of their country’s claim to the Falkland Islands at the World Cup.
After Argentina’s 2-1 semi-final win against England on Wednesday, Giovani Lo Celso and other Argentinian players held a banner with the words “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, which translates to “The Falkland Islands are Argentinian”.
Argentina fans celebrated their victory in Atlanta, when the sign - referring to the dispute over the British overseas territory -eventually made its way to the players, who held it up as they revelled in their win.
No 10 echoed remarks made by Business Secretary Peter Kyle, who said the Fifa should “thoroughly” probe the behaviour of the defending champions.
“The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland I...
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- PPE scammers 'milk' Covid crisis to live lavishly | 5 News
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- ► "Let’s clean up!! Milk it… fill ya boots."
This was a text message sent by one of three British con artists found guilty of carrying out a PPE scam so they could buy luxury cars, watches and holidays.
During Covid, Jogesh Bhandari, 59, Meenakshi Bhandari, 58, and Craig Morris, 43, worked together with a man in America, to sell medical gloves that were never delivered.
Among 47,000 messages between the two men, Morris wrote: "All over the news is all about PPE shortage. Let’s clean up!! Milk it… fill ya boots."
Bhandari replied with an image of a Rolls Royce and told Morris: 'But if I want one of these [Rolls Royce] then we need to keep going'.
In November 2020 Bhandari, who’s from Loughborough, agreed to provide 12 million boxes of gloves through his UK-based company.
A month later he received payments of $2.7million (around £2m ) - some of which he used to pay his and his wife Meenakshi Bhand...
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- Man gets released from prison – then is immediately arrested
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- 0:51
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- 8 days ago
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- ► Amos Smith had just been released from prison.
But his freedom was short lived.
The 47-year-old didn’t make it past the prison gates before being arrested by Kent Police.
Smith was found to have conned a man in his 70s out of nearly £15,000 as payment for removing trees and rubbish from his home in Twydall.
Under a false name, Smith initially charged the pensioner £11,000 for the work in May and June 2025.
Two months later he returned and asked the man for more money, and over the next five days marched him to the local shop to make withdrawals.
Smith was arrested on 14 April 2026 as he left prison, having finished serving a sentence for similar offences.
He was subsequently charged with two counts of fraud by false representation, which he admitted at Maidstone Magistrates Court on 29 June.
Detective Constable James Finch said: “Smith took advantage of a vulnerable member ...
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- Midnight social media curfew proposed for UK teens aged 16 and 17 | 5 News
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- ► British teens aged 16 and 17 face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced – but they will be able to simply opt out of it.
The proposal will mean social apps like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, being set to unavailable – by default – to 16 and 17-year-olds between midnight and 6am.
The government also wants features like auto-play and infinite scroll to be disabled.
The online safety minister has denied teenagers would simply switch the curfew off, saying the suggestion does a “disservice” to them.
Kanishka Narayan said the government wanted to “empower” 16- and 17-year-olds.
“I wouldn’t belittle that because when we have seen evidence on this sort of stuff. In October, for example, some platforms introduced these defaults of this sort – 90%-plus teenagers said to us that they’ve maintained those defaults as well. “And so, the evidence base is clear, the motivation...
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- Asylum seekers handed lengthy jail term for rape attack on Brighton beach | 5 News
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- 2:28
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- 8 days ago
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- ► “Devoid of humanity.”
Three asylum seekers have been jailed for the “predatory” rape of a woman in Brighton which saw the men film, laugh at, and spit on the victim.
Egyptian nationals Karin Al-Danasurt, 21, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, and Iranian national Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, targeted the woman after she became separated from her friends on a night out on 4 October last year.
The woman, a court was told, drifted in and out of consciousness, during the attack and thought the men – who were staying at a Home Office-approved hotel at the time of the attack - were going to kill her.
Alshafe and Ahmadi were today jailed for 21 years each after they were convicted of raping the woman. Al-Danasurt, who filmed the attack, was sentenced to 18 years and six months. The men, who were described as being “devoid of humanity”, will spend six years on licence once they are released.
Hove Crown Court heard Alshafe...
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- Courageous canines chase off man after attempted sex attack
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- ► A man who reportedly tried to sexually assault two women ran away screaming after a pack of dogs turned on him.
In scenes caught on camera, the courageous canines are seen chasing off the attacker in Melbourne, Australia, around 11.30am on Tuesday.
The woman, aged 39 and 67, were walking the dogs together when the man is alleged to have jumped out of some bushes and tried to drag one of them away.
One of women told 9News that the man “lunged for my friend and grabbed a hold of her neck and upper shoulders.”
The woman broke free before the man turned his attention to her friend.
“Then he started walking over to me and talking and threatening me to get me into the tunnel, and he wanted to have sex with me.”
That’s when the dogs – eight of them – turned on him.
Footage of the brazen daylight attack shows the man running down a concrete overflow area on the banks of Gardiners Creek ...
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- Keir Starmer given standing ovation in House of Commons after rousing farewell speech | 5 News
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- 3:36
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- 9 days ago
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- ► Keir Starmer was given a standing ovation at his final PMQs today in a moment that left his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in tears.
The PM paid tribute to his family and insisted he was leaving the country a better place than when he took power after Labour’s landslide election victory.
“To my wife and children, I love you. Goodbye,” Sir Keir said to rapturous applause.
The chancellor, also set to lose her job as Andy Burnham takes power, looked visibly upset, as Labour MPs rose from the benches to clap Sir Keir out.
The Speaker, Sir Linday Hoyle, praised the PM’s “public service, his international leadership... his steadfast support for Ukraine”.
Sir Keir did not take a shot at Mr Burnham, saying that he would offer him his “wholehearted support. I want the Labour Government to be a success.”
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- World Cup 2026: England v Argentina in biggest match match since 1966 | 5 News
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- 7:28
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- 9 days ago
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- ► They’re just two wins away from football immortality. Tonight, The Three Lions face Argentina in a fight for a spot in the finals.
In what has been dubbed the team’s biggest game since the 1966 World Cup final, Harry Kane’s team will need to find a way to stop ‘The Little Genius’ messing up their plans – and those of football fans across the UK already counting on a new national holiday.
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- Kemi cracks up the Commons by taunting Farage over Count Binface | 5 News
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- 0:38
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- 9 days ago
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- ► Even Starmer got involved.
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- Terrifying video shows crew of train filming wildfires closing in on them | 5 News
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- 1:06
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- 9 days ago
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- ► Apocalyptic scenes.
Video has emerged showing a train “encased” by wildfires in Northern Ontario, Canada, as massive forest fires continue to ravage the region.
Footage recorded from the cab of the train shows glowing walls of orange flames and thick smoke.
Crew members can be heard reacting to the worsening conditions, with one suggesting, “This could potentially overtake us. This is getting pretty scary.” And: “Seriously, we’re encased in flames now.”
The incident, according to The Free Press Journal, occurred near Armstrong.
Another train can be seen passing the stranded train, but it does not appear to stop.
According to reports, the incident occurred after part of the train crew separated to rescue a foreman.
While attempting the rescue, the detached unit reportedly collided with its own train, sparking additional fires. All crew members are said to have survived the incident....
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- Rachel's tears for Keir as PM receives standing ovation at final PMQs | 5 News
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- ► Starmer’s emotional sendoff.
Keir Starmer was given a standing ovation at his final PMQs today in a moment that left his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in tears.
The PM paid tribute to his family and insisted he was leaving the country a better place than when he led Labour to a landslide victory.
“To my wife and children, I love you. Goodbye,” Sir Keir said to rapturous applause.
The chancellor, also set to lose her job as Andy Burnham takes power, looked visibly upset, as Labour MPs rose from the benches to clap Sir Keir out.
The Speaker, Sir Linday Hoyle, praised the PM’s “public service, his international leadership... his steadfast support for Ukraine”.
Sir Keir did not take a shot at Mr Burnham, saying that he would offer him his “wholehearted support. I want the Labour Government to be a success.”
#5News #UKPolitics #PMQs #KeirStarmer #RachelReeves
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- Michael Thompson jailed for 33 years for raping and murdering his estranged wife
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- 1:58
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- 9 days ago
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- ► A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife and staged a scene to make her death look like a suicide has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years after refusing to enter the courtroom for his sentencing.
Michael Thompson, 56, subjected Kimberley Thompson to years of domestic abuse, including controlling, coercive behaviour, and physical violence and made hundreds of hours of recordings of her before he suffocated her at their Northampton home in the early hours of August 9 last year.
Thompson, of Pinewood Road, Northampton, was not present for his sentencing hearing at Nottingham Crown Court after defence barrister Jonas Hankin KC told the court he was “voluntarily absent”.
A seven-week trial heard that Thompson claimed they had consensual sex before he later found 43-year-old Ms Thompson lifeless and surrounded by tablets and alcohol bottles.
Ms Thompson’s post-mortem examination found no evidenc...
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- Ann Widdecombe case: Police examine if suspect was targeting other Reform figures
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- 9:06
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- 9 days ago
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- ► Ann Widdecombe was killed in a “targeted attack” police announced on Wednesday, but the case has not been declared a terrorist incident.
At a press conference, almost a week after the 78-year-old was killed at her home in Dartmoor, Devon, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Laurence Taylor, said officers are looking at whether the suspect was targeting other Reform UK figures, or if foreign states were involved.
Detectives have obtained a warrant of further detention and can now hold the suspect, a 28-year-old British man, for up to seven days under the Terrorism Act.
He remains on custody on suspicion of commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism, as well as on suspicion of murder,
Mr Taylor added: “We are working to understand the planning and preparation and the motivation that sits behind the attack.”
He said there is a “limit” to what details he can disclose given the investiga...
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- Hillsborough: MPs expected to approve long delayed law to prevent cover-ups
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- 4:57
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- 10 days ago
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- ► Legislation that will impose a duty on public authorities and officials to tell the truth and co-operate with investigations and inquires is expected to be passed by MPs tonight.
The proposed Hillsborough Law takes its name from the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which claimed 97 lives after a crush during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's ground.
Police bosses spread false narratives about the disaster, blaming Liverpool fans, and withheld evidence of their own failings.
The bill's approval by MPs in Sir Keir Starmer's final days in power would enable him to present it as part of his legacy in No 10.
The bill, formally known as - the Public Office (Accountability) Bill - has its third reading later tonight in the House of Commons.
Andy Burnham, who is set to take over from Sir Keir, has said the debate on the legislation in the Commons will be a “deeply movi...
