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Met Police told about Al Fayed abuse decade earlier than it admits
Police said the first report was in 2005, but the family of a woman who has since died reveal she made a complaint a decade earlier.Top stories - BBC News - 29 minutes ago -
Dad told police he killed Sara Sharif, court hears
Urfan Sharif claims his wife caused Sara's death and he was trying to protect her, a jury hears.Top stories - BBC News - October 14 -
Police insisted second Salisbury novichok attack was drug overdose, inquiry told
Inspector dismissed emergency services’ concerns that incident was similar to Skripal poisonings, KC says. Police officers urged paramedics and firefighters to treat the second novichok incident in ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
Man accused of jail escape congratulated police officer who caught him, court told
Detective says he grabbed 23-year-old Daniel Khalife as he cycled on canal towpath in west London. A former soldier “congratulated” the police officer who captured him three days after he was ...World - The Guardian - October 18 -
A Caller Told 911 a Bear Had Chased Him Off a Cliff. The Police Say It Was Murder.
The sheriff in a rural Tennessee county said his office is searching for a man who used a stolen identity to pose as a victim.World - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Pregnant woman and unborn child killed in collision with Met police car
Force says unmarked vehicle collided with car driven by 38-year-old woman in Eltham, south-east London. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an investigation after a heavily ...World - The Guardian - October 18 -
Met Police only sought Al Fayed abuse charges over two of 21 women who accused him
Twenty-one women accused the ex-Harrods owner of sexual offences while he was alive, the force admits.Top stories - BBC News - October 19 -
BBC warned by Met over report into Tim Westwood allegations
The former Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJ has denied claims of misconduct, calling them false.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Brianna was immersed in darkness, inquest told
An inquest into the death of murder victim Brianna Ghey, 16, heard details of her mental health struggles.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Sara Sharif's injuries comparable to car crash, jury told
Sara Sharif's relatives are accused of murder after her body was found in her family's Surrey home.Top stories - BBC News - October 18 -
Parents told us of suicide plan at Christmas due to lack of assisted dying law
Tom Marshall's parents took their own lives, but he says a law change may have helped them.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Letby retrial was prejudiced, Court of Appeal told
Senior judges will decide if the case of the convicted baby killer case can go to a full appeal.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
Rioter, 61, found hanging in cell, inquest told
Peter Lynch was found dead two months into his two years and eight months prison sentence.Top stories - BBC News - 18 hours ago -
Protesters in Spain told tourists to 'go home.' Instead more arrived.
Tourist arrivals to Spain increased following anti-tourism protests earlier this year. But organizers against mass tourism say the fight is far from over.Business - CNBC - October 14 -
Mom killed by nerve agent was caught in global murder plot, court told
Dawn Sturgess died in 2018 after spraying herself with what she thought was perfume from a discarded bottle containing the deadly chemical weapon.Top stories - CBS News - October 14 -
UK believes Putin personally authorised Salisbury novichok attack, inquiry told
Dawn Sturgess inquiry hears from Foreign Office and from Sergei Skripal, who said Russia thought he was still working for the west. The UK government believes that the Russian president, Vladimir ...World - The Guardian - October 14 -
Sara Sharif hooded and burned by abusers, court hears
Makeshift plastic hoods were used on the 10-year-old, who suffered dozens of injuries, jurors heard.Top stories - BBC News - October 15 -
Cows in field where woman was trampled are normally easygoing, inquest told
Rebekah Morris, 29, died with injuries "consistent with hoof marks" in July 2022, an inquest is told.Top stories - BBC News - October 15 -
ITN told to review use of NDAs in law firm report
UK media company has been accused of using legal contracts to cover up gender pay discrimination, harassment and bullyingBusiness - Financial Times - October 18 -
Scenes from the streets: international stories told on the ground – in pictures
The work of over 30 street photographers has been assembled for We Are Here: Scenes from the Streets , a new exhibition showing at the International Center of Photography in New York City. A ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Sara's neighbour had door shut in face, jury told
A neighbour of Sara Sharif tells a court noises from within the family home reached "fever pitch".Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
UK civil servants told to work three days a week in the office
Decision comes after speculation that Labour ministers would allow more homeworking to bolster morale among officialsBusiness - Financial Times - October 23 -
Teacher saw Sara Sharif's bruised face, jury told
Jurors previously heard Sara had been hooded, burned and beaten during more than two years of abuse.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
These Americans told pollsters Trump is a fascist. They’ll still vote for him
Among registered voters who say Trump is a fascist, 8% support him anyway.Top stories - ABC News - 6 days ago -
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Sergei Skripal told friends Putin would 'get him'
Sergei Skripal said he could not return to Russia or there would be "reprisals".Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Trump: Advisers told him not to say he would be ‘protector’ of women
Former President Trump said Wednesday that his advisers had counseled him against describing himself as a "protector" for women, a phrase he used in late September as he sought to make up ground ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Cuomo Told a House Panel His Memory Was Hazy. Is That a Perjury Defense?
House Republicans referred the former New York governor for prosecution. His insistence on a faulty memory makes that outcome unlikely.Top stories - The New York Times - 13 hours ago -
Police investigating unexplained death of infant
The police received a call concerning the welfare of an infant on Friday afternoon.Top stories - BBC News - October 18 -
MP disturbance matter for police, says minister
The MP for Runcorn appeared to be shouting at a man warning him 'he will never threaten an MP again'.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Woman sent cow photo to family just before being trampled to death, inquest told
Rebekah Morris, 29, sent a picture of a field of cows moments before her death, an inquest is told.Top stories - BBC News - October 14 -
Black men are a coveted — somewhat movable — voting bloc. Seven told us how they planned to vote.
The campaigns are putting significant time and attention toward courting Black men, seen as a crucial voting bloc in a tight presidential race. We asked some how they planned to vote.Top stories - NBC News - October 20 -
‘“Mad” Frankie Fraser told me how to get someone to talk’: how we made The Shadow Line
‘The psychopath is terrifying. The scene where he almost drowns a cat held the record for complaints for a while. But there is a humanity to the show, too’. . . I’d been making comedy for a decade ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -