A man has been arrested in relation to threatening messages being sent to school settings on social media, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers arrested a man in Exeter on suspicion of malicious communication offences and they are “not seeking anyone else in connection to this matter”. Officers said news of the...
BBC Devon and Cornwall Police made the arrests as part of a day of targeted action against domestic abuse. More than 60 people have been arrested during a day of targeted action against domestic abuse. Devon and Cornwall Police said the operation on on 8 April saw 65 taken into custody as part of targeted...
Part of the Series Human Rights and Global Wrongs In a shameless attempt to undermine international accountability for accused war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungarian President Viktor Orbán graciously hosted the architect of Israel’s 18-month genocide in Gaza on April 3. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is now formally investigating Hungary’s blatant refusal...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool Jonny Humphries/BBC Police are investigating the crash in Liverpool Bystanders begged a dying man to “please stay with us” after he was “deliberately” struck with a car outside a party, witnesses have said. Emergency services were called to Stonyhurst Road in the Woolton area of Liverpool after the 47-year-old was...
A woman who died after being struck by a van on a golf course near Sutton Coldfield has been named, as police confirmed three arrests in the case. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge, died in hospital on Tuesday night after the incident at Aston Wood Golf Club in Little Aston on Friday. The vehicle had...
PA Media Three houses were badly damaged in the blast A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal house explosion that damaged multiple homes and cars in Nottinghamshire. Emergency services were called to John Street in Worksop at 19:39 BST on Saturday evening. David Howard, 53, was found in the rubble...
Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of a “politically motivated smear campaign” after they issued an arrest warrant against her. The country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been investigating allegations Siddiq illegally received land as part of its wider probe of the regime of her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was...
Police have arrested a man who was reported to be threatening people with an axe in a Wetherspoon pub. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers went to the White Hart Hotel on Fore Street, Okehampton, at about 18:00 BST on Sunday following reports that a man had entered with a weapon and had threatened people....
Bangladeshi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the British MP and former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq. The country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been investigating allegations Siddiq illegally received land as part of its wider probe of the regime of her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed as prime minister in August. Siddiq has previously...
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Imamoglu supporters gathered outside the jail complex at Silivri Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who’s Turkey’s biggest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appeared in court for the first time since he was arrested last month and placed in a high-security jail. Imamoglu is being held on corruption and...
PA Officers were sent to a building in Barne Barton at 21:00 BST on Wednesday A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage after armed police were called to a property in Plymouth. Officers were sent to a building in Barne Barton at 21:00 BST on Wednesday after they received reports...
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in what police have called an “awful incident”. Keiron Charles, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene in Erconwald Street, Shepherd’s Bush, west London, at about 13:10 BST on Saturday. Another boy, aged 16, was taken to hospital with stab...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ordered an “economic reset” in response to Donald Trump’s tariff “blitz,” according to the Observer. Quoting allies of the PM, the paper suggests taxes may rise again or the “ironclad” fiscal rules may be bent to allow more borrowing to boost economic growth – as a recession looms. The...
Damian Grammaticas BBC News BBC The Labour Party has suspended MP Dan Norris after “being informed of his arrest”, a party spokesman has told the BBC. The suspension means Mr Norris, the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, is also understood to have had the party whip suspended, meaning he is not able to...
Getty Images Well-wishers celebrate the Thai king’s birthday, in Bangkok on 28 July, 2024. A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for an American academic under Thailand’s lese-majeste law that forbids insulting the monarchy. The army filed a complaint against Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in central Thailand, under lese-majeste and computer...