Brian Farmer BBC News, Bedfordshire Reporting fromLuton Crown Court Bedfordshire Police Humar and Hannan Mahmood left their victim with a stab wound to the chest Two robbers have been jailed after attacking an off-duty police officer with a machete who confronted them while out shopping. Brothers Hannan Mahmood, 20, and Humar Mahmood, 19, attacked PC...
Marianna Spring Social media investigations correspondent BBC/Getty Images Gabriel and Sebastian Shemirani watched with concern as their mother Kate rose to notoriety during the pandemic, eventually getting struck off as a nurse for promoting misinformation about Covid-19. Then, their sister Paloma was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors told her she had a high chance of survival...
The next game of ‘backyard cricket’ between the Ahmed brothers promises more drama than their first T20 Blast meeting. England international Rehan Ahmed managed just a single off the bowling of younger brother and Notts Outlaws spinner Farhan in Leicestershire’s victory at Grace Road on Thursday evening. It was the solitary run scored by the...
Duncan Leatherdale BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Euan and Andrew survived being caught in a rip current On Saturday 17 May, two brothers got caught in a terrifying rip current at a popular surfing beach in north-east England. They hope sharing their experience will save lives. It was a great day for a...
To see one of your children become a professional sportsperson would be a dream for many – but what about two? Meet the Bevan brothers Taylor – an unbeaten pro boxer, signed with fight promoter Eddie Hearn – and Owen, a footballer at Premier League side AFC Bournemouth. Both are on the verge of the...
Euan O’Byrne Mulligan & Ewan Somerville BBC News REX/Shutterstock Prosecutors in the UK have confirmed for the first time they have authorised 21 charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking. The Crown Prosecution Service said that it had authorised the charges against the brothers before an extradition warrant...
Regan Morris BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images It was once unthinkable that Lyle and Erik Menendez, the men who murdered their wealthy parents by shooting them 16 times, would get the sympathy and forgiveness of the masses. Their claims of sexual abuse at the hands of their father were mocked by prosecutors and comedians...
Getty Images Erik and Lyle were aged 18 and 21 when they killed their parents In 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents by shooting them multiple times at close range at their mansion in Beverly Hills. They were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in 1996, and sentenced to...
A long-awaited resentencing hearing on Tuesday is set to determine whether two brothers who killed their wealthy parents in their Beverly Hills mansion could be freed from prison after three decades. After months of delays, a judge will begin hearing two days of arguments both for and against Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid to receive...
Three brothers from Cheshire have driven all the way from Land’s End to John O’ Groats in a tiny bus built in the 1940s for seaside children’s rides. James, Andrew and Will Emerton took it in turns to drive the miniature petrol-powered bus, which is about 1m (3ft) tall and 2.5m (8ft) long. It has...
A highly anticipated resentencing hearing for convicted killers Erik and Lyle Menendez kicked off on Thursday before unravelling and being postponed by a judge. The hearing was set to decide whether the brothers, serving life without the possibility of parole, should receive a new sentence that could allow their freedom after serving three decades in...
Are we sure this time? Are we 4Imprint certain? After all, we celebrated the end of the Global Engagement Center in December, only to discover a month later than it had metastasized throughout the State Department as “the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference Hub (R/FIMI).” Its mission sounded very, very familiar to Matt Taibbi at...
The resentencing hearing of Menendez brothers can move forward despite opposition from the district attorney, a Los Angeles court has ruled. The brothers’ attorneys are attempting to have them resentenced to a lesser term, which could potentially make them eligible for freedom. Erik and Lyle were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills...
The resentencing hearing of Menendez brothers can move forward despite opposition from the county’s district attorney, a Los Angeles court has ruled. The brothers’ attorneys are attempting to have them resentenced to a lesser term, which could make them immediately eligible for freedom. Erik and Lyle were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly...
Samantha Granville BBC News, Los Angeles Watch: The murder case that divided America takes a new turn For the first time in decades, Lyle and Erik Menendez say they are beginning to feel hope they could get parole. It is a shift in mindset for the brothers, who have spent more than 30 years behind...