The son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and 23 other offences, police said on Friday. Marius Borg Høiby, who is the stepson of Norway’s future king, was arrested three separate times last year, in August, September and November. After a 10-month investigation, Norwegian police have now handed the case over to...
A British man has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying and terror-related offences. The BBC understands he is thought to have carried out surveillance for Iran on the RAF Akrotiri base on the island. Local media say he is of Azerbaijani descent and has connections to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He appeared in a...
A 57-year-old man has been arrested in the US state of Minnesota on suspicion of killing a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband. The arrest on Sunday night was the culmination of a huge two-day manhunt following the deaths of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota Democrat, and her husband Mark. State Governor Tim Walz called it...
A man in his 20s has been arrested after a suspected stabbing in Exeter, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said a man had “sustained a number of puncture wounds” and his injuries were described as life-threatening. The incident took place off Station Road, in the Exwick area of the city, on Thursday afternoon....
Residents have been evacuated in part of north Devon after a suspected bomb was found. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was called to Bidna Yard, in Appledore, shortly after 10:10 BST on Wednesday. The force said a cordon was put in place and a small number of residents were evacuated, but are now allowed...
PA A former Bargain Hunt art expert has been jailed for two years and six months for failing to declare art he sold to a suspected financier of Hezbollah. In the first prosecution of its kind, Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, admitted eight counts under the Terrorism Act 2000 of failing to make a disclosure during the...
A suspected World War Two bomb has been found at a Plymouth recycling centre, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Chelson Meadow Waste Reception Centre at about 14:30 BST on Friday after the item was discovered. Officers said said the Royal Navy ordnance disposal team had been called to assess the...
Emergency services have described how they worked together in a “complex life-saving operation” where a man suffered suspected spinal injuries while wing foiling. The RNLI said two lifeguards responded to the emergency at Bantham beach just before 11:00 BST on Sunday after spotting a man waving for help in windy conditions more than 200m (656ft)...
Reuters The musicians were last seen in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US border Five musicians who disappeared in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US border, were murdered by suspected drug cartel members, Mexican authorities have said. Nine alleged members of the notorious Gulf Cartel have been arrested on suspicion of...
David Cowan BBC Scotland Home Affairs Correspondent BBC Police lead away a man suspected of sexual communication with a 13-year-old girl It’s 07:35 in a smart suburban housing estate in central Scotland and the police are about to turn a family’s life upside down. Three detectives in plain clothes park their unmarked car near a...
A second power outage in two days his hit the French Riviera region after a fire at a substation in Nice overnight, which authorities said was caused by a malicious act. At least 45,000 homes were affected after the blaze broke out at around 02:00 local time (01:00 BST) on Sunday, a day after nearby...
Cannes faced a citywide power cut on Saturday, disrupting the prestigious film festival and closing restaurants, and businesses. French police are investigating suspected arson as the cause of the outage, after a a substation in the village of Tanneron, which supplies Cannes, was attacked by arsonists in the early hours. Despite the disruption, the Cannes...
Ofcom has launched investigations into two pornographic sites it believes may be falling foul of the UK’s newly introduced child safety rules. The regulator said two companies – including one running a so-called “nudifying” service – had failed to detail how they were preventing children from accessing their platforms. Ofcom announced in January that, in...
The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, citing operational reasons. But the BBC understands the report is...
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Peter in Lancashire Peter says “nothing will be going to waste” from his hugely discounted Co-op purchase. A suspected glitch on Thursday evening saw some Co-op product prices reduced by as much as 100% on the delivery app Deliveroo. The pricing error allowed some shoppers to get products – including jars...