A seven-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car in Nottinghamshire. Police were called to a collision between a car and a child along the A38 Kings Mill Road East, near Kingfisher Way, in Sutton-in-Ashfield at 8.26pm on Tuesday, 10 March. Logan Parker, who lived in the area, died at the scene, Nottinghamshire […]
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A teenage boy has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing at a school near Norwich. Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew School on Laundry Lane at 10.24am on Wednesday following reports that a teenage girl had been stabbed. Pupils were put into lockdown in their classrooms after the incident. The victim was
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Across the country last week, hundreds of criminals woke to the sound of their front doors splintering. A metal battering ram known as “the big red key” was the first thing to enter their premises, followed by the scream of “Police!”, and officers with helmets and shields. This was a punch into the organised distribution
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In a war increasingly determined by the flow and price of oil, one country is already emerging as a winner – and it’s not even a combatant. As US-Israeli strikes on Iran have sent the oil price soaring and raised questions about the American appetite for a prolonged price shock, Russia is already reaping the
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One Battle After Another and Sinners are two films set for big wins at the Oscars this weekend – but with the studio behind them potentially facing a huge takeover, industry experts say this is a time of great uncertainty in Hollywood. Warner Brothers has 30 Oscar nominations in total, more than any of its
Thirty years after the Dunblane school massacre, Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander has said the tragedy “haunts many of us still to this day”. On 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School in central Scotland, before shooting himself. Mr Alexander said he has “deep admiration” for parents
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The UK is considering possible options to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, the defence secretary has said. John Healey also signalled that British forces needed to be ready in coordination with allies to evacuate UK nationals from the Middle East if the US and Israeli war with Iran worsens.
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Lab-grown foie gras and chicken are being tested by scientists to ensure they are safe for humans to eat, and could hit British restaurants and dinner tables in the next five years. It is the closest any such “cultivated meat” product has yet come to approval for human consumption in the UK, the Food Standards
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The government has been called on by an influential committee of MPs to quash convictions obtained with data from the Post Office’s Capture software, the predecessor to the faulty Horizon IT programme. As well as creating “urgent” legislation to have these earlier convictions quashed, a new report from the Business and Trade Committee (BTC) also
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A deadly shooting at a Virginia university is now being treated as a terror attack, according to the FBI. Mohamed Bailor Jalloh launched an attack at Old Dominion University, killing one and injuring two more before being subdued and killed by a group of students. He shouted “Allahu Akbar” before the shooting on Thursday morning,
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