A nursery worker who carried out multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against toddlers as young as two has been given a 30-year sentence. Nathan Bennett, 30, was found guilty last month of two counts of raping a child under 13, four counts of the sexual assault of a child under 13 and two […]
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The energy secretary has told Sky News that the government will “fight people’s corner” as the war in Iran threatens a fresh energy price crisis. But, speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Ed Miliband refused to be drawn on what support the government may provide. Politics latest: Iran war threatens to raise UK energy
Police have released identifying details of a man who was found dead in a wheelie bin on Friday. The man, thought to be aged between 40 and 50, had a tattoo of a cross with a snake wrapped around it on his back and the words “Little Stardust”, and a tattoo on his right arm
The Prince of Wales has posted a previously unseen photo of Diana from the family’s private collection to mark Mother’s Day. The picture shows Prince William, then aged two, with his mother in a field of blooming flowers, including poppies, at the family’s main home at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, in 1984. He posted the image, which
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The UK military is considering the deployment of two drone types to the Middle East after the US asked allies for help to secure a key shipping lane in the region, it is understood. Donald Trump has urged the UK and other countries to send warships to the region to help secure the Strait of
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The Formula 1 races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been cancelled in the wake of the ongoing Iran war, organisers have confirmed. Both races were set to be held in April and alternatives were considered but rejected, the FIA said in a statement. The Formula 2, Formula 3 and F1 Academy rounds have also
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London’s Burning actor John Alford has died in prison two months after he was jailed for sexual assault. The 54-year-old was given an eight-and-a-half year sentence in January, having last year been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022. Alford, real name John Shannon, rose to fame in the BBC’s Grange Hill,
At least five people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, with a further 18 wounded, officials have said. Four of the deaths were in the Kyiv region, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia targeted energy infrastructure with around 430 drones and 68 missiles. Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the area’s regional administration, said
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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a baby died following a fall from a height in central London. Officers were called to an address on Horseferry Road, Westminster, at roughly 7.30am on Saturday. The baby girl, 18 days old, was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, the Metropolitan Police said in
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North Korea has fired missiles into the sea in response to a United States military exercise. Around 10 ballistic missiles were fired from near Pyongyang’s international airport on Saturday as a show of force after a joint military exercise between US and South Korea. They flew around 220 miles before landing in the Sea of
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