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Drugs, guns, gold bars and teeth – Sky News joins police on county lines crackdown

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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Deadly Virginia university shooting being investigated as act of terrorism, FBI says

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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US Navy to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz, treasury secretary tells Sky News

The US treasury secretary has told Sky News that the US Navy will be escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday he plans to use the effective closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies passes, as leverage against the

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Ukrainians who ran ‘premium’ migrant smuggling service to UK jailed

Two Ukrainian men who ran a “premium bespoke taxi service” smuggling migrants across the channel in a yacht have been jailed. Vladyslav Cherniavskyi, 38, was jailed for six years and Oleksandr Yavtushenko, 43, for five having previously pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to three charges of assisting unlawful immigration. The pair were arrested after

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Therapist who sexually assaulted patient ‘as part of treatment’ jailed for 11 years

A therapist who claimed that the sexual assaults he inflicted on a patient were part of her treatment has been jailed for 11 years. Gerald Peck claimed he was an accredited psychotherapist who could perform Bioenergetic Analysis. But Lewes Crown Court heard that he was not recognised by any umbrella organisation for psychotherapy in the

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Police to use Thames to separate protesters at Al Quds protest

Police will use the River Thames to separate protesters and counter-protesters at the Al Quds Day rally in central London on Sunday. A planned march to the Home Office was banned earlier this week after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to block it to “prevent serious public disorder”. The

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Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ likely helping Iran against Trump, UK defence secretary says

Vladimir Putin’s “hidden hand” is likely helping Iran respond to Donald Trump’s war, the UK defence secretary has said, as it emerged that Iranian-linked drones hit a base in Iraq where some British troops are located. They were not hurt. John Healey said attacks by Iranian forces against targets across the Middle East “have the

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Police ‘invaded privacy’ by spying on Jean Charles de Menezes justice campaign

The cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police who mistook him for a terror suspect, has said undercover officers “invaded my privacy” when they spied on her campaign for justice. Patricia da Silva was sharing a flat with Mr de Menezes in south London when the 27-year-old was killed at

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