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XL bully ‘savaged’ 84-year-old man and guarded him like ‘prey’

An XL bully mauled an 84-year-old man “as if he were its prey”, a court has heard. John McColl died from his injuries a month after the attack in Warrington, Cheshire, on 24 February last year. The dog attacked him after he wandered onto the driveway of Sean Garner’s home in Bardsley Avenue at around […]

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Family pay tribute to ‘true gentleman’ police officer killed in line of duty

The family of a police officer who died in the line of duty after his vehicle was in a collision with another car have paid tribute. PC Bradley Corke, 27, died on Saturday, after he was critically injured in Farningham, Kent, on Thursday evening. He and a colleague, who was reported to be critically ill

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Meningitis B vaccines offered to more school children – as cases fall

Meningitis B vaccines will be offered to year 11 pupils at schools affected by the Kent outbreak. NHS Kent and Medway said on Tuesday that 10,627 vaccines had been given out. The meningitis outbreak, which left two dead, peaked on 13 March. On Monday, 20 cases of meningitis had been confirmed, with a further three

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‘Violent mob’ at asylum hotel protest turned Epping into ‘scene of chaos’, court told

A “violent mob” at an asylum hotel protest attacked police officers and turned Epping into “a scene of disorder and chaos”, a court has heard. Lee Gower, 43, and Phillip Curson, 53, of Upminster, deny committing violent disorder during protests outside The Bell Hotel in Essex on 17 July last year. Gower, of Epping, also

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Two men arrested in connection with Golders Green arson attack on Jewish ambulances

Two men have been arrested in connection with the Golders Green arson attack on Jewish community ambulances. The suspects – aged 47 and 45 – were arrested on Wednesday morning at addresses in the north west London and central London areas respectively. They were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and

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Zutons star says head-splitting racist attack could have killed him

A former member of indie band The Zutons has spoken after being seriously injured in a racist assault, telling Sky News he could have been killed and that he wants his attackers to face justice. Boyan Chowdhury was treated in hospital following the incident, described by police as an “abhorrent” hate-related assault, which happened in

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‘It felt like he’d been killed twice,’ partner of Nottingham attack victim tells inquiry

The partner of a man killed in the Nottingham attacks has told an inquiry it felt like he had been killed twice because she was first told he died in a road accident. Caretaker Ian Coates, 65, was fatally stabbed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane more than an hour after undergraduates Barnaby Webber and Grace

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Transgender girls given until September to leave Guides

Transgender girls have been given until 6 September to leave the Guides. The deadline set by Girlguiding follows the organisation’s announcement in December that membership would be “restricted to girls and young women”, which it described at the time as a “difficult decision”. It was acting after last year’s Supreme Court ruling that sex meant

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Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling dies ‘surrounded by love’

Married At First Sight (MAFS) UK star Mel Schilling has lost her battle with cancer. The reality TV personality and mother-of-one, who was the dating show’s relationship coach, was 54 and died on Tuesday. When she passed away, she was “surrounded by love”, her husband Gareth Brisbane said in a post on her Instagram account.

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Rapist who abducted girl at knifepoint from Edinburgh bus stop facing life sentence

A rapist who abducted a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint from a bus stop and attacked her in his basement has been told he is facing a life sentence for a spate of violent crimes. Aaron Strachan, 21, was branded a “deeply dangerous individual” by Judge Michael O’Grady KC at the High Court in Edinburgh on

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