10+ hour, 34+ min ago   (924+ words) 11pm - 6am11pm to 6am Essex County Council said that six “operatives” will patrol Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford town centres from Monday for an initial three-month trial period. The initiative, titled Operation Vanguard, is funded through a drawdown of up to £150,000 from a community…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (900+ words) 11pm - 6am11pm to 6am The compensation claims for over 200 survivors of alleged abuse by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed could amount to as much as £150 million, according to a law firm representing the women. KP Law, which represents over 275 survivors, claims that…...

19+ hour, 31+ min ago   (765+ words) 3pm - 6pm3pm to 6pm 3pm - 7pm3pm to 7pm A teenager who purchased a knife and travelled more than 150 miles to confront and fatally stab a man his family had accused of stalking has admitted murder. Afghan refugee Sulaiman Tajzai, 18, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (399+ words) Faiza Hassan, 36, is accused of murdering her toddler daughter on April 9 2023. A mother and a grandmother have been charged over the death of a 17-month-old girl in the West Midlands. Faiza Hassan, 36, who appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday,…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (592+ words) The father of a teenager killed in the A66 crash in Middlesbrough has been charged with attacking a mourner at his own son's funeral. Gye Worthy, 39, allegedly took exception to comments made during the funeral for his 17-year-old son Cole on…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (525+ words) 4pm - 6pm4pm to 6pm Seven men have been arrested Four people have been rushed to hospital after a stabbing on a busy London high street on Thursday afternoon. Emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing on Bromley High Street, south east…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (808+ words) 4pm - 6pm4pm to 6pm Police officers and Army veterans came together to pay their respects to a former colleague and comrade who was killed on duty in a horrific crash on the A66. Hundreds gathered for the ceremony at Kirkleatham Walled Gardens in Redcar,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (781+ words) It can also now be disclosed that she admitted guilty to having sex with two schoolgirls on the first day of the trial at Winchester Crown Court A female PE teacher at a school in Hampshire has been found guilty…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1228+ words) A crossbow-wielding arsonist was insane when he targeted an Indian restaurant and 5G masts in a three-week campaign motivated by extreme right-wing ideology, a jury has found. Milo Creese, 40, went on to fire a crossbow bolt through a woman’s window and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (580+ words) Russia's internal security agency has detained a former guard at the British Embassy in Moscow who collected personal data on British diplomats, alleging that he had been working for Ukrainian intelligence. The FSB said the data collection was part of…...