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Surrey knife murder victim named as 39-year-old mother-of-four who was on school run
Aliny Mendes was fatally stabbed on Friday afternoon
Police accidentally shot man when gun “unintentionally discharged”
The man in his twenties was taken to hospital after being shot in Lewisham, south east London, as offiders responded to a report of a woman being held against her will in a pub
Social entrepreneurs are helping the homeless – by transforming shipping containers into homes
The metal units are among dozens of old storage containers being turned into living spaces as part of a project
Teenager in hospital after “appallingly violent” knife attack
Police say the 16-year-old and a a 28-year-old man were ambushed by five armed thugs who jumped out of a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Wood Green
Outrage as Tory MP blocks law protecting kids from female genital mutilation
Conservative MP Christopher Chope who recently scuppered legislation against 'upskirting' - filming up women's skirts - has now blocked a bill to safeguard children from female genital mutilation (FGM). This bill was also a private members bill, and yet again Chope used parliamentary practice to object to a second reading of the bill in the House of Commons today. The 71 year-old MP for Christchurch was rounded on for his latest "inhumane" intervention. Anti-FGM campaigner Nimco Ali said the Tory...
Police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of killing four children in a house fire
Riley Holt, eight, Keegan Unitt, six, Tilly Rose Unitt, four, and Olly Unitt, three, all died when the blaze tore through their family home in Stafford
Sex fiend molested two schoolgirls on London buses within an hour
Police say the girls, both aged 13, were both blocked into their window seats by the suspect before being subjected to "appalling" sexual assaults in south east London
Brexit – Government preparing for “riots on the streets”
The government is preparing for "riots on the streets" in a No Deal Brexit , the former head of the UK civil service has declared. Lord Kerslake also said the UK is not ready to leave the European Union and pleaded for Article 50 to be delayed. He told the BBC: "It's unnecessary. "The government could stop this now. "I think they could say we think, as many of the cabinet have already said privately, that no deal Brexit is simply not a realistic...
Eye surgeon sacked from hospital before he even started job for raising concerns over patient safety set for an £8m payout
Amar Alwitry has been stuck in a legal battle with Jersey's States Employment Board’s since being sacked in 2012