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Former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star Jordan North has been pulled from London’s River Thames by lifeguards after he got into difficulty while attempting to rescue a dog. The 34-year-old Capital FM presenter was out for a run when he entered the water from a pontoon near Hammersmith Bridge to help … Read more
Police officers should be able to seize nuisance off-road bikes from riders’ homes, a Labour MP has urged. Luke Akehurst tabled the Off-road Bikes (Police Powers) Bill on Tuesday, amid calls for a crackdown on motorbikes ridden through parks and on pavements. He told the Commons: “I know members across the House will be starkly … Read more
A law to protect patients has had a “transformative effect”, recent data has shown. Medical experts said they have been greatly encouraged to see the difference it has made to caregiving in hospitals since its introduction in a number of hospitals over 2024. Patients have been moved to intensive care or received potentially life-saving treatment … Read more
The family of a British teenager convicted in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl while on holiday has accused the foreign secretary of an “outrageous” refusal to help them. Marcus Fakana, 18, was sentenced to a year in prison for having sex with the teenager from London while he was on holiday with … Read more
Dutch police have uncovered £10 million worth of cocaine stuffed inside two coffins. Officers managed to thwart the brazen smuggling attempt and seized 250kg of the class A drug after noticing a van with French number plates driving erratically. A 30 year-old French suspect was arrested in the raid near Numansdorp, a southern town in the Netherlands, … Read more
To the bitter end, Sara Sharif’s family argued over how much blame each should shoulder for her horrific abuse and murder. On Tuesday, lawyers for her father, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, had sought to mitigate their involvement, after they were found guilty of the 10-year-old’s murder. Naeem Mian KC, for Sharif, … Read more
A young boy has been taken to hospital following a crash in Edgware. Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service were alerted to the incident in Whitchurch Lane at 8.12am this morning (December 17). The crash had occurred at the junction with Whitchurch Avenue. An ambulance crew and paramedic in a fast response car were dispatched … Read more
The murder of Sara Sharif “starkly illustrates the dangers” of parents automatically being able to homeschool their children, the judge sentencing her killers warned. The 10-year-old had been pulled out of school just months before her death, in a “ruse adopted for wholly selfish purposes” to cover up evidence of her repeated beatings. Sara, whose … Read more
Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been jailed for life for repeatedly inflicting pain and trauma during a “campaign of abuse” which resulted in the 10-year-old’s death. With his voice shaking, the judge described her treatment as “nothing short of gruesome” as he outlined the horrifiying injuries she endured while she was tortured by her … Read more
Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been jailed for life for years of horrific “torture” and “despicable” abuse culminating in her murder. The 10-year-old suffered “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety” as she was repeatedly beaten, burned, bitten and restrained at the family home in Woking, Surrey, the court heard. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, … Read more