Two people have been charged after a one-year-old baby died in hospital. The baby was rushed to hospital after being found in cardiac arrest at a home in New Bilton in Rugby, Warwickshire, at 4.37am on Tuesday. A 26-year-old man and 24-year-old woman from Rugby have both been charged with murder and causing or allowing … Read more
Police are investigating a sighting of another two lynx in the Highlands. Police received reports the animals had been seen in the Dell of Killiehuntly area near Kingussie at about 7.10am on Friday. Officers said they believe the sighting is connected to the release of two lynx seen in the same area on Wednesday, which … Read more
The death of a 17-year-old student in north-west China has sparked mass protests over alleged government and police mishandling of the case. Dang Changxin, from Pucheng in China’s Shaanxi province, reportedly fell to his death from his vocational school’s roof on 1 January. But suspicious circumstances, including alleged signs of a struggle, have reportedly fueled … Read more
Police have launched an urgent search for two sisters who were last seen more than three days ago. Police Scotland is appealing for help in finding 32-year-old sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti after they were reported missing from their home in Aberdeen city centre. The last sighting of the pair was on CCTV in Market … Read more
A “heartless” scammer who stole nearly £1million from bank customers spent the proceeds on a Porsche sports car and jewellery. Adam Raja, 24, used more than 100 mobile phones and SIM cards to contact unsuspecting victims. He purported to be a banking or building society employee investigating fraudulent activity on their accounts. But after setting … Read more
A man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a new wildfire in Los Angeles which erupted on Thursday afternoon. Locals in the West Hill region of the city detained a man who was later arrested by police in connection with the Kenneth Fire, which grew rapidly overnight and has spread to more than 800 … Read more
Grooming gangs are behind almost two child sexual abuse offences a day reported to police, the first analysis of its kind has revealed. Data from all 43 forces in England and Wales show there were 717 child sexual exploitation “grooming” crimes recorded by police in 2023 and 572 in the first nine months of 2024. The figures were revealed through … Read more
A Canadian man was arrested at an Indian airport for carrying a crocodile skull in his luggage. Customs officials stopped the 32-year-old man during a security check at Terminal 3 of Delhi’s international airport on Monday and found “a skull with sharp teeth, resembling the jaw of a baby crocodile” wrapped in a cloth. The … Read more
Alec Baldwin has brought a lawsuit against the district attorney and other officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico alleging he was wrongfully prosecuted for manslaughter. The 30 Rock actor, 66, stood trial last year over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Western movie Rust. The case against Baldwin dramatically collapsed … Read more
Donald Trump will be sentenced on Friday in his New York “hush money” case, the Supreme Court has ruled. The justices, by a 5-4 majority, rejected the president-elect’s last-minute request to delay proceedings, meaning that he will be sentenced just over a week before he is due to take office. Mr Trump, 78, was convicted … Read more