A 46-year-old who identifies as a woman has admitted to terrorising nurseries by dumping soiled nappies outside their gates and smearing excrement on milk bottles.Abbi Taylor, who also appeared on the court list as Martin Tarling, pleaded guilty to th…

A British skier has died after he lost control on a Swiss Alpine piste and crashed into a river.The 54-year-old man was skiing near Grindelwald, a popular village in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps, when the accident occurred on Friday, April 11.He was air…

A bar has defended its name change, with the owner branding people complaining as “snowflakes.”Bloom, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, changed its name to The Strangled Cat following a refurbishment into a karaoke bar. The bar’s management said it was a ref…

A shoplifter who killed a pensioner by forcefully shoving her out of the way as he fled with stolen socks has been jailed for six years.Joseph Smith, 37, was running from Sports Direct in Sunderland with three packs of socks worth £66 when he pushed 6…

Police have launched an urgent investigation after a 16-year-old girl was raped in Primrose Hill park in London.The teenager flagged down officers who were patrolling in Regents Park Road shortly before 11pm on Friday, 11 April.She reported that she h…

A 66-year-old man has been jailed after threatening an estate agent with a paving slab and causing misery for his neighbours.Michael Beckett was sentenced to 10 months in prison following a series of incidents in Norwich.The court heard he had warned …

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with a shoplifting incident at a Tesco store in New Milton.Hampshire Constabulary are appealing for the public’s help to identify the individual who allegedly stole toothbr…

A 44-year-old prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murdering convicted killer John Mansfield at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire.Mansfield, 63, was found dead at the high-security prison near March on Sunday afternoon.Police were called at about …

A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to rumble on after the latest offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected.A spokesman from Unite said that “partial” offer was “totally inadequate” and did not properly address potential pay cut…

A Jet2 flight from Alicante to Glasgow was forced to make an emergency landing after crew members discovered a technical fault with one of the wheels on the landing gear.The issue sparked safety concerns that the aircraft might not be able to land saf…

A Jet2 flight from Alicante to Glasgow was forced to make an emergency landing after crew members discovered a technical fault with one of the wheels on the landing gear.The issue sparked safety concerns that the aircraft might not be able to land saf…

A mother has expressed outrage after a “staff member” was spotted wearing a Sikh ceremonial sword at her son’s school in Cheshire.Gemma Beech, 42, from Mow Cop, was alarmed after receiving an email from Congleton High School about a pupil spotting the…

Tucked away among the hedgerows and rolling hills of rural Britain, locals warn that a “crime crisis” is growing. Organised gangs — many hailing from Eastern Europe — are understood to be increasingly targeting isolated farms and countryside propertie…

Metropolitan Police officers dressed as Batman and Robin have arrested two scammers on Westminster Bridge in a creative sting operation.The dynamic duo swooped in to catch con artists who had started to recognise local officers during regular patrols….

A suspected bomb exploded outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greek police said on Friday.Police cordoned off the area after two Greek media organisations reportedly received warning calls that an explosive device would go off within 35 m…

Prince Harry has claimed the scrapping of his police protection was to prevent him and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, from leaving the Royal family to start a new life.The Duke told The Telegraph the decision was “difficult to swallow”, having pr…

A Somali criminal seeking asylum in the UK has avoided deportation after a judge ruled that returning him to his home country would cause him too much “stress.”The unnamed asylum seeker, who has been dependent on alcohol since 2006, would suffer stres…

Detectives in Yorkshire have arrested 12 men and one woman as part of ongoing inquiries following reports of non-recent child sexual exploitation.The men aged between 42 and 59 and one woman aged 60 were arrested, at a number of addresses across Bradf…

Archaeologists have unearthed a gladiator’s tomb with a marble-etched inscription in an ancient Roman necropolis near Naples.The discovery was made at a 1,600-square-foot burial site that was once part of the ancient town of Liternum, not far from a f…

A woman has been granted a lifelong restraining order against a neighbour who turned her life into a “living hell” in a row over smoking.Mum Jacqueline McCaig spent over £20,000 pursuing Paul Richardson through the civil court for three years.She clai…

Nigel Farage has taken an unprecedented swipe at his friend Donald Trump, comparing the President’s tariffs to Liz Truss’s mini-Budget.The Reform UK leader said Trump had attempted to do “too much too soon” – and vowed he had “never agreed” with the C…

Germany has announced it will turn away asylum seekers at its borders as part of a raft of new measures to curb illegal migration.The policy was agreed by the nation’s incoming coalition government of conservatives and centre-left Social Democrats.Und…

A helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River near lower Manhattan, with fears of fatalities.ABC News said fatalities have been reported, citing law enforcement sources. Eyewitnesses wrote on social media: “The chopper broke off midair and dropped!”Re…

A council has been met with outrage after they announced they would be cancelling the VE Day celebrations and banning Christian prayers.Hertfordshire made national headlines after Dacorum Borough Council threw out proposals for a VE Day military parad…

Stargazers across the UK are in for a celestial treat this weekend as a rare “pink micromoon” is set to grace our night skies.The first full moon of spring will rise on Saturday evening, appearing alongside one of the brightest stars in the night sky….