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The family found a broken window and three rocks on their six-year-old daughter’s bed.

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A Britis…

The two people killed are not Spanish, according to local media.

Susceptible British travellers are being ‘groomed’ by international crime gangs.

‘It won’t bring Anthony back, but it will give us some closure.’

‘It won’t bring Anthony back, but it will give us some closure.’

Emergency services were called to Croydon town centre in south London just before 9am today (Picture: UKNIP)

A woman in her 20s has been stabbed to death in the middle of a London high street.

Emergency services were called to Croydon to…

‘Our initial enquiries suggest there was a disagreement between an inmate and prison officer that escalated and is an isolated matter within the prison.’

The number of assaults on staff in adult prisons in England and Wales per year has reached its highest level in a decade, new data shows.

‘I could not do 20 years in a prison like that, I just couldn’t.’

Four people are in hospital.

The sergeant was injured when a car ‘reversed into him several times’ before driving away from the scene in Rusholme, Greater Manchester.

A second child is in hospital with serious injuries.

A man unleashed multiple smoke grenades on Claridge’s hotel in central London while trying to steal jewels worth £190,000.

Jay McGinty arrived at the world-famous Mayfair hotel’s riding pavilion on a Vespa scooter – with no number plates, while wearing a balaclava underneath his motorcycle helmet.

Footage shows the 37-year-old pulling the pins out of the smoke grenades as he went through the revolving doors at the side entrance to the hotel on Davies Street.

It is just moments later that dark smoke engulfs the hallway, blocking the view.

Still wearing the helmet and balaclava to hide his identity, McGinty is then seen on CCTV using a sledgehammer to smash into a display case for jewellery before fleeing the scene.

His escape was only thwarted by brave security staff who confronted him and held the revolving door shut.

Charles Evans, prosecuting, said police were called just minutes after his arrival at the hotel.

He added: ‘The guard grabbed hold of the defendant within the revolving door (and) the defendant, still holding the sledgehammer, shouted “don’t come near me or I’ll hit you” or words to that effect, which caused some concern to him.

‘However, he managed to pull the defendant out of the door and took the sledgehammer from him.’

The burglar was trapped inside until police arrived, even as he threatened one of the workers.

Monica Oluwole, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘Jay McGinty tried to use a smokescreen to cover his brazen attempt to steal highly valued items of jewellery.

‘He was caught red-handed thanks to the quick actions of the hotel security and staff who prevented him from escaping and called the police.

‘This heist, although it had all the hallmarks of planning and reconnaissance work, didn’t work and we were able to make sure he was brought to justice.’

McGinty pleaded guilty to the aggravated burglary, which took place on March 14 at around 8.30pm.

He was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday to six years in prison.

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It was supposed to be a day of joy and celebration.

But the elation of Liverpool’s Premier League trophy parade on Monday came to an abrupt and devastating halt when a car crashed into crowds lining the city’s streets.

Moments after the bus containing Reds heroes went past Water Street, babies’ prams were thrown into the air and fans wearing the iconic Liverpool shirt found themselves trapped under the wheels of a Ford Galaxy.

Paul Doyle, 53, has appeared in court charged with multiple offences, including causing grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.

He has also been charged with injuring or attempting to injure six people –
including two children.

In the aftermath, Metro has been in Liverpool talking to the community on how they’re trying to recover from Monday’s scenes.

But if there’s one community that has the spirit needed to recover, it’s the city of Liverpool.

‘It doesn’t matter who you are, people come together’

‘No one knows how to do it like us,’ Charlie Azzopardi told Metro. ‘I don’t know anywhere else in the country that comes together like we do.’

Charlie is a survivor of the Hillsborough disaster which claimed the lives of 97 people in a crowd crush at a Liverpool FC match.

He said Monday’s crash took him ‘right back’ to the moment he saw the Hillsborough crowd becoming fatally out of control.

‘I was with my granddaughters, and I was so scared there was going to be a Hillsborough scale disaster, so we left just minutes before the crash,’ he said.

But once back home and working behind the bar at Coopers Townhouse in the heart of the city, an impromptu decision to raise money for the young victims of the crash saw £200 raised for Alder Hey Hospital.

Charlie said: ‘When something bad happens in Liverpool, it doesn’t matter who you are, people come together.

‘We still have that Hillsborough spirit of looking after each other.’

‘Heroes’ helped shelter children

Just metres from the site of the crash, Indian restaurant Mowgli became the triage centre for those injured.

Although the restaurant itself has declined to be interviewed, Metro has heard from a number of people at the scene how they rushed to look after people as panic took hold around them.

One mum, who wanted to remain anonymous to protect her 14-year-old child’s identity, told Metro: ‘My daughter was in the middle of eating when suddenly the staff politely informed them no bill was to be paid.

‘They thought it was a car accident, but at that point there were rumours of a terror attack and I panicked.

‘It was a small thing, but staff helped them remain calm and put their safety first.’

People started ‘singing again’

Over at Liverpool’s iconic Mathew Street – where tourists flock to drink at the Beatle’s themed bars and soak up live music – it took just hours for people to ‘start singing again’.

After the crash, the atmosphere ‘instantly dipped’, but business owners knew how quickly the community would bounce back.

Kiera told Metro: ‘This area was near the last stop, and soon enough we had people running in telling us about it.

‘A dad came in with his two young kids crying by his side – they had witnessed the whole thing. It was very sad.’

But she said it wasn’t long until people were ‘singing again’.

‘It is quiet for a Tuesday night but I can imagine people are just hungover,’ she said.

‘Nothing will change this street, the atmosphere will always be what it is.’ 

Owen, bar worker at King John, told Metro: ‘It’s quiet tonight, but I don’t think because of the crash.

‘The atmosphere has been good on Mathew Street – always is.’

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‘Your response to that was to go off in a car with her because your brain was driven by your groin,’ the judge said.

London resident Charlotte May Lee is accused of smuggling £1.2million of cannabis into Sri Lanka.

Richard Satchwell has been found guilty of the murder of his wife Tina at their home in Co Cork.

Andrew Jones, stepdaughter Isabella Gale and her boyfriend Jacob Toogood all admitted assaulting Patrick Ward in Cheshire on March 5.

A fare dodger told staff he ‘would get away with it’ minutes before realising he wouldn’t.

In a clip shown on Channel 5’s Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law, the passenger, shown wearing a black jacket and hood, is questioned by a revenue inspection officer after taking a journey for which he hadn’t paid.

The man, in a blasé attitude, tells the inspector he won’t be able to stop him dodging fares, saying ‘he will get away with it’.

When he was finally handed a fine, he told staff he ‘couldn’t give a toss’ andsaid he would go to court.

He was issued with a fine totalling £55.60. If not paid within 21 days, the charge nearly doubles to £105.60.

The passenger argued with the officer named Sam at the ticket gates inside London Waterloo.

He is asked: ”So you’re just going to fare evade and try and get away with it – is that what you are saying?’

‘I will get away it’, the defiant passenger replies.

The fare dodger is promptly advised that footage of him and the conversation has been taped on camera and will be sent over to British Transport Police.

But he still attempted to goad the officer into letting him off, telling him: ‘You might as well let me go, man.’

When asked his name and address, he replied: ‘I don’t even know how to spell my name, I’ll be honest.’

He was then shown threatening to walk out and, despite being reminded that he was being recorded, he said: ‘That doesn’t bother me.

‘I don’t know why I’m standing here. I could just walk away to be honest.’

Worried that the passenger would force his way out of the barriers, the inspector calls security officers.

After realising his escape route had been cut off, the fare evader relented and handed over his personal details, allowing the inspector to verify his identity.

But when he is finally handed a fixed penalty notice, he defiantly answers: ‘I couldn’t give a toss.

‘I’m not paying that.’

He later qualified: ‘I’m not paying for transport.’

The inspector further explained that failure to pay may result in a prosecution being pursued.

‘Lovely. I love that’, the fare dodger replied.

Remaining defiant, he continued: ‘I’m not keeping it, because I’m not paying it. I’ll go to court.’

Around 3.4 per cent of passengers on TfL services travel without paying the correct fare.

The transport authority spent almost £22 million on a fare dodging crackdown last year.

The Channel 5 series previously showed another fare dodger being caught in the act after evading £3,500 in unpaid tickets.

He was found having used a card with no money on it to repeatedly open station gates without having paid a penny in fares.

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The Russian captain of a container ship that tore into a tanker carrying fuel for the US military has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a crew member.

Vladimir Motin, from Primorsky, St Petersburg, was alone on the bridge of the Portuguese-flagged Solong that crashed into the Stena Immaculate off the northeast coast of England.

The 59-yearold appeared at the Old Bailey today – just two months after the collision that triggered multiple major explosions some 10 miles from Hull.

He was charged four days later with causing the death of Filipino national and Solong crew member Mark Pernia, 38, was lost at sea and has since been presumed dead.

In court, Motin confirmed his identity before he pleaded not guilty to the single charge of manslaughter.

All 23 people on the tanker were rescued along with 13 crew from the US-flagged Solong, but Mr Pernia could not be located.

He was working in the forward deck of the Solong, in an area where one of the explosions happened.

Stena was loaded with at least 200,000 tons of highly flammable jet fuel.

Both vessels were entangled following the collision, before they drifted apart with thick smoke billowing into the air for hours.

The crash left Stena Immaculate, which remained anchored, with a giant hole.

Meanwhile, Solong began to drift along the coast as it was followed by tugboats ready to intervene.

Motin will next appear for a hearing on September 10.

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Paul Doyle, 53, from the West Derby area of the city, faces charges including dangerous driving and GBH.