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Police discovered a drug-filled rucksack buried at the Creamfields festival site in Daresbury ahead of the event’s opening. Officers are now making the unusual appeal for whoever buried it to come forward.
PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were killed when a wrong-way driver hit their patrol car on the A66 near Middlesbrough. Their families have spoken of their pride and heartbreak in moving tributes to the two officers.
Firebombs were thrown at a row of luxury supercars outside a Birmingham wedding venue on Saturday night, destroying multiple vehicles and sending guests fleeing in panic. West Midlands Police have launched an arson investigation and are appealing for witnesses.
A body has been recovered after a man fell overboard from the Ambassador Cruise Lines vessel MS Ambition, about 36 nautical miles from Arbroath. A major coastguard search operation was launched after the alarm was raised at 08:35 on Saturday morning.
Andy Burnham’s unlikely journey from failed Labour leadership bids to Downing Street marks a dramatic shift in British politics. Here’s what his premiership could mean for the UK at home and abroad.
Andy Burnham has unveiled an ambitious plan to house every rough sleeper in England before Christmas, echoing the praised ‘Everyone In’ scheme from the pandemic. But with homelessness up 27% in a year, the real test will be whether this time the support actually sticks.
The family of Jason Arday has spoken of the “public cruelty” he faced before his death, as hundreds gathered for a candlelit vigil at Cambridge. Calls are growing for universities to better protect academics from targeted harassment.
Sinn Féin has condemned the burning of effigies and images of First Minister Michelle O’Neill on a Derry bonfire. Police are now investigating the incident as a sectarian hate crime.
Chanel Fong was acquitted of owning the XL bully that fatally bit Keven Jones, her partner’s father, who died from severe blood loss. The verdict raises fresh questions about who bears legal responsibility when a dangerous dog kills.
Police officers in England and Wales will soon be entitled to four weeks of fully paid paternity leave after a review found new fathers were being ostracised for requesting time off. The College of Policing confirmed the doubling of leave as part of a broader push to overhaul workplace culture.
