Author: Darren Smith

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman in her 20s reported being attacked overnight on Brighton beach, with Sussex Police cordoning off part of the seafront near the i360 tower as forensic officers search the scene. Sussex Police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of rape after a woman in her 20s reported being attacked on Brighton beach overnight. Officers sealed off part of the seafront, including an area of beach in front of the i360 tower, as forensic teams searched for evidence following the report. The force said the incident is understood…

A body has been found during the search for a 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming off Hornsea, East Yorkshire, with Humberside Police saying they believe it to be the missing teenager, though formal identification has not yet taken place. Police searching for a 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming in Humberside have found a body during their search. Formal identification has not yet taken place, but Humberside Police said they believe the body to be that of the missing teenage boy. Chief Superintendent Phil Booker of Humberside Police described the outcome as “an incredibly heartbreaking…

A 35-year-old man has been charged after a nine-year-old girl was found with serious injuries at an industrial estate in Arbroath and later died in hospital, with Police Scotland confirming the pair were known to one another. A man has been charged in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus. Police Scotland said officers were called to Elliot Industrial Estate in Arbroath at around 12.02am on Monday after the schoolgirl was discovered injured. She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where she later died. The force confirmed…

An out-of-control SpaceX rocket stage has crashed into the far side of the Moon with the force of roughly three tonnes of TNT, carving out a new crater and giving scientists a rare chance to study the effects of a known artificial impact. An out-of-control SpaceX rocket has collided with the Moon, striking the surface with the force of around three tonnes of TNT and leaving behind a freshly formed crater. The 4,000-kilogram spacecraft sent up a cloud of dust on impact, though the collision took place on the Moon’s far side, making it impossible to observe directly from Earth.…

Two people have died after two firefighting helicopters collided in mid-air near Psatha, north-west of Athens, just hours after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned that strong winds meant aerial firefighting crews could no longer operate safely. Greece’s fire service has confirmed that two people died when two firefighting helicopters collided while tackling wildfires near Psatha, north-west of Athens. The victims were the only two people on board one of the aircraft involved in the crash, while the crew of the second helicopter were rescued alive. According to local media, one of those who died was Greek and the other…

Greek police have charged a 26-year-old Afghan national with the murder of British aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross after he reportedly confessed to killing her and using her bank cards in the days that followed, with investigators saying the pair are believed to have met through her humanitarian work. Greek police have charged a man with the murder of Elisabeth Jane Ross, the 38-year-old British woman, also known as Lisa, whose body was discovered inside a suitcase in an abandoned car park in the Kypseli district of Athens on 18 July. The suspect, reported to be a 26-year-old Afghan national,…

A search and rescue operation is under way after two Bell firefighting helicopters, each carrying two crew members, collided during aerial wildfire operations near Psatha, west of Athens, Greece’s fire department has confirmed. Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling wildfires west of Athens, prompting an immediate search and rescue response, Greece’s fire department has said. The Bell helicopters, both leased by the fire service, had been deployed to tackle a blaze in the Psatha area of the Attica region when the collision occurred. Each aircraft was carrying a crew of two, meaning four people were on board across the two…

A rapidly spreading blaze known as the Old Trails Fire triggered the highest level of evacuation orders across parts of Spokane County, Washington, on Saturday, as Governor Bob Ferguson declared a state of emergency and forecasters issued a rare warning for explosive fire growth. Families across Spokane County, Washington, scrambled to flee their homes on Saturday as the fast-moving Old Trails Fire sent plumes of smoke into the sky and stalled traffic along evacuation routes. Local emergency management officials issued Level 3 evacuation orders, the highest level available, for several areas in the region, warning residents to leave immediately given…

Kenneth Jouppi, an Alaska bush pilot now in his 80s, has spent more than a decade fighting the state’s confiscation of his $95,000 Cessna after a passenger tried to smuggle beer into a “dry” village, and his case will now be heard by the US Supreme Court. A veteran Alaska bush pilot’s decade-long battle to reclaim his aircraft from the state is finally headed to the US Supreme Court. Kenneth Jouppi, now in his 80s, was convicted of a misdemeanour alcohol transportation offence after a 2012 flight to the remote village of Beaver, one of Alaska’s “dry” communities where alcohol…

Multiple people were injured and carried away on stretchers after overcrowding caused a crush at Ghana Party in the Park, forcing organisers to shut down the annual north London festival early, while police moved quickly to dismiss circulating claims that anyone had been stabbed. Ghana Party in the Park, an annual celebration of Ghanaian culture in north London, was brought to an abrupt halt on Saturday after overcrowding at the entrance caused a crush that left several attendees injured. The event, held at Copthall Playing Fields in Barnet and also known as ShattaFest UK, was closed on the advice of…