Author: Darren Smith

Four men have been charged with a series of serious sexual offences, including rape, against three teenage girls in Kirklees between 1998 and 2000, as part of an ongoing police investigation into non-recent child sexual abuse in the area. Four men are due to appear before magistrates charged with committing serious sexual offences, including rape, against teenage girls in Kirklees. The charges relate to the alleged sexual abuse of three girls, then aged between 14 and 15, largely in the Kirklees area between 1998 and 2000, and follow an ongoing investigation by Kirklees Police. All four men are set to…

Mercedes technical director James Allison believes reliability, rather than performance upgrades, will prove decisive in the second half of the Formula 1 season, as Kimi Antonelli holds a 50-point championship lead heading into the final Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Mercedes technical director James Allison has said reliability, rather than car upgrades, is likely to determine the outcome of this year’s Formula 1 title race over the remainder of the season. Kimi Antonelli currently leads the drivers’ championship with 219 points, 50 points clear of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on 169, with Mercedes teammate George Russell a further nine points back…

A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 287 people struck its tail on the runway during a chaotic take-off from Munich Airport, forcing the aircraft to circle for two hours dumping fuel before landing safely, as German investigators now examine why the plane’s acceleration dropped twice during its take-off roll. A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 carrying 287 people ran into trouble during take-off from Munich Airport, striking its tail on the runway in a chaotic departure that sent up a huge cloud of dust and debris. The aircraft, identified as a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registered VN-A867 and operating flight VN34…

A gang in Bhopal, India, allegedly murdered and mutilated a teenage market vendor after being misled by a social media video falsely claiming human testicles could be sold on the black market for huge sums, in a case police say has so far shown no evidence of an organised international organ-trafficking network. A gang in Bhopal, India, allegedly stabbed a teenage market vendor to death and removed his testicles in a bid to sell them for around £192,465 on the black market, police have said. Rehan, reported by some sources to be 16 and by others as 17, was allegedly…

A 16-year-old girl has been found dead in Danson Park, Bexleyheath, after emergency services were called to reports of an unresponsive person, with the Metropolitan Police confirming her death is being treated as unexpected but not currently suspicious. A teenage girl has been found dead in a south-east London park after emergency services rushed to reports of a person unresponsive at the scene. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Danson Park in Bexleyheath at 10.30pm on Tuesday, where a 16-year-old girl was sadly declared dead. Her next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers, and…

A woman in her 40s was allegedly raped in a clifftop nature reserve above Boscombe beach in Bournemouth, Dorset Police have confirmed, with detectives now examining the scene and appealing for information as the search for the attacker continues. A manhunt has been launched after a woman in her 40s was allegedly raped at a clifftop nature reserve above Boscombe beach in Bournemouth. The incident is reported to have occurred at around 9.15pm, though police were not alerted until roughly three hours later, at 12.16am. A cordon has since been put in place at Woodland Walk, the beauty spot where…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are preparing to relocate to the UK within days, a move royal insiders say will leave Prince William “apoplectic” and place the couple back in a country where public favourability remains low, despite a recent thaw in relations with King Charles. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to begin a new chapter in Britain within days, but their return is expected to bring them face to face with an “apoplectic” Prince William, subdued public favourability, and an uncertain place within the wider royal structure. Royal insiders say the Prince of Wales is likely to…

Reform UK and the Conservatives have renewed calls for Britain to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights after a tribunal allowed convicted rapist Hendrix Ekwen to remain in the UK, ruling that he no longer posed a sufficiently serious threat to justify his deportation. Reform UK and the Conservatives have intensified calls for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after an immigration tribunal ruled that a man convicted of raping a sleeping woman could remain in Britain. Hendrix Ekwen, 34, an Italian national, took nine years to accept responsibility for what a judge…

Police are hunting the person responsible for the deaths of two men found stabbed in a flat in Glasgow’s Partick area, with detectives now treating the case as a double murder and appealing for information covering several days before the bodies were discovered. A manhunt is under way after two men were found stabbed to death in a flat in Glasgow’s west end at the weekend. Paul Lafferty, 50, and Gary Beaton, 54, were found with serious injuries at a property on Chancellor Street, Partick, at around 4.40pm on Sunday, and were pronounced dead at the scene, Police Scotland confirmed.…

Andy Burnham has sent his best wishes to the family of a young girl fighting for her life in hospital, after a “terrible tragedy” in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, claimed the lives of three other family members who got into difficulty while swimming in rough sea conditions. Andy Burnham has sent his “best wishes and love” to the family of a young girl fighting for her life following a tragedy at sea in West Sussex. A huge emergency service response was launched in Shoreham-by-Sea after police were alerted to four people in difficulty in the water, believed to be members of…