Author: Darren Smith

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted while jogging at Chellow Dean Reservoir in Bradford last month. The attack took place on the footpath at the reservoir on 26 May, between 6pm and 6.30pm. The suspect is described as an Asian man in his early 20s, approximately 6ft tall with black hair and a beard. He was wearing sunglasses, a blue and white striped shirt and black shorts at the time of the incident. The assault comes less than two years after West Yorkshire Police launched a dedicated initiative to tackle the harassment…

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his second goal of the match against Uzbekistan at the World Cup, finding the net after a trademark burst of pace that underlined the 41-year-old’s enduring ability at the highest level. The Portugal captain, appearing in his record sixth World Cup, latched onto the ball after a great sprint and finished to double his personal tally for the evening. The goal adds to the remarkable collection of records Ronaldo has accumulated throughout the tournament and his career, as Portugal continue their World Cup campaign. We will update this article as the match continues.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in six different World Cup tournaments on Tuesday, getting a goal in the sixth minute of Portugal’s match against Uzbekistan. The 41-year-old Ronaldo made history when João Cancelo crossed it to him and he shot with his right-foot to make it 1-0. He ran toward the bench and celebrated with his teammates after the score. His goal comes after he was criticized for failing to score in Portugal’s 1-1 draw against Congo in the team’s opening match.  Ronaldo and Argentina captain Lionel Messi became the only men in history to play in six World Cup tournaments this year. Ronaldo’s…

A 15-year-old who attended school dressed as a dog, wearing animal ears, a tail and gloves, has been charged with the double murder of their parents in the Netherlands after allegedly sharing graphic images of the crime scene with classmates on WhatsApp. The teenager, who is reportedly transitioning from female to male, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning in Groningen following the deaths of Johan and Mathilda, both 53, according to Dutch outlet RTL. The couple’s golden retriever was also found with suspected stab wounds and taken to an animal ambulance. Images allegedly shared by the suspect…

Jamie Varley, the teacher handed a whole life order for the murder and sexual abuse of adopted baby Preston Davey, spent his first night at HMP Wakefield “sobbing and quaking” in his cell as fellow inmates delivered a chilling welcome, warning him they would make him pay, it has been reported. Screaming prisoners banged on bars and hurled threats at the 37-year-old convicted killer as he was brought into the notorious Category A jail in West Yorkshire — known as Monster Mansion — immediately after being sentenced at Preston Crown Court, according to the Daily Star, which spoke to an…

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a teenage girl was discovered just 500 yards from the home of missing 14-year-old Lilly, who had not been seen since Saturday evening in the small South Wales town of Blaina. The body was found in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina, a former mining village near Ebbw Vale in the South Wales Valleys, at around 10.10pm on Monday by two young people who had gone out searching for the missing teenager. Formal identification has not yet taken place, but Gwent Police confirmed that Lilly’s family…

New details surrounding the disappearance and death of a nuclear laboratory worker have cast fresh doubt on the theory that she took her own life, after it emerged she packed her toothbrush and thyroid medication before vanishing — items, investigators say, that suggest she expected to survive. Melissa Casias, 53, an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, disappeared on 26 June 2025 after dropping her husband off at the facility. Her skeletal remains, bearing a gunshot wound to the head, were found in Carson National Forest on 28 May this year, lying beside a handgun her…

An 18-year-old who wanted to carry out a “Columbine High School massacre-type shooting” killed two people at a public library in Chico, California, before being arrested just minutes after opening fire, police have confirmed. Bradley Scott Sayer was taken into custody at around 5.18pm on Sunday, approximately six minutes after the first 911 calls flooded in reporting gunshots and screaming inside the Butte County Library’s Chico branch. Officers entered through the front of the building as colleagues set up a perimeter at the rear, and Sayer was apprehended as he fled through the back exit. Two adults were killed in…

Two air ambulances have landed at the scene of a major bus crash in the Welsh coastal town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, with at least 26 people reported injured as emergency services declared a major incident. The collision involved a public bus on the A484 near the Kidwelly roundabout at Parc y Bocs, according to Britannia Daily. Dyfed-Powys Police closed the road between the roundabout and Llandyfaelog and urged members of the public to stay away from the area and find alternative routes. Flight tracking website Flightradar confirmed that two air ambulances had landed at the scene as the emergency response…

A pensioner who exploited his position as a trusted financial adviser to steal nearly £2 million from 36 victims including a charity, his neighbours and his own clients has been jailed for 11 years. Timothy Paul Barnes, 68, from Droitwich, Worcestershire, systematically defrauded those around him over an 18-month period by approaching them with a consistent lie — that he needed a short-term loan to cover a payment related to an inheritance or divorce, and would repay the money within days. Instead, he invested the stolen funds in cryptocurrency. Barnes exploited his professional knowledge to identify wealthy clients and target…