Author: Darren Smith

Eight children aged between one and 14 have been killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana following what police described as a domestic disturbance in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police Chief Wayne Smith confirmed that ten people were shot in total at around 6am, with the crime scene spanning three separate locations. “This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,” he said. Some of the children killed were related to the suspect, Chief Smith said. The gunman fled the scene in a stolen vehicle before being pursued by officers and shot during the…

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a car drove into a group of people on one of central London’s most frequented late-night streets, leaving a woman critically injured and trapped beneath the vehicle as horrified bystanders rushed to intervene. The incident took place at around 4.30am on Argyll Street — a short but busy road connecting Oxford Street with Great Marlborough Street and home to a number of well-known nightspots, including Inca nightclub, as well as the iconic London Palladium. Emergency services were called following reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians, arriving to find three people injured…

Donald Trump has escalated his warnings to Iran, threatening to demolish the country’s power infrastructure and bridges if its government refuses to reach a negotiated settlement, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz intensified following fresh attacks on international shipping. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, the US president responded directly to Iran’s decision to close the Strait of Hormuz — a move that included what Trump described as gunfire directed at vessels in the waterway, among them a French ship and a British freight carrier. “Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz…

A 29-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car struck several pedestrians on a busy central London street in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving one person fighting for their life. Metropolitan Police officers were called to Argyll Street in Soho at around 4.30am following reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians. Three people were injured in the incident. A woman in her 30s was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where she remains, while a man in his 50s sustained what police described as life-changing injuries. A third victim, also a…

Several people have been hospitalised after gunfire broke out during a large-scale street fight at a popular outdoor mall close to the University of Iowa in the early hours of Sunday morning, with dramatic footage of the violence circulating widely on social media. Iowa City Police Department said officers responded to reports of a mass brawl at the Pedestrian Mall at approximately 1.46am, arriving on the scene to find the altercation already under way — and then hearing shots fired. The Pedestrian Mall, a well-known entertainment and retail destination, sits roughly a mile east of the university campus across the…

Network Rail has released a detailed fly-through video setting out its vision for a wholesale transformation of London Liverpool Street, as Britain’s busiest railway station prepares for passenger numbers that are expected to more than double within the next two decades. The footage, published as part of an ongoing planning application to the City of London, illustrates a significantly expanded and redesigned station intended to accommodate upwards of 200 million passengers in the years ahead. Last month, Liverpool Street was named Britain’s busiest railway station for the third consecutive year, recording close to 100 million rail entries and exits —…

More than 600 migrants crossed the English Channel in a single day on Saturday, pushing this year’s cumulative figure past 6,000 and heaping further pressure on a Home Secretary already struggling to secure a lasting agreement with France over beach patrols. Nine vessels were intercepted mid-Channel by Border Force boats before being brought into the Port of Dover. The Home Office confirmed 602 arrivals on the day — the second-highest daily figure recorded so far this year, narrowly behind the 605 who made the crossing on 25 February. The running total for 2025 now stands at 6,077. Since Labour took…

A synagogue in north-west London was targeted with an incendiary device late on Saturday night in what Jewish community leaders are describing as part of an escalating and co-ordinated campaign of arson attacks against Jewish sites across the capital. Kenton United Synagogue on Shaftesbury Avenue in Harrow was struck at around 10.30pm, with police and fire crews arriving swiftly at the scene. A cordon was established in the early hours of Sunday and forensic teams were subsequently deployed. The attack caused minor smoke damage to an internal room but no significant structural harm to the building, and no injuries were…

A Brazilian national who raped a 17-year-old boy after approaching him on a street bench during a holiday visit to Brighton has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, following a trial at which he was convicted on four counts of rape. Rafael Nascimento, 38, was in the seaside city as a tourist last August when he encountered the teenager sitting alone on Dyke Road in the early hours of the morning. Using a request for directions to a nearby cigarette shop as an opening, Nascimento accompanied the boy before, according to police, deliberately working to gain his trust. He…

Police in Texas are searching for a 24-year-old man wanted in connection with the deaths of his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son, after the woman’s body was discovered in a Houston park more than a week after she was reported missing. Ashanti Allen, 23, who was eight months pregnant with a boy she had named Jaxon, was last seen at her Houston home on 8 April. Her disappearance only came to light two days later, when family members grew concerned after losing contact with her. Her mother, Trisa Gaines, who lives in the same apartment complex, received a message…