Author: Darren Smith

American personnel are said to have relocated aircraft from RAF Mildenhall, with security raised at both Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath. The nature of the threat has not been made public. US military personnel have moved aircraft away from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk after a threat linked to Iran, according to the Wall Street Journal. The base’s threat level has also been raised to Charlie, which indicates that officials consider an attack likely. A similar move is said to have taken place at nearby RAF Lakenheath. A US Air Force spokesperson did not confirm details of the redeployment but did not…

Animal Defenders International says the animals spent years in cages on trailers after the country banned animal circuses. The circus says its family felt pressured into surrendering them, and its supporters have called a protest. London-based Animal Defenders International (ADI) has rescued seven tigers from a family-run circus in Guatemala after a campaign lasting eight years. The charity says the animals had been kept in makeshift cages on the back of trucks since Guatemala banned animal circuses in 2018. Police and government officials took part in the 18-hour operation, which ADI says had to be kept secret for fear that…

The club has taken down references to the lifelong supporter after his conviction for rape and sexual assault. Publishers have also withdrawn his books. West Ham United have removed references to Russell Brand from their website after the comedian and actor was jailed for 10 and a half years at Southwark Crown Court on Monday. Brand, 51, a prominent Hammers fan who often featured on the club’s official channels, was found guilty last week of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The club appears to have distanced itself from him since the verdicts. The Metropolitan Police said its…

Moustafa Elbohy denies two counts of rape at Southwark Crown Court. Prosecutors say the alleged attack happened near a homeless encampment beneath a bridge in central London. A man used Google Translate to tell a woman he wanted to have sex with her during an alleged rape near a homeless encampment in central London, a jury has heard. Moustafa Elbohy denies two counts of raping the woman in September 2025. Prosecutor Richard Milne told Southwark Crown Court on Monday that she was travelling home alone from an evening out when she approached a group of men speaking Arabic at Embankment…

A Massachusetts judge has ruled that a second trial would not breach the ban on double jeopardy. A hearing on 16 November will discuss when it should be held. Lindsay Clancy has failed to get the murder charges against her dismissed, and she will face a retrial over the deaths of her three young children in 2023. Judge William Sullivan, sitting in Plymouth, Massachusetts, ruled on Monday that trying her again would not unconstitutionally expose her to prosecution twice for the same crime. He declared a mistrial on 4 September after the jury reported that a holdout juror was preventing…

Two former students allege officials failed to act on repeated warnings about Esat Braveboy, who denies the allegations. A judge has allowed the case to proceed, and Cornell is appealing. Cornell University is facing fresh allegations that it ignored complaints about a male student accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women on its Ithaca campus. Two former students sued the university and Esat Braveboy in November 2023, claiming the Ivy League institution allowed him to commit “drug-facilitated sexual assault, rape and to sodomize students” between 2018 and 2021. They say at least five to ten other students were also abused,…

Professor Michał Pędziwiatr and Dr Mateusz Wierdak treated two shot officers on the street. One says the officer “would have bled to death” without it, though both doctors say they do not feel like heroes. Two surgeons who were having lunch in Krakow’s Main Market Square when a gunman opened fire on Saturday ran towards the wounded and gave emergency care to two police officers. Six people, including a 32-year-old British man, were killed in the attack, which began at around 3pm. Professor Pędziwiatr and Dr Wierdak were eating nearby with their families. Dr Wierdak held back the bleeding from…

Yellow warnings are in place across England, eastern Wales and Northern Ireland, with visibility possibly down to 50 metres. Fog was blamed for serious crashes on the M20 and A303 at the weekend. The Met Office has issued two yellow warnings for dense fog across Britain on Monday morning. One covers much of England and eastern Wales until 11am, and a separate warning for Northern Ireland runs until 10am. Visibility could fall to 50 metres or less in places, with possible delays to bus and train services and a chance of flight cancellations. Heathrow has urged passengers to allow extra…

The gunman, who was shot by police on Saturday, died early on Monday after several operations. Prosecutors say the same person is believed to be responsible for three further deaths at his family home. The suspect in Saturday’s shooting in Krakow, Poland, has died in hospital, police have announced. Six people were killed when he opened fire in the city’s Main Square, including a 32-year-old British man, and 16 people were injured, among them another Briton. Malopolska Policja said on X that the perpetrator “died in hospital early this morning”. Prosecutors are also investigating the deaths of three members of…

Mason Acheson and Parker Perry were shot as a SWAT team entered a house in Washington state where a woman said she had been shot. Both leave behind young families. Two Spokane County sheriff’s deputies, both Army veterans, have died after being shot while trying to rescue a woman from a home in Washington state. Mason Acheson and Parker Perry were hit by gunfire when a SWAT team forced its way into the property on Smythe Road on Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff John Nowels said on Friday that Acheson had died the previous night, while Perry was on life support surrounded…