Author: Darren Smith

A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded not guilty to a string of fraud and corruption charges after allegedly claiming she had never received thousands of pounds worth of luxury goods she had ordered online — including a Cartier wedding band, a Dior bikini and a Moncler jacket. Sunna Harrison-Aziz, 28, of Coulsdon in south London, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday to deny ten charges including five counts of corrupt or improper exercise of police powers, four counts of fraud by false representation and one count of perverting the course of justice. She spoke only to confirm her name…

A mountain rescue team has spent two gruelling days abseiling down a steep Welsh hillside to clear several tonnes of fly-tipped rubbish that had blighted one of the country’s most picturesque landscapes since January — waste so extensive it could be seen from five miles away and was described as having a “catastrophic” impact on local wildlife. The Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, working alongside Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and the landowner, completed the clearance of Bwlch Mountain in South Wales over a weekend-long operation that required more than a kilometre of rope, specialist abseil equipment and teams working 12-hour…

An Oregon father allegedly watched his two-year-old son walk out of their home unaccompanied while he was binge-watching a television programme — and failed to intervene, in a case that ended with the toddler drowning in a river and his father facing criminal charges. Aaron Paulsen is facing misdemeanour child neglect charges following the death of his son Dane Paulsen on 1 March 2025 in the rural community of Siletz, Lincoln County. According to court documents obtained by KATU, Dane’s mother, Cha Met Jackson, had told Aaron the toddler would be in his care before she left the house. Aaron…

The family of Henry Nowak’s killer has been charged with a string of weapons offences allegedly committed in the hours immediately after the murder — as the Digwa family issued a public apology to the Nowak family and to the Sikh community for bringing it into “disrepute.” Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was jailed for life yesterday with a minimum term of 21 years for stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak six times with a religious blade in Southampton on 3 December 2025, was today charged with six counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a private place on 4 December — the…

A Florida man has been arrested for sexually assaulting an injured woman after a car crash, allegedly telling her “I can do what I want” as she lay helpless — with his arrest coming more than a year later after DNA evidence from a rape kit was processed by investigators. Brenden Lee Jones, 40, of Fort Lauderdale, was taken into custody last Thursday on sexual battery charges following an alleged attack on 15 September 2023. According to an incident report from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the victim told officers she had been raped “somewhere behind the KFC” at 3100…

Two brothers who made a “hobby” of attacking men they believed to be gay have been convicted of murder 42 years after bludgeoning a real ale enthusiast to death in a north London alleyway — in a case cracked only after their younger brother came forward following a family falling out. Michael Stewart, 57, and Anthony Stewart, 60, were just 15 and 18 years old when they ambushed Anthony Littler, a 45-year-old civil servant, as he walked home through a narrow alley near East Finchley Tube station in the early hours of 1 May 1984. Mr Littler had spent the…

A Korean pastor’s emotional speech at Israel’s Knesset, in which she begged God to forgive South Korea for not fully supporting Israel and declared that the God of Israel was also the God of both Koreas, has gone viral and ignited fierce debate about Christian Zionism, performative political religion and the influence of pro-Israel advocacy on international evangelical Christianity. The clip, shared widely on X by account @infolibnews, shows Pastor Rebecca Kim standing at a wooden podium bearing Israel’s official emblem inside the Knesset, visibly emotional and with tears in her eyes, as she delivers her prayer. “God forgive, forgive…

A British Army soldier has died following a training accident in northern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed, with the service person’s family requesting privacy before further details are released. The MoD announced the death on Monday after the incident occurred on Sunday 31 May in northern Iraq. In a statement, a Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “It is with deep regret that we can confirm that a training accident occurred in northern Iraq on Sunday 31 May, 2026, in which a service person from the British Army died.” “The service person’s family have been informed and have requested…

Two of America’s most prominent online commentators have been barred from entering the United Kingdom after their travel authorisations were revoked as they attempted to board flights to London — sparking an immediate free speech row that has drawn criticism from voices across the political spectrum. Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, had his Electronic Travel Authorisation cancelled at the gate as he attempted to fly to London to attend SXSW London and deliver a speech at the Oxford Union. His nephew, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, had his visitor visa separately revoked, blocking him from an interview with economist…

A GB News correspondent remained composed under direct personal threats during live coverage outside a New Jersey immigration detention facility, after an anti-ICE protester got in his face, invoked British colonialism and told him he was “holding everything back to break your jaw.” Ben Leo was reporting live from outside Delaney Hall ICE detention centre in Newark on Saturday — the ninth consecutive day of protests at the site — when he was confronted by an aggressive demonstrator who escalated rapidly from political argument to personal threats. The protester accused Leo of hypocrisy for covering US immigration policy as a…