Author: Darren Smith

A man has been jailed for life after stabbing his friend three times in a luxury London apartment following an argument over debt — then hiding the murder weapon in his waistband, taking a lift to the lobby and hurling the knife from the 14th floor before police could arrive. Fawaz Abdulkareem, 36, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years for the murder of Daniel Manuel, 32, who was killed in the early hours of 5 July 2025 at Abdulkareem’s flat in Vauxhall, south London. The two men had…

CBS Sports are in mourning after the death of popular production assistant Bryce Adair, who passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 31 from injuries sustained in a car crash near the PGA Tour’s prestigious Memorial Tournament — an event he had travelled to Ohio to help cover for the network. Adair was rushed to intensive care at Riverside Methodist Hospital on Wednesday night following what has been described as a horrific single-car accident. He died three days later. The nature of his injuries has not been disclosed. The news prompted an outpouring of grief from some of…

At least twelve people have been shot near a beloved summer festival in Toledo, Ohio, after two gunmen opened fire on each other in a crowded public space, leaving victims aged between 14 and 61 fighting for their lives as the shooters remained at large on Saturday night. The shooting erupted just after 5.30pm near the Old West End Festival, an annual community event featuring live music, food markets, a beer garden and activities for children, which had drawn several hundred attendees at the time of the attack. Toledo Police Deputy Chief Joseph Heffernan said at least two shooters were…

The British Army has launched an £18 million crackdown on drug use among its personnel, targeting cocaine, cannabis, steroids and synthetic highs such as spice — after a series of incidents raised serious concerns about the scale of substance misuse within the ranks. The contract has been awarded to Somerset-based firm DNA Workplace, which will analyse up to 125,000 urine samples per year as part of a programme combining random testing with an education initiative on the dangers and consequences of drug use. The Army says testers must be able to provide “accurate details on what substance was used, and…

A tourist has been beaten with truncheons by police on an Ibiza beach after stripping naked, working out in public and then attempting to shadow box the officers who were called to remove him — in the latest incident of extreme tourist behaviour to hit the Spanish island this summer. The extraordinary scenes unfolded on the beachfront promenade in the party resort of San Antonio after police received a flurry of calls from concerned members of the public in quick succession. Callers described the man as “apparently drunk, disturbed and quite agitated, possibly due to the consumption of drugs,” according…

The man who stabbed Henry Nowak to death had threatened a worshipper at his local Sikh temple, launched a campaign of “intimidation, interrogation and bullying” against fellow congregation members and been banned from another gurdwara over his behaviour — all in the months before the murder, it has emerged. Vickrum Digwa, 23, who is serving a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years for the killing of the 18-year-old Southampton University student, was confronted by a community elder at the Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadar Sahib in Southampton in May last year after he grabbed a worshipper from behind and…

Tens of thousands of Hungarians marched through central Budapest on Thursday in one of the largest anti-migration protests since the country’s change of government, chanting “Traitor!” at their new Prime Minister as he appeared on a balcony to wave at the crowds below — an extraordinary scene that laid bare the deep divisions still fracturing Hungarian society just weeks into Péter Magyar’s premiership. The demonstration, supported by backers of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party and the Our Homeland Movement, proceeded from Kodály körönd toward Kossuth Square near Parliament. Protesters carried Hungarian flags and signs reading “NO MIGRATION,” their…

A Ukrainian man has been pinned to the ground with a police officer’s handgun pressed to his head after refusing to submit to forced conscription — footage that has spread widely online and reignited fierce debate about the increasingly brutal mobilisation tactics being used to sustain Ukraine’s war effort more than three years into the conflict with Russia. The 42-second video, published by Khmelnytskyi LIVE, shows multiple officers restraining the man on a public street in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi. An officer in a high-visibility vest can be seen kneeling on the man while pointing a handgun directly…

England’s automatic World Cup qualification hopes have been left hanging by a thread after Spain inflicted the heaviest defeat of the Sarina Wiegman era on the Lionesses in Mallorca, with a rampant 4-0 victory that served as emphatic revenge for back-to-back defeats at the hands of the European champions. Alexia Putellas scored twice, Patri Guijarro opened the scoring and substitute Claudia Pina added a fourth as Spain dismantled England with a ferocity that left captain Keira Walsh struggling for words at full time. “We weren’t good enough tonight and they were very, very sharp, so the two things combined made…

Lamine Yamal has been valued at a staggering £309.4 million — more than double the price tag of Kylian Mbappe — as Football Observatory’s latest statistical model reveals the world’s most expensive footballers ahead of what promises to be a busy summer transfer window. The 18-year-old Barcelona and Spain winger, already a World Cup winner and Ballon d’Or contender, tops the global rankings by a considerable distance, with Manchester City’s Erling Haaland second at £196.4 million. Mbappe, despite leading Real Madrid and preparing to spearhead France’s World Cup bid, is valued at just £143.2 million — a figure that reflects…