Author: Darren Smith

Six-year-old Liam Malburg has been found safe after being missing for around a week, following a high-speed police chase in Wyoming that ended in the arrest of his mother, Marisa Calliea, who did not have custody of the boy and was allegedly attempting to smuggle him across state lines from Michigan. A mother has been arrested after fleeing from police in a high-speed chase while allegedly smuggling her six-year-old son across state lines, having kidnapped him roughly a week earlier. Marisa Calliea, 30, was arrested on Monday in southwest Wyoming after travelling from Michigan with her son, Liam Malburg. Calliea…

The Dutch Food and Safety Authority is preparing to fine Irish livestock carriers who fail to properly feed unweaned calves during their journey to the Netherlands, following years of concern from animal welfare groups and a European Commission audit that found the practice breaches EU transport law. The Netherlands’ Food and Safety Authority (NVWA) has announced it will impose fines on four Irish carriers transporting unweaned calves into the country, in response to claims the animals are not fed during the sea crossing despite legal requirements to do so. The Netherlands remains a key destination for Irish dairy calves sold…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has said US crypto regulation will move forward whether or not the Clarity Act clears the Senate on 15 September, even as lobbying spending on the bill tops $190 million and the SEC advances its own separate regulatory framework for digital assets. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the Clarity Act, which seeks to establish a federal regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States, is likely to pass, citing broad support from crypto firms, law enforcement groups and several banks. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Thursday, Armstrong said the legislation was ready to…

Anna Zukowska, 52, a mother of two, has been remembered as “wonderful and vibrant” by her devastated family after being found dead at her home in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, with 60-year-old Jozef Zbigniew Oleszek now charged with her murder. Tributes have been paid to a “wonderful and vibrant” mother after a man was charged with murder over her death. Anna Zukowska, 52, was discovered at her home on James Close in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, just before 8pm on Sunday, 6 September. The mother of two, who her family said had “her whole life ahead of her,” leaves behind two devastated sons. Formal…

Canadian police are hunting a suspect dressed as the Cat in the Hat after the figure allegedly chased a teenage girl through a West Kelowna neighbourhood last month, in an incident distinct from a separate viral online trend involving AI-generated sightings of the Dr Seuss character that has caused disruption at schools across the UK, Ireland and the US. Police in Canada are searching for an unidentified suspect who allegedly chased a teenage girl through an Okanagan neighbourhood while dressed as the Cat in the Hat. The West Kelowna Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed the incident took place around…

PC Tom Clough, 38, has been laid to rest in Redcar a day after his colleague PC Matthew Blades was buried in Hartlepool, as hundreds of police officers gathered to remember the two officers killed in a head-on collision on the A66 last month, while the force behind an expanding organised-crime investigation warns it urgently needs more resources. A funeral was held on Thursday for PC Tom Clough, the police officer who “gave everything to everybody” before being killed in a horrific wrong-way crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough. The service, held in Clough’s home town of Redcar, came a…

Residents in Sandbanks, Poole, have condemned plans by FJB Hotels to demolish the historic Haven Hotel, where Guglielmo Marconi once conducted pioneering wireless telegraphy experiments, branding the move an “act of vandalism” ahead of a council decision on the demolition application. Furious residents in Poole Harbour, Bournemouth, have hit out at plans to bulldoze the historic Haven Hotel, describing the proposal as a “disgusting act of vandalism.” The hotel, built in 1880 and located in the affluent Sandbanks area, where average house prices reach £1.5 million, is owned by FJB Hotels, which is seeking to demolish the current building. A…

Russia has begun launching daily attacks using upgraded jet-powered Geran drones capable of speeds exceeding 300mph, according to Ukrainian Air Force data, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to warn of an unfolding “horror” over Kyiv’s skies as Ukraine races to develop faster interceptor missiles. Russia has begun deploying its new, jet-powered Geran drones on a daily basis, according to Ukrainian Air Force data, marking the first time such attacks have been recorded every day. The upgraded munitions can cruise at more than 300mph, significantly outpacing older drone models and exceeding the top speed of Kyiv’s existing interceptors. President Volodymyr Zelensky has…

Comedian Dave Hughes has responded to reports that convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson has been prescribed taxpayer-funded Ozempic weight-loss injections while serving her sentence, as she simultaneously awaits the outcome of an appeal against her murder convictions. Dave Hughes has issued a reality check for Erin Patterson following reports that the mushroom killer has been prescribed taxpayer-funded Ozempic weight loss injections while in custody. Patterson, 51, is currently serving her sentence at Melbourne’s Dame Phyllis Frost Centre while awaiting the outcome of an appeal against her convictions. It was revealed on Tuesday morning that the self-confessed “binge eater” had recently…

A huge fire engulfed the passenger ferry MV June Aster off the coast of Coron in the Philippines, leaving at least five people dead and 87 unaccounted for, as coastguard officials continue search and rescue operations hampered by strong currents and poor weather conditions. At least five people have been killed and 87 remain missing after a fire broke out aboard a passenger ferry off the coast of the Philippines. The blaze erupted aboard the MV June Aster near Coron, a popular tourist destination in Palawan province, on Wednesday evening, roughly 2.2km (1.3 miles) off Palawan island. The vessel had…