Author: Darren Smith

Police have released the first mugshot of Karmelo Anthony since his murder conviction and 35-year sentence, showing the 19-year-old staring blankly into the camera on his first night in prison — hours after he sobbed through the verdict and kept his head bowed as the family of the teenager he killed delivered devastating victim impact statements in court. Anthony, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas on 2 April 2025, appeared stone-faced in the booking photograph, dressed in a black jacket, in stark contrast…

Britain’s equalities watchdog has been forced to abandon its headquarters after transgender activist group Bash Back attacked the building, vandalised it and issued guides instructing members to arm themselves and carry out repeated illegal assaults against organisations it considers “transphobic” — with the watchdog’s chairwoman warning MPs that staff safety has become a serious and ongoing concern. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, told the women and equalities select committee on Tuesday that the EHRC had been forced to relocate away from its Vauxhall offices following the attack, which involved activists spray-painting the building and…

Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after the United States military confirmed it had completed strikes against Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz, in what America described as a measured defensive response to Iran shooting down a US Army Apache helicopter — as energy analysts warned the conflict has already created the most severe oil supply disruption in modern history. Brent crude futures rose 0.82 per cent to $92.20 per barrel, while US crude futures for July delivery added 0.74 per cent to $88.89, according to CNBC, paring earlier gains of more than one per cent as markets absorbed…

American conservative commentator Candace Owens has sparked fierce debate after spending a family holiday in Russia that extended into a speaking role at President Putin’s flagship economic forum, returning to heap praise on Moscow’s cleanliness, food, Christian heritage and family values while contrasting it sharply with what she described as America’s social and economic decline. Owens described Moscow as “magnificent” in a podcast recorded on 9 June, telling listeners the city was clean, safe and family-friendly, with beautiful churches and better everyday experiences than Western media coverage suggests. She shared an anecdote about Russian doctors treating her American security guard…

One in three Britons now believe police treat ethnic minorities more favourably than white people — a proportion that has doubled in two years — in the most damning evidence yet of the impact Henry Nowak’s murder has had on public trust in the criminal justice system. A survey of 2,087 people conducted by More In Common, reported by GB News, found that 34 per cent of respondents believed ethnic minorities received preferential treatment from police, compared with just 21 per cent who thought white people were treated more favourably. The doubling of the two-tier policing figure in two years…

A technology chief executive has been found stabbed to death at his £2.5 million gated family home in a quiet Warwickshire village, with a woman arrested on suspicion of his murder in the hours that followed in a case that has left his colleagues, neighbours and elderly father in a state of shock. Neil Muller, 54, who had only recently been appointed chief executive of technology firm Node4, was found with stab wounds to his chest at his five-bedroom property in the village of Claverdon in the early hours of Sunday morning. Paramedics were called at 6.15am but Muller was…

Residents have been evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night and a 100-metre cordon put in place after police searching a property in Chelmsford, Essex, discovered items requiring specialist attention in connection with a suspected explosives offence. Essex Police arrested a 34-year-old man from Chelmsford on suspicion of an offence under Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 — which covers the making or possession of explosive substances under suspicious circumstances — ahead of executing a warrant at a property on Meadgate Avenue on Tuesday evening. A 33-year-old woman from Ongar was also arrested. Both remain…

The victim of the attempted beheading in north Belfast has been identified as Stephen Ogilvie, believed to be 44, who suffered devastating injuries to his eyes, neck and back in a frenzied knife attack that sparked the worst civil disorder the city has seen in years — with homes, buses, cars and bins set ablaze overnight as masked rioters took to the streets. Ogilvie, who has lived in a first-floor flat in the Kinnaird Avenue area for around a year and a half, was photographed for the first time as harrowing details emerged of the scale of his injuries. Footage…

The man accused of killing 15 people in a shooting attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach has been charged with 19 additional offences, bringing the total number of charges against him to 78 as Australia continues to grapple with one of the deadliest antisemitic attacks in the country’s history. Naveed Akram, 24, was already facing 59 charges including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of committing a terrorist act following the shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025. Court records seen by the BBC reveal that 19 further charges were…

A Massachusetts mayor has been served a harassment prevention order after a mother stormed the stage at a high school graduation ceremony screaming accusations at him in front of the graduating class — in a confrontation that has triggered a state police investigation and a formal restraining order prohibiting him from coming within 100 yards of a student. The dramatic scenes unfolded at Brockton High School on Saturday as Mayor Moises Rodrigues addressed graduates of the city, located around 45 miles south of Boston. Video captured the moment an unidentified woman in a red minidress and large hoop earrings ran…