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Two Australia cricketers were “approached and touched inappropriately” while in India for the Women’s Cricket World Cup, Cricket Australia has said. The incident occurred on Thursday, the morning after Australia had beaten England, as the players were walking to a cafe in Indore. “We can confirm two members of the …

Four men led police officers – responding to reports of hare coursing – on a chase through fields, before being captured with the help of a helicopter. The men had dogs and were pursued by police to Graveley, near St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A vehicle was seized and all four …

Police bodycam footage captures the moment Deng Majek is arrested following his attack on Rhiannon Whyte. BBC News

A second man has been found guilty of the murder of Kieran Quilligan whose skeletal remains were found in a carrier bag in a County Cork ravine. The 47-year-old was last seen alive on 1 September 2023. He had been missing for five months when his remains were found by …

Three people have been hurt in a crash in Edinburgh city centre with two marked police vehicles, a van and a car. Emergency services were called to Broughton Street at about 06:00, where the people were treated at the scene. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said two fire …

Two men have been charged in connection with an arson attack on Peacehaven Mosque, according to Sussex Police. No one was injured in the fire on 4 October, though the front of the building in Phyllis Avenue and a car parked outside were damaged. Ricky Ryder, 38, of Richington Way …

Police investigating a security alert in Keady, County Armagh, in which a viable pipe bomb was found in a car have charged two men. The discovery was made after a police chase of a white Toyota Landcruiser that began in Lurgan in the early hours of Wednesday morning when the …

A man has been found guilty of the murder of 47-year-old Kieran Quilligan, whose skeletal remains were found in a carrier bag in a County Cork ravine. Mr Quilligan was last seen alive on 1 September 2023. He had been missing for five months when his remains were found by …

Police have begun a manslaughter investigation after a man who was seriously hurt during an altercation outside a bar in County Armagh died in hospital. Robert Paczkowski, 51, was injured while trying to re-enter a bar on William Street in Lurgan at about 01:00 BST on Sunday. Police said he …

A man is being treated in hospital after being hit by a car which was being chased by police in Edinburgh. The incident happened at the junction of Liberton Road and Gilmerton Road at about 13:00 on Wednesday. The driver of the blue Vauxhall Corsa drove off from the scene. …

Six men have been found guilty of rioting in Ely, Cardiff, two years ago. Lee Robinson, 38, from Caerau, Zayne Farrugia, 25, from Caerau, Jordan Bratcher, 27, from Llanishen, Jaydan Baston, 21, from Caerau, Connor O’Sullivan, 26, from Ely and 31-year-old Luke Williams, from Caerau were all found guilty of …

A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct relating to his time working at London’s Charing Cross police station. PC Philip Neilson is the first of 10 officers to face a hearing as part of the Met’s accelerated misconduct proceedings over footage recorded during an undercover BBC Panorama …

Footage has shown the extent of damage to ten windows at a Wetherspoon pub that had been open less than 24 hours. Pub chain Wetherspoon opened Sigered, King of Essex, in Basildon, on Tuesday morning. The windows were targeted that night and local Conservative MP Richard Holden branded the suspects …

Police are currently at the scene of an ongoing security alert in Keady, County Armagh. Cordons are in place in Granemore Road and Dundrum Road and members of the public are being asked to avoid the area. Road users are being asked to seek an alternative route for their the …

BBC Firefighters extinguished the blaze A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a deliberate house fire in Inverness. The blaze happened at about 23:40 on Sunday 12 October at a property on Kessock Avenue. The fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and …

A woman in her 60s has died following a single-car crash near Comber on Monday. It happened on the Ballygowan Road at about 12:30 BST. Police said the woman, who was the driver of the car, died at the scene. The Ballygowan Road has now reopened. Detectives are continuing to …

Getty Images A 22-year-old man has died in a crash on the A92 near Inverkeilor in Angus. The crash, involving a red Renault Clio and a grey Nissan Juke, happened at about 17:40 on Sunday. The driver of the Renault was pronounced dead at the scene. An 18-year-old female passenger …

Police Scotland Concerned members of the public contacted the police after seeing the boy Police investigating a sighting of a young boy cycling alone near traffic in Dundee without a helmet said the child has been identified. The boy, who police said at the time was aged between four and …

A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a 47-year-old man. Gwent Police were called to an address in Riverside Drive, Blaenavon in the early hours of Friday. Duane Keen, from Blaenavon, received serious injuries and died at the scene. The 34-year-old, from Torfaen, is due …

A man is in a life-threatening condition in hospital with a “serious head injury” following an altercation at a licensed premises in Lurgan, County Armagh. It happened at about 01:00 BST in the William Street area on Sunday. The man, aged in his 50s, had been attempting to re-enter the …