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A road has been closed in south-west Scotland following a crash involving a bus and a car. Emergency services were called to the scene at Cairnryan at about 13:40. Police urged drivers to avoid the area if possible. Traffic Scotland warned that due to the accident access to the nearby …

Armed police were called to a park in Leicester after an attack by two loose dogs. Police were called to Westcotes Gardens off Upperton Road at about 17:10 BST on Saturday after reports the two dogs had attacked another dog. Armed officers were sent “in the interests of public safety”, …

Police are currently at the scene following the discovery of a suspicious object. BBC News

BBC Police Scotland were called out at about 13:00 Roads have been closed and a cordon put in place after police received a report that a suspicious package had been delivered to a commercial premises in Edinburgh. Police said they had been called out to the property on Princes Street …

A man has been charged with the murder of a 29-year-old woman in south-east London. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a residential address on Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, at 10:20 BST on 27 August, the Metropolitan Police said. Halyna Hoisan, who was known as Lina, was pronounced dead …

Four men have been arrested at addresses across West Yorkshire and the Midlands on suspicion of terrorism offences, police have said. The suspects, who are aged 31, 33, 34 and 49, were all taken to local police stations for questioning on Friday. They were each detained on suspicion of being …

Stuart Cowper The lorry crashed through a flyover barrier on the M90 at Craigend near Perth A lorry driver has been charged in connection with a one-vehicle collision that saw his vehicle crash through a motorway flyover near Perth and land on the road. The crash, involving a white Volvo …

Police are at the scene of a security alert in County Antrim. Some residents have been moved from their homes due to the alert in the Sanda Road area of Newtownabbey. Diversions are in place on the Shore Road at the junctions of Mill Road and Longwood Road. The public …

A 21-year-old woman has died in a two-car crash on the A98 near Banff. The accident, involving a blue Honda Civic and a grey BMW X5, happened at 19:15 on Wednesday. The woman, who was driving the Honda, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police Scotland has appealed for any …

At least 17 people have been killed after a funicular cable railway derailed and hit a building in Portugal’s capital Lisbon. More than 20 others were injured, including four Portuguese, two German and two Spanish nationals – authorities say a three-year-old child was also hurt. Local police are investigating the …

Police are currently at the scene of a security alert in Brewery Lane in Newtownards, County Down. Cordons are in place in the area, and a number of houses are being evacuated. Members of the public and road users are being asked to avoid the area and seek an alternative …

Police are searching for a 90-year-old woman with dementia who has gone missing in a suburb of Dundee. Annie Traynor was last seen in the early hours of Thursday morning at around 01:00 in the Seafield Road area of Broughty Ferry. Insp Alan Baird said the disappearance was “completely out …

An imam has been charged after two children were allowed to marry each other in a mosque. Northamptonshire Police said Ashraf Osmani had been charged under forced marriage legislation after he allegedly conducted a Nikah wedding ceremony involving two 16-year-olds at Northampton Central Mosque in November 2023. Mr Osmani, 52, …

A man has been reported to the procurator fiscal over an alleged assault of a five-year-old girl in Glasgow. The incident happened at Glasgow Central Station at about 16:30 on Saturday 12 July. Police appealed for anyone with information to come forward. A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “A man …

Google Anthony Harvey appeared in private at Oban Sheriff Court A 59-year-old man has appeared in court accused of addressing a meeting to encourage support for the proscribed organisation Palestine Action. Anthony Harvey, from London, appeared in private at Oban Sheriff Court to face a single charge under the Terrorism …

Police are appealing for information after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a train. The incident happened on a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen between 21:00 and 21:30 on Sunday 24 August. British Transport Police said several people saw the teenager’s distress and stepped in to help her, …

An 18-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter after a woman died following a fall from a block of flats. Tia Langdon, 25, was found at Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, with significant injuries on Thursday shortly before 14:45 BST. She died in hospital the following day. Jaiden Hassan-Agard had been charged …

Reaction to Graham Linehan’s arrest over apparent anti-trans tweets and trouble in a Fife murder investigation make the front pages. BBC News

The family of a 33-year-old woman who died in a crash while cycling say she was “an inspiration”. Jodie Amanda James died in hospital on 24 August after she was seriously injured in the collision on the A40 near Llanddewi Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, on 22 August. “Jodie was a loving mother …

And why are police officers unhappy about their uniforms? BBC News