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Google The BBC understands an object was thrown through the ground floor window of the flat on Sir Michael Street in Greenock Police are treating a firebomb attack at a block of flats in Greenock as attempted murder. The blaze broke out in the ground floor property on Sir Michael …

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 22-year-old man in Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to Great Junction Street at the cross road with Bonnington Road in Leith just after 02:00. Officers say the injured man died at the scene and a post mortem examination will be carried out. …

Police are investigating after a car was deliberately set on fire outside the prison in Peterhead. The incident – involving a Citroen C3 Cactus – happened in the car park of HMP Grampian in South Road at about 01:15 on Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries and the fire …

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An ex-MP who quit politics after allegations of sexual misconduct has died suddenly. David Warburton, who represented the Somerton and Frome constituency until June 2023, died in London on 26 August. The Metropolitan Police said a man in his 50s was found dead by paramedics at an address at Chelsea …

A horse has died after being spooked by two out-of-control dogs and getting stuck in a peat bog. Police are appealing for information about the incident, which involved two brown spaniels, in Shenval Forest in Glen Urquhart on the Affric Kintail Way in July. Officers said the dogs charged at …

A woman has potentially life-changing injuries after an external staircase collapsed at a block of flats, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said three other people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the incident in Carthew Terrace, St Ives, just before 19:00 BST on Sunday. A fire …

Calum Leslie from Cracking the Case looks at how the police pieced together the crimes of this prolific rapist. BBC News

Rumeana JahangirBBC News, Manchester BBC Flowers have been placed at the scene A woman has died after being hit by a falling tree branch in Manchester. It happened near the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Stanton Avenue in Didsbury at about 19:15 BST on Saturday, Greater Manchester Police said. …

Two ambulance crew members were injured in a crash involving a car which was being pursued by police. Three members of the public also needed medical attention after the crash which happened at the roundabout of junction four of the M2 (Gillingham) shortly before 21:00 BST on Friday. Kent Police …

BBC Police said emergency services were called to Westhill, near Inverness, at about 08:45 Police have appealed for information after a cyclist died on a road near Inverness. Emergency services were called to the B9006 at Westhill, near Culloden, at about 08:45. Police said the 72-year-old man had come off …

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A 63-year-old man has been found dead at a popular south Wales beach. Police were called to the scene at Rhossili beach on the Gower Peninsula in Swansea at about 19:15 BST on Wednesday, following a report of a body having been discovered. Formal identification of the man from Bristol …

A body has been found after a fire involving multiple vehicles in Porthcawl, Bridgend. Police were called by fire services at 02:50 BST on Thursday to attend the scene at Mackworth Road. After the fire was extinguished, emergency workers discovered a body inside one of the vehicles. Formal identification has …

A man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening burn injuries after a house fire. South Wales Police said it was called to Gors Avenue, Townhill, in Swansea just after 01:00 BST on Wednesday following reports of a fire. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately on the …

Google Officers searched a property on Abbots Road Cannabis worth an estimated £1.6m has been seized during a police raid on a property in Falkirk. Officers acting on intelligence carried out a search on Abbots Road at about 15:00 on Sunday. Police Scotland said a cannabis cultivation of 2,500 plants …

Two children, aged eight and 10, have been killed and 17 other people injured following a school shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The attack happened during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School. The gunman was armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol and shot through the church windows, police say, adding …

Google Officers searched a property on Abbots Road Cannabis worth an estimated £1.6m has been seized during a police raid on a property in Falkirk. Officers acting on intelligence carried out a search on Abbots Road at about 15:00 on Sunday. Police Scotland said a cannabis cultivation of 2,500 plants …

Google The crash happened in the area of Laurel Bank Terrace A 90-year-old pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle in Dumfries and Galloway. Police said the woman was on foot in the Laurel Bank Terrace area of Castle Douglas when she was involved in the crash. Emergency …

A man in his 80s has died in a fire at a mobile home, police have said. Eleven fire engines and 50 firefighters responded to reports of the blaze at Lady Bailey Residential Park in Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, at about 11:30 BST on Monday. Dorset Police said the coroner and …