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Family handout Jim Paterson had been on a night out when he was hit by Fox’s car as he crossed a road A drink driver who killed a pedestrian while travelling at 91mph in a 30mph zone has been jailed for more than six years. Callum Fox, 29, struck Jim …

Warning: This article contains details that some may find distressing, including details of severe injuries. A dad who tried to kill his baby daughter has been jailed for 35 years. Rhydian Lynne Rhys Jamieson, 28, known as Rhys, left her with “catastrophic injuries” following the attack in Cwm Cou, Ceredigion, …

A man who used a smashed bottle to try and kill a stranger on a train has been jailed for 12 years. Thomas Craig, 48, was caught on CCTV repeatedly stabbing Glenn Lennon on the Glasgow Queen Street to Perth service on 16 February 2024, while high on alcohol and …

The number of domestic-abuse related calls to the PSNI over the Christmas period has risen from the previous year. Police received 1407 calls from 20 December 2025 to 2 January 2026, an increase of 117 from the year before (1290). It is the fourth highest figure recorded in the last …

A British man has died in an avalanche in the French Alps. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was skiing with a group off-piste at La Plagne, a statement from the resort said. Rescuers were alerted to the avalanche at 13:57 (12:57 GMT) on Sunday and went immediately …

Lord Peter Mandelson has refused to apologise for his personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The former UK ambassador to the US, who was sacked last September over emails which showed the extent of his support for the convicted paedophile following his conviction, told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he …

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A bride and groom were among eight people killed in a gas cylinder blast just hours after a wedding reception in Pakistan. Seven were also injured in the explosion in the capital, Islamabad, on Sunday. Police said the blast happened as guests were sleeping at a house, which caused part …

Human remains have been found in Australia as bushfires continue to rage on in the country. The fires have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland in the southeast over the past few days. The human remains were found next to a vehicle in …

EPA One person has died and 300 homes and buildings have been destroyed in bushfires that have torn across south-east Australia. The fires have raged in dozens of locations across the country for several days, mostly in the state of Victoria, but also in New South Wales, burning through land …

Six people, including a child, have died after a mass shooting in Mississippi, authorities said at a news conference. The shootings took place in the rural community of Cedarbluff, west of the county seat of West Point, near the Alabama border, on Friday night. Daricka M Moore, 24, has been …

Getty Images A detective constable from the Police Service of Northern Ireland said she believed she could connect McClean to each of the offences A teaching assistant accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl has been refused bail and remanded into custody. Harvey McClean, 19, appeared at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court …

Getty Images The new powers are aimed at helping abuse survivors stay in their own homes Social landlords are set to be given powers to remove domestic abusers from tenancy agreements, making it easier for some abuse survivors to stay in their homes. Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament will …

Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondent PA Media Gavin Robinson made the comments in an email sent to party members on Saturday London must not “spinelessly surrender” to the Irish government when it comes to ensuring Army veterans are protected in new Troubles legacy legislation, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader …

A man and woman who were shot by an immigration agent in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday had ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, officials said. In a news conference on Friday, Portland Police Chief Bob Day confirmed that both “do have some involvement” with the gang, but did …

Jacques Moretti, co-owner of a bar where 40 people died in a fire on New Year’s Day, has been arrested a Swiss prosecutor has said. Valais region chief prosecutor Beatrice Pilloud said it had been requested that Mr Moretti was held in pre-trial detention over a “risk of flight”. She …

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a series of break-ins in Orkney. Police Scotland said the incidents happened at six separate locations in Kirkwall between November 2025 and January 2026. A jewellery shop, distillery, primary school, garden centre and council offices were targeted as heavy snow …

A shark ripped the arm off a Minnesota woman in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday before she died a short time later from those horrific wounds, officials said. St. Croix first responders were called at about 4:28 p.m. AST with reports of “a female who was suspected to be …

The UK government says X limiting Grok AI image edits to users who pay a monthly fee is “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence. It follows backlash after Elon Musk’s AI engine digitally changed images of people by undressing them – something it says it now can only …

A man has been found guilty of attempting to rape a Scottish woman on an Easyjet flight. Nicola Cristiano, 45, from Italy, moved seats to sit beside the woman during the night-time journey from Naples to Edinburgh on 13 May. After offering her wine, he attempted to force her hand …