Detectives are continuing to appeal for information one year on since the tragic discovery of a baby boy in a Walsall canal.
It marks the anniversary which saddened and shocked the local community The newborn was found by a passer-by in Rough Hay Country Park, off Hunts Lane in Willenhall at around 1pm. A post mortem examination was carried out, however the results were inconclusive. He’s likely to have been in the water for several days. All […]
Four men who were convicted of murdering student Bill Henham at a New Year’s Eve party in Brighton have been jailed for a minimum of 86 y…
Bill was beaten unconscious and dropped into a recessed courtyard, within a disused building in North Street on January 1, 2020. The 24-year-old, from Henfield, suffered extensive injuries, having been savagely beaten, kicked, stamped on and struck with a wooden bannister spindle. Dushane Meikle, 28, of Amberley Drive, Hove, Gregory Hawley, 29, of no fixed […]
Four men who were convicted of murdering student Bill Henham at a New Year’s Eve party in Brighton have been jailed for a minimum of 86 years
Bill was beaten unconscious and dropped into a recessed courtyard, within a disused building in North Street on January 1, 2020. The 24-year-old, from Henfield, suffered extensive injuries, having been savagely beaten, kicked, stamped on and struck with a wooden bannister spindle. Dushane Meikle, 28, of Amberley Drive, Hove, Gregory Hawley, 29, of no fixed […]
A man who kept extremist manuals on how to make explosives and carry out attacks has been jailed for terrorism offences
Detectives found the daesh publications on a mobile phone belonging to 20-year-old Nuh Raheel, hidden under a mattress during a pre-planned police search of his address in Birmingham in October 2020. Appearing at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, Raheel was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a youth offenders’ institution, with a one-year extended licence period. […]
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was attacked and injured in South Lambeth
Police were called at about 9.45pm on Friday, 13 May to reports of an injured man in Union Grove, SW8. London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance also attended and found a 19-year-old man suffering from what are believed to be shotgun injuries and stab wounds. He was taken to a London hospital where he […]
A fire which destroyed a TV and radio transmitter was caused by water getting into electrics at the site, an investigation has found
The Bilsdale transmitter caught fire on 10 August, leaving more than 600,000 homes across Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire without signals. Arqiva, which operated the mast on the North York Moors, said the water damage was connected to third-party equipment. It has again apologised to customers who lost services because of the fire. Adrian […]
Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone who may have seen any suspicious behaviour in the area of Great Galley Close in Barking
The incident was reported to have taken place in the early hours of Friday, May 20 after a woman was attacked by an intruder. Officers were called to a residential property in the street after a report of an aggravated burglary. It was reported a man had entered the address and then threatened a woman […]
Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a woman overnight in Barnsley
Emergency Services were called around 1am on Saturday morning to reports of 52 year-old woman seriously injured in a property on Rotherham Road in Monk Bretton. Upon their arrival they found a woman with serious injuries. Despite the best efforts of police and paramedics the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. A 54 year-old […]
Police are investigating reports three ducklings were killed when they were run over by a van after other traffic had stopped to let them pass
Staffordshire Police said officers are looking into the incident after images of the ducklings lying in the road were shared on social media The incident happened in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday. The force said it was trying to establish if any offences had been committed. Steven Walley wrote in a Facebook post: “I’ve just been […]
Police are investigating reports three ducklings were killed when they were run over by a van after other traffic had stopped to let them…
Staffordshire Police said officers are looking into the incident after images of the ducklings lying in the road were shared on social media The incident happened in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday. The force said it was trying to establish if any offences had been committed. Steven Walley wrote in a Facebook post: “I’ve just been […]