A man is critically ill in hospital after being assaulted on a night out in Birmingham city centre
The 50-year-old was involved in a disorder in Brindley Place, off Broad Street, at around 1.30am (29 Aug) when it’s understood he was struck with an object. He was taken to hospital with a serious head injury having fallen to the floor unconscious; his condition is described as potentially life threatening. Superintendent Paul Minor […]
Woman found dead in Kettering named as murder investigation launched
Detectives investigating the deaths of a woman and a man in Kettering have named the female victim and announced they are treating her death as murder. Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, aged 22, of Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, was found by police officers at a property in Slate Drive shortly after 1pm on Friday, August 27, following a report of […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision in Wallingford
At around 11.30am today (29/8) a pedestrian, a boy on a push scooter and a van were involved in a collision on the A4130 between Didcot and Wallingford on High Road, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell at the junction with Slade End. The pedestrian, a man aged in his thirties and the boy, aged seven, on a push […]
As the busy Bank Holiday weekend approaches, the Met is set to deploy thousands of police officers to London’s streets to help keep communities safe and respond to any serious disruption or crime and disorder related to protests or other events
A number of demonstrations are being organised by various groups during the course of the weekend, this includes on-going direct action by Extinction Rebellion. Separately, the Met will deploy officers to a number of football matches, music festivals as well as to the footprint of where the Notting Hill Carnival would have been taking […]
Police appeal after brawl near Swindon town centre
Police are looking to speak to anyone who was out in Swindon town centre in the early hours of Saturday 14th August (14/08) and saw a number of fights take place in Bridge Street. They happened between 2.55am and 3.20am when a group of men assaulted a number of people in the area, resulting in […]
Police have issued an image and are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man following a robbery in Ladbroke Grove
On Sunday, 25 July at approximately 19:35hrs, the male victim boarded the Route 452 bus near Kensal Rise heading towards Vauxhall and sat on the lower deck. The suspect boarded the bus a few stops later and sat next to the victim.As the bus was in the Ladbroke Grove area, the suspect threatened the […]
Thirteen dead with reports of a second explosion is possible as people urges to leave and take cover from Kabul Airport
A suicide bomber has blown himself up near one of the gates at Kabul Airport, causing a large number of casualties, officials and witnesses say. It follows earlier warnings about threats of an attack near the airport. The bomber has killed thirteen people and injured a number of US soliders The incident happened on late […]
Naked baby on Nirvana’s album cover suing band for alleged “sexual exploitation”
Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a baby on the album cover for Nirvana’s Nevermind, is suing the band alleging sexual exploitation. Now 30, Elden was photographed when he was four months old in a swimming pool, grasping for a dollar bill that’s being dangled in front of him on a fishing […]
Police are appealing for help in identifying the man in this picture who we believe could help us with our enquiries about a suspected robbery in Market Deeping at around 6pm tonight
Officers were called to reports that staff at the S&D Bookmakers at the Deeping Centre in Godsey Lane were given a threatening handwritten note demanding money be handed over to them shortly, and when no money was given, the man jumped over the counter and took an unknown quantity of cash from the till and made […]
Police are concerned for the welfare of 55-year-old Joan, who has not been seen since Sunday
She is missing from The Wong, Theddlethorpe, Mablethorpe. She is described as 5ft 3 inches tall, with a medium build, grey hair with red streaks, which is usually worn in a ponytail, and glasses. If anyone has seen Joan, or knows where she might be, please contact us on 101 quoting incident number 465 24th August.
