Two teenagers were detained in Manchester in connection with an investigation into a synagogue in Texas held on Saturday by a British national, British police said yesterday.more
The Chinese authorities have dismissed the accusations of British counterintelligence that they tried to influence the work of the British House of Commons by means of an undercover agent. "I think they've watched too many films about agent 007," said Beijing Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.more
Last year was the worst year on record for child sexual abuse online, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has said, as the online safety group called for more support for parents to help spot the danger.more
A hostage taker who detained four people at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, was a British citizen, reports say. The man interrupted a morning service in Colleyville on Saturday and has since died.more
In Zittau in Saxony, thieves grabbed 60 tons of paving stones from the road at the freight station. It is not known exactly when and how 300 square meters of pavement were lost.more
Thousands have gathered in the town of Tullamore in Ireland as a vigil was held for Ashling Murphy. Other memorials were also held across Ireland after the “senseless” killing of the 23-year-old teacher, with echoes of the national reckoning that was sparked in the UK last year by the murder of Sarah Everard.more
A New York judge rejected a motion from British Prince Andrew's lawyers arguing that Virginia Giuffre's sexual abuse suit should be dismissed as she had entered into a financial settlement with Jefferie Epstein in the case.more
London Metropolitan Police said it is in contact with the office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and is considering investigating an informal garden party at his Downing Street mansion during the first lockdown.more
A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a fatal stabbing in west London. Dariusz Wolosz, 46, was attacked on Yiewsley High Street in West Drayton in the early hours of Tuesday morning.more
Italian mafioso Gioacchino Gammino, who had been hiding from justice for nearly 20 years after escaping from prison, has been captured in the metropolitan area of Madrid. Spanish police were led to the criminal's trail by a Google Maps image.more
The Metropolitan Police said Dariusz Wolosz died 30 minutes after officers were called to Yiewsley High Street in West Drayton in the early hours of Tuesday morning.more
The 46-year-old Pole, who was fatally stabbed in the street, is the first murder victim in London this year, the Evening Standard reported today. Throughout 2021, 122 people were murdered in the British capital.more
On the Spanish island of Tenerife, the police detained a Pole who had been hiding from law enforcement for four years. The man is charged with involvement in a financial crime.more
Reports of sexual assault in London clubs, bars, pubs and music venues reached their highest levels since 2016 last year. That’s despite venues being closed or under strict social-distancing guidelines for six months of 2021.
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The purchase of the Pegasus system from the Justice Fund was a carefully planned operation of the Ministry of Justice and the CBA. Camouflage was taken care of at each stage - reports "Gazeta Wyborcza".more
A 29-year-old Polish woman was murdered in Malta. Her body was found yesterday morning in a park off the coast in the city of Sliema. ANSA said today that the perpetrator of the murder has been arrested.more
A 16-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in west London, making him the 30th teenage homicide in the capital in 2021, surpassing a peak of 29 in 2008. more
The London Crime Prevention fund, which will run over the next three years, will see £39 million distributed between all 32 boroughs of the capital.
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The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) financed experiments on orphans in Denmark in the 1960s, revealed a documentary by Danish public television DR. Reports of child abuse are assessed by historians as "shocking".more
A jury in New York federal court yesterday found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of five out of six counts relating to her role in the sexual abuse of minors by Jeffrey Epstein in 1994-2004. She faces up to 65 years in prison.more
London police are investigating a video in which a 19-year-old, who entered Windsor Castle with a crossbow on Saturday, announces the killing of Queen Elizabeth II, the BBC news service reports.more
Three women will be tried in court for persistent harassment of a doctor working in one of Wrocław's hospitals. They organized pickets in front of her home and workplace after new rules of the sanitary regime were introduced in the children's cardiology department.more
