-
Teenage motorcyclist critically injured in Wiltshire crossroads collision
A 17-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in hospital following a collision between her motorbike and a Ford Transit van in Landford, Wiltshire on Saturday morning. The crash, which occurred at approximately 11.20am on the B3079 Lyndhurst Road, has prompted Wiltshire Police to launch an appeal for witnesses as serious road collisions involving young…
-
Multiple Injuries Reported After Car Plows Into Crowd at Country Festival
Six festival-goers were injured after being struck by a vehicle at Festival Western de Saint-Tite in Quebec, Canada, in the early hours of 19 September. The vehicle fled but was later found near Quebec City, and a man in his 20s was arrested, questioned and released pending a future court date. Police said they did…
-
Crooked House site remains an overgrown ruin three years after fire
The Crooked House pub in Himley, Staffordshire, remains an overgrown ruin three years after a suspicious fire and its unauthorised demolition. The historic, famously tilted pub was treasured locally and nationally, and its continuing destruction has fuelled anger despite a council order requiring it to be rebuilt brick by brick. The fire broke out on…
-
Pensioner gets suspended sentence for spraying ant-killer into neighbour’s eyes
Sally Beaney, 75, sprayed ant-killer into her terminally ill neighbour Matthew Perry’s eyes during an escalating dispute over parking on their shared driveway in Southampton. She reportedly told him that nobody would believe him because she was an elderly woman, while the court heard that her controlling and antagonistic behaviour had significantly disrupted his family’s…
-
Seven men jailed over £1m West Midlands county-lines drug operation
Seven men involved in a county-lines gang supplying heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine across the West Midlands have been jailed. The gang, known as the “P Line”, was worth more than £1 million and operated across Smethwick, Wednesbury, Walsall and Birmingham, with the arrests ending a major drug operation. Police said the group worked in…
-
US strike on suspected Caribbean trafficking vessel kills four
The US military conducted a lethal strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday, killing at least four people aboard. The operation, carried out by US Southern Command and Joint Task Force Southern Spear, forms part of a broader campaign against narco-trafficking that has become controversial due to questions about evidence…
-
Three men stabbed outside Liverpool LGBT+ venue as police investigate
Three men were stabbed during an altercation outside G-Bar, a prominent LGBT+ venue in Liverpool city centre, in the early hours of the morning. Police were called at approximately 6:35am and launched an investigation to identify the perpetrator, with the incident raising concerns within the community about safety at the venue. The three victims were…
-
US coalminers face delays securing benefits as black-lung cases rise
US coalminers with black-lung disease are facing lengthy delays and appeals while cases of the illness reach their highest level in nearly 50 years. The difficulties have intensified as the Trump administration seeks to expand the coal industry, raising concerns that miners who are already seriously ill may struggle to receive financial and medical support.…
-
Motorcyclist killed and another critically injured in horse float crash
A motorcyclist in his 30s was killed and another rider was critically injured when a ute towing a horse float rolled and collided with two motorcycles on The Bucketts Way near Booral, north of Newcastle. The crash has prompted a police investigation. The second rider, a man in his 70s, suffered serious leg injuries and…