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Afghan national Aryan Rashidi has been jailed after he tried to attack a woman as she slept and held a knife to another victim's throat in two separate attacks.

Murderer Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, was said to have been in 'great pain' and left with a dozen puncture wounds after his delayed execution in Alabama.

Teesside Magistrates' Court heard that Stephen Dixon, 56, left his Staffordshire Bull terrier, Meeka, 'emaciated' between October 29 and November 26 last year.

Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, Mark Rowley, has said in his farewell speech that four right-wing plots were thwarted in 2017.

Pervert John Bodycombe, 58, of Bridgend, Wales, was found guilty of 14 counts of indecent assault at Newport Crown Court, on Helen Pearce and her brothers David and Andrew Pearce.

40% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes in London linked to London Bridge and Manchester terror attacks as Sadiq Khan warns that police will take a "zero-tolerance approach."

Eddy Barby and colleague Dan Harrison filmed shocking footage of them dumping nearly 15 tonnes of waste onto a customer's garden

British transport Police in Nottingham attended the scene and posted pictures of the badly-damaged car to Twitter.

British Medical Association and General Medical Council urged to condemn male ritual circumcision as Iceland proposes bill to make procedure a criminal offence.

The Labour leader accused the Conservatives of having "no economic plan and no plan for Brexit."

Tressa Middleton thought she would never have another baby. But she and her fiancé Darren Young were blessed with a daughter just last year.

The new Office for Students will tackle high pay for vice-chancellors and grade inflation in a curb on UK university independence.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will outline how he wants a new relationship with the EU's single market, including tariff-free access.

The unnamed man got into trouble with two other skiers after they went in "the wrong direction".

Internet Watch Foundation found more than 13,800 pieces of child abuse online last September, more than double from previous year.

BBC Breakfast and Watchdog criticises BBC for paying people in similar roles to her more because of her northern background.

Paul Jones, 49, 'broke down' in tears after having to relive her disappearance, his wife Coral says.

Mines Advisory Group apologises for failing to act after on 'habitual use' of prostitutes by staff in DRC in latest misconduct scandal to hit British charity.

Convicted child killer and paedophile plans to marry woman when he is released from prison on latest child abuse images charges.

Robert Brown and Gwendoline Harrison have both been charged after the deaths of Corey and Casper Platt-May.

Conservative MP Ben Bradley has been forced to apologise for a "wholly untrue" allegation linking Jeremy Corbyn to Cold Wr spying.

Daisy Dymyd was found dead earlier in the week and someone is trying to make money from her death.

The inspector was due to face a disciplinary panel in the next few days but has now escaped without punishment.

Unnamed winner who split the £154m total jackpot with a Spaniard has come forward but a winner will not be confirmed until Monday.

Colin Young, 35, of Bucks Hill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, threatened Ann Dodd, who was 22 weeks pregnant, in a hair salon whilst brandishing a knife and wearing a mask.

John Michie's daughter Louella Eve Fletcher-Michie, 25, from London, died at the Bestival music festival in September 2017.

The Prime Minister is set to announce the government's stance on how Britain should work with the EU after Brexit.

South Londoner Andy Lewis has been charged with the manslaughter Paul O'Donnell close to Nottingham Forest's City Ground on the opening day of the season.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the child, was later taken to hospital to treat his superficial neck wounds.