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A man has been charged following a “peaceful protest” outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Seacroft. The Leeds-based protest took place outside the Britannia Hotel on Friday evening, with footage showing people holding and wearing Union Jack flags. Dogs and children could also be seen to be in attendance. …

Peshawa Zada has been jailed for ‘repeated offending’ after around £100k worth of illegal products were seized from his shop in the city Peshawa Zada inside Bob Marley Vapes, a shop he ran in Swansea(Image: Conor Gogarty) A man has been jailed after he was caught selling thousands of pounds …

Ewan Methven has been jailed for life for the murder of Phoenix Spencer-Horn. 10:57, 14 Jul 2025Updated 11:51, 14 Jul 2025 Ewan Methven(Image: Police Scotland) An evil killer who murdered and decapitated his girlfriend at their home in East Kilbride has been jailed for 23 years. Ewan Methven killed Phoenix …

A postman ran his own cut-price stamp selling service by making hundreds of fake stamps and postage labels to sell online to customers in a brazen bid to make some easy money. Lee Whitehead was initially caught out and interviewed about the matter but he shamelessly carried on his do-it-yourself …

A killer who bundled his naked victim into a car boot, then set fire to him in a woodland, died before his sentencing, a report says. Samuel Stewart, 36, had cocaine and other drugs in his system when he was found ‘cold and stiff’ in his cell at HMP Wormwood …

A woman who claimed a man sexually assaulted her in a Mutley Plain teeth-whitening salon in December 2022 said he “looked like he was possessed”. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was one of a number giving evidence against 31-year-old Ricky Stubberfield who had previously been the …

Ewan Methven admitted murdering Phoenix Spencer-Horn last year Ewan Methven, 27, has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend (Image: Copyright remains with handout provider) A man killed his girlfriend then texted her mum pretending to be her. Ewan Methven murdered Phoenix Spencer-Horn, 21, in the home they shared on …

Ben Strangeways carried out a disturbing poison pen letter campaign to at least 10 victims around the country 21:09, 14 Jun 2025Updated 21:13, 14 Jun 2025 Ben Strangeways was jailed for nine years and five months and an additional 27 months on extended licence for horrific letter campaign(Image: Cleveland Police …

A three-year-old girl tragically died after a ‘mini-tornado’ lifted the trampoline she was playing on and threw her a considerable distance, an inquest has been told. Felicity Keepin was with her mother and brother in Longney, when the freak weather event caused the trampoline to fly over a hedge into …

A young man who had sex with a girl when he was under 18 has been spared prison. Benjamin Fisher, 21, of Brisbane Terrace in Liskeard, was told by a crown court judge that had he been 18 at the time of the offence, he would have looked at a …