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. …
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Leeds United fans have seen a spike in arrests for football-related offences last season, according to the latest figures. The Home Office has recently revealed the number of football-related arrests during the 2024-25 season, as well as the tally of football banning orders currently active. Leeds United’s following saw 36 …
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A ‘prolific’ shoplifter has been barred from every B&M store across the UK, police have confirmed. Stuart Astley, from Skelmersdale, has been hit with a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order following offences committed between April and May. The 43 year old received the CBO at Preston Magistrates Court on Tuesday (July …
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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 …
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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 …
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Man in hospital Emergency services were called at 6.40am. A spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police said: “We went to Tontine Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, after concerns were raised for the safety of a man. “Colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended and a man was taken to hospital.” The ambulance …
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Police said she was walking nearby when she was assaulted by a driver Leicester Royal Infirmary(Image: Hinckley Times) A woman is fighting for her life after being attacked near a Midlands hospital. The woman is said to have suffered life-threatening injuries when she was assaulted by a driver whose vehicle …
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Fire crews tackled a blaze by the A34 last night. Smoke was seen billowing from the scene off Liverpool Road in Newcastle where a caravan was found ‘well alight’. Now police have launched an investigation after the blaze was determined as deliberate. Dramatic footage shared with StokeonTrentLive shows firefighters at …
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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 …
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Rohith-Reddy Kananala, 28, posed as a fraud investigator to prey on vulnerable people 16:43, 23 Jun 2025Updated 16:44, 23 Jun 2025 A shameless scam artist who brazenly counted the thousands he duped from elderly pensioners has been slapped with a one-year jail term. Rohith-Reddy Kananala, aged 28, masqueraded as a …
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