A van driver accused of mowing down a crowd of Muslims told police "I'm flying solo mate" after the attack, a court heard today. Darren Osborne, 48, is accused of murdering 51-year-old Makram Ali and injuring several others Muslim worshippers near Finsbury Park Mosque in north London during Ramadan on...
A brutal sex attacker who threatened a woman with a hammer and told her, "I'm going to rape you," has been jailed. Macauley Alexander-Rose, 24, held the tool to the terrified victim's right temple, before grabbing her so hard by the private parts that she screamed in agony. A court...
The actor who played Baldrick in the Blackadder series labelled councillors planning to cut two-thirds of a city’s library services “stupid bastards.” Comedian Tony Robinson, 71, made the statement on Twitter after being contacted about proposals to close 17 libraries in Bristol, his former home. It would leave just ten...
A group of primary school pupils have been left "traumatised" after a PORN video appeared on screen as they were sat watching Paddington Bear. Shocked children as young as nine-years-old were subjected to the X-rated footage during a screening of the 2017 family film at Croft Academy, in Walsall, West...
These adorable photos show a tiny otter cub who is being hand-reared in complete silence - after she was found abandoned at less than two WEEKS old. A tiny otter pup is being cared for at the Vale Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre near Tewkesbury after being found alone and...
Journalists were left “laughing uproariously” after Angela Merkel poked fun at May’s poor attempt to negotiate a post-Brexit deal. She said that she felt trapped in a loop with May since the Brexit vote back in 2016. Merkel made her comments in a “secret” press briefing, during the World Economic...
The sister of a teacher murdered in her own classroom by a knife-wielding student says metal detectors in schools would "send out wrong message". Ann Maguire's younger sister Denise Courtney believes 'education is the answer' to knife crime and airport-type scanners would not stop baseball bats and acid being found....
A "predatory" assistant headteacher was caught with thousands of indecent images of children - and photos of pupils taken around a school. David Allison, 48, "deceived" parents and colleagues into believing children were safe, police said. He was jailed for three years and placed on the sex offenders' register for...
Former England striker returned to The Hawthorns for the last time. The West Bromwich Albion legend’s coffin was brought through the streets by the ground where he was worshipped. Fans, former players, friends, colleagues and hundreds of supporters applauded respectfully as this footballing trailblazer’s cortege made its way through and then...