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Emergency services are dealing with an incident at a care home in Dorset – with two people taken to hospital. South Western Ambulance Service said it was called to the home in Swanage at 5.20am and sent a hazard response team, 10 ambulances and “a significant number of additional resources”. “Two patients were conveyed by

A man has been charged over the murder of a woman who was attacked while walking her dog. Anita Rose, 57, left her house to take her springer spaniel Bruce for a walk at about 5am in Brantham, Suffolk, on 24 July. The mother-of-six was found unconscious with serious head injuries on a track road

Chris Kaba was a core member of a notorious south London gang and accused of being the gunman in an alleged bid to murder a rival in a nightclub shooting days before he was killed. The 24-year-old’s gang links, previous convictions and violent past can be reported for the first time after Metropolitan Police marksman

Two trains collided in Wales on Monday evening, with emergency services attending. The incident happened between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth in Mid Wales at about 7.30pm. A British Transport Police said officers were called to the line near Llanbrynmair after reports of “a low-speed train collision involving two trains”. “Paramedics, Fire and Rescue, and Dyfed Powys

A 25-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to assault after throwing a milkshake at Nigel Farage during this summer’s election campaign. Victoria Thomas Bowen, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London this morning charged with assault by beating and criminal damage. Image: Victoria Thomas Bowen at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in July. Pic: PA

It is a freezing morning in east Glasgow and the only thing Chris has on his mind is how quickly he can get his first fix. He strides down the street brandishing a needle in the air, as cars and vans drive through the housing estate. The syringe is filled with brown liquid. “20ml of

Every time her son has a seizure, Ellie (not her real name) is forced to recall the man who shook her tiny baby so violently he was left with life-changing injuries. Her little boy was born healthy but when he was attacked, just weeks old, his life completely changed. His mobility, vision, and ability to

Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy says he has terminal cancer and “two to four years” to live. Sir Chris, 48, revealed earlier this year he was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer and was “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love”. However, the former track cyclist announced in an interview with The Times that

The Great South Run has been cancelled due to a forecast for “high winds and rain” – as well as a risk of “high tide levels” and “potential debris”. More than 20,000 runners were expected to take part in Sunday’s event in Portsmouth. Organisers said they had been monitoring the weather but it hadn’t improved

Liam Payne’s father has visited the hotel in Argentina where his son died, as he read tributes left for the One Direction star. Geoff Payne was seen reading messages and looking at flowers placed outside the CasaSur Hotel in the capital Buenos Aires. He was watched on by a crowd of mourners, with local media

A heavily pregnant woman and her baby have died after a crash involving an unmarked police car in southeast London. The incident happened when the unmarked car was involved in a collision with another vehicle on the A20, near the junction with Kidbrooke Park Road, in Eltham. London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade and London’s

A close friend of Liam Payne has told Sky News that “nothing seemed out of the ordinary” in messages he sent to her just hours before his death on Wednesday. Jodie Richards, who taught the former One Direction star at her performing arts company, Pink Productions in Wolverhampton, said she thought the news that he’d

When Simon Cowell and his fellow X Factor judges were choosing the young singers to form One Direction, it was Liam Payne he was certain of. “He was the stand-out audition,” the music mogul said, as a Polaroid of the then 16-year-old was placed on top of the smiling, fresh faces of Harry Styles, Niall

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died at the age of 31. The singer was in Argentina when he was found dead by police. How did Payne die? Local police said Payne had fallen from the third floor of a hotel in the capital Buenos Aires on Wednesday evening. He is said to have

Five people, including two children, have been killed in a crash on the M6. The two-car collision involved a Toyota and a Skoda and happened on the motorway northbound, past Tebay services in Cumbria, at around 4.04pm on Tuesday. Four people – a man, a woman and two children from Glasgow – who were travelling

The former head of the British Army, General Sir Mike Jackson has died aged 80. Sir Mike, known as ‘Jacko’, died on Tuesday surrounded by his family, the Army said. The father-of-three led the Army during the allied invasion of Iraq in 2003 after serving in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. Image: General Sir Mike Jackson