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A woman with four children were reportedly “forced into a van” in Torfaen, police say. Gwent Police said it is investigating “suspicious behaviour” that happened on Broadway, Pontypool, just after midnight on Monday. The force said it was called by someone who reported seeing a woman being “forced into a van by a man”. The

A soldier accused of escaping from Wandsworth prison had earlier spent more than three weeks on the run after leaving a fake bomb on his desk at an army barracks, a court heard. Following his arrest after he went absent without leave (AWOL) from Beacon Barracks in Stafford, Daniel Khalife told police he was upset

Warning: This story contains references to suicide along with racist and sexist language readers may find distressing. When Maya* started a new teaching job, she did not expect to be called the n-word as she walked down the corridor. The bullying from her fellow teachers proved relentless. She was called a “curry lover” and believes

The King has been confronted by indigenous Australian activists the day after he was accused of “genocide” by a senator in the Australian parliament. The monarch met elders during a visit to the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) in Sydney and one told him their goal was “sovereignty”. Charles faced heckles of “you are

The body of a person wearing a wetsuit and believed to be a male has been found in a reservoir in Wales. Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for help to identify the person. Officers went to the Claerwen Reservoir after receiving a call from someone who had seen a body in the water just before 8.30am

British model Bianca Gascoigne has said she was groomed and sexually assaulted by Mohamed al Fayed when she worked at Harrods as a teenager. Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing The 37-year-old, who is the daughter of England football legend Paul Gascoigne, had visited the luxury department store in Knightsbridge with her

A police officer’s daughter has been jailed for three years after posting sexual images of his ex-lover on an escort site in an act of revenge. Eleanor Brown, 24, “conspired” with her sister Sophie and her mother Sarah – both ex-police officers – to create a fake profile of the woman on the site, Leeds

Patio heaters and giant fans have been used to help prepare a cricket pitch that Pakistan hope will help them beat England in the Third Test in Rawalpindi. Pictures have been published of the unusual equipment – where cricket is concerned at least – standing at either end of the proposed pitch for the match,

The M25 has been closed in both directions following a serious lorry fire. The incident happened between junction 5 near Sevenoaks and junction 6 for Godstone at around 10pm on Sunday. National Highways South-East posted on X that the incident had also led to the closure of the M26 westbound between junction 2A and the

Police are investigating the death of a soldier on an Army training exercise in the Brecon Beacons. The Ministry of Defence said Christopher “Gilly” Gill of the 4th Battalion, the Ranger Regiment, died during a “non-operational incident” on Wednesday 16 October, near Brecon, in Wales. Police said they are investigating the special operations soldier’s death

A body has been pulled from the River Thames in the search for a man in his 60s who went missing after a rowing boat capsized. The Weybridge Rowing Club member was the only person unaccounted for when six people went into the water on a stretch of the river at Sunbury Lock, in Sunbury-on-Thames,

The men’s World Conker Championships winner has been cleared of cheating after a steel chestnut was found in his pocket. David Jakins, 82, known as “King Conker”, won the tournament in Southwick, Northamptonshire, last Sunday for the first time after competing since 1977. But his long-awaited victory was marred when a cheating scandal erupted after

King Charles joked about the “sands of time” and expressed his joy at being back in Australia as he addressed politicians. The monarch presented an hourglass – a “speech timer”, he called it – to the parliament of New South Wales to mark the 200th anniversary of its upper house. “With the sands of time

The King will attend a Sydney church service to begin the monarch’s first tour of Australia since his accession to the throne. Charles and Camilla’s official engagements in the country will start with a trip to St Thomas’ Anglican Church for a service led by Archbishop Most Reverend Kanishka Raffel. Security arrangements for Sunday suggest

The Metropolitan Police say they are conducting a “detailed and thorough” review after facing criticism over how they dealt with allegations against Mohamed al Fayed. The force was contacted by 21 different women who made allegations against the former Harrods and Fulham FC owner, including rape and sexual assault, between 2005 and 2023. A file

Blackpool’s head coach Steve Bruce is to miss Saturday’s home fixture against Barnsley after the death of his baby grandson Madison. The League One club confirmed the news about their boss, whose former football clubs include Birmingham City, Hull City, Aston Villa and Newcastle United. A statement on Blackpool FC’s website said: “Head coach Steve

Cimarron Thomas, 12, took her own life with her father’s handgun, rather than comply with the demands of the UK’s most prolific catfish. Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing Her heartbreaking death had equally tragic repercussions, when her father Ben Thomas, a former US Army veteran, died by suicide 18 months after

The arrival of the King and Queen in Australia has inevitably prompted questions about the future of the monarchy here. Not that you’d know it from the Australian media. Focussing more on the trip’s details than the republic debate. The truth is, while most people would probably agree it is anachronistic their head of state

The National Gallery has banned liquids – except baby formula, expressed milk and prescription medicines – after attacks by activists on its artworks, including Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The new measure comes into force today. The London museum also urged visitors to bring “minimal items” to the premises, and “no large bags”. “Unfortunately, we have

UK inflation has eased to 1.7%, dipping well below the Bank of England target for the first time since 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It’s a drop on the 2.2% recorded in last month’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI). The Bank of England has been trying to bring inflation down by keeping