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Greater Manchester tier 3 MAPPED: The 10 boroughs of Manchester going into lockdown

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Greater Manchester’s 2.8million residents have been upgraded into a tier three lockdown this afternoon as the Prime Minister announced the new restrictions in response to rising cases in the area. Talks between […]

Danish submarine killer recaptured after prison escape

COPENHAGEN (REUTERS) – Peter Madsen, who was convicted of killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall in a self-built submarine in 2017, was caught by Danish authorities on Tuesday (Oct 20) after he briefly escaped from prison. Madsen forced his way out of the prison, located just outside of Copenhagen, using objects resembling a gun and a […]

UK records more than 200 daily deaths for first time in 20 weeks

The UK has recorded another 241 deaths and 21,331 cases as the country continues to battle the second wave of coronavirus.  The latest figures bring the total number of infections to 762,542 while 43,967 people have died since the start of the pandemic.  The last time the UK recorded more than 200 deaths in a […]

Village in turmoil as one half can meet in pub while the other cannot

A tiny village has been divided in two by the new coronavirus rules – with half of residents able to meet each other in the pub while the other half can’t.  Rural Bures straddles the Suffolk and Essex border, meaning some of its 1,400 residents live in a ‘high risk’ infection zone while the others […]

France seeks further restrictions on political Islam

LONDON – French police and members of the security services continue to raid the homes of suspected radicals and offices of alleged Islamic fundamentalist organisations following the beheading of a French school teacher who showed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students. And as French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has pointed out, the […]

Truck driver 'mowed down jogger then drove off with her body and raped her'

A suspected killer mowed down a jogger with his pickup truck before raping her and burying her body in a remote spot off a quiet stretch of highway, according to court documents. Quake Lewellyn, 28, is then said to have brazenly joined the search party out looking for 25-year-old nurse Sydney Sutherland in the days […]