Bahraini man dies two months after being shot by police: family
MANAMA (Reuters) - A Bahraini man died on Friday from shotgun pellet wounds sustained during clashes with police almost two months ago, rights activists said, becoming the first person to be killed in...
View ArticleThe fight against fracking continues and I'm proud to rejoin it
From UN reports to community protests, opposition to fossil fuels is plentiful. But we won't stop until the government changes tack It could be a village fete. There are rugs spread out, bunting, and...
View ArticleIlinois Mayor Jim Ardis Joins The War Against Free Speech: Police Raid Home...
MAYOR Jim Ardis of Peoria, Illinois, has no sense of humour. If you parody him on the internet, he will be upset... Reported by Anorak 3 hours ago.
View ArticleSix years’ jail after cigarette led police to the identity of Black Country...
A burglar who broke into pubs across the Black Country, stealing money from pool tables, gambling machines, jukeboxes and charity tins, has been jailed for six years. Reported by Express and Star 2...
View ArticleMan dies in Devon after boat capsizes
Death was second fatality of the day in county after a man died in a microlight crash in Colyton, east Devon One man has died and another is in hospital after a boat capsized in a river estuary in...
View Article21-year-old woman has died following collision in Langdon Road,...
THE 21-year-old woman who had been fighting for her life in hospital following a collision in Swansea has now died. South Wales Police confirmed she died earlier today and that her next of kin had...
View ArticleHorrified mother of four-year-old child finds decomposing body under house...
The woman, from Knoxville, Tennessee, found the body on Wednesday evening while hunting for chocolate eggs in her back garden with her child. Police think it had been there for two weeks. Reported by...
View ArticlePolice called following 'disturbance' at Shenfield railway...
Two people have been arrested following a 'disturbance' at Shenfield railway station earlier this afternoon. Essex Police said that they were called at 12.05pm to the station, following an incident...
View ArticleCrews battle large woodland fire
Police advise local residents stay indoors after emergency services are called to a large woodland fire in the Milton of Lea area of Inverness. Reported by BBC News 3 hours ago.
View ArticleFlorida man charged with murdering son so he could play video games
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida man annoyed that his 16-month-old crying son was preventing him from playing video games suffocated the toddler and left him to die in a playpen, police said on...
View ArticleWoman killed as car crashes into wall in Taunton
A 23-year-old woman has died following a road crash in Taunton early this morning. Police were called to Wellington Road at around 12.45am after reports that a car had collided with a wall. The driver...
View ArticleMIT police officer who died in hunt for Boston bomb suspects remembered
College holds ceremony for Sean Collier, 26, who investigators say was shot dead by Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.
View ArticleJessica White dies after car hits wall in Taunton
A woman has died after the car she was driving hit a wall in Taunton in the early hours of Good Friday morning. The woman, named last night as Jessica White, 23, who was from the Taunton area but had...
View ArticleBoy, seven, treated for serious burns after incident in Aberdeen
Police were called to reports of 'boy on fire' on Bedford Avenue, now closed while officers investigate incident involving petrol A boy is being treated for serious burns after reports that he was "on...
View ArticleMemorial held for policeman slain after Boston Marathon bombing
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - More than 1,600 people gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday for a memorial service for a popular campus police officer shot to death a...
View ArticleOne man dead and another in hospital after boat capsized in Bideford Bar estuary
One man died and another was hospitalised after a boat capsized in a river estuary, according to police. Reported by Independent 1 hour ago.
View ArticlePakistani police arrest 6 suspected militant assassins
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police said on Friday they have arrested six men suspected of being behind a string of high-profile killings and assassination attempts linked to a banned sectarian...
View ArticleFormer Belfast leader of continuity IRA Tommy Crossan shot dead
Man who served six years in top security prison for gun attack on police station has been killed amid rising tensions in the region The former Belfast commander of the hardline anti-peace process...
View ArticleBrazilian tycoon Batista investigated for financial crimes: reports
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil´s federal police have opened an investigation into former billionaire Eike Batista for financial crimes, including insider trading, manipulation of markets and money...
View ArticleUS: Lesbian police chief fired by mayor who said: I’d rather have an...
An openly gay chief of police has been fired by a South Carolina mayor who was caught saying he preferred alcoholics to gay people. Reported by PinkNews 1 hour ago.
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