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10 men jailed for 130 years after setting a mother and girl, 13, on fire

UK 6 hours ago By Emily Bashforth

Samuel Tobin outside Basildon Crown Court . // A foot fetish voyeur from south Essex was caught with thousands of illicit images of schoolgirls? feet, a court has heard.Samuel Tobin, 31, had over 10,000 images and 400 videos on his phone, many of underage girls.A USB stick contained even more images, divided into folders titled ?flats?, ?loafers?, ?flip-flops?, ?sandals? and ?schoolgirls?.Another 28 USB sticks are still ?awaiting further assessment,? said prosecutor Hollie Davies. Photo released 25/09/2026

Foot fetish voyeur caught with thousands of illicit images of schoolgirls’ feet

UK 8 hours ago By Emily Bashforth

A tractor and hay baler driven through a terraced house in Middlesbrough.

Man rammed a tractor into home 'after graves of relatives desecrated'

UK 13 hours ago By Noora Mykkanen

Mugshot of Zafer Dogan (Left) and a grab of body-worn footage from his arrest (Right).

Paedophile who used AI to undress children was bailed to home overlooking playgroud

UK 13 hours ago By Emily Bashforth

Abdullah Ebrahim smiling in his school uniform. (Picture: SWNS)

Delivery driver killed boy, 5, while taking shortcut down quiet backstreet

UK 15 hours ago By Sam Corbishley

Danny Tommo 'dabs eyes with tissue' during court appearance over 'dinghy slashing' (Left) and a screen grab of Danny Tommo appearing to slash the dinghy (Right).

Danny Tommo 'dabs eyes with tissue' during court appearance over 'dinghy slashing'

UK 15 hours ago By Sam Corbishley

British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 65, attends a press conference in central London, on May 26, 2009. (Picture: AFP via Getty)

Legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes being 'illegally' kept in care homes

UK 17 hours ago By Sam Corbishley

Noah Woods sitting on a bench. (Picture: Suffolk Police / SWNS)

Noah Woods left playground through 'gap in fence' before being found dead in lake

UK 16 hours ago By Danni Scott

3716671 Police in disguise swoop to arrest suspect 'carrying machete'

Police disguised as a delivery rider takes down knife suspect

UK 1 day ago By Milo Pope

American Murder: Gabby Petito. (L to R) Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in American Murder: Gabby Petito. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix ?? 2025

Inside Brian Laundrie’s parents’ lives as ‘pariahs’ — five years after Gabby Petito’s murder

US 2 days ago By Sophie-May Williams