Dale Cregan In Double Prison Van Collision On Journey To Preston Crown Court
A prison van carrying police murderer Dale Cregan has been involved in a collision on the way to court.
The van carrying Cregan struck another prisoner transportation vehicle as it travelled to Preston Crown Court, Greater Manchester Police confirmed. Read the rest of this entry »
British Airways plane is forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow after ‘bird strike sparks engine fire’
British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
All 75 passengers have been evacuated safely and are accounted for.
Speculation has emerged the aircraft had run into a flock of birds.
Plane has now been towed away and both runways have reopened.
Eyewitnesses have described hearing 'a blowout' and seeing engine on fire.
British Airways have said the plane had developed a 'technical fault'. Read the rest of this entry »
Luton estates armed patrols are ‘scaled back’
Armed patrols in response to 10 shootings in Luton have been "scaled back", Bedfordshire Police have said.
Four extra armed response units were introduced on the Marsh Farm and Lewsey Farm estates after a recent spate of firearm incidents this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Paint thrown at Belfast Islamic Centre
The Belfast Islamic Centre has had paint thrown over it.
The police said they were treating the incident at Wellington Park as a hate crime. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Tvrdon faces murder charge over Cardiff hit-and-run rampage which killed mother-of-three Karina Menzies
A man will be in court today facing charges of deliberately mowing down pedestrians in a hit-and-run rampage that left mother-of-three Karina Matthews dead.
Matthew Tvrdon, 32, is accused of deliberately targeting parents and young children with a white Iveco van in the Ely and Leckwith areas of Cardiff on October 19 last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Woolwich Terror Attack: Moment Suspects Shot
The dramatic moment police shot the two Woolwich terror suspects has been caught on video.
New footage shows the two men brandishing weapons and charging at officers in a car as they arrive at the scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Pair bailed over ‘Woolwich tweets’
Two men have been released on bail following their arrest for making alleged offensive comments on Twitter about the murder of a British soldier in London.
Complaints were made to Avon and Somerset Police about remarks that appeared on the social networking website, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature. Read the rest of this entry »
Kelly Webster and Lauren Thornton killed on Windermere by generator fumes
A mother and daughter who died after falling ill on a boat on Lake Windermere were killed by generator fumes, an inquiry has found.
Kelly Webster, 36, and Lauren Thornton, 10, of Leyland, Lancashire, were found suffering from breathing difficulties on the boat on 1 April. Read the rest of this entry »
Schools fitted with defibrillators in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire Council is set to be the first local authority in Scotland to install life-saving defibrillators in all of its high schools.
The machines deliver an electric shock to the heart in cases of cardiac arrest - when the heart stops pumping blood. Read the rest of this entry »



