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113 Times People Faced A Real-Life Horror Story

Sure, horror movies are scary. Yet, sometimes, real life can be even scarier. If you've ever had a creepy man chase you down the street, you probably know. So do these people who have shared their most terrifying encounters with fellow humans. We've compiled the most bone-chilling and captivating stories…

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Review into safeguarding failures ‘shows Sara Sharif’s murder was preventable’

Despite a ‘great deal of information’ available to various authorities during her lifetime, Sara ‘was not protected from abuse and torture’.

Evening Standard

Police officer not guilty of causing death of pensioner hit during royal escort

Pc Christopher Harrison was among the team of convoy motorbike outriders escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh when Helen Holland was hit on May 10 2023.

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Police officer found not guilty of causing death of pensioner hit during Duchess of Edinburgh escort

Christopher Harrison accepted he forgot to switch on his body-worn camera

The Independent UK

Paid assassin admits murdering suspected gangster at pub on Hogmanay

Marc Webley, 38, was shot dead by Grant Hunter, 34, outside the Anchor Inn in Granton, Edinburgh, on December 31, 2023.

Evening Standard

Royal escort motorcyclist found not guilty of killing pensioner by careless driving in London crash

Helen Holland, 81, died two weeks after she was hit and sent flying in the incident on West Cromwell Road

Evening Standard

Reform council leader defends party colleague who called police ‘British hating scum’

Staffordshire County councillor Peter Mason apologised for the posts on X, written before he was elected in May

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Marshawn Kneeland's Pregnant Girlfriend Warned Police 'He Will End It All', Coach Reveals Heartbreaking News

Dallas Cowboys rising star Marshawn Kneeland died in an apparent suicide hours after his pregnant girlfriend warned police he was in crisis, prompting renewed concern over mental-health pressures in elite sport.

International Business Times UK

Israeli settlers torch a mosque and scrawl hateful messages after condemnation from military leaders

Israeli settlers have torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank

The Independent UK

Swinney ‘open’ to grooming gangs inquiry as he praises courage of survivors

The First Minister is been pressed by one young victim to launch a probe.

Evening Standard

‘They made a vow to protect and care’: Orlando woman speaks out, files police report after medical worker gets inappropriate with her in the back of ambulance

An Orlando woman had a horrifying experience taking an ambulance ride to the emergency room. That’s because a medical worker inappropriately touched her, leading her to eventually file a police report to document the encounter.

The Mary Sue

Police role dubbed ‘failed experiment’ to be axed in new reforms

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The Independent UK

Child sex offender drives into oncoming traffic to escape police before dramatic high-speed crash

A paedophile drove into oncoming traffic as he evaded police on the day of his first court appearance relating to illicit images of children.

The Independent UK

Mahmood to scrap ‘failed experiment’ of police and crime commissioners

The elected officials are in charge of setting police budgets and appointing the chief constable for their area

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Evening Standard

New facial recognition vans rolled out for use by seven more police forces

Police have received new facial recognition vans in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley and Hampshire.

The Independent UK

Facial recognition vans to be rolled out in new areas

The rollout has drawn sharp criticism from civil liberties and anti-racism groups

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Florida Nissan SUV theft suspect runs away from police. His hiding spot? A Porta-Potty while wearing no pants

We haven't even mentioned the wooden stakes.

Evening Standard

Police and crime commissioners to be scrapped

Ministers plan to abolish the role in 2028.

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The Independent UK

Bangladesh tribunal sets date for Sheikh Hasina verdict

Ousted leader is charged with committing crimes against humanity for overseeing a deadly police crackdown on last year’s agitation against her rule

Evening Standard

Black Met officer lied about being called a ‘dodgy Nigerian’ in race claim, force says

Detective Sergeant Nonso Anidi, 39, was sacked but is appealing the decision

Radio France Internationale

'A race against time’: Former minister on political climate around Paris attacks

As France marks 10 years since the Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded more than 400, Bernard Cazeneuve, France’s interior minister at the time, spoke to RFI about the political landscape before and after the night that changed Paris.

The Guardian - UK

Police and crime commissioners to be abolished

Home secretary says PCCs, in England and Wales, were ‘failed experiment’ – and scrapping them will save £100m over this parliament

The Independent UK

German police arrest suspected Hamas member accused of sourcing weapons to attack Jewish targets

The Lebanese-born man was arrested on Tuesday after entering the motorway near the Czech border

Reason

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The Independent UK

Malaysian rapper Namewee released on bail in probe into Taiwanese influencer’s murder

Malaysian rapper and filmmaker Wee Meng Chee, popularly known as Namewee, has been released on police bail

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