Major concerns for missing 11-year-old schoolboy from Southend

Officers are currently looking for 11-year-old James Tidy, who has gone missing from Southend. [block_2] James was last seen around 6pm this evening wearing a navy school blazer and carrying a dark school bag.
Four arrested after North Walsham robbery

Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery in North Walsham. [block_2] The incident happened between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday 11 February 2023 when two teenage boys were approached by another group of teenage boys on Station Road who threatened them and demanded they hand over their belongings. The suspects stole a black Mercier […]
A Man has died after falling from height on Richmond Bridge

At 7.18 p.m. on February 23, police were called to Bridge Street in Richmond after a man was reported to have fallen from a great height from Richmond Bridge. [block_2] Despite the efforts of emergency personnel, the man, who was thought to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Man killed in collision on Kensington High Street in West London

At 8:22 p.m. on Thursday, February 23, police were called to Kensington High Street, W8, in response to reports of a pedestrian-car collision.Officers were accompanied by London Ambulance Service medics.Despite the best efforts of emergency personnel, the pedestrian—a man—was pronounced dead at the scene.The driver of the car pulled over to the side of the […]
Thug who injured shoppers at ASDA Brighton Marina jailed

A thug who seriously injured two shoppers in separate incidents at a supermarket has been jailed. [block_2] Levant Hassan has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for the unprovoked attacks which took place at Asda at Brighton Marina.
Man jailed for using weighted dog chain to smash up a council-owned building

A man has been jailed after causing more than £18,000 worth of damage to a council-owned building. [block_2] Gavin Collett used a heavy weighted dog chain to smash eight windows at Portland House in Richmond Road, Worthing, in the early hours of 11 February 2022.
Man jailed for rape and sexual assault of vulnerable woman in Hove

A Hove man who took advantage of a vulnerable woman he met in a bar has been jailed for rape. [block_2] On the night of 30 September, 2018, Angelo Giovino, 50, of Holland Road in Hove, met his victim – a woman in her 20s – in a bar in Hove.
Former Children’s Doctor who had more than a million child abuse images jailed

A former GP and paediatrician caught with one of the largest hauls of child sexual abuse images the NCA has seen has been jailed for over two years. [block_2] David Shaw, 48, from Taunton, Somerset, used anonymisation techniques on peer to peer sharing network Freenet to download indecent images of children (IIOC) but National Crime […]
Multiple fire appliances have been sent to Holcroft House blaze in Battersea – (ID 552692)

A large number of fire engines along with fifty-plus firefighters have been called to an eight-storey building on Ingrave Street, Battersea, South West London this evening. Fire crews from the London Fire Brigade have been called to Holcroft House after a blaze has broken out and ripped through part of the seven floors of the […]
Multiple fire appliances have been sent to Holcroft House blaze in Battersea

A large number of fire engines along with fifty-plus firefighters have been called to an eight-storey building on Ingrave Street, Battersea, South West London this evening. [block_2] Fire crews from the London Fire Brigade have been called to Holcroft House after a blaze has broken out and ripped through part of the seven floors of […]
Multiple fire appliances have been sent to Holcroft House blaze in Battersea

A large number of fire engines along with fifty-plus firefighters have been called to an eight-storey building on Ingrave Street, Battersea, South West London this evening. [block_2] Fire crews from the London Fire Brigade have been called to Holcroft House after a blaze has broken out and ripped through part of the seven floors of […]
Detectives are asking witnesses and those with information to come forward following a stabbing in Hornchurch

At around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday, 21 February, police were called to Ardleigh Green Road in Hornchurch to reports of a male who had been stabbed. [block_2] Officers and the London Ambulance Service responded, and the 18-year-old man was transported to a hospital for treatment. His condition is no longer considered life-threatening.
Six fire engines and thirty firefighters have been called to a blaze at an East London Steak house

Six fire engines and approximately 30 firefighters were dispatched to the scene on Osborn Street in Whitechapel, East London. Crews were called just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 23rd, 2023, after a fire broke out in electrics in the venue’s kitchen area. There have been unofficial reports of people going missing. [block_2] A number […]
Officers from Wiltshire Police’s Fortitude team have arrested three people on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A and B…

The vehicle was stopped on Ashley Road at 2.45am today (23/02) and following a search, a quantity of suspected Class A and B drugs were found in a bag on the rear seat. Two men, aged 33 and 23, and a 21-year-old woman, all from Salisbury have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in […]
Officers from Wiltshire Police’s Fortitude team have arrested three people on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A and B drugs after stopping a car in Salisbury this morning

The vehicle was stopped on Ashley Road at 2.45am today (23/02) and following a search, a quantity of suspected Class A and B drugs were found in a bag on the rear seat. [block_2] Two men, aged 33 and 23, and a 21-year-old woman, all from Salisbury have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned […]
Considering cannabinoid-based treatments for mental health

Today I woke up stressed and a little depressed. Yet I consider myself privileged: I enjoy a job, a healthy and loving family and social circle, and a home to live in. So why is it that from one day to the next I can feel happy, motivated to do all the tasks, and then […]
Considering cannabinoid-based treatments for mental health

Today I woke up stressed and a little depressed. [block_2] Yet I consider myself privileged: I enjoy a job, a healthy and loving family and social circle, and a home to live in.
After a man was injured in Rochester, two people were charged with robbery

On Friday, February 17, 2023, Kent Police responded to a report that a man had been injured after two people broke into a property in Shorts Way, Rochester, at around 11.45 p.m. [block_2] Officers arrived and transported a man to a nearby hospital with injuries consistent with stab wounds to his head and hands. He […]