Sussex Police are continuing to search for missing Brighton woman Gillian Affleck, four years after she was reported missing
Gillian, who would now be 53 years old, was last seen at her home in Patcham on August 23, 2017. She was reported as missing the following day after not returning home from a walk on August 24. At the time of her disappearance Gillian was described as being 50 years old, white, 5’6″, of […]
Police are warning people about the risk of courier fraud after a woman in her 80’s was scammed into parting with more than £5,000
The victim, a woman in her 80’s, was targeted by fraudsters posing as police officers on the phone, who provided a detailed account of why they needed her to withdraw funds and hand them to a so-called police courier. She subsequently withdrew funds from her bank and gave then to the fraudsters when they […]
Tributes have been paid to a man fatally stabbed in Birmingham city centre as he was today named as Jason Bentley-Morrison
His grieving family have described Jason as having a ‘heart as big as an ocean’ who would go out of his way to help others. The 25-year-old was seriously injured following a fight in Oxford Street at around 2.45am yesterday (22 August). He was taken to hospital but sadly died later the same morning. […]
New CCTV issued as Met Police offer £20,000 reward for suspected double murder continues
Detectives investigating the murder of two people in Westminster have issued CCTV footage of the man they wish to trace as investigations continue. The CCTV footage shows Lee Peacock at North Wembley Station on the evening of 19 August and has been released to assist members of the public in helping locate him. Detective Superintendent […]
UPDATED: Three dead and two drivers arrested in M25 motorway horror crash in Waltham Abbey
Three people have been killed and a fourth person is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash involving a Mondeo, a minibus and a lorry on the M25 near Waltham Abbey. Essex Police said the crash between a lorry, a minibus and a car happened between the junctions for Waltham Abbey and the M11 […]
A fire has broken out at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, amid ongoing evacuation efforts
Video footage shows a cloud of smoke rising from the airport. News of the blaze broke on Monday evening local time. Little is known about the fire’s severity or origin, but videos posted to social media show a hazy cloud of smoke rising from the airport, which has been the focal point of US […]
A teenage boy has sadly died over the weekend following an incident in the canal at Staveley
East Midlands Ambulance Service alerted us to reports of a 14-year-old who had got into difficulty in the canal near to Mill Green just before 4.50pm on Wednesday 18 August. Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service attended and helped him out of the water, and he was taken to hospital by paramedics in a serious condition. […]
Family of man killed in fatal collision at Barton Stacey play tribute
The family of a man who died in a collision near Barton Stacey on 15 August has paid tribute to him. It happened on an unnamed road known locally as Newton Lane between Barton Stacey and Newton Stacey at around 3.30pm, involving a cyclist and a Vauxhall Astra car. The air ambulance was called […]
An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on board a U.S. Air Force C-17 while on evacuation flight
A mother has given birth to a baby girl while she was on an evacuation aircraft fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan. The mother, whose identity has been kept anonymous, was on the second leg of her journey after fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and was aboard a US military plane travelling from a […]
Officers searching for a man who has gone missing from the Wimborne area are appealing for help from the public in an effort to find him
Jade Pavelin, who is 37 years old, was last seen in Marshfield in Colehill at around midnight and reported missing a short time later at 1.52am on Sunday 22 August 2021. He left the area in his car – a white Vauxhall Insignia with the registration KW10 CMO. He is described as white, six feet […]
Officers investigating the death of a teenage boy in Bournemouth are appealing for anyone with information to come forward
At 5.08pm on Thursday 19 August 2021 Dorset Police received a report from the ambulance service that they were attending Columbia Road as a local boy was extremely unwell. The boy, 13-year-old Mehmet Altun, was taken to hospital for treatment, but very sadly later died. Detective Inspector Neil Third, of Dorset Police, said: “This is […]
Preventing people from losing money to scammers was the top priority when Kent Police worked with bank staff to meet and greet customers at HSBC UK in Canterbury
On Tuesday 17 August 2021, Steve Kelly, the force’s Prevent and Protect Fraud Officer, was joined by members of his team and representatives from the bank to offer advice to customers and hand out leaflets, reminding people of the ways in which they can protect themselves from being conned. Bank staff are […]
The family of Thomas Werner Etzel, 54 who was killed in a collision in Haslemere last month have today paid tribute to him
Our son, brother and uncle was tragically taken from us on Friday, 30 July in a road traffic accident in Haslemere. Tom was born in Duesseldorf, Germany and moved to London with his parents and two brothers at the age of six. He moved around, attending Fernden Prep School and later Pierrepont School in […]
Can you help us find missing Jenna from Fareham?
The 15-year-old was last seen around 1.35pm today and we and her family are extremely concerned for her welfare. We believe she will still be in the Fareham area. Jenna is described as being white, around 5ft 6ins tall and of slim build. She was last seen wearing a black hoody with white and red […]
Police stormed into a house and caught two suspected drug dealers bagging up Mamba in the living room
Officers used an electric saw to dismantle the front door of a property in Rufford Walk, Bulwell, before using a battering ram to smash it off its hinges and gain entry. They found two people inside the living room with deal bags and scales. Kitchen and bedroom drawers were pulled out and sofas were […]
A memorial wall dedicated to officers and staff who have lost their lives in the service of Sussex Police has been unveiled at the force’s headquarters
A service was held on Wednesday afternoon (August 18) to officially open the memorial. Chief Constable Jo Shiner was joined by the family and friends of those who have died. Dignitaries in attendance included the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex Susan Pyper, the High Sheriffs of West and East Sussex, Neil Hart and Miles Jenner, […]
Matt Hancock involuntarily stars in viral TikTok
The former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has involuntarily starred in a viral TikTok video after a gaggle of giggling girls approached him on the Tube and stole his baseball cap, singing “We love you Matt, we do. Other videos were posted on TikTok by one of the women, with a caption reading: “So we […]
A man wanted as a suspect for the murder of his wife in Leeds has been arrested in Scotland this morning
Mark Barrott, aged 54, was detained by officers from Police Scotland in the Elgin area at about 4.30am today. He has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Eileen Barrott, aged 50, who was found dead at the couple’s home in Naburn Fold, Whinmoor, on Sunday. He will be brought back to West Yorkshire […]
