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Court Hears of “Shocking and Horrific” Killing of Nine-Year-Old Girl

Court Hears of “Shocking and Horrific” Killing of Nine-Year-Old Girl

A man who fatally stabbed a nine-year-old girl as she played outside her mother’s shop has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years. Deividas Skebas, 26, killed Lilia Valutyte in the town centre of Boston, Lincolnshire, on July 28, 2022. The child was playing with a hula-hoop on a pedestrianised […]

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Vincent Chan Sentenced to 18 Years as Parents Say Nursery Warnings Were Ignored

Vincent Chan Sentenced to 18 Years as Parents Say Nursery Warnings Were Ignored

Parents who say they repeatedly warned childcare managers about troubling behaviour by a nursery worker months before his arrest have claimed their concerns were dismissed, leaving children at risk. Vincent Chan, who worked at a Bright Horizons nursery on Finchley Road in West Hampstead, north-west London, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after

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Police Accused of Condoning Antisemitism Amid Dispute Over Protest Arrests

Police have been accused of condoning the “scourge of antisemitism” after a number of forces declined to commit to arresting protesters who chant “globalise the intifada,” despite a tougher stance announced by senior policing leaders. The controversy follows a joint statement issued on Wednesday by Sir Mark Rowley, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and Sir

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Sir Keir Starmer Faces Renewed Pressure to Explain Collapse of China Spy Case

Sir Keir Starmer Faces Renewed Pressure to Explain Collapse of China Spy Case

Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to address “unanswered questions” over the collapse of a high-profile spying case involving two men accused of working for China, as senior Conservatives accused his government of being complicit in a “cover up”. As MPs returned to Westminster from the conference recess, business secretary Kemi Badenoch wrote to

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