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Three arrested for murder after Christmas Day pub row
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man who was hit by a car on Christmas Day died. Kirk Marsden, 37, was injured outside The Gate bar on the corner of […]
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Nine sentenced to life for mistaken identity murder
Nine people have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man who was stabbed in a case of mistaken identity. Michael Anton O’Connor was attacked outside a property in Wilford Crescent […]
Australia
Anzac Day terror plot: Blackburn boy granted anonymity
The identity of a teenager who plotted to behead police officers at an Anzac Day parade in Australia will remain a secret for the rest of his life. The boy, from Blackburn, Lancashire, sent encrypted […]
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Thwaites Brewery travellers ‘demanded £20k to leave site’
The leader of a 100-strong group of travellers who illegally occupied a brewery demanded “twenty grand or the place is ours”, a court was told. A convoy of 25 vehicles set up camp at Thwaites […]