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Five-vehicle crash involving four police cars shuts A1

April 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

A major crash involving several police cars has shut the A1 on Tyneside in both directions, causing serious injuries and leading to long delays for motorists. Five people were taken to hospital following the early […]

Fourth man charged with murder after suspected ammonia attack in Gateshead

November 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A fourth person has been charged with murder following the death of a man in a suspected ammonia attack, police have said. Andy Foster, 26, was injured in the alleged incident when he opened the […]

Carl Beech: ‘VIP abuse’ accuser jailed for 18 years

July 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against public figures has been jailed for 18 years. Carl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, was sentenced for 12 counts of perverting the course […]

Rapist Northumbria Police officer’s prison release sparks outcry

August 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Northumbria Police officer handed two life sentences in prison in 2011 for rape has been released, it has emerged. Stephen Mitchell was found guilty of carrying out sex attacks on vulnerable women he met […]

Sex abuse of groomed women ‘extensive’

February 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

Vulnerable women are most likely being “extensively” abused across the UK and ministers need to urgently review sex exploitation laws, a report says. David Spicer led a review in the wake of Operation Sanctuary which […]

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US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

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Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]