Man, 77, arrested for murder after woman ‘attacked’
The woman died after she was reportedly attacked on Saturday morning (Picture: Google) A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 70s was found unconscious and later...
View ArticleBoy, five, killed when motorbike crashed into car was ‘the kindest soul’
Teddy Hickman, five, was killed when a motorbike crashed into the car he was in in Blackthorn (Pictures: Thames Valley Police/Google Maps) The family of a five-year-old who died when a motorbike...
View ArticleTeen mum jailed for killing five-week-old son with a paracetamol overdose
Ellie Jacobs pleaded guilty to manslaughter and child cruelty (Picture: Thames Valley Police/PA) A teen who killed her five-week-old son with an overdose of paracetamol has been jailed. Ellie Jacobs,...
View ArticleMan’s body pulled from river after reports of person in water
Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the scene on Saturday morning. (Picture: Getty Images) A man’s body has been recovered from the River Loddon in Reading, prompting a police...
View ArticleThree white police officers overlooked for promotion because of race
Police officials tried to justify the move saying it fell under a diversity scheme that ‘did not exist at the time’ (Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS) Three white police officers who were passed over...
View ArticleGirl, 16, found dead at prestigious boarding school
Caitlyn Scott-Lee was a student at Wycombe Abbey School, in Buckinghamshire Tributes have been paid to a teenager who was found dead in the grounds of a boarding school just weeks before her GCSE...
View ArticleTwo people dead and 12 injured in eight-car pile up on M40
The motorway has been shut for a number of hours since the horrific crash this morning (Picture: LNP) Two elderly people were killed and 12 others injured after a horror crash on a busy motorway....
View ArticlePolice release e-fit after a dog walker was sexually assaulted
Police have released this e-fit of the suspect (Picture: Thames Valley Police) A police force has released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in connection with a sexual assault. Thames Valley...
View ArticlePolice officer admits sex offence against 13-year-old girl
PC Luke Christopher Horner has admitted to engaging in sexual activity with a girl, 13 (Picture; Northamptonshire Police) A police officer had admitted to having penetrative sexual activity with a...
View ArticleMan in his 30s dies after falling down stairs of double decker bus
The Oxford Bus Company runs services across the city and the surrounding area (Picture: Shutterstock/Roger Utting) A man in his thirties has died after falling down the stairs of a double decker bus...
View ArticleBoy, 10, dies after getting into difficulty in river
Shadrack Appiah had dreams of becoming a pilot (Picture: Thames Valley Police) A 10-year-old boy has died following an incident at a river in Reading. Shadrack Appiah got into difficulty in the water...
View ArticleGirl, 4, dies after being struck by a minibus in town centre
A child suffered fatal injuries following a road traffic incident in Reading (Picture: Google) A girl aged four died after being struck by a minibus during the morning rush hour. The child had been...
View ArticleMan, 49, charged with murder of two women on Christmas Day pictured
Jazwell Brown, 49, is charged with the murders of Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24 (Picture: PA/Facebook) A man accused of stabbing two women to death in Bletchley on Christmas Day has been...
View ArticleGang forces woman to the ground before cleaning out house of guns and jewellery
Armed with blades, the gang ransacked the house of £200,000 worth of items Five burglars are being hunted after breaking into a remote farmhouse and forcing a ‘terrified’ woman to the ground while...
View ArticleReading park terror victims ‘had no chance to defend themselves’, inquest hears
The inquest of three friends fatally wounded by Khairi Saadallah (inset) began today (Pic: PA) Victims of the 2020 Reading park terror attack had ‘no chance to react, let alone defend themselves’, an...
View ArticleHusband, 77, charged with murder of wife found dead inside their house
His 73-year-old wife died after she was found unconscious inside their bungalow (Picture: South Bedfordshire News Agency/Loughton and Great Holm Parish Council) A parish councillor has appeared in...
View ArticleSpeeding driver smashes into car in front sending it spinning in cloud of smoke
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A woman has revealed what went through her mind when she...
View ArticlePolice missed five chances to stop officer who had sex with 13-year-old girl
A tip-off suggested Luke Horner was speaking with another teenager before the offence (Picture: PA) An officer ‘repeatedly’ asked a girl, 15, to send naked pictures before he committed a child sexual...
View ArticleBoy, 8, who went missing from primary school is found safe
Aidan was missing from Sandy Lane Primary School in Bracknell (Picture: Google) A missing eight-year-old schoolboy has been safely found following a desperate police hunt. The child, named Aidan,...
View ArticleTeenager hospitalised after ‘serious assault’ outside night club
The attack happened outside Popworld in Milton Keynes (Picture: Google Maps) A teenager ended up in hospital after a ‘serious assault’ outside the Popworld nightclub in Milton Keynes. A group of men...
View ArticleNearly half of murders in the UK have been due to knife crime, new data reveals
Teenger Ben Kinsella’s death in 2016 was just one of the many lives lost to knife crime in the UK, and now Metro can reveal that almost half of all murders in the UK in the last two years have been...
View ArticleLittering police officer forced to pick up crusts by man who spotted him on CCTV
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A fresh-faced police officer has been given a telling off...
View ArticleCar crashes into walls of Windsor Castle
Emergency services on the scene after a car crashed in to the wall of Windsor Castle (Picture: SWNS) A car has crashed into the walls of Windsor Castle in Windsor, Berkshire. Pictures show the front...
View Article‘Brother and sister’ found dead in house in south east London
Police are still guarding the entrance to the home (Picture: UKNIP) A man and woman were found dead after concerns for their welfare resulted in the grim discovery of their bodies in a southeast...
View ArticleGang ‘armed with machetes and samurai swords’ storm through town
The alarm was raised following a ‘public order incident’ on Regents Street in Reading (Picture: Google) A community has been left shaken after a group armed with samurai swords and machetes stormed...
View ArticleHalf-naked assault victim mocked by police watching her back on bodycam footage
A student officer reported the incident and was later ‘dismissed’ (Picture: Getty) Police officers made ‘sickening’ comments about an assault victim while watching body-cam footage of her exposed...
View ArticleDrunk driver crashes after driving at 100mph on hard shoulder with child in car
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A dangerous driver sped down the hard shoulder at more...
View ArticleFirst photo of Christmas Day Bletchley stabbing victim, 24, revealed
Teohna Grant is said to be one of the victims (Picture: Jacob Dirnhuber) One of the women who was killed on Christmas Day in Bletchley has been named as a 24-year-old who moved to the area a few years...
View ArticleHunt for sex offender on the run after breaching order
Police have appealed for information on Steven Dunn’s whereabouts A man who breached his sex offender notification requirements is on the run. Steven Dunn, 46, is a registered predator, and as such is...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of murder after woman’s body found in marina
Police at the scene next to a houseboat following the discovery of a woman’s body in Caversham (Picture: Peter Manning/LNP) A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman’s...
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