Osbourne jewellery heist
OZZY AND SHARONOsbourne spoke of their distress and anger after thieves stole £2million of jewellery from their home. They said the sentimental value of the gems made their loss irreplaceable and...
View ArticleOne dead in chemical incident
One person died and three others were injured after a chemical incident at a furniture factory, emergency services said. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue was called to Stewart Linford Kitchener Works...
View ArticleMan dies after inhaling fumes
A man who died fter inhaling paint-stripper fumes was found slumped over a tank of the chemical by his wife, colleagues have said. Brian Black, a 58-year-old father-of-two, died in his workshop at...
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Sex offender back in custody
Police have traced on the run sex offender Kevin Aldred A dangerous sex offender who went on the run after breaking a curfew on Wednesday is back in police custody. Kevin Aldred, 39, a registered sex...
View ArticleAnimal activists’ names on packages
At least two of the seven linked letter bombs posted in the last few weeks contained the names of animal rights activists, it has been disclosed. The name of a second campaigner was scrawled on the...
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Man arrested over letter bombs
ACPO national coordinator of domestic extremism Anton Setchell holds up one of the exploded letter bombs A man has been arrested in connection with a series of letter bomb attacks on motoring related...
View ArticleBurned body in field prompts appeal
Police are appealing for the public’s help after the body of woman in her 50s was found burned in a farmer’s field. The unidentified white woman had curly grey hair and curvature of the spine that...
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Plea to on-the-run asylum seekers
Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire Asylum seekers who escaped from a detention centre have been urged to hand themselves in to police by a leading immigration...
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Escaped men ‘are all criminals’
Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire The 14 men still on the run from an immigration detention centre are all convicted criminals, the Home Office has said. A...
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Three escapees are recaptured
A police dog handler outside Campsfield House immigration removal centre Three men who escaped from the Campsfield detention centre over the weekend were recaptured, Thames Valley Police said....
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Coach chief’s pledge after crash
Thirty-three people were injured when the coach overturned The chief executive of National Express has moved to reassure the public after one of the company’s coaches overturned on a motorway,...
View ArticleCoach crash boss defends safety record
The chief executive of National Express has moved to reassure the public after one of the company’s coaches overturned on a motorway, seriously injuring six people. Richard Bowker said the firm was...
View ArticleForce spending £1m on interpreters
A police force says it is spending more than £1 million a year on interpreters as officers try to meet the demands posed by an influx of migrant workers following the broadening of the European Union....
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Three more held over biker shooting
Gerry Tobin was shot on the M40 in Warwickshire Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a Hell’s Angel biker on the M40 motorway have arrested a further three men. Warwickshire Police detained...
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Protests fail to stop Oxford debate
Hundreds of protesters surrounded the Oxford Union chanting anti-fascist slogans Protesters have stormed the Oxford Union throwing a planned debate featuring BNP leader Nick Griffin and controversial...
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England star charged with assault
England rugby star Olly Barkley has been charged with assault following an alleged brawl at a wedding. The 26-year-old fly-half, who plays for Bath Rugby Club, is alleged to have attacked a fellow...
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Rugby star charged over wedding brawl
Olly Barkley England fly-half Olly Barkley has been charged with assault following an alleged brawl at a wedding, police said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Bath player is alleged to have attacked a...
View ArticleBid to save horses ‘left to die’
Scores of horses are being cared for following a massive rescue operation after animals were “left to die”. They were found in a field with more than 30 other dead animals, the RSPCA said. It found 31...
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Premier League star charged with drink-driving
Dave Kitson Premier League soccer star Dave Kitson has been charged with a drink-driving offence, police said last night. The Reading striker will appear in court next week accused of failing to...
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Bungling cop spreads strawberry meth myth
A policeman alerted hundreds of families to the danger-drug Strawberry Meth – despite the fact it does not exist. Pupils and parents at 80 schools in Oxfordshire were warned of the possible risks of...
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