The son of a British couple detained in Iran has expressed his concern for their welfare after the UK’s embassy was closed in Tehran amid the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests. Joe Bennett’s parents, Craig and Lindsay Foreman, were on a trip around the world when they were arrested by Iranian authorities in January last […]
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Actor John Alford jailed for sex assaults on teen girls
BBC Actor John Alford has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail after sexually assaulting two teenage girls. The former London’s Burning and Grange Hill star committed the offences against a 14-year-old and 15-year-old girl at a friend’s house in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, in April 2022. The 54-year-old, of Holloway, north London, stood […]
Wrexham man jailed for selling assisted suicide chemicals online
Telor Iwan, Oscar Edwards,BBC Walesand Sarah Easedale,Mold Crown Court Miles Cross pleaded guilty to four counts of intentionally committing an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide A man who sold chemicals online to help people kill themselves has been jailed after what is thought to be the first investigation of its kind. Miles Cross, […]
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB graft scandal | Najib Razak
The jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to an additional 15 years after he was found guilty of abuse of power, in the biggest trial yet in the multibillion-dollar fraud scandal related to the state fund 1MDB. Najib’s conviction substantially increases the six-year prison term he is already serving for a […]
Brazil’s jailed ex-President Bolsonaro undergoes ‘successful’ surgery | Jair Bolsonaro News
Bolsonaro’s operation addressed a painful double hernia; doctors anticipate five to seven days of hospitalisation. Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a prison sentence for an attempted coup, underwent a “successful” surgery for an inguinal hernia, his […]
‘London’s most prolific Grindr gang’ jailed for over 8 years
Josh Parry,LGBT & Identity reporterand Neil Henderson,Courts producer, in London Met Police Mohammed Hotak, left, and Rahmat Mohammadi were convicted at an earlier hearing in November 2025 Two men who were part of what police have called “London’s most prolific Grindr gang” have been jailed for a combined eight-and-a-half years after using the gay dating […]
Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia
A Briton who fought in Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s office has said. Hayden Davies, a former British soldier who Russia has called a mercenary, was reportedly captured in Ukraine’s Donbas region in late 2024 or early 2025 while serving with the country’s foreign legion. He […]
Asylum seeker who murdered customer inside Lloyds bank in Derby jailed
Derbyshire Police Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur has been jailed for life An asylum seeker who “calmly” walked into a bank and stabbed a man inside to death without provocation or motive has been jailed for life. Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur stabbed Gurvinder Johal, 37, through the heart in an attack caught on CCTV at a Lloyds Bank […]