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A member of one of Britain’s most notorious crime families has been ordered to hand back over £1.2million of his ‘dirty’ money or face a further seven years behind bars. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Adams, 64, was jailed for seven and a half years for drug trafficking after his money laundering operation with accomplices was foiled in … Read more
Priti Patel has been Home Secretary for six months, almost to the day. She seems to be tough and demanding, which is exactly what we want — well, it is certainly exactly what I want — from the person who wields the big stick in one of the great offices of State at this perilous … Read more
School pupils get lessons in how to deal with stab wounds using military-grade tourniquets amid UK’s knife crime epidemic Midlands Air Ambulance last year attended an average of two stabbings a week It is aiming courses at youths as they are likely to be first on scene of an attack 60 schools have booked to … Read more
Priti Patel demanded police chiefs slash crime and deliver safer streets in exchange for more officers today as she said neither she nor the public would accept any ‘excuses’. The Home Secretary used a speech in London to say cutting crime is ‘non-negotiable’ and there must be ‘no weak spots’ in efforts to do so. Addressing the National … Read more
Politician Pauline Hanson has slammed Chinese students for exploiting a legal loophole to sneak back into Australia amid the coronavirus outbreak. She called for universities to be liable if other students catch the disease, saying officials only care about ‘money from foreign students’. A travel ban is in place to keep Australians safe from the deadly … Read more
Police swoop on Salford street after gunshots fired at car as neighbours report hearing ‘four loud bangs’ ‘Three of four gunshots’ were heard by neighbours on Saturday evening Large police presence in the area but no one believed to have been injured Two roads were cordoned off after suspects fled and no arrests were made … Read more
It’s one of the hotly-anticipated return of the caped crusader, with Robert Pattinson set to take the leading role. And set designers were seen out on the streets of Glasgow transforming the area they were set to film in into the dark city of Gotham, on Saturday. The crew could be seen muddying up the … Read more
Rowan Baxter rejected an offer to share custody of his children, aged three to six, with his estranged wife Hannah Clarke before he killed them all in a horrific car fire. Ms Clarke, 31, and her kids Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, burned to death after Baxter, 42, set the Kia Sportage on … Read more
CLASSIC CRIME By Barry Turner for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 31 October 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 31 October 2019 A DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT by Ashley Weaver (Allison & Busby £14.99, 350 pp) A DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT by Ashley Weaver (Allison & Busby £14.99, 350 pp) A rich socialite with a talent for delving into … Read more
CRIME By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 00:17 GMT, 21 February 2020 THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins £12.99, 384pp) Foley burst on to the crime scene with her debut The Hunting Party last year, and this second outing confirms her exceptional talent. The premise … Read more