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Shocking moment thugs attack police with planks of wood and hurl missiles as officers try to seize £159,925 Lamborghini from Leeds street A mob threw planks of wood at police as they tried to seize a Lamborghini Urus Shocking video shows crowds hurl abuse at police in the Harehills area of Leeds A sports car and … Read more
Fears of a coup in Mali are growing after mutinous troops today seized the country’s president and several government ministers, sparking condemnation by UN chiefs. Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 75, was seized in a dramatic escalation of a months-long crisis in the fragile West African country. Prime Minister Boubou Cisse has also been seized, say … Read more
In December 2019 an operation targeted the ‘Ndrangheta families based in the southern Italian city of Locri in the Calabria region – the rural, mountainous and under-developed ‘toe’ of Italy’s boot and the heartland of the worldwide crime group. As a result of the swoop, Italian police arrested 334 people, including a police colonel and a … Read more
The new chair of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog today accused Boris Johnson of an ‘improper’ bid to seize control after the PM’s favoured candidate was outflanked in a vote. Julian Lewis hit out after No10 kicked him out of the Tory party in revenge for his dramatic ambush of Chris Grayling last night, which saw him … Read more
Boris Johnson to seize powers from NHS England and hand them to Matt Hancock in bid for more control over the health service Ministers are planning to overhaul the NHS amid coronavirus crisis frustrations They want to ‘clip the wings’ of NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens There has been anger among ministers at the … Read more
Now that’s a takeaway! Osprey dives into water to emerge with his next meal clutched between his talons An amateur photographer captured the shot of his life during an outing up in the Scottish highlands Alan Wemyss, 55, captured the dramatic snaps while on an early morning shoot at a bird hide in Aviemore The … Read more
Are the mafia in business with ISIS? Italian police seize a record one billion euros worth of amphetamine pills ‘made by the Islamic State’ hidden in container ship Police discovered 84 million pills of the drug Captagon in three container ships It is known as the ‘drug of the Jihad’ and is widespread in wartorn … Read more
Police seize £100,000 cash, luxury watches, high-powered scooters and a machete in dawn raids on ‘county lines drugs network’ in south London A south London drugs raid resulted in a huge haul of cash and weaponry Police took two designer watches, a machete, high-powered scooters and jewels Raids took place on a series of addresses, … Read more
Life goes on almost as normal in Taiwan. The schools are full of children, the streets thronged with shoppers, the bars busy. Even the national sport of baseball has resumed – albeit with no more than 1,000 fans in the stadium. This makes the island nation of 23million people almost unique among locked down developed … Read more
Border Force in France seize £20million worth of cocaine within plywood boxes in a lorry carrying consignment of car parts to Britain The haul, which had a potential street value of around £20 million, was discovered within a number of plywood boxes in a lorry Border Force officers use hi-tech search equipment to combat immigration … Read more