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Vandals smash up cars of NHS medics left outside hospitals

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NHS medics on the front line of Britain’s coronavirus emergency have been targeted by thugs who smashed up their cars while they treated the sick. Dr Alec Watson was pulled from his shift at the King’s Cross Hospital, Dundee, after his and a colleague’s vehicle windows were both shattered. And nurse Holly Coates was devastated … Read more

Thugs smash doors of London Sainsbury’s after raiding store as capital approaches total shutdown

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A gang of thugs smashed a Sainsbury’s shop front in south London in a nighttime raid as supermarkets come under huge pressure amid coronavirus fears.  Six men tried stealing alcohol from the New Kent Road store in Elephant and Castle at around 10.50pm yesterday by ‘concealing spirits in their clothes’.   Police said that Sainsbury’s staff … Read more

Moment brave police smash their way into homes at night to save families from nearby fire

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Dramatic body-worn camera footage has captured the moment two quick-thinking police officers smashed their way into a block of flats in London to help save the lives of neighbours who had no idea a fire was raging beneath them. Police were called to the blaze behind shops in Cranleigh Gardens in Harrow just after 6.30pm … Read more

That cake was simply smashing! Is a ‘cake smash’ a sweet treat for babies or a daft indulgence?

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Once it was enough to celebrate a child’s first birthday by throwing a modest party for close friends and family, with a glass of fizz for the adults and a slice of birthday cake for all — some of which would inevitably end up smeared round the face of the birthday boy or girl. But … Read more

London taxi driver in his 80s is killed in horror smash with minibus

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London taxi driver in his 80s is killed in horror smash with minibus  The collision happened on the A5 at Hyde Estate Road in Colindale on Saturday  Pictures emerging from the scene showed extensive damage to front of taxi  Met Police said there were no arrests and victim’s next of kin had been informed By … Read more

Spanish police smash British gang behind illegal cigarette factory hidden underground

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Six workers trapped in squalid, airless conditions were rescued from an elaborate cannabis farm and counterfeit tobacco factory hidden beneath a mountain village in Spain after police arrested the suspected masterminds of the operation.  Spanish police smashed a British-led gang behind Europe’s first-ever underground illegal cigarette factory. The secret operation, complete with machinery that could … Read more