FAR-RIGHT activist Tommy Robinson was discriminated against by police owing to his political beliefs when he was nabbed driving a Bentley, a court has been told.
Madeleine McCann stalker Julia WandeltCredit: Dr Fia Johansson
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Wandelt has been accused of stalking Maddie’s parents Kate and GerryCredit: PA
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell told a court today that when Ms Wandelt’s DNA was compared with Maddie’s the results were clear.
When asked what they proved, Cranwell replied: “A comparison took place and it conclusively proved that Julia Wandelt is not Madeleine McCann.”
The trial over Ms Wandelt’s alleged stalking of the McCann’s is ongoing as a court heard this month she is said to have bombarded Kate and Gerry with calls, letters and messages over almost three years.
Leicester crown court was played clips she left after she got the family’s phone number from Portuguese police records.
In one, Polish national Wandelt, 24, tells Kate: “I know you probably think Madeleine is dead, but she is not. I am her.”
BUS drivers in London have fumed that their vehicles are becoming riddled with cockroaches.
Shocking snaps appear to show the rodents perched in seat cushions and drink containers.
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Bus drivers in London are fuming as a horde of cockroaches infest their vehiclesCredit: AFP
As a result, many drivers have flocked to London Bus Forums (LBF), a message board and campaigning organisation, to call on Transport for London to make its vehicles cleaner, The Times reports.
One video uploaded to the forum appears to show one driver get a nasty shock when he notices several cockroaches inside his drink.
“I went to take a sip from my drink and felt something in my mouth,” the driver says in the clip.
“I spat it out and saw it was a cockroach.
“I felt sick and ended up vomiting.”
Complaints made by drivers are “growing in frequency and urgency”, according to the LBF.
Bus services are run by private companies under contract to Transport for London [TfL].
TfL said extensive daily cleaning took place across the network and the fleet was treated with the same long-term antibacterial products as were used on the Underground.
A TfL spokesman said: “We are committed to working together with operators to provide a clean environment for staff and customers. Most TfL welfare facilities are cleaned multiple times a day, and at a minimum daily, to maintain hygiene and safety standards.
“All buses are also cleaned every night before entering service, and reports such as these are rare.
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“We take any report seriously and are urgently investigating the specific incidents that have been raised.
“As with any reports, we will take appropriate action as part of the investigation, which can include taking buses out of service for inspection, deep cleans and treatment with specialist equipment if necessary.
“We would like to reassure staff that our operators would never take action against people raising concerns about welfare or safety and encourage any driver with concerns to contact their employer, their union, or contact us directly.”
LBF added: “These cockroach reports are not isolated. They reflect a broader failure to maintain safe and sanitary conditions for bus drivers.
“This is a public health issue affecting both staff and passengers.
“That’s why drivers will be marching on November 5 to demand safer working conditions and the adoption of the bus drivers’ bill of rights.”
John Murphy, the regional officer for Unite, the union representing many London bus drivers, fumed that it was “completely unacceptable that London bus drivers are being forced to drive around for hours in vehicles that have cockroach infestations.”
He continued: “TfL and the bus companies need to take action now to rid all buses of infestations and Unite will hold them to account until they do.”
The Sun Online has reached out to Transport for London for comment.
THIS is the head-scratching moment a food delivery cyclist can be seen pedalling along the M4 in rush hour traffic.
The bizarre video of the delivery rider was captured by a passerby on a bridge running over the motorway.
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Footage captured shows a delivery rider pedalling along a busy motorwayCredit: Caters
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The scene occurred on the M4 during rush hour trafficCredit: Caters
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A cop car signals for the rider to pull overCredit: Caters
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He is then seen on the side of the road with a number of officers and vehiclesCredit: Caters
Desperately trying to keep up with the traffic, the rider furiously pedals down the motorway road.
Cars speed past on both sides of the road as he takes up an entire lane.
A police car then steers up to the bike with its siren blaring to pull up to the rider.
Unfazed, the man on the bike takes a quick glance over looks over.
A following angle then shows the rider pulled to the side of the motorway.
He is surrounded by three cops, with two more who can be seen approaching.
Three police vehicles are also spotted parked along the roadside to attend the incident.
The video was shared on social media, with a caption which read: “Absolute scenes on the M4.”
Text on the video also says: “I hate to tell you your McDonalds might be cold.”
Several viewers questioned why so many cops were needed for the delivery rider.
One wrote: “Why do they need 3 cop cars for one bro on a pushbike…sure this is overkill? Motorway or not.”
“3 cars vs 1 just eat man on his bike. Sounds legit.”
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Others joked about the wait for the food delivery: “Estimated delivery time 6 hours. Yeah.”
“When you set your just eat account to car not bike by mistake,” another wrote.
“Still waiting for my big mac meal…”
Some were more sympathetic to the rider: “He deserves a tip!”
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Users responded to the video posted on social mediaCredit: Caters
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Cops can be see berating the cyclist on the side of the motorwayCredit: Caters
“I feel so bad for him. Cycling his whole way through all the for some food,” another added.
It comes after another delivery rider was spotted passing motorists on the M6 earlier this year.
The Just Eat employee was filmed by a driver on the M6 in Birmingham, West Mids., which was shared to X.
In response to the incident, a Just Eat spokesperson said: “Most delivery drivers delivering food to customers’ doors are employed directly by independent restaurants.
“We do work with third-party courier companies, agency couriers and self-employed independent contractors in certain areas.
“We hold ourselves to the highest standards and in line with these, we would expect all drivers associated with Just Eat to act responsibly and respectfully at all times.”
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A MANIPULATIVE fraudster who fleeced an elderly woman out of almost £300,000 before fleeing to Tenerife is facing down a six-year prison sentence.
Pamela Gwinnett, 62, continued to stealmoney from Joan Greene, 89, after the pensioner passed away, treating her as a “cash cow to be milked.”
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Gwinnett fled to Tenerife after she got caught
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A court heard that Joan was made to believe her family hated her in the final months of her lifeCredit: MEN Media
Gwinnet claimed she was the grandmother’s carer but isolated frail, vulnerable Joan from her family.
She accused family members of mistreating the widow and did everything she could to keep them away while she fleeced her “golden goose.”
She would steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from the elderly woman, using the money to pay for botox and expensive meals before fleeing to Tenerife after getting caught.
Gwinett denied charges of fraud and theft but was found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court.
After discovering ex-accountant Joan was wealthy Gwinett concocted a lie, convincing Joan that her family were stealing from her pension.
Gwinett even moved Joan into a care home to keep the pensioner close when Covid hit in March 2020.
After the pandemic ended she took Joan home but padlocked the gates of her bungalow and changed the landline number in a bid to stop Joan’s family from getting in touch.
A court heard that the last months of Joan’s life had become “pock marked with increasing periods of bewilderment and confusion.”
Joan also became doubly incontinent, but instead of looking after the elderly woman Gwinett “bullied” her.
Gwinett would cover for Joan’s professional live-in carers for two hours a day, billing the pensioner for the time.
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Judge Michael Maher said: “On one occasion, [one of the carers] found to her horror that you had left Joan covered in her own faeces in bed at the end of your two-hour shift.
“On another occasion, you barked at her to relieve herself in her incontinent pad.”
Eventually one of Joan’s carers became so concerned that she arranged for Joan’s family to visit.
The meeting sparked a massive argument with video from the incident featuring Joan complaining that she doesn’t know what’s going on.
Footage also picked up Joan mentioning money problems despite her being a well off woman.
By the time Gwinett’s power of attorney over Joan was suspended she had already robbed £161,000 from the pensioner.
She even managed to steal a further £119,000 by opening a joint account and transferring Joan’s cash into that.
Judge Maher said Joan’s family “are devastated by the fact that Joan in the fog of her deterioratingmental healthmay well have believed the lies you were pedalling and made her isolation all the more solitary and lonely.”
Joan’s step-daughter Katherine Farrimond, 65, said Joan believed in her final years that her family “hated her” and “didn’t want to see her’” because to Gwinett’s “lies.”
In April, Gwinett applied to vary her bail conditions so she could fly to Tenerife, saying she hoped to scatter her late brother’s ashes there.
Her request was denied but she still brazenly boarded a plane just hours later and has remained there since.
The judge added: “I sincerely hope that Ms Gwinett is extradited back to the UK to serve this sentence for these egregious offences.
“It is an affront to justice and the rule of law for this defendant to be allowed to remain in Tenerife.”
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Gwinett once left Joan ‘covered in her own faeces’Credit: MEN Media
A TOP Tory minister has said she fears her hotel room was bugged on a fact-finding trip to Taiwan.
It comes after a case against an accused Chinese spy, Chris Cash, collapsed last month when the Government refused to class Beijing as a threat to national security.
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The case against Christopher Cash was droppedCredit: AFP
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Alicia Kearns MP fears her hotel room was bugged on a trip to TaiwanCredit: Richard Townshend
Chris Cash, 30, and his friend Christopher Berry, 33, were both accused and denied spying for China.
Cash, a parliamentary researcher, received high level briefings from former MI6 spooks, ambassadors and ministers before he was dramatically arrested.
The former teacher, who had lived and worked in China, was accused of passing secrets to Beijing.
Starmer has since claimed that there was nothing he could do about the issue and blamed the former government for not designating China a threat when the offences took place.
The Daily Mail has now revealed that at the same time the Government was refusing to designate Beijing a threat, then foreign secretary David Lammy was doing just that.
He branded China an enemy of Britain during a debate in the commons in an effort to defend Labour’s surrender of the Chagos Islands.
The Shadow National Security Minister, Alicia Kearns, 37, has now revealed that she was a target during the alleged spy operation.
In what is thought to be a spy dossier, details of her hotel room in Taiwan were found.
When the senior Tory minister was on a fact finding trip to the country as chairman of the foreign affairs committee, she fears she was bugged by Beijing.
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She told the Daily Mail: “They could have got in that room at any time.
“You can’t be sure that the room hasn’t got a bug or a camera somewhere.
“There could be photos of you walking around your hotel room naked.”
China had threatened that the mother-of-three’s trip would result in “repercussions.”
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The Prime Minister blamed the last government for not designating China a threatCredit: Getty
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Beijing said Alicia Kearns’ trip would have ‘repercussions’Credit: Getty
She worked alongside Mr Cash for a year and raised concern that others he met through work may have been exposed.
Chinese dissidents, victims of transnational repression and people intimidated in secret Chinese police stations in the UK may have all been laid bare to Mr Cash.
The Shadow National Security Minister continued, saying Mr Cash worked at the heart of government policy on China.
He gained insight from the Foreign Office, Home Office, Treasury and Department for Business and Trade according to Ms Kearns.
Mr Cash worked on key government policy around China including the TikTok ban on government devices and exposing covert Chinese police stations in the UK.
The alleged spy managed to speak to every top China expert in the UK, finding himself in a position to glean information as “valuable as gold dust” to Beijing Ms Kearns believes.
The revelations could raise more questions about why the case against the accused spooks was dropped.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper admitted: “We know China poses threats to the UK national security.”
“I am deeply frustrated about this case, because I, of course, wanted to see it prosecuted.”
Ex-diplomat Charles Parton previously told The Sun that the Government’s refusal to brand Beijing a threat clearly showed “a desire not to offend China.”
Mr Parton, who was due to testify for the prosecution, slammed the CPS for failing to find new witnesses after the Government pulled its national security official at the last minute.
He told The Sun: “They are both to blame. The Government for withdrawing.
“But the CPS should have got some evidence from experts to say, ‘Is China a threat?’
“Then the jury could have said, ‘Yes, national security threat,’ and now we’re going ahead and trying this case.
“That smacks either of interference by the Government or just sheer incompetence.”
Chris Cash and Christopher Berry both deny all charges brought against them under the official secrets act.
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Ex-diplomat Charles Parton slammed the CPS for failing to find new witnesses
A BBC radio presenter who was sacked for his inappropriate radio segments says he thought he was acting within the guidelines.
Jack Murley, from Bodmin, was employed byBBCRadio Cornwall, inTruro, from 2019 until he was taken off air by the broadcaster in 2023.
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Jack Murley was taken off air by the broadcaster in 2023
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The presenter’s dismissal came after a ‘heated conversation’ with his bossCredit: Getty
His dismissal came after a “heated conversation” with his boss over his social media use.
The presenter was taken off air despite believing he was “acting within the BBC’s social media guidelines”, a tribunal heard.
Since 2022 Mr Murley had offered his views on social media about the BBC’s Local Value For All project, questions were also raised about one of his radiofeatures.
Mr Murley’s Loosest Goose segment, a satirical show that included innuendo, was described at the disciplinary hearing as being “deeply inappropriate” and “well beyond innuendo.”
One of the beebs senior news editors told the tribunal it had been a “clear and straightforward decision” to consider the case as “gross misconduct.”
At the hearing in Exeter Mr Murley explained he would have been willing to make changes or even “undertake training” to keep his job.
He said if concerns were raised with him he would have acted to address them.
The former presenter is now seeking a whopping £48,000 in compensation.
The corporation said they removed the presenter from the airwaves because of the “heated conversation” he had with his manager.
According to Mr Murley the row stemmed from his social media use, which the firm took issue with.
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A senior news editor at BBC Wales was the hearing manager for the disciplinary proceedings brought against Mr Murley.
The senior news editor said social media posts were viewed in the same light as a broadcast.
Speaking at the tribunal he would go on to say Mr Murley: “Should have had the knowledge and experience to be compliant with the guidelines.”
Mr Murley’s disciplinary hearing went to appeal and the hearing manager director of BBC Northern Ireland, Adam Smyth, upheld the decision.
Smyth said the corporation has to “be sure that our presenters are trustworthy.”
Mr Murley is said to have claimed he had several examples of managers endorsing his innuendo in his Loosest Goose radio feature.
He questioned how he was supposed to know that the show breached guidelines given that his seniors endorsed it.
The former presenter explained at the hearing: “I thought I was in the right.”
He added: “I think there was a way back, I wanted to stay at the BBC, I loved the BBC.”
The tribunal continues.
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MADELEINE McCann’s sister is giving evidence today against a stalker who turned up at the family home claiming to be the missing youngster.
Julia Wandelt allegedly sent unwanted emails, made multiple phone calls and even turned up at the home of Kate and Gerry McCann.
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Both Sean and Amelie McCann will give evidence todayCredit: Getty – Pool
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Julia Wandelt believed she was Madeleine
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Maddie vanished in 2007Credit: PA
The 24-year-old falsely claimed she was Madeleine, who vanished on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.
She believed she had memories of the three-year-old’s childhood and disappearance before being supposedly trafficked to Poland.
Madeleine’s brother Sean and sister Amelie, both 20, are giving evidence today at Leicester Crown Court.
The twins, who were sleeping in the same room as their sibling when she vanished, have never publicly spoken about Madeleine.
It comes after their parents yesterday took to the stand to open up about their daughter’s disappearance for the first time in eight years.
Wandelt yesterday had to be escorted from the courtroom after yelling “why are you doing this to me?” at Kate.
The mum had told jurors how Wandelt and her co-accused Karen Spragg, 61, showed up at the family home in December 2024.
She said she was unloading the car in the dark and immediately felt “distressed” at the situation.
The mum added: “[Wandelt] called me mum”.
Kate told how the second woman was “slightly more aggressive” and was asking: “Don’t you want to find your daughter?”
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She said she went inside and felt “invaded in my home” as the two women continued to bang on the front door.
Wandelt then posted a letter to the next day to “mum” and signed from “Madeleine”, the court heard.
Kate said: “It was the thing I wanted the most – through all this pain – for Madeleine to be back and calling me ‘mum’.”
She continued: “Referring to me as mum was hard and she said a few times about Gerry being controlling – which had no truth.”
Kate told jurors she first became aware of Wandelt in 2022 after she phoned Gerry at the hospital he works at.
The mum said Wandelt had also emailed the Find Madeleine campaign but she received no direct contact herself until 2024.
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Amelie and Sean were sleeping in the same room as Maddie when she vanishedCredit: Rex Features
Kate said police officers investigating Madeleine’s disappearance sent her and Gerry a photo of the alleged stalker after she claimed she was the missing youngster.
Both parents concluded she was not Madeleine but Wandelt continued to contact them – claiming: “I never lied, I’m not crazy, please let me prove it.”
She also allegedly left a voicemail on Kate’s phone, saying: “If I am her, then everything should be OK but if I’m not, which you probably think, then I’ll leave you alone.
“I know my accent is Polish because I live here… I’m not pretty like Madeleine but I know what I know and I know and what I remember.
“Please give me a chance, you don’t give up on your daughter, I’m not crazy.”
But Kate said today: “I know I can’t say what Madeleine looks like now, but I know I’d recognise her.”
The mum said after the disappearance of her daughter, and knowing that her mobile number was in the public domain, she did not change it “on principle”.
She added: “I didn’t feel I should have to do that.”
Kate told the court she “didn’t want to engage” but almost agreed to a DNA test as Wandelt’s campaign was “getting to me”.
She added: “I almost wanted a DNA test to put it to bed… from the photographs.. I knew it wasn’t her.”
The mum said the “final straw” came when she discovered Wandelt had allegedly messaged her 20-year-old daughter, Amelie.
Kate told jurors she went to police to discuss the case after that.
Letter ‘stalker’ posted through McCann’s front door
“Dear Mum [Kate],
“I’m so sorry for causing you so much distress, but when I saw you yesterday, my emotions were so strong.
“I felt a close connection to you. I don’t like seeing you upset.
“All I want is to find out the truth. I have memories and I have gathered a lot of evidence supporting my case.
“I think that inside your heart you believe and know who I am and I am your daughter.
“I don’t understand why you don’t want to do a DNA test with me.
“I think you are scared, but whatever makes you scared, just remember that you are stronger than that.
“Yesterday, I heard a lot of care and love in your voice. I hope you will find a way to contact me.”
The letter was signed off with “Madeleine”.
She said since the arrest of the defendants, her stress levels had gone down.
Kate added she did not want anything like this to “put extra focus” on Sean and Amelie.
“What they’ve had to deal with, and still have to deal with, is a lot and we try to keep that to a minimum,” the mum said.
Gerry’s voice cracked as he also gave evidence today and he grew emotional when discussing his other children Sean and Amelie.
He said: “After everything that has happened with Madeleine we want to protect them.”
Gerry added: “We want them to be known as Amelie McCann and Sean McCann not missing Madeleine McCann’s brother and sister.”
Jurors heard previously how Wandelt tried to persuade “anybody prepared to listen” that she was the British toddler.
The alleged stalker, from Lubin in south west Poland, burst into tears and had to take a 10-minute break after the court was told she is not Madeleine.
Mr Duck added: “There could never have been a legitimate belief by Julia Wandelt that she was Madeleine McCann.
“At the time of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, Julia Wandelt was not of the same age.”
‘Stalking’ campaign
The court heard she compared herself to images of Madeleine and tried to convince the younger McCann daughter, Amelie, they were related.
She even signed letters to the McCann family from Madeleine, it was said.
Mr Duck said the “well-planned campaign of harassment” had a “substantial adverse effect on the day-to-day activities” of the McCann parents.
The court heard Wandelt initially called the hospital where they work and emailed the Met Police investigation codenamed Operation Grange.
She later messaged Gerry: “In June 2022 I started to think maybe I am Madeleine McCann. I am not joking, please take this seriously.”
Jurors heard she went on to call and message Kate over 60 times during a single day in April 2024, writing: “I never lied. I am not crazy. Please let me prove it.”
Recorded voicemail messages were played in court where Wandelt was heard pleading: “I beg you, you are my real mother, I remember you and our home, give me a chance to prove it
“You are mummy. You know it’s me. I remember how you hugged me and a pink teddy bear.”
Mr Duck said: “One of the many tragic consequences for Madeleine’s parents has been their consequent inability to escape that unwanted glare of publicity that came with that tragedy.
“Their faces have become immediately recognisable to a worldwide audience and the attention they have received has not always been compassionate. Far from it.
“They have been embraced by millions of people around the world who sympathise with their position. But there remains a group of individuals which continues to fail to acknowledge their plight and perpetuates conspiracy theories which simply heap further misery upon them.
“Unfortunately, these two defendants belong to that latter group – but as far as they are concerned, their observations and behaviour are not an offhand comments or a Facebook/Instagram posting, but a well-planned campaign of harassment which extended, in Julia Wandelt’s case, for over two-and-half years.”
Wandelt and co-accused Karen Spragg, 61, from Cardiff, deny stalking causing serious alarm and distress to Kate and Gerry between June 2022 and February this year.
The trial continues.
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Madeleine disappeared when she was three years oldCredit: PA
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Wandelt turned up at Kate and Gerry McCann’s home
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She was accompanied by co-accused Karen SpraggCredit: PA
COPS have launched a murder inquiry after a teenager was stabbed and “dumped” in the street.
Multiple police cordons were in place last night after the victim, believed to be 19 years old, was found by officers with serious injuries in the Harehills area of Leeds around 12pm yesterday.
He was pronounced dead shortly after.
The man is thought to have been attacked in another part of the city before being left in St Wilfried’s Crescent.
As investigations continue, three crime scenes were erected.
In a statement,West Yorkshire Policesaid: “Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Leeds.
“At around 12pm today (8 October), a report was received that a man was found on St Wilfrid’s Crescent, Harehills, with serious injuries. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
“He has not yet been formally identified. A number of scenes are in place whilst extensive enquiries are carried out, including Parkside View, St Wilfrid’s Crescent and Amberton Crescent.
“Officers from the Homicide and Major Enquiry team are appealing to anyone who was in any of these areas around 12pm who may have witnessed anything to come forward with information.
“Local neighbourhood policing patrols have been stepped up in the area to provide reassurance.”
Anyone with information that may help the police with their enquiries can call 101 using log number 650 of October 8.
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The man was found in St Wilfried’s Crescent in Leeds on WednesdayCredit: Google Maps
FOUR streets have been urgently evacuated over fears of bombs found inside a home in a UK seaside town.
A bomb disposal team is currently attending the scene and a person has been arrested in relation to the incident.
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Police arrived at the scene at around 4pm on Wednesday 8 OctoberCredit: UKNIP
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They responded to reports of the discovery of “suspicious items”Credit: UKNIP
The precautionary measure was taken after cops arrived at the scene in Margate, Kent, at around 4pm on Wednesday 8 October.
They responded to reports of “suspicious items” found in a flat at an address on Rosedale Road.
A bomb disposal team from The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are attending the scene in Rosedale Road and inspecting items.
Police and fire crews are also present and a cordon has been put in place.
A spokesperson for the force has also confirmed that a person has been arrested in relation to the incident and has been taken into custody.
Homes in Rosedale Road, Glencoe Road, Wharfedale Road and Malham Drive have all been evacuated.
One resident, Liam John, 28, told KentOnline: “I think everyone just shocked that there were loads of police and a bomb squad.
“It looks like I’m going to be on the street tonight, so yeah, there’s not much I can do really.”
Another local has described the incident as “all a bit crazy.”
Councillor Jack Packman has urged effected residents to seek help.
Thanet District Council has set up an evacuation point at Hartsdown Leisure Centre, where support and assistance is available to those in need.
A Kent Police spokesperson said: “Police have evacuated residents in four roads in Margate following a report of a property containing suspicious items.
“The precautionary measure was taken after Kent Police was called at around 4pm on Wednesday 8 October, to an address in Rosedale Road.
Dozens of families evacuated from homes and army bomb squad raced to scene after ‘suspicious object’ found under car
“Concerns were raised about items contained inside a flat.
“A cordon has been put in place and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from the Ministry of Defence is at the scene and inspecting the items. Kent Fire and Rescue Service crews are also in attendance.
“As well as in Rosedale Road, homes have been evacuated in Glencoe Road, Wharfedale Road and Malham Drive.
“Thanet District Council is managing residents’ welfare and Hartsdown Leisure Centre is being used to assist this process.
“A person has been arrested in connection with the incident and taken into custody.”
A statement form Dane Valley Ward councillors adds that, at this stage, there is no cause for concern.
It reads: ““They have identified some items that require specialist examination, and as a precaution, a small number of nearby homes have been temporarily evacuated.
“At this stage, there is no cause for concern, and the situation is being handled carefully and professionally.
A JACK the Ripper copycat who stalked the same streets as the serial killer has died in jail.
Derek Brown has died at the age of 64 after being taken to hospital.
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Multiple murderer Derek Brown caught on CCTVCredit: SWNS
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Brown, who was dubbed the ‘Modern Ripper’ has died aged 64Credit: SWNS
Brown was sentenced to a minimum term of 30 years on October 6 2008 after he was found guilty of murdering DVD seller Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and prostitute Bonnie Barrett, 24.
He denied murder but admitted paying both women for sex before their disappearance in 2007.
The previously convicted rapist found his victims in the Whitechapel area of London – famously stalked by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s.
A search of Brown’s Rotherhithe flat found traces of blood belonging to both women, as well as a receipt for a bow saw, heavy duty gloves, rubble sacks and cleaning materials.
Brown was serving his sentence in HMP Wakefield but is believed to have become unwell last month.
He was taken to hospital and died two days later on September 9 at the age of 64 – just days away from his 65th birthday.
However, his victims remains have never been found to this day.
A source close to Brown said: “He was in critical care since Saturday.
“They found him in his cell on Saturday, and he was in critical care since Saturday 5pm until Monday when he died at 3pm.”
Police at the time of the murders believed Brown sought “notoriety” for the killings.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Kandiah said: “If he kept killing prostitutes from the Whitechapel area, then that link (with Jack the Ripper) would be made.
“If this was a spree, it seems likely that we stopped him at number two.”
A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Derek Brown died in hospital on 29 September while serving a sentence at HMP Wakefield.
“As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.”
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Xiao Mei Guo was one of his victimsCredit: SWNS
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Bonnie Barratt also died at the hands of BrownCredit: SWNS
ANOTHER wife of the Manchester synagogue terrorist said the attacker “raped” her and lied about being married with a child.
The woman, whose identity is being protected, told how Jihad Al-Shamie abused her mentally and sexually after they first met on Muslim dating app Muzz.
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University drop-out Jihad al-Shamie led a tangled love lifeCredit: Facebook
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The 35-year-old was on police bail accused of rape when he carried out the car and knife terror attack in Manchester on Thursday
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Forensic teams at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogueCredit: AP
She had converted to Islam in 2012, ten years before meeting Al-Shamie.
The woman became trapped in a volatile cycle in which he would flip between being “vile” and then “nice” to draw her back in to their on-and-off relationship.
Eventually, Al-Shamie told the woman he was married and had a son, but confessed to keeping them secret.
In text messages seen by the M.E.N, he wrote: “I didn’t tell u because I really like you and wanted u to be my 2nd wife.”
But Al-Shamie told her men can have four wives in Islamic culture and that his first wife “accepts” it.
Within a month of entering into a relationship with him, the pair married in January 2022.
The woman said their Islamic ceremony took place over a video call because of Covid restrictions.
She claimed Al-Shamie raped her, but she did not report it to police.
The attacker’s abuse is laid out in Facebook messages between the couple.
Chilling moment terrorist’s car hurtles towards synagogue before ploughing into crowd
He tells her: “Good luck getting any guy to deal with your rubbish.”
And: “You’re not worth it and I can do better – don’t need someone with your baggage and mental issues.”
To try and win her back, Al-Shamie would promise grand gestures, such as buying a property close to where she lived, although these never came into fruition.
The woman told M.E.N she thought she loved him at the beginning of their partnership.
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Members of the Armed force prepare a bomb disposal robot inside a cordon outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogueCredit: AFP
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Melvin Cravitz, 66, was killed in the attackCredit: Reuters
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Tributes have also been paid to 53-year-old Adrian Daulby who died in the horrorCredit: Greater Manchester Police
“He was caring and understanding and didn’t judge my kids for their needs,” she said.
“He would say ‘I love you, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that’. He was controlling and abusive.
“He did rape me multiple times, but to us we just fulfil what our husband’s say.
“He was one of them where you have got to do it there and then.”
Domestic abuse – how to get help
DOMESTIC abuse can affect anyone – including men – and does not always involve physical violence.
Here are some signs that you could be in an abusive relationship:
Emotional abuse – Including being belittled, blamed for the abuse – gaslighting – being isolated from family and friends, having no control over your finances, what you where and who you speak to
Threats and intimidation – Some partners might threaten to kill or hurt you, destroy your belongings, stalk or harass you
Physical abuse – This can range from slapping or hitting to being shoved over, choked or bitten.
Sexual abuse – Being touched in a way you do not want to be touched, hurt during sex, pressured into sex or forced to have sex when you do not consent.
If any of the above apply to you or a friend, you can call these numbers:
Remember, you are not alone.
1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience domestic abuse over the course of their lifetime.
Every 30 seconds the police receive a call for help relating to domestic abuse.
She categorized their relationship as “his way or no way” and described him as constantly being “pushy” – telling her wives had to “obey” their husbands.
A former friend told The Sun on Sunday that killer Al-Shamie would smoke around 2g of strong skunk a day when he was a teen and frequently felt the wrath of his parents.
His obsession led him to dropping out of Liverpool John Moores University a year into his English, media and cultural studies degree course in 2011.
Meanwhile neighbours said he would spend his time lifting weights in his garage or wander around in his pyjamas and flip flops.
The woman also reflected this portrayal in her tales of Al-Shamie, who she claimed was always “between jobs” and “living with his parents”.
After their relationship ended, the last time Al-Shamie contacted her was April earlier this year, but she ignored him.
A FOUR-BEDROOM property in Dunfermline, is making the internet laugh for all the wrong reasons.
TheRightmovehome has gone viral for photoshopping cars to a listing photo that look like they’ve been “stuck on with Pritt Stick.”
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The living room that looks like its straight from a video game
What was meant to advertise a family home has instead become an internet meme.
On the market for £295,000 the house should be inviting and comforting but the listing makes it hard to see past the comedic value.
Instead, the photos look like a school art project.
The cars have been awkwardly stuck on the image to look as though they are “parked” on the driveway.
The photo, presumably there to show the spaciousness of the driveway, has done its job however.
The Emoov agent told Metro that the vendor had organised “quite a few viewings” off the back of the listing.
One social media user even noted: “Room for 4 or 5 cars but they only photoshopped 3 in!”
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A high resolution photograph of the kitchen
The photographs of the interior are so saturated that the glow almost makes them look like stills from a video game.
Another person joked that the photos themselves “look like they were taken on a Game Boy,” in reference to the low-resolution, pixelated quality of some shots.
Reddit commenters called it “the worst Photoshop effort I’ve seen on Rightmove.”
Others compared the images to a “Sims build gone wrong.”
Each photograph showcases another bizarre detail, turning what should be a standard property listing into a hilarious set of meme-worthy pictures.
Rather than envisioning their future in living in the home, viewers are laughing at stuck on cars, gleaming interiors, and grainy, Game Boy–style images.
The Scottish property proves that in the age of social media, sloppy picture editing will get far more views than the actual listing.
A spokesperson for Emoov said: “As an online estate agent, our vendors manage their own property sale—conducting viewings and creating their listings.
“Unless vendors choose our professional photography package, the photos are taken (and, as in this case, edited) by the sellers themselves.
“The images in question were supplied entirely by the vendor and not produced by Emoov.
“Vendors are free to use whichever images they prefer, however creative they choose to be.
“It seems this vendor enjoyed a weekend of virtual arts and crafts and decided to put the results on display!”
Whether or not the comical advertising works and property eventually finds a buyer, this house will be remembered and laughed about for a long time.
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A bedroom with bold interiors
This comes following last month’s Open House Festival during which Rightmove opened the doors to some of London’s most interesting and aesthetic houses.
Each year, over 700properties, buildings and other sites of architectural significance across London’s 33 boroughs open their doors with many said to be a “once in a lifetime visit”.
An ad warns: “Your Cabinet position may be at risk if you don’t heed proper instructions and keep up your correct stamp duty payments.”
It came after the ethics watchdog ruled the real Ms Rayner, who had three homes including a grace-and-favour London flat, breached the ministerial code over £40,000 of unpaid stamp duty.
Studio Canal and Spitting Image were contacted for comment.
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A balding Prince Harry puppet featured in the new Spitting Image spin-off, The Rest is Bullsh*t
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A latex lookalike of wife Meghan was also on the showCredit: PA
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US President Donald Trump could be seen offering King Charles a burgerCredit: PA
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Rayner is seen launching a website called WrongmoveCredit: TNI Press
A THREE-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a horror van crash.
The tot was walking in a car park in Bournemouth, when a blue Vauxhall Vivaro hit him on Saturday.
Dorset Police were called to the scene, in Landsdowne Road, at 12.35pm.
Paramedics rushed the three-year-old to hospital with serious injuries.
His family is being supported by specialist officers.
No arrests have been made and the van driver is assisting officers with the investigation, said the force.
Sergeant Richard Stroud, of the Roads Policing Team, said: “Our thoughts are with the young boy involved in this incident and his family.
“Our enquiries into what happened remain ongoing and I would urge anyone who witnessed the incident, or who has any information that might assist our investigation, to please contact us.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police online, via email at [email protected] or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55250147249.
Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online using its website or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.
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A three-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with serious injuriesCredit: Google Street View
A TEENAGE girl, 17, was reportedly raped by a stranger in broad daylight as cops launch a manhunt.
The alleged attack unfolded in the village of Hassocks, in West Sussex, between 6pm and 7.30pm on Thursday.
The victim claimed to be approached in Keymer Road, near the junctions with Parklands Road and Grand Avenue.
Detective Inspector Debbie Birch, leading the investigation, said: “We are supporting the victim as we actively carry out detailed enquiries, which include CCTV and house to house enquiries.”
DI Birch added: “We have increased our police presence in the village while we investigate, and we are carrying out additional high visibility patrols for reassurance.
“Anyone who has any concerns is urged to stop and talk to officers.
“If you were in the area and noticed anything suspicious or have information that may assist us, we ask you to contact police or on 101, and quote Operation Insight.
“We will provide updates about the investigation when possible.”
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The alleged attack unfolded in the village of Hassocks, in West Sussex
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