Jay Slater inquest told police ‘can’t find’ his best friends Lucy Law and Brad Hargreaves

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Jay Slater, 19, (pictured left with Lucy Law) from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished after attending the Spanish island’s NRG music festival last June (Pictures: PA/Facebook) An inquest into the death of Jay Slater has heard that the two best friends who were with him before he disappeared ‘cannot be located’. Jay, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished after attending the Spanish island’s NRG music festival last June. His remains were found near the village of Masca…

Mum told to pay police officer £50 for striking him in the face with toilet roll

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Mischa Fawbert ‘lunged’ at police officer Alex Camenzuli (Pictures: Cavendish Press) A mum-of-one struck a police officer in the face with Andrex toilet roll. Mischa Fawbert, 23, ‘lunged’ at PC Alex Camenzuli, causing ‘immediate transient pain and discomfort’. Police attended Fawbert’s flat in Congleton, Cheshire, on February 21 after she dialled 999 in the midst of a mental health crisis. PC Camenzuli and another officer found Fawbert lying in bed after…

More pensioners will now be eligible for winter fuel payments

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Ukrainian ex-Putin ally Andriy Portnov shot dead outside the American School in Madrid

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The former Ukrainian politician was shot outside of an affluent school (Pictures: EPA/Instagram) A former pro-Putin Ukrainian politician was gunned down after dropping his children off at school in a wealthy Spanish neighbourhood. Andriy Portnov, 51, was a senior aide to Ukraine’s former President and Putin sympathiser, Viktor Yanukovych, who was exiled in 2014 and has lived in Russia ever since. Police were called around 9.15 am, when ‘two or…

Man United fan meets his match in clash with broom before Europa League final

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Putin shows no sign of agreeing to ceasefire with rare visit to the frontline

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Southport stabbings survivor reveals she hasn’t used a kitchen knife since

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Tube trains forced to skip Liverpool Street station after flooding

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The Tube station at Liverpool Street was hit by flooding this morning after torrential rain (Picture: In Pictures/Getty Images) London Underground passengers were warned of flooding at Liverpool Street station. Part of the UK’s busiest station became waterlogged after heavy rain battered London this morning. Metropolitan line trains were unable to stop on the eastbound platform ‘due to flooding,’ TfL said on X. Service resumed to normal after trains were…

Blind people raise fears after Shepherd’s Bush housing block is put up for sale

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Pocklington Lodge tenants Andrew Hodgson (left), Jim Lewis (centre) and Steve Kitson want to remain at the historic scheme for visually impaired people in West London (Picture: John Nguyen/JNVisuals) Blind and partially sighted residents are fearful for their futures after being told the 58-year-old housing scheme where they live will be sold. Their tenants’ association in West London is campaigning for the Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) to continue its ownership…

Mum tried smuggling MDMA into Creamfields hidden in Kinder Eggs inside her body

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Sian Bullock, 35, admitted to having the Kinder Eggs stashed away somewhere (Picture: Facebook) A mum-of-four enjoyed a ‘Kinder Surprise Egg’ a bit too much and stashed the container filled with MDMA inside her before going to a music festival. Sian Bullock, 35, was stopped after a sniffer dog alerted towards her as she tried to enter through the north gate at Creamfields in Cheshire. The mum admitted to officers…