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Music Venue Properties has announced the ‘Our Own Venues’ project which will put venues under community ownership to help prevent any closures (Picture: Music Venue Properties) A new ‘National Trust’ for grassroots music venues is being launched today to try and protect seven venues from closing. Music Venue Properties has announced the ‘Our Own Venues’ project, which will put venues under community ownership to save them for future generations. It…

Sensenal Amalgo, 42, was caught on dashcam speeding more than 120mph (Picture: SWNS) A man who instantly killed a flight attendant while driving more than 120mph has been jailed. Sensenal Amaglo, 42, crashed into Heidi Lee Locke, 58, on the M2 on November 27, 2022, while she was driving to work at Heathrow Airport. Dashcam footage showed Amaglo speeding down the carriageway and overtaking cars in his Mercedes C-Class before…

Robert Albon, 54, advertises his services on social media under the name ‘Joe Donor’ An unregulated sperm donor who boasts of fathering more than 180 children has lost a custody battle with a woman who said she was left feeling suicidal following their encounter. Robert Albon, 54, who advertises his services on social media under the name ‘Joe Donor’, applied to the family court for increased contact or placement in…

Officers were called to a report that a man and a woman had been stabbed in the Tobruk Road area of Huyton, near Liverpool, at 4.25pm on Wednesday (Picture: Liverpool Echo) A man has been shot by armed police following a double stabbing. Officers were called to a report that a man and a woman had been stabbed in the Tobruk Road area of Huyton, near Liverpool, at 4.25pm on…

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The young girl’s death is being treated as ‘unexplained’ by Cleveland Police (Picture: Getty Images) A 14-year-old girl has been found dead at her home in Hartlepool. Police arrested a 55-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman over the ‘sudden’ and ‘unexplained’ death on May 5. Both have been bailed pending further enquiries. Cleveland Police said in a statement: ‘Our thoughts are with the girl’s family and friends at this difficult…

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The arrest of married couple Fred and Rose West on suspicion of murder 30 years ago today marked the beginning of a grisly saga that continues to horrify the nation. By early 1994, one dogged detective disturbed by a West family joke that their missing 16-year-old daughter Heather was ‘under the patio’ had finally convinced senior officers to search their house at 25 Cromwell Street and dig up the garden. That work…

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater will introduce the bill to parliament (Picture: PA Wire) Later this week, MPs will meet to debate the Assisted Dying Bill for the first time since it passed its first stage in Parliament last year. In the months since that historic vote, several changes both large and small have been made to the bill introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater. However, the most important fact remains:…

Two raven chicks have been given a home at the Tower of London in a tradition to have at least six birds present at any one time (Picture: © Historic Royal Palaces) Two raven chicks have arrived at the Tower of London in accordance with a legend that says the kingdom will fall without the birds. The five-week-olds named Henry and Poe, who are already almost at full size, are…