Azusa Police Department/ Instagram Azusa police executed a search warrant at the suspect’s home A “serial slingshot shooter”‘ who for years had allegedly antagonised residents of his California neighbourhood has been arrested, police say. The 81-year-old man is accused of firing ball bearings at dozens of local homes, breaking windows and windshields and narrowly missing...
Labour is pledging to put more police in communities and “take back our town centres from thugs and thieves”. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper repeated the party’s promise of 13,000 officers and community support officers working in neighbourhoods in England and Wales. The pledge involves hiring 3,000 new officers and 4,000 PCSOs. The rest of...
Israel’s military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza had been found there. Egyptian TV quoted sources denying this, and...
The Liberal Democrats have said they would increase taxes on social media giants and companies like Amazon and Google to fund mental health professionals for all England’s state schools, if they win the general election. The new workforce would be paid for by tripling the amount such companies pay in what is known as the...
Varanasi is one of the world’s oldest cities and it’s often called India’s spiritual capital. It holds even more prominence during the Indian election because it’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency. Varanasi is voting on 1 June in the last phase of this mammoth general election. Since Mr Modi became the MP in 2014, the...
It is not just styles from the 1990s that are making a comeback. One of the decade’s biggest brands is too. Abercrombie & Fitch appears on track for a second year of double digit sales growth – its first such streak in more than a decade. The company, which also owns Hollister, has told investors...
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his campaign to contest the Islington North seat – against the party he led from 2015 to 2020. He will stand as an independent candidate in the general election on 4 July. Mr Corbyn has represented the north London constituency since 1983, but was blocked from standing for...
A guitar used by John Lennon has become the most expensive Beatles instrument ever sold at auction. The Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar was found in an attic after being presumed lost for more than 50 years, auctioneers said. It sold for $2.9m (£2.3m) via a telephone bid at the Hard Rock Cafe in New...
A tenth inmate has died at a prison in just over three months amid claims of drug misuse by prisoners. Warren Manners, 38, is the latest to have died at HMP Parc in Bridgend, which is run by Security company G4S. Nine other inmates have died since 27 February, including four believed to be drug-related,...
10 minutes ago Farouk Chothia,BBC News, Johannesburg AFP Voters of all generations were eager to cast their ballots Votes are being counted after what is seen as South Africa’s most closely fought elections since the African National Congress (ANC) came to power 30 years ago. Long lines snaked outside polling stations across the country. One...