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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2f6b/live/30927a50-c93d-11f1-8c38-abe947e72d6d.jpg”] PA Media Russell Brand was pictured outside court on Friday as he arrived for the third day of his trial Warning – this report contains graphic content A woman who alleges she was indecently assaulted by Russell Brand has told his trial she was left feeling “bewildered and confused”. The woman, who…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fff3/live/4dce39c0-c955-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Moment ‘hitman’ mimed shooting police during arrest A teenager who travelled from Norway to the UK to carry out a “hit” for an organised crime group has been sentenced to 20 years’ detention. Johannes Natland, 19, was arrested in a hotel room in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with two working guns and 19…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ca70/live/ee811780-c945-11f1-94af-5f148d758fe7.jpg”] Press Association Joshua Foster “lost control” of his son after placing him on a windowsill, a court in Cyprus heard A father whose two-year-old boy fell from a fourth floor window of a Cyprus hotel has been fined €3,000 (£2,500) for causing his death. Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3fdf/live/b08eef30-c975-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Getty Images President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is “only standing up for Ukraine’s interests” after scathing criticism from Donald Trump, who said Kyiv’s new wave of strikes on Russian oil refineries was a “disgrace”. The US president, who recently made a controversial deal with Moscow to import diesel, also said Zelensky…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/9cf5/live/da01e790-c7d7-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, ‘It feels like you’re days away from death’ – Beth Dobbin ByKatie Falkingham BBC Sport senior journalist Published 16 October 2026, 06:31…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/51e0/live/009ee4b0-c93c-11f1-8c38-abe947e72d6d.jpg”] Getty Images Experts warn children as young as five years old are now being groomed on social media and gaming sites Experts are urging parents to talk to their children amid warnings social media grooming is becoming “quicker” and “easier” than ever before. Childline said Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram were the top…

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