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Some 80 robberies a day were closed last year without a suspect being identified, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.The party said it had commissioned research showing 30,000 muggings went unsolved in 2022 across England and Wales.It accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of becoming embroiled in endless scandals while violent criminals are let off the hook.

Some 80 robberies a day were closed last year without a suspect being identified, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.The party said it had commissioned research showing 30,000 muggings went unsolved in 2022 across England and Wales.It accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of becoming embroiled in endless scandals while violent criminals are let off the hook.

Slightly more than 30,000 muggings in England and Wales did not even result in a suspect being identified by police last year, research released by the Liberal Democrats has shown.Just 8% of all offences of robbery of personal property reported to the police last year saw someone being charged, the data from the House of Commons library research showed.

A father hopes his slightly mad idea to run the length of the M1 will help to raise awareness for type 1 diabetes, following his son's diagnosis during the pandemic.Jamie Austin, who lives in East Finchley, told the PA news agency that his 12-year-old son Henry's type 1 diabetes diagnosis in June 2020 acted as the catalyst behind the M1 challenge, which he is to start on January 23 at Garforth (the last M1 junction) and complete on February 4 at junction 1 by Brent Cross.

Residents have spoken of their shock and sadness after a triple murder inquiry was launched into the deaths of a woman and two young children in Northamptonshire.Police officers were called to a block of flats in Petherton Court, Kettering, at 11.15am on Thursday, where a woman, a boy understood to be aged six, and a girl believed to be four-years-old were found with serious injuries.

A construction specialist who was involved in work on World Cup stadiums in Qatar said that trying to establish how his stepdaughter died in the country was like a jigsaw, an inquest heard.Rafaelle Tsakanika, 21, of Cambridge, died in a two-car hit-and-run crash near Doha on March 30 2019, but the family are still looking for answers about exactly what happened.

A player on the England Deaf Women's Football Team said it is amazing to see support from sporting figures, including Gary Lineker, for a fundraiser to get the team to the World Cup in Malaysia.The team needs to raise 50,000 by the end of June for expenses including hotel deposits to secure the rooms for September.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A loud explosion sound thought to be a sonic boom has been heard over Leicestershire which plane spotters believe came from a military jet.The sound was also reported across Northamptonshire and by people in Banbury and Oxford.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Police have revealed that a loud noise heard across the UK was in fact a sonic boom from a jet flying faster than the speed of sound.The sound was heard across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, and by people in Banbury and Oxford with some reporting it made their homes shake.

Council bosses have been branded grinches' after banning Christmas wreaths from front doors at a block of flats because they say they are a fire risk.Residents living in apartments on Whiteford Drive in Kettering, Northamptonshire, were left stunned when they received a knock on the door telling them to take decorations down.

An ex-police officer has been jailed after he was caught by an undercover agent arranging to meet a 15-year-old girl at KFC with condoms and lube.Alex John Foster, 43, was nailed in a police sting when a colleague posed as a vulnerable teenage girl online.The former Northamptonshire Police special constable asked the girl what experience she had with lads adding he was looking for someone to have sex with.

Thunderstorms could hit parts of the UK for a second day after flash flooding saw a major incident declared in Somerset.Swaths of the UK have been told to brace themselves for further downpours on Wednesday evening, with the Met Office issuing a warning for all of the east of Britain, from Kent to Aberdeenshire, including the Midlands.

A tearful survivor of the contaminated blood scandal said the Government has blood on its hands following the end of a four-and-a-half year inquiry.More than 30 people sat in a large viewing room in Aldwych House, west London, to watch a live feed of the inquiry on Friday.Many of them were infected with HIV and/or hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood transfusions between the 1970s and 1990s.

Suella Braverman has appeared to rule out introducing safe and legal routes to the UK for refugees trying to escape the conflict in Sudan.The Home Secretary confirmed on Tuesday the Government has no plans to consider making provisions for civilians from the war-torn country to access Britain.During a visit to Northamptonshire, Ms Braverman was asked about the prospect of turning efforts towards helping those trying to flee Khartoum once the evacuation of British nationals has been completed.

A band of robbers stabbed a drug dealer to death and ransacked his flat but failed to find thousands of pounds in cash stashed inside his headboard, a court has heard.The Covid mask-wearing team burst into 25-year-old Olsi Kuka's home and attacked him with two knives and an air gun in an early morning raid, the Old Bailey heard.

Covid mask-wearing robbers stabbed a drug dealer to death and ransacked his flat in pursuit of his ill-gotten gains, a court has been told.They burst into 25-year-old Olsi Kuka's home and attacked him with two knives in an early morning raid, the Old Bailey heard.The victim's cousin, Alush Kuka, who was living in the flat in Whetstone, north London, was also injured on May 11 last year.

The formula-1 2023 season kicked off in Bahrain and Red Bull yet again seems to have the championship-winning dominant package on track.With a goal to keep up the winning streak of last year's RB18 F1 car, this season's Red Bull racer is a hard competitor for other teams in the paddock to reckon with.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Recruitment has begun for a team to take on an opportunity like no other living and working in Antarctica, where they will have no access to wifi or running water and tackle jobs including a daily penguin count.

A murderer who has never revealed where he hid his wife's body has been freed from jail.Russell Causley made UK legal history last year when he became the first prisoner to face a public parole hearing.He was handed a life sentence for killing Carole Packman, who disappeared in 1985, a year after he moved his lover into the family home in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Celebrity vicar Richard Coles has spoken of his terror at the Jekyll and Hyde drunken rages of his late partner.Mr Coles, 60, said he had contemplated ending his relationship with David because of his abuse.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A plane that lost communication because of a malfunction was escorted to safety by RAF jets, police have said.People had reported hearing sonic booms across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire at about midday on Saturday.

The Duchess of Sussex kneeled and put her palms on the grave of Diana, Princess of Wales and asked her for clarity and guidance on the 20th anniversary of her death, the Duke of Sussex has said.Harry said in his controversial memoir Spare that he and Meghan rowed out to his mother's final resting place on an island on the Althorp estate in 2017.

Here is a list of the number of wildfires recorded by fire services in England in the months of June, July and August in 2020, 2021 and 2022.The figures are based on data obtained by the PA news agency through Freedom of Information requests.Of the 44 fire services in England, 39 provided monthly data.

Fire services in England dealt with nearly 25,000 wildfires in June, July and August this year, almost four times the number in summer 2021 and the highest for this period in at least a decade, figures show.Some forces tackled more than 50 wildfires a day at the peak of the heatwaves, which also saw droughts declared in many areas and temperatures reach a record-breaking 40C.

The boss of HS2 has hailed the project's immense progress in 2022.Chief executive Mark Thurston said a series of milestones were reached over the past 12 months.At the start of 2022, the Government introduced a Bill setting out legislation needed to extend the high-speed line from Crewe to Manchester.

Detectives have charged a 52-year-old man with the murders of a mother and her two young children in Kettering, Northamptonshire.Northants Police had arrested Saju Chelavalel after officers were called to his address in Petherton Court on Thursday and found Anju Asok, 35, Jeeva Saju, six, and Janvi Saju, four, with serious injuries.

A man covered in blood was arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother and her two children in a quiet residential block of flats.Police are still questioning a 52-year-old man detained after they rushed to Petherton Court, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, on Thursday.Emergency services found the three with serious injuries.

The mother of Harry Dunn has spoken of her relief at fulfilling a promise to see justice delivered to her sons's killer.A judge handed US citizen Anne Sacoolas an eight-month suspended prison sentence, for causing the British 19-year-old's death by careless driving, at the Old Bailey on Thursday.From left: Harry Dunn's stepfather Bruce Charles, mother Charlotte Charles, family spokesman Radd Seiger and father Tim Dunn speak to media after the sentencing of Anne Sacoolas at the Old Bailey Speaking outside court after the sentencing, Charlotte Charles, mother of Harry, said: Job done, promise complete.

US citizen Anne Sacoolas has been handed a suspended prison sentence for causing the death of Harry Dunn by careless driving, during virtual proceedings at the Old Bailey.Here, the PA news agency looks at how diplomatic immunity affected the 19-year-old's case, and why Sacoolas was able to appear in court via video-link from her home country.

A US citizen who is being sentenced over the death of British teenager Harry Dunn told police it's all my fault after the fatal road crash.Anne Sacoolas, 45, was charged with the 19-year-old's death after her Volvo, which she was driving on the wrong side of the road, hit the motorbike he was riding near military base RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire in August 2019.

A 1,300-year-old gold-and-gemstone necklace that was recently discovered in an ancient grave site in England may have belonged to a woman who was an early Christian leader, according to experts involved in the discovery.The ancient jewelry was unearthed in Northamptonshire in April during excavations that took place ahead of a planned housing development, according to RPS, a professional services firm that managed the archaeological investigation on behalf of the housing developer, Vistry Group.

US citizen Anne Sacoolas will be sentenced for causing the death of Harry Dunn by careless driving outside the American army base RAF Croughton.Here, the PA news agency looks at how diplomatic immunity affected the 19-year-old's case, and why Sacoolas was able to appear in court via video-link from her home country.

The mother of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has said it is incredibly disappointing her son's killer will not attend her sentencing hearing in person.Charlotte Charles told the PA news agency she was absolutely fuming after hearing the US government had advised Anne Sacoolas not to attend court on Thursday.

More than 3,000 children were strip-searched by police in a year, and more than a third were black, figures show.There were 65,336 strip-searches carried out by 28 of 43 forces in England and Wales in the year to March, of which 5% (3,133) were carried out on 10 to 17-year-olds, according to data published for the first time on Thursday.

Mahdi Hashi (1) Abdi Omar (2)Noaman Amin (3) Brooklyn McFarlane (4) (Image: PA) Four members of an organised crime gang that stole 400,000 in a series of armed robberies targeting cash vans have been jailed.The gang used a fleet of stolen cars to travel to and from the violent heists in London, Oxford, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire between May 2018 and November 2019.

Four people accused of disrupting traffic during a protest on Tower Bridge in London have appeared in court.Scarlet Possnett, 19, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Christopher Riches, 21, of Flore, Northamptonshire, Amy Rugg-Easey, 31, of Shiremoor, Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Christopher Lewis-Farley, 52, of Malvern, Worcestershire, were in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.