All news for 2024-08-21

A black Metropolitan Police officer has described being treated like “an animal” by some of his white colleagues and accused the force of handing down “pathetic punishments” to those who have made racist comments.

Police reported that when the driver tried to stop his van from being stolen, the suspect sped off, leaving the victim partially hanging from the passenger door of the vehicle.

Nigerian authorities arrested a man attempting to smuggle 88 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.7 kilograms, in his stomach from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to Vietnam.

A 40-year-old Zambian national, who was apprehended on Sunday after landing at South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport, has been identified as a key player in a transnational organized crime syndicate involved in kidnapping, ransom, and crystal meth distribution in the country.

Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland

Three children and a 29-year-old woman have died in a house fire and a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Figures come amid row between Labour and Conservatives over true state of public finances

Influencer’s property among four searched as part of investigation into alleged trafficking and sex with a minor

Several videos have emerged on TikTok, each showing a woman claiming to be a Tesco employee and naming a different male "pervert manager" who they say made advances at them