All news for 2025-08-18

A man from Manchester has admitted to trying to rob a Greggs Bakery in Cheshire merely hours after he burgled a house, making off with items that included an antique shotgun

The Foreign Office has cancelled more than 6,000 international student visas owing to breaches of US law and overstaying, the department told the BBC

A man has been found guilty for his part in a gang-related shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet embedded in her brain

Firms have written to the business secretary, expressing concerns that new regulations were enforced with just a day's notice

Henrik Landerholm stepped down in January following accusations of him leaving government papers in a hotel

Jasveen Sangha, the final and fifth defendant accused in the Friends actor's overdose case, is set to reach a plea deal with prosecutors

The house belonging to the convicted officer Wayne Couzens has been listed for sale at £280,000 and features a hot tub in the garden

Prohibition of alcohol in Kuwait leads to an increase in risky illegal trade, now held responsible for 23 fatalities

Recent studies suggest that a covert operation, reminiscent of a spy network, is essential for dismantling organised crime syndicates that have become so sophisticated they now endanger the United Kingdom's national security

Russian troops have been captured on film mocking Ukraine regarding Donald Trump's supposed backing of Vladimir Putin

A man detained following Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo's report of racial abuse during their game against Liverpool has been prohibited from entering any football stadium in the nation

An individual involved in drug dealing who caused the death of a great-grandfather after colliding with him during a wheelie on his electric bike has been sentenced to prison

Petro Dyminskyi, identified as a suspect during a deadly road accident, is still sought by Ukrainian officials. The inquiry has been put on hold as his present location remains unconfirmed

A man has confessed to killing a 47-year-old woman in her residence

A unique documentary detailing the final months of the late Ozzy Osbourne has been taken off the BBC's schedule and replaced with a different programme

Timur Turlov, a businessman originally from Russia and the leading figure behind Freedom Holding Corp., has been compared to Sergey Mavrodi, the mastermind behind the most significant financial pyramid scheme in the history of the CIS. He has been accused of channeling investors' money from Kazakhstan to offshore accounts, as reported by an agency correspondent

Individuals from the Kremlin's upper echelons—among them former KGB associates of Vladimir Putin, his political supporters, and business associates linked to the Malyshev and Tambov criminal organisations—are still proprietors of opulent vineyards in Italy

The Met Police has stated that it is probing claims of drug use on Strictly Come Dancing

People living in Clacton, Essex, have been moved from their homes, and the community has been instructed to shut all windows and doors because of the significant smoke from a nearby building blaze

A man has passed away after vanishing underwater at a well-known swimming pool in Warwickshire