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'Monster' bursts into home with kids inside as mum nipped to shop at 9pm
Daniel Hodgkinson, 37, has been jailed for two years after he broke into a home in Fegg Hayes, Stoke on Trent, in April and scared two children before fleeing in the family's car
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Drivers in England urged to protect driveways with 'bizarre' legal loophole
A bizarre legal loophole means authorities are unable to intervene if someone parks on your driveway - and it's left homeowners feeling frustrated and powerless
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Stonehenge paint-sprayers named as Oxford student, 21, and Quaker, 73
More details have been released on two protesters from Just Stop Oil who attacked ancient monument Stonehenge with orange paint this week, who have been released by Wiltshire Police on bail
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'Bored' girl, 14, and boy, 13, cause £150k school damage in vandalism rampage
The teenage friends went on vandalism spree at Rainford High Technology College in Merseyside as they wrecked classrooms and flooded toilets - but were handed only a tiny fine
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Brit couple in Spain claim their car was vandalised by 'anti-British' locals
A British couple, who moved from Horsham, West Sussex to Marbella four years ago, have said they felt welcomed by very friendly locals, but recently have seen growing 'anti-British' sentiment
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Terrified child jumps out window as drunk thug shows up at ex-girlfriend's house
Kevin Bradburn, 37, stormed into his ex's house and beat his stepbrother senseless before leaving one child so terrified that they ended up jumping out of a window
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Woman burns husband's clothes after he starts relationship with her best friend
Rhian Templeton, 50, set fire to a pile of suits, shirts, coats and trainers belonging to her estranged husband in the garden of the former marital home after learning of his new relationship
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Protesters to be banned from wearing masks because of fears about extremists
Lord Walney, who led an investigation into protests, suggested organisers may have to pay to police large demonstrations that cause disruption or involve law breaking
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Houses of Parliament cops seize knives and pepper spray from visitors
All visitors must go through airport-style scanners before entering the building to detect any contraband. Records also show arrests were made for violent crimes, shoplifting and criminal damage
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Council chairman 'reports residents to police' over sticky tape on board
The town council chair has allegedly reported members of a local campaign group to the police for criminal damage after they stuck an agenda on a noticeboard using sticky tape
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Wife stabbed her husband in the chest for falling asleep while she was talking
Deborah Stallard knifed Barrie Stallard, her partner of 21 years, at their mobile home in Dymchurch, Kent, after an evening of drinking at a pub in April last year
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Racist attacks and hate crimes on rise in UK - see how your area compares in map
A new map shows the area with the highest rates from last year, during which time police in England and Wales recorded just under 77,000 crimes that were racially or religiously aggravated
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Nightmare parking row as cars coated in flour, super glue and fake tickets
Staff from Norvic Healthcare have been accused by angry locals of parking all day on a road in Taverham, Norfolk - and are reportedly being targeted with superglue and fake parking tickets
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Grandson heartbroken after grandmother's memorial tree 'targeted' in attacks
Daniel Snow planted the magnolia kobus tree last February in memory of his late grandma Jean Williams - but it has been targeted by vandals twice since leading to fury
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Police investigate 'mindless acts of violence' during Portsmouth promotion party
Portsmouth's promotion celebrations have seen the police investigate disorder, with reports of a number of offences, including theft, criminal damage and racial abuse aimed at a staff member
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Cops arrest man, 20, after van 'reversed at speed' into police station
The suspected stolen van was reversed 'intentionally' and at speed into the police station in Cheltenham before the driver fled the scene, Gloucestershire Police said
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Homeowner 'outraged' after he saw what man was doing on Ring doorbell
Terence Griffiths was caught out by a Ring doorbell camera trying to enter the home via the windows and rear door before he was caught short. This incident is another addition to his extensive criminal record
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Thug stabbed Costa Coffee worker 12 times after being denied vape charger
A court heard Darren Laken, 31, took a packet of knives from Poundland before stabbing the scared worker twelve times at the coffee shop in Belper, Derbyshire,
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'I live in the UK's grimmest village, there's one positive that keeps us here'
Residents living in the 'UK's grimmest village' say they once had a close-knit community, but now their streets are spoilt with litter, dog poo, and anti-social behaviour
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Residents of 'UK's grimmest village' claim prisoners next door have better life
Featherstone in south Staffordshire is surrounded by three prisons but residents say the inmates are the lucky ones as the village is overrun with drug dealers and dog poo
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On-the-run fugitive taunts police as they shame him over his 'receding hairline'
Wanted criminal suspect Daniel Kellaway taunted Avon & Somerset Police after it issued a wanted appeal on Facebook, describing him as having a 'receding hairline'
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King Charles's distant cousin hunted by police after racist abuse in McDonald's
An arrest warrant has been issued for Rowan Nash Lascelles, 46, after he was convicted of racially aggravated harassment in his absence following an incident in a McDonald's
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Father and son duo attack stranger in Sainsbury's with baseball bat and machete
Alfred and Alfie Chambers, 45 and 23, have been jailed for four and a half years after attacking a stranger at a Sainsbury's in
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Police officer suspended after Tesco Express rampage saw him 'smash iPhone 7'
Sergeant Matthew O'Sullivan, from Merthyr Tydfil, is appealing after he was found guilty of damaging another person's phone at Tesco Express in Pontypridd
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Abusive boyfriend sliced off ear and scrawled threat in blood to girlfriend
Samuel Hemingway from Halifax, West Yorkshire, sliced off part of his ear and daubed the threat on his ex-girlfriend's wall before leaving the severed body part on her dressing table