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Police knowingly used faulty evidence in convicting Omar Benguit - BBC

BBC’s affairs documentary program Panorama revealed that the police knew that CCTV footage contradicted the prosecution’s main witness’s testimony.

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita

Manchester police foiled 'deadlist terror attack' targeted at Jewish community, CST explains how

A photograph taken on January 18, 2025 shows lit candles and a placard displayed during a vigil in the centre of Brighton, England, for people held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

Wife of Jewish anti-Zionist convicted of theft for removing hostage poster from memorial in 2024

Cambridge University archaeologists and students discover 9th century CE mass burial pit during a training dig at Wandlebury Country Park on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, February 4, 2026.

Cambridge students find burial pit, 9th century ‘giant’ who underwent surgery during training dig


Archaeologists discover unopened Victorian soft drink bottle in Cambridge

"Usually these bottles are broken by children to get the marble out, but this one is complete and may have been stored in a basement on a shelf and was never taken out prior to demolition."

Cambridge, UK.

Major incident declared in Leeds after three people injured in attack

Eyewitnesses told local media that a man was seen with guns, a crossbow, and a bat shortly before the attack happened.

 An armed man walking in Leeds moments before an attack which injured three people, April 26, 2025.

UKHSA reports surge in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases in England

Dr Sinka warns that gonorrhoea could become untreatable due to rising antibiotic resistance.

 UKHSA reports surge in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases in England.

Cat-sized rats plague Britain's second largest city as 17,000 tonnes of trash pile in streets

Residents report the trash pile ups have led to rats the size of "small cats" invading homes and destroying cars.

A woman covers her nose as she walks past a pile of rubbish as refuse workers strike over job losses in Birmingham, Britain September 12, 2017.

Court finds UK student nurse guilty of planning terror attacks

“The extremist views Farooq holds are a threat to our society, and I am pleased the jury found him guilty of his crimes," said the head of the CPS counterterrorism division.

  man is led away by police after he confronted demonstrators who gathered to take part in a mass funeral procession protest to commemorate the Palestinians who have been killed in the ongoing conflict in Gaza on March 23, 2024 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

‘A very sexy story’: Cambridge researcher investigates appeal of female saint

In 11th-century England, a saint with an extremely dissolute past became a cultural and religious symbol that broke boundaries.

 The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt.

This week in Jewish history: Purim story, mass suicide, killing of York's Jews

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'Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther' by Rembrandt, 1660, at Moscow's Pushkin Museum

Rare artwork with scratched eyes may be England's tragic nine-day queen

Researchers found evidence of alterations to the painting, indicating it could be the only known live portrait of Lade Jane Grey.


Hamas-supporting Gazan arrested in UK after arriving on migrant boat

Abu Wadei stated that he was a member of the “tyre burning unit,” responsible for throwing fire-bombs and rocks at IDF soldiers manning the border with Gaza.

 Abu Wadei posing with an M4 carbine, Facebook account @Abo Wadie Alkassas

Could Stonehenge have been a copy of Flagstones?

An ancient monument in Dorset was revealed as Britain's oldest known large circular enclosure, redated to approximately 3200 BCE following radiocarbon analysis.

 ‘Could Stonehenge have been a copy of Flagstones?’: University of Exeter finds Stonehenge's possible prototype.