Articles by Ewan Palmer

Ewan is a breaking news reporter with International Business Times, covering crime, politics, current affairs, and trending topics. Ewan joined IBT in 2011. He can be reached on e.palmer@ibtimes.co.uk

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Paedophiles on Twitter are 'trying to reduce the stigma' of being sexually attracted to children

MPs criticise social network after investigation reveals community of "non-contact" and "non-offending" paedophiles.

Dec 12, 2017

Twitter

'Burnt alive in a Jewish sacrifice': Crazed Grenfell Tower conspiracy theory peddled by volunteer aid worker

Tahra Ahmed condemned by Jewish groups for her anti-Semitic conspiracy theories regarding tower block fire which killed 71.

Dec 11, 2017

Grenfell Tower

Three children dead following suspected arson attack at house in Salford

Three-year-old girl and 35-year-old woman also injured in suspicious fire at house in Worsley.

Dec 11, 2017

Grenfell Tower fire: Police are investigating corporate manslaughter charges

Two-day public inquiry opens into fire in west London tower block which killed 71 people.

Dec 11, 2017

Grenfell Tower

'Watershed moment': Saudi Arabia is opening cinemas for the first time in 35 years

Gulf Kingdom to re-open cinemas by March 2018 and hoping to build more than 300 in latest Vision 2030 reform.

Dec 11, 2017

Saudi Arabia David Cameron

East London McDonald's was HQ for child sex grooming gang say police

Six men and boys already arrested as police believe there could be as many as 30 potential victims targeted at Stratford shopping centre.

Dec 11, 2017

UK weather warning: Drivers beware of hazardous roads as snow turns to ice

Met Office issues warnings of ice across UK as drivers told to take care while travelling on roads in sub-zero temperatures.

Dec 11, 2017

Gang that can steal a motorcycle in less than 10 seconds banned from touching vehicles

Five men and six youths given banning order preventing them from touching vehicles following spate of thefts across Leeds.

Dec 8, 2017

Mystery over 'scary' amount of children who have gone missing in Enfield area

Police looking into possibility children and teenagers who have disappeared from north London borough may have gone missing together.

Dec 8, 2017

Manchester jihadi who wrote 'sniper specialist' on Isis application form jailed

Mohammed Abdallah jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of travelling to Syria to team up with terrorist group.

Dec 8, 2017

Isis

'I cannot go back': 400 Nigerians have been freed from the horrors of Libya's slave trade

More than 400 Nigerians flown out of Libya to Lagos following outcry over migrant slave trade reports.

Dec 8, 2017

Libya

Oxford student who avoided jail after stabbing boyfriend launches fight against suspended sentence

Lavinia Woodward launches appeal against 10-month suspended prison sentence she received her stabbing boyfriend with bread knife.

Dec 7, 2017

Conmen brothers scammed pensioner out of £25,000 for £1,000-worth of 'shoddy' roof work

Jack and Shaun Doyle guilty of fraud after charging elderly man more than 25 times the true costs for work done at his home.

Dec 7, 2017

Counter-terrorism boss admits sensitive documents were stolen after he left them in car

West Midlands Police constable Marcus Beale admits charge under Official Secrets Act after sensitive documents stolen from unmarked car

Dec 7, 2017

UK terror arrests rocket over past 12 months during year of attacks

Home Office says fifth of record terrorism-related arrests related to deadly attacks in London and Manchester.

Dec 7, 2017

Taxpayers must pay ex-mayor's wife $85,000 after she fell and damaged her breast implants

Cynthia Hedgecock sues city to repay medical bills and cover costs of mental suffering after tripping on broken paving.

Dec 7, 2017

Antoine Quilichini: Corsican gangster 'Tony the Butcher' gunned down at airport

Mobster believed to have been targeted in tit-for-tat shooting at Bastia airport in northern Corsica after killing of mafia boss cousin.

Dec 6, 2017

Terror suspect accused of urging jihadists to attack Prince George at his school

Husnain Rashid targets young royal for terror attack in inflammatory Telegram message, Westminster court hears.

Dec 6, 2017

Isis

The bones of Father Christmas: Scientists believe they've found Santa Claus's pelvis

Relic believed to have come from Saint Nicholas confirmed as dating back to around time of his death in 343AD.

Dec 6, 2017

Christmas

British people's guess for number of immigrants in UK prisons is staggeringly wrong

Perils of Perception survey show pessimistic Britons get statistics on murder rates, prison populations, terror deaths and teen pregnancies wildly wrong.

Dec 6, 2017

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