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Young adult drugs deaths has brought life expectancy down for the first time since the 1960s, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Metropolitan Police want to trace three people who appeared to engineer the brazen theft of £1,000 from a woman queuing up at a bank in Barking, East London.

Cocaine users have warned against the rise of super-strength product sold on the dark web for just £40 a gram.

Michelle Marshall was paying tribute to her son on what would have been his 12th birthday when she plummeted into the wet, sandy ground above his grave at Ballyvester Cemetery.

Three people who forced Vietnamese women and girls to work for nothing in nail bars around the country have been jailed for human trafficking and modern slavery offences.

Argentinian law student Nahir Galarza, 19, has admitted to killing her ex-lover Fernando Pastorizzo, 21, on the morning of 29 December in Gualeguaychu.

Incredible photos taken in Bouin on 1 January show the a 62m wind turbine ripped from its base and lying crippled in a field after Storm Carmen passed through.

Vinod Moorjani denies the allegations, claiming that a phone call he made requesting the "BOM-DEL status" – the status of his Bombay to Delhi flight – was misheard.

The clip shows the Labour leader meeting and greeting his adoring supporters on the campaign trail, outside homes and even at Glastonbury festival while a big tune blasts out.

A 16-year-old is in custody after his parents, sister and a family friend were shot dead in the family's New Jersey home as the New Year approached.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Iuliana Tudos, who went missing on Christmas Eve and was later found in Finsbury Park, North London.

Steve White claimed his colleagues had suspicions that members of the Freemasons had stood in the way of reforms to the police force in England and Wales.

The Metropolitan Police are investigating the murders of two teenagers and two 20-year-olds this morning as the capital's knife crime epidemic shows no sign of abating.

A woman claims she was coerced into prostitution at the age of 14 and hired to out to an array of men in Cambridge, including students at the university.

Richard Cousins, a FTSE 100 chief executive, his fiancee, and her 11-year-old daughter were among the six people killed in the tragic accident.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, revealed his intentions to stand down as High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations.

This is the awe-inspiring moment a crowd of Chinese pedestrians came together to lift up a car and save a little boy's life in Shandong.

Seventy-eight students from Henan took part in an October trial, which pitted real teachers against software developed by Yixue Education.

A London gang who kidnapped and tortured a man they believed had stolen £40,000 of drugs were caught when an Air Ambulance accidentally spotted them in rural Kent.

French activists L214 have released the footage, which they allege shows the suffering of animals used to make fur luxury garments tailored by Dior, Dolce & Gabbana and Fendi.

Late-night stunt at London Underground station believed to be Stratford put driver and passengers at risk.

Belgium was heavily criticised in September when it allowed a delegation of Sudanese officials to travel to Brussels and identify apparent illegal immigrants.

Animated film depicts Saudi military invading rival power and deposing supreme leader while 'liberated' Iranians cheer and wave posters of Saudi ruler.

Natasha Smith allegedly took a kitchen knife to husband Neil Jex after a day of drinking that began with a festive meal.

John Simpson, 25, told officers "they don't call me Jihadi John for nothing – I've been done for terrorism" as officers tried to coax him out of the vehicle cage.

The toddler, from the Mbya Guarani people, who live across Brazil and Argentina, was reported to be begging for money along with other children in the city of Posados.

The third International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots was due to take place at Goldsmiths University but has relocated to an unknown location in north London.

Murat Bayaral's intervention, made on a religious TV channel on 16 December, has highlighted the increasing Islamisation of Turkey under President Recep Erdogan.

Footage posted online shows a middle-aged white Australian hurling racist abuse at a group of black boys, who were friends of the deceased, 15-year-old Eliase Nimbona.