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At least 80 firefighters are battling a flat blaze in Holland Park Gardens, west London on Tuesday (6 February).

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claims a mysterious package with a 'threat' and a white substance was sent to him at the Ecuadorian Embassy.

Ihsan Ali, 40, of Bacup, Lancashire, was a response officer has been jailed for two years after he was convicted of Misconduct in Public Office.

Advertising Standards Authority bans repeat of Poundland's Elf Behaving Badly but company says campaign is in tradition of saucy British humour.

A morgue worker was sacked after it was revealed that he had sex with the corpse of a murdered Russian reality star.

Spanish police are investigating after a child gave birth at Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital in the city of Murcia, in southeastern Spain.

A Girl Scout has become an internet sensation after sell over 300 boxes of cookies when she set up outside one of California's new legal weed dispensaries.

Jiri Ulman, from Manchester, was known as 'stick man' because of his crutches but died after being subjected to a brutal beating and force fed bleach by Miroslav Kolman last year

A lawyer who attempted to kill his wife by stabbing her and battering her with an ornamental cat pleads to remain a solicitor.

The man known as Nick whose claims he was victim of a VIP paedophile ring led to a Met police inquiry has been charged with possession of child abuse images.

27-year-old Levone McSpadden was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping after authorities allege he violently assaulted his girlfriend.

Germaine Moore, 44, from Alabama, is currently being held at Elmore County Jail after turning himself over to authorities when a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Denmark has proposed banning full-face Islamic veils like the niqab and the burqa in public with the justice minister saying they were "incompatible" with Danish values.

The orange "Tesla"-stamped tablets are reported to each contain 240mg of MDMA – around double the current UK average.

A 22-year-old man fell 50 feet to his death while trying to take a photo atop a luxury Manchester hotel in abject weather conditions.

A Peta activist was spotted discussing the fur trade while only wearing a white bikini, bunny ear, tail and a pair of gloves near the Olympics rings of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Deadly cladding will not be removed from a privately owned Croydon complex until costs paid by residents or government.

Police are appealing for more information about the shocking incident which took place at a home in Lurgan, county Armagh.

Jonathan Tuck killed in Bronx apartment over alleged cannabis deal. Record producer fathered a son with the victim's sister Nicole Tuck in 2016.

Students at all-girls Burntwood School in Wandsworth suspected of taking strong prescription drugs.

Young father, Ryan Sullivan, has been jailed for four years for attempting to smuggle 38 weapons into the UK which he claimed were "souvenirs".

PM warns of decline of "credible" news in what has been a volatile era for traditional news outlets.

Two policemen in South Africa are accused of homophobic attack on a gay couple found having sex in a car.

Russia's Federal Security Service arrests Abdusamad Gamidov, acting head of regional government in Dagestan.

Paul Akinnuoye accused of murdering Jordan Wright in Blackheath over homophobic slurs in group message.

A jilted boyfriend has been found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend after stabbing her 75 times in her car.

Four men entered Oxford home, threatened occupants with firearm and forced victim to transfer bitcoin.

Parents Ginny Irovando and Robert Long made money from fake claim that 13-year-old son had cancer, police say.

British backpackers get rude awakening as overnight flooding pushes up level of crocodile-infested waters, forcing trio to wait for help on roof of van.