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Mayor of Altena Andreas Hollstein was allegedly targeted by a man wielding a 15-inch knife possibly because of his 'very liberal views on refugees', said German media.

Samsung in collaboration with composer Michael Nyman has created Washing Machine – The Movie to bring "full power, soap and glory of the wash" to the screen.

Attorney Michael Witmer has been charged trying to bring in drugs for his client hidden in a towel at Monroe County Jail.

A woman, named locally as 36-year-old Monika Lasek, was found dead at a property in Halifax, West Yorkshire. A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

A 10-year-old girl who crashed a pick up truck into a Louisiana house allegedly told police: 'I did it to kill people'. The truck the girl was driving collided with another car

Alec Heaps, 53, from Stockport, was found guilty of six sexual assault charges at Manchester's Minshull Crown Court, and jailed for five years.

A Sports Direct manager was caught by a group Facebook 'paedophile hunters' after attempting to lure a '13-year-old schoolgirl' to his home for sex.

The teenager was found guilty of 5 terror offences after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court, which heard that he had searched for details of security at a Justin Bieber concert.

Grandmother and father face charges after three-year-old shoots herself in the leg in Philadelphia. The girl is still undergoing treatment to save her limb.

A four-year-old Texas boy, Camden, born without arms or legs yells, "I'm walking", as he takes his first steps in an emotional video posted by his mother.

The marriage of Prince Harry to mixed race Meghan Markle will get bigots foaming at the mouth.

Remains of more than 340 Yazidi Kurds were found in a mass grave outside Mosul. They are believed to have been executed by Isis terrorists.

Violent criminal John Tomlin faces several years behind bars after throwing acid over an aspiring model and her cousin as she celebrated her 21st birthday.

A police officer was threatened with a knife and had his motorbike tyres slashed while trying to stop a pair of moped riders in north London.

Israel's first female tank crews, 13 graduates of a trial programme, are set to be fielded on the border between Israel and Egypt.

NIOD said that the painting, handed to them by an unnamed visitor, was an original watercolour by the Nazi dictator.

White male gun owners are also more likely to think that violence against the US government is morally justified, researchers say.

A man who had more than 20,000 child abuse images on his computer has been jailed following an investigation with Northern Ireland police and the UK's National Crime Agency.

Mayor of London announces plan to combat the "ticking time bomb" of childhood obesity in the capital.

Egypt sentences at least 13 gay men to 3 years in prison in worst crackdown against LGBT people in almost 2 decades. Crackdown started at Mashrou' Leila concert in Cairo.

Theresa May faces being barred from every pub in her constituency town of Maidenhead should one furious landlord succeed in his campaign.

Shops, hotels and even West End theatres will cash in on the royal wedding of Prince Harry to American actress Meghan Markle.

Crude futures slide on perceived uptick in US production and Russian reluctance to go along with cartel.

A Nottingham-based charity have launched an innovative scheme which will allow rough sleepers to access essential items at any time of the day.

Melania Trump unveils this year's "Time honoured traditions" theme decorations, including tree made up entirely of books.

The resignation of law minster Zahid Hamid underscores how small Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah was able to force the Pakistani government to accept its demands.

Argentine navy will not rule out survival of crew members of missing ARA San Juan submarine, 11 days after it vanished.

Stephen Ball jailed for five years after public helped detain him following robbery at Spa in Dudley.

A Devon man sparked a bomb scare in Exeter over the weekend when he strolled into a police station and handed over a Second World War artillery shell.