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Chinese passengers threaten Heathrow boycott after 'racial discrimination' in duty-free offer
Chinese travellers took to Weibo, Facebook and Twitter to condemn a World Duty Free offer which required them to spend hundreds more pounds than other nationalities.
Tory students at Oxford club 'groped women and abused locals during drunken party'
Bad behaviour was reportedly witnessed following a Port and Policy party run by the Oxford University Conservative Association, that has Jacob Rees-Mogg as honorary president.
Baby-faced rapist spared jail despite sexual assault on 12-year-old girl when he was just 16
Charlie Flinders, now 18, sent a number of explicit messages to the 12-year-old girl before he raped her in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 2015.
US rapper Nelly probed by Essex police after 'sexual assault on woman wanting selfie after gig'
Nelly, from St Louis, Missouri, is under investigation by Essex Police after a woman said she was sexually assaulted at an address in Westcliff on 5 December 2017.
Bike thief torches vintage 1951 motorcycle after demanding Instagram ransom from owner
A video posted to Instagram purportedly shows a stolen 1951 Triumph Thunderbird burned by a bike thief in Bristol on Tuesday (13 February).
Isis-inspired delivery driver planned to kill the Queen and David Cameron, court told
Aweys Shikhey, 38, from Tottenham, north London, was described as 'a terrorist hiding in plain sight' as the Old Bailey heard he also wanted to gun down Spurs supporters with AK47.
London firefighter battles wife's 'cruel and heartless' deportation to Bolivia with petition
Colin Jones, who has served with the London Fire Brigade for 28 years, faces being forced to move abroad as his wife Elizabeth Madrid has been refused a UK visa.
Couple sprayed mum-of-4 with ammonia, gagged her and then tortured her to death
Dominic Wallis and Elizabeth Ellis, from Nuneaton, have been jailed for the murder of Dionne Clark, who was left with 69 separate injuries after the attack in June last year.
Killer who murdered TV costume designer arrested after going on the run
Mark Woolley, 52, from Hackney, east London, was jailed for the murder a BBC costume designer Liz Sherlock, 42, after he run her over after his girlfriend snatched her handbag.
Mental health patient tried to kill stranger by pushing him in front of Tube train on day release
Alan Alencar shoved Alain Lesjongard onto tracks at Bayswater Underground Station on 2 November. The District line train ran over Lesjongard who escaped with a broken ankle.
Murderer posted sick Facebook tribute to 16-year-old girl he knifed to death
Shea Heeley, 19, admitted stabbing Leonne Weeks, 16, to death on a towpath near Dinnington, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Monday 16 January.
Paedophile lesbian tricked schoolgirls into having sex by making them think she was a boy
Paedophile Jordana Davidson, of Rosehill Road, Rhyl, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Mold Crown Court after being found guilty of five counts of sexual activity with a child
Thug attacked his 91-year-old mother as she slept and then set upon her carer
James Lacey assaulted his mother and a female carer who had arrived to care for her. Liverpool Crown Court heard he told the women: 'I'm going to kill the f***ing pair of you now'.
'Monstrous' paedophile convicted of raping children collapses in dock when he is jailed for 22 years
Arwyn Cellan Thomas, 49, from Morristown, Swansea, collapsed in the dock at Swansea Crown Court when he was found guilty of 15 charges relating to historic sexual abuse of children
UK Foreign Office faces backlash after giving out headscarves during World Hijab Day event
The UK Foreign Office is facing a backlash after giving out headscarves to staff during a World Hijab Day event last week.
Ex-Gladiators star Warrior told 'we will stab you in neck' by knife gang demanding cash
Mike Ahearne, better known as Warrior in the 90's ITV series, was threatened in Ruben's Coffee Shop, Birkenhead, on 8 August last year.
Murder probe launched after skull found in field by teenager playing football with friends
Jack Grant, 13, was visiting his grandmother's house in the Swaithe area of Barnsley when he kicked the ball into a nearby field and made the gruesome discovery.
UK's worst sex offender blackmailed victim into eating dog food for sick images on dark web
The 'highly manipulative' Cambridge graduate Dr Matthew Falder was found guilty of 137 offences at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced this week.
Ruthless gang battered dog and its owner after he put dog poo in one of their bins
The gang of four men Paul Hands, Darren Barnfather, John McCarthy and Darren Bagnall attacked a man in Holebottom in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, in July 2016.
Disgraced police officer who pursued vulnerable women for sex jailed
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.
Sadistic killer boasted 'I feel great' while beating to death disabled beggar he force-fed bleach
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
Female carer who sexually assaulted disabled woman in the shower jailed
Vicky Hooper, 29, from Halstead, Essex, sexually assaulted her 37-year-old disabled victim, who suffers from a nerve condition, while working as her carer.
Man 'executed' his neighbour to avoid paying £44k designer clothes' debt
Haroon Rafiq has been jailed for life for "executing" his neighbour Sajad Hussain to avoid paying back a debt. He will serve a minimum of 24 years in prison.
Teenager stabbed budding male model who died in front of parents after girlfriend 'joke'
A jury at Birmingham Crown Court found a 17-year-old boy guilty of stabbing 26-year-old James Brindley to death in Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands in June last year.
Teenage tearaways shot two men in the face because they 'desperately needed cannabis'
The two 16-year-olds, from Kirkdale and Everton, in Liverpool, used a gas-powered BB gun to rob a taxi driver and a newsagent to steal money to spend on the Class B drug.
Drug dealer concealed heroin and crack cocaine in Kinder Eggs, court told
Levi Gough, 22, has been jailed for three-years at Sheffield Crown Court after 35 wraps of heroin, and 77 wraps of crack cocaine, were discovered.
Poorest Britons left behind as millionaires ride wealth boom
New figures from the ONS 2014-16 wealth in Great Britain survey show that growing UK household wealth is overwhelmingly weighted towards older and wealthier Britons.
Female paedophile said she was 'monster' for collecting stash of child porn and grooming girl
Michaela Sheldrake, 41, has been jailed for seven years after being caught with a huge stash of child porn and taking indecent pictures of a girl who she had groomed.
Glamour model who claimed she kissed Amir Khan faces jail after handgun found in cupboard
Model Sandy Hunter, 33, from Dagenham, Essex, claims Khan kissed her and slapped her bottom in a London hotel after he had appeared on ITV with his pregnant wife Faryal Makhdoom.
Man arrested for 1994 sex attack and murder of 86-year-old woman who was stabbed and strangled to death
Amy Shepherd, 86, was found dead at her home in Wibsey in August 1994 and a post mortem revealed that she had been strangled, stabbed and sexually assaulted.

