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Three men have been jailed for life after an an innocent grandfather was shot through his living room window in a murder which was caught on a doorbell camera. Children were playing in Elm Street, Stanley, County Durham, when popular Barry Dawson, 60, was fatally shot at teatime on Saturday April 5 this year. Ringleader Sean Reay, 30, and associates Kelvin Lawson, 38, and Thomas Sterling, 22, were convicted following […]

A city council says it is “deeply saddened” by the theft of more than 600 artefacts from its museum collection. Four men are believed to have gained entry to a building in the Cumberland Road area of Bristol, which houses Bristol Museums’ British Empire and Commonwealth collection, between 1-2am on September 25. Avon and Somerset Police described the burglary as high value, with items taken having a “significant cultural value”, […]

The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has jumped by 55% in a week, NHS figures show. Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, said “there is a tidal wave of flu tearing through our hospitals” as figures showed an average of 2,660 flu patients were in hospital each day last week, up from 1,717 the previous week. At […]

Liverpool is the most generous city in the UK this year, according to figures from a fundraising platform. GoFundMe ranked the Merseyside city at the top of its list, based on the number of donors and population figures, for the second year in a row. The top fundraising appeal based out of Liverpool was for toddler Sienna-Rose Millen, whose family needed to raise more than £100,000 for a private medical flight after […]

At least 18 million people could be offered extra help with their investments and pensions over the next decade with the “game changing” introduction of targeted support, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. It will mean firms can make specific suggestions to consumers to help them make better-informed decisions about what to do with their money. Customers will receive recommendations, but they will not be based on a full, […]