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Axel Rudakubana, the teenager convicted of murdering three young girls in the Southport attack, had been receiving visits from a Muslim imam while he was being held at Belmarsh Prison before he was transferred to Broadmoor Hospital, according to reports. The 19-year-old was moved from the Category A prison to...

Far from being stopped, as Labour promised before the election, people-smuggling gangs appear to be changing the way they operate rather than disappearing. According to the Research Director for the Centre for Migration Control, the period of small boats crossing the English Channel is now giving way to what some...

The event, called Jalsa Salana UK, will take place near Alton and will welcome members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community from more than 100 countries. Organisers say around 5,000 volunteers will help run the convention and keep everything operating smoothly. The annual gathering has been held in the UK for...

A man who lied about his age to gain the trust of a 13-year-old girl before sexually assaulting her has avoided going to prison after being given a suspended sentence. Boer Ahmad pretended he was 15 years old when he first met the schoolgirl in September 2025. The pair started...

New video evidence released by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has revealed the moment convicted murderer Vickrum Digwa handed the knife he used to kill 18-year-old Henry Nowak to his mother and told her to remove it from the scene. Prosecutors said the footage was recorded on Digwa’s own phone...

A Tunisian migrant has been found guilty after carrying out a series of sexual attacks on five women in Jersey during the early hours of November 30 last year. The attacks happened over a period of around 90 minutes and left several victims frightened and deeply traumatised. Prosecutors described his...

Joe Ligon was only 14 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole after being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. He would go on to spend an incredible 68 years behind bars, making him one of the longest-serving prisoners in American...

Members of Sutton's Muslim community say they are feeling shocked and worried after police stopped what they believe was a planned terror attack against a local mosque. The incident has left many worshippers feeling unsafe and has encouraged people to speak openly about harassment and abuse they have experienced in...

Two children are recovering in hospital after losing their entire families during a heartbreaking migrant boat disaster that has left 144 people dead or missing at sea, according to the United Nations. The overcrowded boat had been travelling along the dangerous Atlantic migration route from West Africa to Spain's Canary...

Here is the rewritten version in simple English: The family of PC Andrew Harper have strongly criticised Labour's early release scheme after learning that two of the men involved in his death could be released from prison much earlier than expected. They say the decision has caused them fresh pain...