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Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 is in lockdown following a police incident, resulting in significant traffic delays as access points are closed. Passengers have abandoned vehicles to walk to the terminal. Despite the disruptions, flight operations remain unaffected, though some services face delays.
Knifepoint robberies have decreased by 20% in hotspot areas across the UK, including London, compared to June 2024, according to Home Office data. This decline coincides with National Knife Crime Awareness week and the bi-annual Operation Sceptre, which has led to 243 arrests and the seizure of 159 knives this year.
Janice Nix, 67, has been convicted of manslaughter for scalding her five-year-old stepdaughter, Andrea Bernard, in a hot bath at their Thornton Heath home in 1978. The case, reopened after testimony from Andrea’s brother in 2022, revealed a history of abuse and trauma. Nix will be sentenced later.
Eurostar trains cancelled for the rest of the day after an unexploded WWII bomb found…
There are two main stories dominating Friday’s front pages this morning, with the ongoing European plans to support Ukraine after the US paused military aid and the sentencing of an ex-soldier who raped and murdered his ex-girlfriend, and killed her mother and sister.
A meeting of EU leaders in Brussels yesterday ended in an agreed increase in defence spending. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was also in attendance and expressed his gratitude, noting that Europe has stuck with Ukraine throughout it all.
Kyle Clifford, 26, has been convicted of raping his ex-girlfriend before brutally murdering her, her sister, and their mother. He used a crossbow to kill Louise Hunt and her sister, Hannah, while their mother, Carol, was fatally attacked with a knife.
A handful of papers feature some standalone publications – including a report that NHS staff may have illegally accessed information about the murders of the three victims of the Nottingham killer, Valdo Calocane.
Rachel Reeves also makes the front splashes, as does the ongoing backlash to the US tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports.
The back pages lead with Man United’s 1-1 draw in last night’s Europa League.
Triple killer guilty of raping ex-partner Kyle Clifford, a former soldier is convicted of multiple charges for the fatal attack on his partner.
A 26-year-old man has been found guilty by a British court of raping and murdering…
An Afghan asylum seeker has been convicted in Scotland for the horrific rape of a…
A four-year-old girl tragically lost her life in a suspected arson attack in Manchester, prompting…
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