2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (458+ words) Laptops, phones and bikes are top of the shopping list for thieves as students head off to university, according to insurer Aviva. They are the items most likely to be on student insurance claims - after being stolen from digs, cars,…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (105+ words) A woman has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a man was injured in "an incident involving a chemical substance" in Crawley, police said. Emergency services were called to an address in Fletcher Close, Southgate, on Sunday,…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (564+ words) Patrols by private security guards are to begin from Monday at three Essex locations that asylum seekers frequently visit, a council has confirmed. Six trained and uniformed "security operatives" would patrol Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford centres seven days a week,…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (918+ words) "It's like your son being killed - he's here but he's not." Leroy Douglas was just 24 when he was jailed in 2005 for stealing a mobile phone and handed a minimum prison term of two-and-a-half years. More than 20 years later, he is…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago   (249+ words) Two people arrested in connection with the death of a one-year-old girl in Warwickshire have been released on bail, police say. It comes after emergency services were called to a house on Long Street, Atherstone, at about 11:50 BST on Friday…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (131+ words) bbc.com Driver arrested after teenager dies in car crash A 16-year old boy has died from injuries he sustained in a car crash in which two other teenage passengers were injured. A blue Volkswagen Polo hit a tree between…...

18+ hour, 49+ min ago   (106+ words) Teenage boy badly hurt in unknown substance attack BBC Teenage boy badly hurt in unknown substance attack A teenage boy has been left with "potentially life-changing" injuries after an unknown substance was thrown at him in a city centre. Greater…...

9+ hour, 11+ min ago   (376+ words) Results of a survey on rural crime in County Durham will be used to help direct resources and shape future action, a police chief has said. Durham and Darlington's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Joy Allen, launched an initiative to…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (216+ words) Police are appealing for images and videos following reports of a man exposing himself on multiple occasions in Essex. Victims told officers the incidents had taken place in Danbury between 18 July and 9 September at locations and fields between St John…...

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (94+ words) A man is in a critical condition with serious head injuries after an attack in Ashford. Kent Police said emergency services were called to Lower High Street shortly after 05:10 BST, where the man was found injured near a water fountain…...