Known as The Iceman he smuggled £76m of cocaine into the UK hidden in bananas
Border Force officers at the Port of Dover seized 18 consignments of bananas addressed to Glasgow Fruit Market
2 Oct 13:27 · Wales Online
Gangster who plotted getting cocaine into UK in banana boxes jailed
One of the UK's most wanted men who plotted to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into Britain from Ecuador in consignments of bananas has been jailed for 20 years.
2 Oct 13:36 · Mail Online
Fugitive crime boss jailed for 20 years over plot to smuggle 100million cocaine in banana boxes
One of the UK's most wanted men who plotted to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into Britain from Ecuador in consignments of bananas has been jailed for 20 years.
2 Oct 13:40 · LBC
Bricklayer, who won £1million on Ant & Dec TV show, stole nurse's car
Nathan Hageman, 44, turned to crime after spending the £1million prize he won on Red or Black? in 2011 and today was sentenced for stealing from an NHS worker in Reading.
2 Oct 13:53 · Mail Online
Drugs mob behind crime boss Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson's £100m cocaine plot jailed for 29 years
Five gang members - Lloyd Cross, David Bilsland, Paul Bowes, Ryan McPhee and Gerard Carbin - were sentenced at the High Court of Glasgow today.
2 Oct 14:00 · Daily Record
'Iceman' crime boss masterminded plot to smuggle £100m of cocaine in banana boxes
James Stevenson, 59, has been jailed for 20 years
2 Oct 15:04 · Manchester Evening News
Israeli mother shot dead shielding her baby from Tel Aviv gunmen
Inbar Segev-Vigder was among the seven people killed during the horrific rampage in Jaffa on Tuesday.
2 Oct 15:08 · Mail Online
Woman with 'unsellable' flat due to cladding died as result of misadventure, inquest hears
Amanda Walker's dream flat became a nightmare because the costs of fixing fire hazards at her property, including polystyrene behind the walls, were "unpayable", an inquest heard
2 Oct 16:03 · Manchester Evening News
Eight rarest British coins that are worth a small fortune - check your change
Time to check your change for these rare finds that are worth a mint...
2 Oct 16:03 · The Mirror
Diddy accomplices includes 'powerful execs, bankers,' says lawyer
Multiple lawsuits by 120 accusers will mention 'household names' as well as companies and individuals who were aware of and profited from Diddy's alleged crimes.
2 Oct 16:22 · Mail Online
Campaigner hit by stress because her flat was 'unsellable' died
Amanda Walker previously took her situation to the House of Lords, where she said the costs of fixing fire hazards at her property, including polystyrene behind the walls, was 'unpayable'.
2 Oct 18:19 · Mail Online
Sadiq Khan's globe-trotting £132,000-a-year London 'night czar' quits
The night czar job, created by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in 2016, has sparked anger from critics and earlier this year Amy Lamé insisted she was worth her six-figure salary.
2 Oct 18:41 · Mail Online
Northern Ireland’s First Minister “delighted” to make TIME100 Next list
Michelle O'Neill was profiled by her Sinn Féin party colleague Mary Lou McDonald for the TIME100 Next list. O'Neill, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, is among 19 'Leaders' in the 2024 TIME100 Next list.
2 Oct 19:11 · IrishCentral
One in three Harris County, Texas residents face victimization: Report
New research from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research finds that nearly 50% of Harris County residents said they have been a victim of a crime or legal incident at some point in their ...
2 Oct 20:19 · phys.org
Labour donor Lord Alli helped out a peer who wrongly claimed £125,000
The peer gave a £62,000 loan to Baroness Uddin to help her repay the expenses after the Lords watchdog ordered her to refund the taxpayer.
2 Oct 21:28 · Mail Online
Angela Rayner's Ibiza DJ booth party was an £836 freebie
The Deputy Prime Minister registered the hospitality as being for a 'visit to [a] DJ booth' at Hi Ibiza nightclub on the Spanish party island.
2 Oct 21:30 · Mail Online
Ex-LAPD detective who hid murder for decades won't be paroled, reversing earlier decision
Stephanie Lazarus had previously been found suitable for parole in the 1986 killing of Sherri Rasmussen.
2 Oct 23:31 · 5 NBCDFW
Meet the Tel Aviv attack hero who chased terrorists then shot them
Lev Kreitman was eating schnitzel in the old port area of Jaffa in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night when he heard gunshots.
2 Oct 23:58 · Mail Online
Man shot to death by assassins who fled on jet skis at Cancun resort
A man was shot dead on a beach in front of the luxury Hotel Riu Caribe resort in Cancun after two gunmen on foot and two on jet skis approached the man in front of the five-star resort on Wednesday morning.
3 Oct 00:37 · Mail Online
Harris’ emphasis on maternal health care is paying dividends with Black women voters
Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support from Black women voters, galvanized in part by her work on health care issues such as maternal mortality, reproductive rights, and gun control.
3 Oct 01:05 · News-Medical
Media professionals in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan ‘humiliated’ as abuses rise
Afghan journalists face abuse, censorship, and threats under Taliban rule, leading to a drastic decline in media professionals.
3 Oct 02:29 · The Hindu
Jealous Dundee abuser punched and spat on partner in years of torment
Owen Neave repeatedly attacked the woman at an address in Dundee between 2019 and 2023.
3 Oct 05:00 · The Courier
Infamous killer makes bid to be freed from prison
Jeffrey Gafoor murdered Lynette White in 1988, but was not jailed until 2003.
3 Oct 05:08 · BBC News
A killer who went unpunished for 15 years now wants to be released from prison
Jeffrey Gafoor, who murdered Cardiff prostitute Lynette White in one of Wales' most notorious killings, has a hearing with the Parole Board
3 Oct 06:24 · Wales Online
Nigerien journalist, three others win 2024 International Press Freedom Awards
The CPJ awards will be presented in New York City on November 21
3 Oct 07:13 · Premium Times
Two teens plead guilty after sawn off shotgun discharged during stolen moped chase injures members of the public
Two men have pleaded guilty after a "reckless" firearms incident in Clapham which injured members of the public.
3 Oct 07:34 · LBC
How police snared Scottish 'Tony Soprano' behind £200m cocaine plot
Officers were watching the bar of Alicante's four-star Melia Hotel as part of Operation Pepperoni after tracking a dodgy Glaswegian fruit seller there.
3 Oct 08:42 · Mail Online
Tyneside in 1989: 10 archive photographs recalling scenes around the region 35 years ago
From Newcastle’s Pizzaland restaurant, to Wallsend’s Forum shopping centre - 10 photos of Tyneside in 1989
3 Oct 09:00 · ChronicleLive
Scots nursery worker who sparked emergency rescue with hoax call avoids jail
Clair Frost, 35, sounded a false alarm from a landline at Killin Nursery School, in Killin, Perthshire - sparking a full-scale search and rescue mission that included her own husband, a retained firefighter.
3 Oct 09:11 · Daily Record
Nursery worker spared prison after hoax Loch Tay kayak call
A sheriff told Clair Frost the length of prison term available made jail 'of limited effect.'
3 Oct 09:19 · The Courier
Hoax call nursery worker who sparked Scots loch search with fake kayak emergency dodges jail
Police said they were "stumped" as to why Clair Frost sounded the false alarm, leading to multiple emergency services on the scene.
3 Oct 09:20 · Daily Record
Residents fear Tower of Horrors plagued by rats could be next Grenfell
Dubbed the 'Tower of Horrors', residents of De Montfort House in Leicester say they are living in 'squalid conditions' are worried they could be the victims of 'another Grenfell'.
3 Oct 10:09 · Mail Online
EXCLUSIVE: Steven Donaldson's family react as Angus killer Tasmin Glass pictured for first time since leaving prison
The killer, released from jail in July, was spotted in East Lothian.
3 Oct 10:40 · The Courier
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