UK News & Investigations

A 15-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Islington has been named as Adam John Henry (pictured above and below). Police were called to reports of a stabbing Westbourne Road, Islington at 13:02hrs on Tuesday, 9 December. Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance, who treated Adam for stab wounds. Despite their best efforts, he sadly later died in hospital. His next of kin are being supported by specialist officers. In a written sta

A PENSIONER suffered a brutally violent murder more than 40 years ago and the killer or killers have never been caught. Esme Hoad, 85, was killed in 1982 after an intruder entered her home and repeatedly beat her around the head with a blunt instrument. She was also stabbed in the chest. Crimestoppers are now offering a £20,000 reward for information which leads to Esme’s killer being found and convicted, as cold case detectives investigating the unsolved murder are renewing

A MANHUNT is underway after a man was stabbed in a park in Southampton. Hampshire Police officers are investigating a serious assault which occurred in East Park on Sunday afternoon, December 7 2025. A force spokesperson said: "We were called just before 4.15pm to a report of a 33-year-old man who had suffered stab injuries to the rear of his leg. "He was taken to hospital, where he was found to also have a broken leg. None of his injuries are thought to be life-threatening a

POLICE found a stash of seven hunting knives and a host of suspected stolen items in a car after a dramatic foot and car pursuit - but only after private security guards insisted officers attend the scene. An officer for private security firm My Local Bobby (MLB) saw two vehicles parked suspiciously close to each other with all doors open at the Palms Hotel off the A127 at Hornchurch on Wednesday, November 5, at just after 2pm. The officer had seen the same vehicles driving v

WEST Midlands Police have tonight (Saturday November 8 2025) charged a man with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed in Birmingham. Djeison Rafael, 21, was charged following an incident in Smallbrook Queensway last night (7 November). He has also been charged with two further assaults and possession of a blade. Rafael was arrested following the incident, which saw a woman in her 30s taken to hospital with a serious neck injury. Rafael, who is a Black British national, h

POLICE are mobbing two areas of Liverpool after two teenagers were shot and stabbed five hours apart yesterday, Friday, November 7. At around 3.45pm, emergency services were called to Woodfarm Hey, Stockbridge Village to reports of a 15-year-old boy being stabbed. He was taken to hospital for assessment and is described as being in a serious but stable condition. At 8.50pm, police received a report that a 19-year-old man had sustained gunshot injuries to his back and leg outs

THE train employee left fighting for his life after tackling a knifeman accused of stabbing eleven people has today been named as Samir Zitouni. Mr Zitouni is "critically unwell" but stable in hospital, after being injured in the neck and face, British Transport Police has said. The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening, November 1 2025, were described as "nothing short of heroic", by the force. It is understood he has worke

A HERO rail worker continues to fight for his life after trying to stop the knife man who stabbed eleven people on a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train from Doncaster to King’s Cross yesterday. The man who works for LNER and was on the train at the time was stabbed as he tried to stop the attacker. Five other injured people have now been discharged from hospital with four others thought to be stable. This casualty is a member of LNER rail staff who was on the train at

The AFGHAN national arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were stabbed on Monday evening, October 27 2025, entered the country illegally in the back of a lorry and was given asylum, it has been confirmed. On Monday, 27 October 2025 police were called at 5pm to Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, west London, following reports that three people had been stabbed. It is believed the suspect, 22, may have been living in a house of multiple occupation in the street after he w

A MAN has been charged with the murder of Rinneau Perrineau after he was fatally stabbed in Wandsworth. Muhammed Cabdiqaadir, 25 (05.10.2000), of Hope Street, Wandsworth, is due to appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court today, Monday, 27 October 2025. He is also charged with possession of a bladed object. On Tuesday, 21 October at 3:26pm police were called to reports of a stabbing on Lavender Hill, Wandsworth. Paramedics treated 19-year-old Rinneau at the scene for