Stevenage MP calls for action regarding ‘unsafe’ town centre. thecomet.net/news/24513875.…

Diesel facility bursts into flames as Ukrainians strike 125 miles inside Russia. metro.co.uk/2024/08/18/die…

Boy, 11, stabbed to death by masked man while playing football with pals in Spanish town as cops hunt knifeman. thesun.ie/news/13639612/…

How Elon Musk's X placed adverts promoting the Olympics and the British Medical Association next to posts by right-wing activists including Andrew Tate and Laurence Fox. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Police are investigating after two war memorial silhouettes in a village near Dover appear to have been vandalised. The Tommy and Women in War memorials on Guston's village green had their heads snapped off last week. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of Paris. Mr Durov was detained after his private jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Syrian man arrested after stabbing rampage at German festival is suspected member of ISIS. gbnews.com/news/world/sol…

Church of England covenant prevents St John's Church being transformed into a mosque. stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-…

Shoplifter who punched security guard in City sentenced and handed a CBO. cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-l…

Twelve members of a nationally organised crime group have been convicted after fraudulently claiming more than £2.4m of Covid-19 support grants. thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news…

Sven-Göran Eriksson, England’s first overseas manager, dies aged 76. theguardian.com/football/artic…

Russia pummels Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with drones and missiles. politico.eu/article/russia…

SpaceX Steps Up: NASA to bring the Boeing Starliner back to earth minus its Astronauts after thruster faults on outbound flight. scitechdaily.com/spacex-steps-u…

A 16-year-old girl who is fighting cancer has been forced to fundraise for her own treatment after being told she is both too young and too old to be eligible for it on the NHS. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Anas Al Mustafa, 43, has been convicted of assisting unlawful migration by trafficking seven people in a specially-adapted van to the UK. aol.co.uk/van-driver-con…

The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, is the latest to "catch fire".

French navy watched on as overcrowded migrant boat was just 'SECONDS from sinking' in the English Channel. gbnews.com/news/french-na…

12 dead after migrant boat sinks in waters off northern France.   voanews.com/a/at-least-13-…

France demands migrants from ANYWHERE in the EU be allowed to claim asylum in Britain. gbnews.com/news/migrant-c…