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Forty hectares of greenhouses, heated by the burning of rubbish, are set to be built in Essex - making it the largest low-carbon horticulture site in Europe.These greenhouses will be the first of their kind and could provide around 6% of the tomatoes consumed in the UK. It should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will come to the Rivenhall site, where it will then […]

A British man has been indicted for allegedly trying to smuggle US military technology to China and organising the stalking and harassment of a Beijing critic.John Miller, 63, and Chinese national Cui Guanghai were indicted on Friday by federal grand juries in Milwaukee and Los Angeles. The Department of Justice said they had been charged with interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and conspiracy, smuggling, and violations of […]

Prison officers should be armed with lethal weapons to crack down on Islamist terrorists in jail, the shadow justice secretary has said.Highly trained teams should also be equipped with tasers, stun grenades and baton rounds to tackle dangerous criminals in high-security jails, Robert Jenrick said. The plan is taken from a series of recommendations by counter-extremism expert and former prison governor Ian Acheson.It comes after a prison officer at high-security […]

A prison officer who received emergency treatment after being attacked at a high security jail was stabbed with a weapon from outside of prison, Sky News understands. The 25-year-old officer was airlifted to hospital after allegedly being attacked by an inmate who used a knife that wasn't made inside the jail, which is otherwise known as an "improvised" weapon. It is not known how the weapon was brought into the prison. […]

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a garden in Devon.Police received a report that a man in his 20s had been attacked and found in the garden of a property in Ashfield Close in Exmouth at around 12.45am on Saturday. He died at the scene despite the best efforts of paramedics, a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said.Two men in their […]

A prison officer has been airlifted to hospital after being stabbed at a high-security men's prison.West Mercia Police said officers were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton, Worcestershire, shortly after 10am on Friday morning. The 25-year-old "sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to hospital," the force added. They are still in hospital, but in a stable condition.A 22-year-old suspect is being held in custody within the prison, and […]

Emergency services responding to reports of a girl missing in the Thames have suspended their search. His Majesty's Coastguard said it responded on Friday to a report of two children, a boy and a girl, in difficulty in the water near the Royal Terrace Pier in Gravesend, Kent.The alarm was raised at about 1.35pm.A boy has since been rescued, but the search for the missing girl has now been suspended.HM […]

A 53-year-old man has appeared in court after a car was driven into a crowd at Liverpool FC's trophy parade earlier this week.Paul Doyle, from the West Derby area of Liverpool, is charged with seven offences. District Judge Paul Healey asked the businessman to identify himself, and in a croaky voice, Doyle confirmed his name, gave his date of birth and address at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Friday.He gave no […]

A man has been found guilty of fraud totalling almost £600,000 after he passed off ordinary tea as a premium product grown in Scotland.Thomas Robinson, 52, claimed the tea was a unique variety he had grown at his Perthshire estate using innovative techniques. Operating as The Wee Tea Plantation, he then fraudulently sold it to high-profile clients in the hospitality sector, including luxury hotels and retailers, between January 2014 and […]