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London’s most prestigious property market has seen values tumbling nearly a quarter since their peak at the close of 2014.Homes in the capital’s prime central areas, defined as those selling for £4.5million or above, have shed up to 24.5 per cent of their worth over the past decade, research from estate agency Savills reveals.This year alone witnessed a 4.8 per cent fall in average prices within the bracket.The final three months of 2025 proved particularly challenging, with values slipping a further 0.9 per cent.A succession of tax measures that have fundamentally altered the landscape for wealthy purchasers in the capital,…

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Criminals are believed to have stolen around £26million worth of cash, gold and jewellery after tunnelling into the underground vault of a German savings bank during the Christmas holiday period.The theft targeted a Sparkasse bank branch in Gelsenkirchen in western Germany, where suspects drilled through a wall from an adjoining underground car park to gain access to the vault.Investigators said the gang used heavy drilling equipment to breach the reinforced structure without triggering immediate detection.Once inside, the offenders broke into more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes held within the vault.Police believe the suspects spent several hours inside the building, potentially…

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A mother and her two young children who died in a house fire on Boxing Day have been named locally.Seven-year-old Eve, four-year-old Ohner, and their mother, Fionnghuala Shearman died after a fire engulfed their mid-terrace Cotswold home on Brimscombe Hill in Stroud, at about 03:00 GMT on Friday.Their father, a serving police officer with Gloucestershire Constabulary, escaped the burning house and tried multiple times to re-enter to save his family.Ms Shearman’s body was recovered on Sunday and Gloucestershire Police’s Interim Chief Constable Maggie Blyth confirmed on Tuesday both children’s bodies and that of the family dog have now been recovered.The…

Jonny HumphriesNorth WestDan ThomasSome vehicles were unable to get out of the shopping centre for more than four hoursHundreds of shoppers were stuck at the Trafford Centre for hours on Monday after traffic became gridlocked around its car parks. Some visitors were unable to get their vehicles out of their parking spaces for hours at a time as the post Christmas sales rush combined with incidents on the motorway network to cause major delays. Dan Thomas, 37, told the he was stuck for more than four hours with his two children and pregnant partner after driving from Warrington to see…

RKC Waalwijk right-back Jordi Altena will join Scottish Premiership leaders Heart of Midlothian on 1 January for an undisclosed fee, with Tynecastle manager Derek McInnes indicating the club had to move quickly to sign the defender.The former Vitesse Arnhem player, 22, has made more than 50 senior appearances and agreed a deal until the summer of 2029.He could feature in Saturday’s game at home to Livingston, subject to clearance.McInnes’ side lead the top flight by three points but second-placed Celtic play their game in hand away to Motherwell on Tuesday evening.”It quickly became clear that if we wanted to move,…

A fraudster who targeted vulnerable pensioners in an elaborate courier scam has been jailed. Abdirahman Yalahow, who also goes by Abdi Rahman, posed as bank staff and police officers to deceive his victims into surrendering their banking details and cards.The 29-year-old, of Yew Tree Road in Walsall, stole more than £100,000 from eight elderly or vulnerable individuals between August and December 2024.He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at Birmingham Crown Court in August and was sentenced to six years and six months inprisonment on December 22.Yalahow’s scheme involved telephoning his targets and falsely informing them that their bank accounts…

Robert Jenrick has condemned Egyptian activist Alaa El-Fattah, describing his recent apology as “scripted and fake” and calling for his immediate removal from Britain.Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Justice Secretary said El-Fattah’s record of anti-Semitic, racist, and extremist social media posts shows no evidence of remorse. He criticised the activist for making a apology on UK social media while simultaneously endorsing contradictory posts on Arabic-language platforms. Speaking to The People’s Channel, Mr Jenrick said: “He was liking posts that people had made, in which they presented him as the victim of a Zionist conspiracy, claiming that Jews, billionaires, and…