Two women have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a man was found in a car at a garden centre in Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police said the man, in his 60s from the Avon and Somerset area, was discovered on Wednesday. Devon and Cornwall Police said police made inquiries in the Helston area of west …
A 17-year-old girl killed after being hit by a car on the M5 motorway was struck while escaping a police car after she was detained. She was being taken to custody in a police vehicle and had got out on to the road shortly before the collision, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said. The police watchdog spokesperson said: 'We …
It was in 1833 that the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act, marking a decisive step towards ending the long, dark legacy of the British Empire's involvement in slavery. The British West Indies or the Caribbean islands, which included islands like Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, were major slave societies that used to produce enslaved labour. DARK HISTORY OF INDENTURED …
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