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Two teenagers are arrested after vandals torched three of Britain’s most expensive beach huts

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Two teenagers are arrested after vandals torched three of Britain’s most expensive beach huts worth up to £300,000 each at Dorset beauty spot Two men, aged 15 and 19 , have been arrested in connection with the blazes  Three beach huts in Hengistbury Head, Dorset, set alight on Saturday morning Thirty of the huts were … Read more

Drunken wife who torched her £400,000 home to spite her husband is jailed for almost three years

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An embittered wife who torched her £400,000 family home to spite her husband of 27 years after they became embroiled in an acrimonious divorce has been jailed for almost three years. Mother of three Janette Higginson, 57, rang police herself to say the estranged couple’s semi detached property was ablaze and declared: “I’m not bothered, … Read more

George Floyd riots spiral out of control as cop cars are torched and 25 cities enact curfews

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George Floyd riots spiralled out of control Saturday night as cop cars were torched, stores were looted and at least 11 states activated the National Guard on a fifth night of protests that show no signs of stopping.  Scenes of destruction continued to spread across America as the death of the black man at the … Read more

Minneapolis Mayor says torched 3rd Precinct was abandoned to prevent ‘hand-to-hand’ combat

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city’s 3rd Police Precinct was ordered to be evacuated late Thursday to avoid ‘hand-to-hand combat’ with rioters who later stormed the building and set it on fire.  In an interview with WCCO Friday, Frey claimed that he and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo also believed that vacating the building would ‘deescalate … Read more