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The number of children in state care is thought to have passed 100,000 for the first time. The rise is because of police fears over violent families and teenagers getting sucked into crime, a report said. It revealed a record 98,756 were living in care across the UK in 2019. And it said this number is likely to have passed the six-figure record during lockdown. The report, from care industry watchers Laing Buisson, follows a major increase in children taken from families and placed in homes or with foster parents over the past 12 years. Baby P, pictured, died in 2008 after social workers failed to take the 17-month-old  boy into care and left him with his mother  More began being removed from parents seen as potentially dangerous following the Baby P scandal in 2008, in which the 17-month-old died after social workers failed him by leaving him with his mother. The new report points to police pressure for more children to be taken into care, with requests up 16 per cent this year. It ad

The foul-mouthed female protester who was arrested Wednesday for spitting in the face of an NYPD officer once interned for a high-ranking House Democrat. Devina Singh, 24, spent about a month in 2018 working as a social work intern for U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, the Daily News reported. Singh 'did not complete the internship and left shortly after the internship started for personal reasons,' Nadler's district director, Robert Gottheim, told the News.   Devina Singh, pictured, was arrested on Wednesday night after spitting in a police officer's face. For about a month in 2018, Singh was a social work intern for Democratic U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, who represents Manhattan's Upper West Side Gottheim did not elaborate further on why she left prematurely after starting in September 2018. Nadler represents Manhattan's Upper West Side and was reelected Tuesday.  Singh, of Brooklyn, was among the 57 people a

Douglas Edward Bennett, 76, was arrested on Wednesday at his Clearwater, Florida, home  A convicted rapist has been arrested in Florida more than 44 years after skipping out on his Connecticut prison sentence and assuming the identity of a five-year-old boy who died in 1945, authorities said. Douglas Bennett, 76, was arrested on Wednesday at his Clearwater home and charged with passport fraud and aggravated identity theft.  He faces up to 12 years in federal prison, which would be served before any state sentence.  A warrant for his arrest was still active from Connecticut. According to a criminal complaint, Bennett submitted a passport application in July 2016 using the name, date of birth and Social Security number of a person who was born in 1940 and died in 1945.  Emergency contact information in the application led investigators to suspect Bennett's true identity, which they confirmed with fingerprints after his arrest, the complaint said. Court documents only give the initial

A retired couple who spent £15,000 turning spare ground beside their bungalow into a dream garden space have been ordered to turn it back into parkland. Gordon Gaffney, 67, and his wife had wanted to extend their existing garden at their home in Balerno, near Edinburgh, to enjoy more sunshine. They claim they took all the necessary steps to turn their dream into reality and applied to the City of Edinburgh Council last year to purchase ground beside their £300,000 property to extend their south-facing garden. According to the Gaffneys the council initially said they had 'no issues' with the sale of the land and couldn't foresee any planning application problems Gordon Gaffney and his wife had wanted to extend their existing garden at their home in Balerno, near Edinburgh Mr Gaffney was told the council had 'no issues' with the sale of the land which was deemed 'surplus' to requirements and that gaining planning permission would not be a problem. The couple t

A cat is reported to have died after being strapped to a firework in Wrexham. Police said the body of the cat is yet to be found, but they believe it is somewhere on the Queensway playing fields. Officers have searched the fields, but they say the area is 'too large'. Police said the body of the cat is yet to be found, but they believe it is somewhere on the Queensway playing fields in Wrexham, pictured According to the NWP Wrexham Town account on Facebook, the reports are being taken 'very seriously' and an appeal has been made to help find the person responsible. Writing on Facebook, they said: 'Reports to the police that a pet cat has sadly died after being strapped to a firework in the Queensway area. 'NWP take reports like this very seriously. Please try and help us find who was responsible. 'Following on from previous post regarding pet cat, we are struggling to find the cat's body. We are told it's on Queensway playing fields. 'Officers ha

Ryan Giggs has been branded a sex addict who cannot resist women on nights out by his brother Rhodri.  Rhodri, 43, whose ex-wife Natasha had a secret eight-year affair with his brother, told a podcast: 'Everyone has a weakness. Ryan's was that when he goes out, he has to sleep with women.' He was speaking a month before Ryan, 46, was arrested over a bust-up with girlfriend Kate Greville.  The former Manchester United player was arrested by officers on suspicion of assault towards Ms Greville, 36, and another woman, who is believed to be her relative, at his Salford home on Sunday following reports of 'a disturbance'. He denies all allegations of assault made against him and is 'co-operating with the police,' a statement released on his behalf said. Ryan Giggs is being investigated by police on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend Kate Greville and another woman His brother Rhodri, 43, said a month before the incident between his brother and Kate that Ryan

A 29-year-old influencer has been found dead in a canal a day after disappearing after arriving on a flight at Guadalajara International Airport in western Mexico. According to the Jalisco State Attorney General's Office, Adriana Murrieta was captured on airport surveillance cameras Sunday arriving on a flight from Culiacán, Sinaloa, and could be seen getting into a car. She reportedly knew the driver. Her family said she did not make any social media posts after they last had contact with her at 9.24pm local time before she was reported missing.  Murrieta's body was found Monday at 8am in a canal in Santa Cruz del Valle, a town in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, an estimated 20 to 30 minute drive from Guadalajara International Airport. Adriana Murrieta was found dead Monday in a canal in Jalisco, Mexico, after she was reported missing Sunday by her family Murrieta was described by her family as a 'unique, outgoing and kind hearted person'  Adriana Murrieta ha

A lawyer was bludgeoned over the head and strangled by her cocaine dealer in her home. The dealer, Aminul Islam, 31, smashed Joanna Ogden’s iPhone into her skull four or five times, throttled her and threatened her with two kitchen knives before he was interrupted by a neighbour and fled. Mrs Ogden, 32, whose mother is a circuit judge at the Old Bailey, had been buying cocaine from Islam for several months before the attack, a court heard. The violent drug dealer was this week jailed for ten years for the brutal beating. Mrs Ogden, a commercial solicitor, thought Islam would kill her.  Drug dealer: Aminul Islam, 31, smashed Joanna Ogden’s iPhone into her skull four or five times, throttled her and threatened her with two kitchen knives in her kitchen in Shepherd's Bush, west London She suffered a fractured eye socket, cuts to the face and skull and severe bruising to the neck when Islam attacked her after coming round to deliver drugs on November 13 last year. Mrs Ogden, a senior a

The future of Princess Diana's childhood home on the Sandringham estate has been thrown into doubt after a charity cancelled its £2.3million revamp.   The Leonard Cheshire charity has announced that it will no longer be operating Park House, which had been used as a hotel for the disabled, with the owners now searching for new tenants.  The house was famously where Diana Spencer was born on July 1, 1961, when her family were renting it from the Queen.  She continued living there until she was aged 14 in 1976 when she moved to her family's stately home Althorp House after her father John inherited his title Earl Spencer. The future of Princess Diana's childhood home on the Sandringham estate has been thrown into doubt after a charity cancelled its £2.3million revamp The Leonard Cheshire charity has announced that it will no longer be operating Park House (interior pictured) which had been used as a hotel for the disabled The Queen gave Park House and its grounds to internat

A pastor who blamed premarital sex for COVID-19 has died from the virus.  Irvin Baxter, 75, was hospitalized last week and died Tuesday.  Baxter, who founded Endtime Ministries in 1991, told televangelist Jim Bakker in March that the 15 million unmarried people living together 'cannot just ignore their sinful lifestyle'.  He also noted that '5% percent of new brides in America now are virgins' and said 'God may be using this the coronavirus as a wake-up call'.  It is not known how he contracted the virus. His ministry said in a statement: 'The Rev. Irvin Baxter, pastor and televangelist of Endtime Ministries died Tuesday of complications from Covid-19. While Baxter’s passing was unexpected, the ministry is poised to continue.' Irvin Baxter was hospitalized last week and died Tuesday, Endtimes Ministry said Baxter told said Bakker in March: 'I was thinking as I was putting all this together in my mind, about the sin of fornication.  'And I thoug

British Airways will suspend all flights from Gatwick airport and furlough 'many more' staff as the new Covid lockdown bites. In a letter to staff seen by Sky News, the airline warned that it will mean 'moving many more colleagues, from both operational and support function areas onto the government's extended Job Retention Scheme.' BA, whose owner suffered a £5.1 billion loss in the first nine months of 2020, called it a 'blow to our hopes for the winter season.' It is the second time the airline has grounded all flights at Gatwick, the previous suspension coming shortly after the first national lockdown in March. Gatwick airport this time last year, left; and today amid the pandemic, right 'We have made the difficult decision to further reduce our operation for the rest of November.' BA management said in its letter. 'This means far fewer flights than we hoped for in November and means grounding more of our aircraft, including pausing all fligh