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The Grenfell Tower fire started in a faulty fridge and the cladding and insulation on the block has failed safety tests, police said.
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‘Animal’ who attacked partner in Dundee home jailed
A man who turned up at his partner’s home and launched an early-morning attack on her has been jailed.
By Adam Hill,
Man confronted police with 7-inch blade after dispute
A man confronted police officers with a seven-inch knife after a dispute — moments after he’d approached a neighbour with another blade.
By Adam Hill,
VIDEO: Husband’s appeal over missing wife Patricia
The husband of a woman missing from the south-east of England — who has family links to the area — has spoken about the “worst weeks” of his life.
By Bryan Copland,
Dundee man who forged mum’s signature to get £180k mortgage is jailed
A man has been jailed for nine months for faking his mum’s signature to obtain a £180,000 mortgage.
By Adam Hill,
Man ‘ditched drugs package in Dundee garden during police chase’
A Dundee man threw a heroin package worth thousands of pounds into a garden while being chased by police, a court was told.
By Steven Rae,
Man gave fake name and lashed out at Dundee police officers
A Dundee man who gave police a fake name and struck out at officers has been fined.
By Adam Hill,
Probe over Dundee petrol station car ‘theft’
A car was allegedly stolen from a Dundee petrol station — after the driver stopped to fill up with fuel.
By James Simpson,
Beware: Cooling down with alcoholic lollies could put drivers over limit, police warn
Drivers have been warned that alcoholic ice lollies could put them over the limit this summer.
By Press Association,
Boy arrested after gun and ammunition seized at school
Police have seized a shotgun and ammunition after a report that a teenager was in possession of a firearm at a secondary school.
By Press Association,
Drugs seized and people held in Dundee drugs raids
Drugs were seized and multiple people were detained as police carried out drugs raids in Dundee.
By Lindsey Hamilton & Steven Rae,
Football fan brings down Dundee pub chandelier celebrating Leigh Griffiths’ goal against England
A delirious Scotland fan sent a Dundee pub’s chandelier crashing to the ground after swinging on it in celebration.
By James Simpson,
Mystery man holding axe told Dundee couple ‘you’re dead’
A mystery man appeared out of the blue in a couple’s garden shouting “you’re dead” while brandishing an axe.
By Sheanne Mulholland,
Woman, 46, charged over six fires at Dundee flats
A woman has been charged with starting six fires in the Dundee tenement block where she lived, it has emerged.
By Bryan Copland,
‘I thought he was going to mug me’, Dundee woman tells trial
A woman has told a court how she screamed for help after a man tried to rape her in a Dundee close.
By Will Lyon,
Police tackle primary school-aged boy who was ‘ringleader’ of Dundee crime gang
Police have revealed how a primary school-aged boy was the “ringleader” of a criminal gang in an area of Dundee.
By Bryan Copland,