Crime

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar has described the terrifying moments when he fought to regain control of himself after being attacked in the cockpit of a flydubai passenger aircraft, saying he realised that he had to get back on his feet because the lives of everyone on board could depend on him. Machchhar, who is recovering in an...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Almost half of the women who have reported allegations of sexual abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed to the Metropolitan police may have experienced circumstances bearing the hallmarks of human trafficking, according to information presented to a parliamentary group representing survivors of alleged abuse connected to the former Harrods owner. Senior Metropolitan police officers told the all-party parliamentary group...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Efforts to resolve the long-running Drumcree parading dispute in Northern Ireland have ended without an agreement, leaving the issue to return to the courts after five days of political tension and negotiations. Talks involving representatives of the Orange Order and residents of the Garvaghy Road area concluded late Thursday at Hillsborough Castle, with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Hundreds of prisoners across England and Wales have begun leaving jail early under a revised release system introduced as the government attempts to ease severe pressure on the prison estate. The first major tranche of releases under the new arrangements began on Thursday, with prisoners leaving facilities including HMP Durham, HMP Cardiff, HMP Wandsworth and HMP Leeds. The...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former US election-security officials and researchers are raising concerns that the federal government has sharply reduced its focus on investigating threats against election workers and election infrastructure, even as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to identify alleged voting by noncitizens. The concerns centre on the apparent decline of a Department of Justice taskforce that previously investigated threats, intimidation...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Hundreds of prisoners in England and Wales are being released early from custody from Thursday, amid growing concern among probation officers that a shortage of suitable accommodation could leave some former prisoners without a stable place to live. The warning comes as the government begins implementing a new release framework designed to ease severe pressure on the prison...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 40-year-old Texas man has been arrested after authorities said they received credible information about an alleged plan to carry out a violent attack at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Benny Caldera Jr, a resident of Converse in the San Antonio area, was arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers at about 3am on Wednesday after...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Tennessee officials have been unable to carry out the execution of death-row prisoner Christa Pike after she survived two doses of the lethal injection drug, an extraordinary development that has triggered fresh legal challenges and an independent examination of the state’s execution procedures. Pike, 50, was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A commercial passenger aircraft travelling from Dubai to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a reported confrontation between the two pilots triggered an emergency alert and briefly raised fears of a possible hijacking. The FlyDubai flight, carrying dozens of passengers, eventually landed safely in Tabuk, a city in north-western Saudi Arabia that hosts...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online More than 400 people, most of them teenagers, were detained across France on Tuesday as a growing wave of student protests over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and exhausting school schedules escalated into clashes with police. The demonstrations, which began in Paris the previous week, spread to cities and towns across the country, bringing renewed attention to pressures facing...