Crime

Published: 11 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Online child sexual abuse in England and Wales has surged by 26% in just one year, alarming authorities and prompting urgent calls for stronger safeguards. Recent figures from police show that 51,672 online crimes were recorded in 2024, representing 42% of the total 122,768 child sexual exploitation offences. The rise has sparked warnings that social media companies must...

Published: 09 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The latest hearing of the long-running spycops inquiry has brought a disturbing account to the forefront, as a woman deceived into a prolonged relationship by an undercover police officer described behaviour she believes revealed deep and troubling “sadistic tendencies.” Her testimony delivered a painful narrative about trust, manipulation and institutional failings that spanned years, leaving lasting damage and...

Published: 08 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United Kingdom will no longer serve as a safe harbour for dirty money laundered by dictators, oligarchs, and corrupt elites. That stark promise will come directly from David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, when he unveils a sweeping new anti-corruption strategy in London on Monday. Speaking with the authority of someone who has seen...

Published: 03 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A New Zealand man has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing a diamond-studded locket in an unusual manner—by swallowing it. The Fabergé egg pendant, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), has not yet been recovered, according to local police reports. Authorities were called to Partridge Jewellers in central Auckland last Friday afternoon, where the 32-year-old suspect was arrested...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Justice Secretary David Lammy has revealed that 12 prisoners have been accidentally released over the past three weeks, with two still at large. This follows a previous wave of 91 accidental releases between April and October. Speaking to the BBC, Lammy acknowledged that while prisons continue to operate on a paper-based system, “human error” is inevitable. He...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A woman has died and a man remains in serious condition after a rare double shark attack during an early morning swim at a remote beach on Australia’s east coast, an incident that marine experts have described as “highly unusual” and deeply alarming. Authorities say the two victims, both European tourists in their 20s, were swimming together...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Jordan Bardella, the young face of France’s National Rally, has undergone a noticeable makeover. With a neat haircut, sharply tailored suits, glasses, and light stubble, his new look is designed to modernize a historically far-right and controversial political brand while downplaying his youth. At only 30 years old, Bardella has limited life experience outside politics, yet polls...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have begun searching the apartment of President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak. The anti-corruption bureau Nabu confirmed that its investigative searches had been authorised and stated that further details would follow. Although a corruption scandal has engulfed several figures close to Zelensky, neither he nor Yermak have been accused of any wrongdoing....

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Shock in Hong Kong is giving way to anger after a massive fire tore through Wang Fuk Court, a densely populated subsidised housing estate, killing at least 128 people and critically injuring dozens. Authorities say substandard mesh and plastic sheets on the buildings’ windows may have spread the blaze, which raged for more than a day. Firefighting...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nigeria is currently grappling with a spate of mass abductions, but the vast country—bigger than France and Germany combined—faces a multitude of security challenges. Recent attempts by US President Donald Trump and his supporters to frame the insecurity purely as persecution of Christians overlook the complexity of Africa’s most-populous nation. Nigeria is home to over 250 ethnic...