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FOUND: 6 - What They Never Told You

Inside house of horrors as squatters leave waste piled from floor to ceiling

View footage from inside a a two-bedroom property in Blackburn previously occupied by squatters as workers from Dingle's Waste Disposal contend with rats, fleas and an overwhelming stench

Daily Mirror

Inside Susan Boyle's glammed-up West Lothian council house she's lived in for nearly 60 years

The Scots singer could live in any luxury location but got her dream house together after buying the property next door to her childhood home in Blackburn.

Daily Record

Pedestrian dies after being struck by taxi

Police Scotland are investigating the incident in Blackburn, West Lothian.

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Police appeal for witnesses after fatal crash

The incident happened around 0.05am near to the junction with Ladeside Road in Blackburn

Daily Record

Heartbroken West Lothian mum 'relieved' after daughter's 'haunted' headstone replaced

Vicky Mclean, from Blackburn, had spoke of her distress last month after her stillborn daughter's castle-themed headstone had turned from bright pink to a dull grey colour

Edinburgh Live

Manchester City 2-0 Brentford, Tottenham 2-3 Southampton: Premier League – as it happened

City extended their lead at the top to 12 points, while Saints stunned Champions League hopefuls Spurs with a late comeback. Scott Murray was watching.

The Guardian - UK

Autistic teen who stayed home for 2 years due to anxiety stabbed on second outing

Billy Baxter, 16, from Blackburn, needed life-saving surgery after being knifed in the heart and lungs and now has a 12-inch scar running down the length of his chest

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Schoolboys hailed as heroes for raising the alarm to help people escape terrifying blaze

Jay Jay Blake, Kaiden Smith and Caiden Anderson dialled 999 when they saw smoke billowing from Blackburn flats fire

Daily Record

Texas siege: Manchester anti-terror police investigate financing of US trip

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

Manchester Evening News

Family living in fire-hit block of flats say they have been plagued by antisocial behaviour for years

Aimee Robertson says there has been trouble at the Blackburn block of flats for years

Daily Record

West Lothian children as young as 10 'spoken to' by police after deliberate fire

The blaze on Rowan Terrace in Blackburn had seen the building go up in flames after a 'deliberate' fire was ignited shortly before 5.40pm on Saturday.

Edinburgh Live

Scots mum 'haunted' and left with clothes on her back after flat torched in deliberate attack

Mum-of-four Lee-Anne Davis, 40, lost all her belongings after a fire was deliberately started outside her top floor flat in Blackburn, West Lothian, late on Saturday afternoon.

Daily Record

West Lothian woman rushed to hospital after deliberate fire in block of flats

Emergency services were called to the scene on Rowan Terrace, Blackburn, shortly before 6pm on Saturday. Residents were evacuated while fire crews tackled the flames on the top floor of the building.

Edinburgh Live

Woman rushed to hospital after ‘deliberate’ blaze at Scots flats as cops hunt firebugs

A number of residents were evacuated from the building on Rowan Terrace in Blackburn, West Lothian, late on Saturday afternoon with paramedics treating a 40-year-old woman.

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The Independent UK

Texas synagogue siege: Teenagers arrested in Manchester released without charge

Pair were detained for questioning on Sunday after Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, died in stand-off with US police

Manchester Evening News

MI5 said Texas synagogue terrorist 'was not a threat' after 2020 investigation

Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, had been investigated by MI5 in 2020

Tribune News Service

Texas hostage-taker dropped off at Dallas homeless shelter by someone he appeared to know

DALLAS — A Dallas homeless shelter is working with federal investigators after a British national suspected of holding four people hostage inside a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue was dropped off at the facility by someone he appeared to have a relationship with, the shelter’s CEO told The Dallas Morning News.

Tribune News Service

Texas hostage-taker had ‘mental health issues,’ his brother says

DALLAS — The brother of the hostage-taker who held four people captive at a Colleyville synagogue over the weekend said the British national had “serious mental health issues” prior to traveling to the U.S. and allegedly getting a gun on the streets.

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Manchester Evening News

Former neighbours of synagogue hostage taker describe 'rude' and 'nasty' man with a bad temper

"Actions like this are not good for the community and not good for humanity."

The Guardian - UK

Texas hostage taker had criminal and mental health history in UK

Malik Faisal Akram from Blackburn was killed by police after taking four hostages in a synagogue

Evening Standard

Malik Faisal Akram: ‘Terrorist’ shot dead in synagogue had been banned from Blackburn court for 9/11 rant

Questions have emerged as to how a Briton who took hostages at a Texas synagogue before being shot dead by police got a US visa after being banned from a UK court for bizarre 9/11 rants at staff.

The Independent UK

Rabbi threw chair at gunman to escape Texas synagogue stand-off

Hostage-taker Malik Faisal Akram from Blackburn was shot dead when the FBI stormed the synagogue on Saturday.

Manchester Evening News

Hero rabbi 'threw chair at Lancashire gunman' and helped hostages escape 10-hour Texas siege

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, held four hostages at a synagogue in the US before being shot dead

The Independent UK

Texas synagogue siege: British hostage-taker Faisal Akram ‘ranted about 9/11 attacks’

Man was banned from Blackburn Magistrates’ Court in 2001 after making references to 9/11 while abusing staff

Manchester Evening News

Texas hostage taker shot dead pictured for first time as counter terror police arrest two in Manchester

Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas

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