Overview
- West Midlands Police arrested two men, aged 35 and 58, on suspicion of murder after a 30-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Wolverhampton early on Christmas Day.
- PSNI said a suspect remained at large after a Bangor double stabbing on Christmas Eve that left a woman in her 50s and a man in his 20s in hospital, with a public warning not to approach the man described by officers.
- Two men, aged 50 and 27, were detained on suspicion of attempted murder after a Willenhall shooting on December 23 that left a man in his 20s with life‑threatening injuries, as officers searched drains and reviewed CCTV.
- Merseyside Police charged Mason Breen, 20, with section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent and knife possession following the Breck Road, Anfield stabbing of a man in his 50s, who remains in a stable condition.
- A 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder over a fatal stabbing in Oldbury, with detectives appealing for dashcam or doorbell footage as enquiries continue.