54 minutes ago Boyfriend told young mum 'hitting you is like hitting a man' before she took own life

Kiena Dawes, 23, left a suicide note on her mobile phone claiming her former fiancé Ryan Wellings was her killer - he is now on trial accused of manslaughter and a campaign of abuse

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2 hours ago Senior Tories warn against 'blasphemy laws' after Labour MP urges Keir Starmer to ban the 'desecration' of religious texts and abuse of prophets of Christianity, Islam and Judaism

Tahir Ali, MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, urged action as he cautioned acts of 'mindless desecration' risk fuelling 'division and hatred' within society.

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3 hours ago Kiena Dawes accused told her ‘hitting you is like hitting a man’, court hears

Ryan Wellings, 30, denies the manslaughter of the young mother who took her own life in 2022.

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3 hours ago Man accused of killing partner after 'campaign of abuse' led her to take her own life 'told her "hitting you is like hitting a man" after attack', court hears

Kiena Dawes, 23, was found dead on railway tracks after going missing on July 22, 2022. The hairdresser had vanished earlier that day after she left her daughter with a friend in Fleetwood.

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23 hours ago Harrowing texts claiming boyfriend terrorised and battered young mother before she accused him of 'killing her' in suicide note are read out in court

'Bright and popular' Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend then drove to a nearby railway line, lying across the tracks as an express train approached at 110mph.

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25 hours ago Young mother hit by a train left suicide note accusing her partner of 'killing her' after 'prolonged abuse'

'Bright and popular' Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend then drove to a nearby railway line, lying across the tracks as an express train approached at 110mph.

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26 hours ago Mum left note saying 'I was murdered' before taking her own life after 'campaign of abuse'

Kiena Dawes vanished after leaving her daughter with a pal after an alleged 'campaign of abuse.'

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26 hours ago Mother's tribute to 'beautiful' autistic girl, 17, hit and killed on the M5 after escaping police car

Tamzin Hall, the 17-year-old girl who died after fleeing a police vehicle on the M5 motorway, had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

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28 hours ago My mother is in a coma after being hit by a car while on holiday in the US. Insurers AXA told us to fly her home against doctors' advice

Jane Rubens, from Edinburgh , was struck by an SUV while on holiday in St Louis, Missouri , on November 1. She was hit at a pedestrian crossing, leaving her with severe brain injuries.

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