47 h. ago Elderly couple, 83 and 77, die in 'sickening' arson attack on their home as police launch murder investigation

Emergency services rushed to the scene on South John Street in St Helens at around 12.40am on Tuesday following reports of a house fire.

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5 d. ago Couple sentenced for child neglect after baby daughter died following cocaine and prosecco party

Jerri Elizabeth Balzanelli and Christopher Green admitted child neglect

Society

9 d. ago Almond Valley MSP welcomes additional paid family leave for foster and kinship carers

This new policy means employers across Scotland can now offer meaningful support to foster and kinship carers, helping to create workplaces that are inclusive, understanding and responsive to their unique needs.

Politics

1 week ago Couple’s ‘world fell apart overnight’ after baby died suddenly in sleep

Lily-Anne, who had no previous health issues, died of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) earlier this year

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1 week ago Thatcher sidekick Norman Tebbit's torment after wife paralysed by bomb meant for his boss

Lord Tebbit was a devoted husband and was married to his wife Margaret for more than 60 years before she died in 2020. But the couple's marriage was tested when they were caught up in an IRA blast

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US, Europe deals will increase drone production

Married couple die in Russian strike against Kostyantynivka; Ukraine on agenda as Macron makes state visit to UK. What we know on day 1,230Russia and Ukraine struck each other with hundreds of drones on Sunday, throwing Russian air travel into disarray, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Ukrainian deals with western partners allowing Kyiv to scale up production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Six Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow, said its mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, while another two were reported outside Russia’s second largest city, St Petersburg. Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s civil aviation authority, reported temporary airport closures in the two cities and other regional centres and said dozens of flights had been delayed.In Ukraine on Sunday, Russian drones injured three civilians in Kyiv and at least two in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, located in the north-east, officials said. A Russian attack involving Shahed drones also targeted port infrastructure in Mykolaiv in central...

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2 w. ago Coupling star Sarah Alexander's former lover Gerald Harper dies aged 96 as tributes pour in for Hadleigh actor

The actor was well-known to 60s and 70s TV audiences as the suave star of Hadleigh, and before that Adam Adamant Lives!

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2 w. ago Mum's heartbreak after becoming a widow TWICE before turning 50 after double tragedy

Anna-Louise's first husband Stuart died alongside the couple's son Fraser in a crash before Christmas in 2015, with her second partner Zach Stubbings dying in January this year from blood cancer

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2 w. ago Man, 92, will die in prison for rape and murder of woman in 1967

Ryland Headley was told he had committed a “pitiless and cruel act by a depraved man” as he was sentenced for murdering 75-year-old Louisa Dunne

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2 w. ago Princess's heartbreak as husband dies suddenly just days before she gives birth

Princess Josefa von Hohenzollern has announced the sudden death of her husband Prince Harald von Hohenzollern, aged 63, who has died just nine months after the couple wed

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3 w. ago French army general dies along with couple in their 60s as plane crashes into residential area

The tragic air disaster occurred shortly before 4pm on Friday in Champhol, a town in central France .

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4 w. ago 'Courageous' victim of cruel and depraved Scots foster couple dies suddenly

The 36-year-old’s 'unexplained' death came less than two years after cruel Sandra and Andrew Harper, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, were convicted of offences against five children in their care.

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