6 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson jury to begin deliberations after judge’s charge concludes on Monday

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s evidence about the dried mushrooms.He says Patterson said she realised on 2 August 2023 that she may have put foraged mushrooms in a Tupperware container including store-bought mushrooms that she used in the beef wellington. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 38

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s second alleged incriminating conduct - lying about where the dried mushrooms used in the beef wellingtons.The prosecution has labelled certain conduct as incriminating, meaning it is an implied admission of guilt, the court has heard. The defence has argued there are other innocent explanations for the conduct the prosecution relies on Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Greece wildfires: woman charged with unintentional arson after cigarette allegedly started blaze on Chios

Greek island has been battling several wildfires that broke out at the same time on Sunday and have so far ripped through an estimated 40,000 hectaresA Georgian woman accused of accidentally igniting one of several wildfires that have raged relentlessly across the eastern Aegean isle of Chios will appear in court to face charges of unintentional arson.Greek fire brigade officials said the woman, employed as a housekeeper on Chios, the ancestral home of some of Greece’s wealthiest shipping families, had “confessed” to triggering the blaze when she negligently discarded a cigarette. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Greece arrests woman suspected of fuelling devastating wildfire with cigarette

Blazes broke out on the island of Chios on Sunday and tore through 10,000 acres of mainly bush and pasture land in three days

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16 h. ago Woman arrested after Palestine Action rally denies assault charges in court

Lavina Richards is accused of assaulting two Metropolitan Police officers at the Trafalgar Square march on Monday.

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23 h. ago Shocking satellite images show wildfires ravaging Greek island of Chios as 'state of emergency' declared

It comes after hundreds of firefighters battled to contain the outbreak that has torn through swathes of forest and farmland

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23 h. ago Holidaymakers increasingly alarmed about summer heatwaves in southern Europe

Spain, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Italy all seen as at risk of being too hot to bear within the next five years

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30 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 37

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveWe’re waiting for the jury to enter the court room in Morwell.In the meantime, here’s how the trial played out last week during closing submissions: Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Woman is charged after toddler's arm ripped open in dog attack outside primary school

Bunnie, three, was walking home with her father and two siblings last Tuesday when the Cockapoo attacked her outside Miers Court Primary School in Rainham, Kent, at around 3.30pm.

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43 h. ago Greek wildfires: Hundreds of people evacuated from villages on Chios island as wildfires rage on for third day

Chios, in the north east of the Aegean, is a popular holiday destination in the midst of its tourist season right now

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52 h. ago Woman with ties to a cultlike group to appear in court after border agent's killing

A woman connected to a cultlike group who is charged in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is due in federal court for a hearing

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52 h. ago Police have charged a woman they claim drove through crowd of anti

A car was captured on camera driving through a crowd of protesters gathered outside an immigration court in downtown Chicago on June 10

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55 h. ago Australia mushroom lunch trial live: Erin Patterson’s lies must not cause jury to ‘be prejudiced against her’, judge says

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal mushroom lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s evidence. He says Patterson had no obligation to give evidence in her trial.He says Patterson does not need to prove her innocence. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago 'No charges laid' after British woman, 23, was shot dead 'by another person' at her father's US home

A manslaughter investigation was launched in February after Lucy Harrison, 23, from Warrington, Cheshire, was killed at the house in Prosper, Texas , on January 10.

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67 h. ago Is it safe to travel to Greece amid wildfires on the island of Chios?

More firefighters have been deployed to battle the ongoing blaze

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68 h. ago Partner of woman found stabbed in Stoke Newington gas explosion appears in court charged with her murder

Clifton George, of Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, spoke only to confirm his personal details when he appeared in the dock at Thames Magistrates’ Court

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68 h. ago Major Greece evacuation on holiday island after massive wildfires

More than 100 firefighters have been battling a large wildfire, with emergency services ordering the evacuation of a dozen areas

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68 h. ago Man charged with murder of woman after Stoke Newington gas blast

Man charged with murder of woman after Stoke Newington gas blast  BBC

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2 d. ago Partner of woman found stabbed in Stoke Newington gas explosion is charged with her murder

Clifton George, 44, is charged with the murder of mother-of-two Annabel Rook, 46, and also faces an allegation of arson with intent to endanger life

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3 d. ago Man charged with murder of woman found stabbed to death after gas explosion

Annabel Rook has been described as a ‘truly wonderful woman’ by her friends and family

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