35 h. ago Inside the painstaking delays and disruption of Constance Marten’s trial

With the Old Bailey’s most senior judge launching accusations of sabotage, the trials of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were like no other

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39 h. ago Mum found a lump at 30 weeks pregnant as 'breasts tried to kill me'

Tasha Carmen found a lump while she was in the shower

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3 d. ago Rare condition means mum gives birth 17 hours after finding out she is pregnant

Charlotte Summers, 20, gave birth less than a day after finding out she was pregnant - and has spoken of the dramatic moment she discovered she was about to be a mum

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7 d. ago Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR

Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgmentRussia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of human rights has found.The court’s grand chamber unanimously held that between 11 May 2014 and 16 September 2022, when Russia ceased to be a party to the European convention on human rights it had committed “manifestly unlawful conduct on a massive scale”.Indiscriminate military attacks.Summary executions of civilians and Ukrainian military personnel.Torture, including the use of rape as a weapon of war.Unlawful and arbitrary detention of civilians.Unjustified displacement and transfer of civilians.Intimidation, harassment and persecution of all religious groups other than adherents of the historically Moscow-aligned Ukrainian Orthodox church.Intimidation and violence against journalists a...

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2 w. ago Arlene Phillips reflects her 'tough' axe from Strictly amid ageism row as she weighs in on show's bullying scandal and her own 'strict' teaching style

Arlene Phillips has opened up about her 'tough' departure from Strictly Come Dancing and the accusations of bullying on the show. The former judge, 82, was replaced with Alesha Dixon.

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2 w. ago Pregnant woman found dead in UK town as cops launch murder investigation

Pregnant mum-of-two Sarah Montgomery, 27, was pronounced dead at a house in Donaghadee on Saturday, sparking a murder probe. Police said a man, 28, has been held over her death and is being quizzed

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2 w. ago Judge accuses mum of getting pregnant to avoid jail as he questions 'contraception'

Judge Dean Kershaw accused Tanya Parker of trying to 'manipulate' the justice system after he was told she was "six or seven weeks pregnant" despite facing jail time

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2 w. ago Men who lured schoolgirl, 15, into van and live streamed sick footage of her being sexually abused while one orally raped her are spared jail

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Men avoid jail for luring schoolgirl, 15, into van before sexually abusing her and broadcasting mobile phone footage to friends who turned up to join

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Argentina to put Iranians and Lebanese on trial in absentia over 1994 Jewish center bombing

An Argentine judge has ordered that the 10 Lebanese and Iranian citizens accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires face trial in absentia

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2 w. ago House fire horror as pregnant mum jumps from second floor window with baby in her arms

Mum Alicia Murphy, 22, bravely jumped from the window of the second-floor bedroom with her baby Alec in her arms after a huge fire spread through the family home in Cardiff

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2 w. ago Pregnant mum jumps from window with baby in her arms as fire rips through home

The family lost everything in the house fire that left her partner Jordan Payne seriously injured

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3 w. ago Nurse pleads guilty to abandoning her French bulldog at Pittsburgh airport because she couldnt take it with her on vacation to Mexico

Allison Lyn Gaiser, 46, confessed to abandoning the pet as part of a plea deal that allows her to avoid jail time.

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3 w. ago Chinese PhD student who drugged and raped 10 women asked to be chemically castrated in bid to avoid jail time

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was yesterday jailed for a minimum of 22 years for the vile attacks during his time studying at University College, London.

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4 w. ago It may be 'very difficult' to find fair jury for man accused of killing 18 people, lawyer says

A judge ruled that the Alabama man accused of killing 18 people in 2023 and 2024, including two mass shootings, will go to trial in April next year

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last month ‘I do not believe I have done anything worthy of an apology’ – Lyons

The Communities Minister has been accused of ‘poor judgment’ over a social media post hours before Larne Leisure Centre was attacked.

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last month Diddy trial judge accuses rapper of trying to create 'boutique jury' mirroring his own race

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers have accused prosecutors of wanting to throw a juror from the trial because he's black.

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