27 h. ago Kickboxer, 15, had fought man, 34, week before fatal bout, inquest hears

Alex Eastwood collapsed after a kickboxing match in Wigan and died three days later.

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5 d. ago Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even diedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn Erin Patterson’s telling, the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died.According to evidence Patterson gave at her triple-murder trial this week, she was in a Monash hospital room alone with her estranged husband, Simon, after their two children had left to buy food from a vending machine, when he asked her: “Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson gives evidence in her triple murder trial

Trial of Victorian woman, 50, who has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch, enters sixth week. Follow liveThe jury is back in the courtroom in Morwell.Mandy concludes the defence’s cross-examination. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Australian mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson to give evidence in her triple murder trial

Trial of Victorian woman, 50, who has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch, enters sixth week. Follow liveThe jury is back in the courtroom in Morwell.Mandy concludes the defence’s cross-examination. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson trial live: lead detective in Australian mushroom case continues giving evidence on day 24 of trial

Trial of Victorian woman, 50, who has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch, enters sixth week. Follow liveMandy is showing the jury a flow chart which shows three sim cards police investigated.Eppingstall previously told the court there were three phones police believed Patterson used – two Samsungs and a Nokia. He said one of the Samsungs, referred to as phone A, had never been recovered. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago One dead and two injured after sewage boat explodes on New York's Hudson River

The fatal explosion occured just a week after a Mexican Navy vessel collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, resulting in the deaths of two crew members and injuring nearly twenty others

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