64 h. ago Teen accused of plotting to kill his baby’s mother’s new boyfriend had to ask for a ride: cops

Arrest warrants show Hugo Carlin had been sending violent texts to friends ahead of the alleged murder plot

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66 h. ago Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in central California after dramatic rescue

The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother

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5 d. ago New UK Government plans to tackle benefits and public sector fraud set to become law

The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill is now ready for royal assent.

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5 d. ago Millionaire with two wives who threatened to gang rape and set alight Virgin stewardess has his jail term TRIPLED to four years after public outcry

Salman Iftikhar, 38, was initially handed a 15-month jail term earlier this year for abusing air crew. But that has since been increased by three years.

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5 d. ago Millionaire who threatened to gang rape and set alight Virgin stewardess has his jail term TRIPLED to four years after public outcry

Salman Iftikhar, 38, was initially handed a 15-month jail term earlier this year for abusing air crew. But that has since been increased by three years.

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6 d. ago Warning from coroner after mother, 34, died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in 2023 after having a heart attack shortly after giving birth to baby Agnes, Joanna Kersley, senior coroner for Manchester North, heard.

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8 d. ago Jon Venables 'scared' to attend parole hearing if James Bulger's family present

Jon Venables, who abducted and killed James Bulger alongside Robert Thompson in 1993, is reportedly 'scared' to attend his own parole hearing

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9 d. ago James Bulger's killer Jon Venables 'scared' to attend own parole hearing

Evil murderer Jon Venables is said to be too 'scared' to attend his own parole hearing because of three people set to also be at the meeting

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9 d. ago Macabre find is made during excavation at Irish house of horrors mother and baby burial site where 800 corpses are feared to be buried

Excavators working on the site of a former Irish mother-and-baby institution have made an intriguing discovery as they complete a two-year mass excavation

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9 d. ago Macabre find is made during excavation at Irish house of horrors mother and baby burial site where 800 corpses were hidden

Excavators working on the site of a former Irish mother-and-baby institution have made an intriguing discovery as they complete a two-year mass excavation

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1 week ago Masked Bonfire Night youths turn city centres into war zones as they blast fireworks at emergency workers, terrify crowds and torch tower block amid more than 30 arrests

Footage shows members of the public running for cover when fireworks were set off in Birmingham city centre as police battled to regain control.

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1 week ago Masked Bonfire Night youths turn city centres into war zones as they blast fireworks at emergency workers, terrify crowds and torch tower block amid more than 20 arrests

Footage shows members of the public running for cover when fireworks were set off in Birmingham city centre as police battled to regain control.

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1 week ago This machine could keep a baby alive outside the womb. How will the world decide to use it?

For parents who have buried infants born too soon, a device like the AquaWomb is a miracle in waiting – and an impossible choiceBeth Schafer lay in a hospital bed, bracing for the birth of her son. The first contractions rippled through her body before she felt remotely ready. She knew, with a mother’s pit-of-the-stomach intuition, that her baby was not ready either.At just 23 weeks of gestation, her son teetered on the cliff edge of viability, the fragile threshold where modern medicine offers any promise of keeping babies alive. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nepo baby turns heads at Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in a glitzy gold sequin feathered gown

Born to an A-list actress mother and film director father, this nepo baby has been creeping onto red carpets in recent years.

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1 week ago Fake baby 'mother' Kira Cousins ready to reveal her astonishing story as TV producers sign her up for documentary

A woman who faked she was pregnant and continued the lie that she had given birth using a plastic doll has signed a deal with documentary makers.

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1 week ago Man dubbed 'Britain's worst sex offender' could soon be freed

Kevin Lakeman had his parole hearing in private. An expert ruled that a public hearing 'may increase stress and anxiety' to him despite concerns of his victims.

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1 week ago Boost to North Ayrshire libraries as they are granted a share of 200k improvement fund

Twelve public libraries across Scotland are set to transform their services thanks to the cash injection from the fund.

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1 week ago North London council can vaccinate baby against mother's wishes, High Court rules

The baby girl, known only as P, has been under the council’s guardianship since February

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1 week ago Chile to end Pinochet henchmen’s pampered prison life of tennis and barbecues

Punta Peuco – where military human rights offenders enjoy privileged conditions – set to join public prison networkInmates at an infamous high-security military prison in Chile, which houses the perpetrators of dictatorship-era human rights crimes, are set to lose their privileged conditions under plans to incorporate the prison into the public prison network.President Gabriel Boric announced on Monday that Punta Peuco is being transformed into a regular prison to help deal with overcrowding in the penitentiary system. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cops trying to find mum of newborn baby boy found dead inside black bag and dumped in woodland a decade ago

COPS are still trying to find the mum of a newborn baby boy who was found dead inside a black leather handbag and dumped in woodland nearly ten years ago. The tragic discovery was made near Imperial Park, Coedkernew, Newport, in January 2016, sparking a major police appeal to trace the baby’s mother amid fears...

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