6 h. ago Police officer fighting for life with two men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

Police said the incident was ‘another stark reminder of the dangers that our police and emergency service colleagues face on a daily basis’

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11 h. ago Police officer fights for life as two men are arrested for attempted murder after road crash

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident in Stoke Poges on Thursday evening.

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11 h. ago Stoke Poges policeman fighting for life with two arrested on attempted murder charge

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12 h. ago Police officer fights for life as pair arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

The officer was seriously injured in a road collision in Buckinghamshire on Thursday night.

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4 d. ago Teen charged with attempted murder after alleged stabbing at Scots beach

The 16-year-old was arrested following a disturbance in Portobello, Edinburgh, on Friday evening.

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5 d. ago Showbiz heir, 20, is charged with attempted murder over shocking NYC bar attack

Arlo Willner, 20, allegedly stabbed three men outside of Sally's Bar in the Kips Bay area of Manhattan around 3.330am Saturday, according to a criminal complaint.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson may have visited locations of death cap mushroom sightings, murder trial hears

Expert tells court that phone records show ‘potential’ for accused to have been in Outtrim and Loch days after reports of deadly fungi were posted onlineWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn analysis of Erin Patterson’s mobile phone records revealed she may have visited two locations soon after death cap mushroom sightings were reported, a court has heard.Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to the lunch she served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, about 135km south-east of Melbourne.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: mobile data shows Patterson’s device could have been in area where death cap mushrooms reportedly sighted

Australian woman, 50, faces three murder charges and one charge of attempted murder over lethal mushroom lunch. Follow live updatesPatterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining McKenzie.She agrees she removed and disposed of every death cap mushroom she could find when she spotted the mushrooms. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: witness posted location of death cap mushrooms to citizen science website

Australian woman, 50, faces three murder charges and one charge of attempted murder over lethal mushroom lunch. Follow live updatesPatterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining McKenzie.She agrees she removed and disposed of every death cap mushroom she could find when she spotted the mushrooms. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mushroom trial live: witnesses to continue giving evidence on day 14 of Erin Patterson murder trial

Australian woman, 50, faces three murder charges and one charge of attempted murder over lethal mushroom lunch. Follow live updatesMcKenzie says in her role she answered calls from members of the public and professionals regarding ingestion of a range of poisonous substances including fungi.She tells the court what her role involved when someone calls the help line:We need to ascertain the circumstances, for instance it might be a toddler who has a nibble of a little brown mushroom and nothing more. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Cyclist in 'fight for life' after Cardiff crash as two in car arrested

The collision took place in Grangetown and South Wales Police arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of drink driving

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9 d. ago Manager at a Popeye’s restaurant shot employee over burnt biscuits, cops say

Rodney Wood, 22, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder.

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson trial live: juror discharged on day 12 of hearing

Australian woman, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesErin Patterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining Cripps.Stafford says Cripps is “not very clear” on what Patterson said about how much she ate at the lunch in July 2023. Cripps agrees.Is it your recollection that firstly she didn’t eat her entire portion?Yes. She indicated she didn’t eat it all. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson trial live: death cap mushroom toxin detected in beef wellington leftovers and dehydrator, toxicologist tells court

Australian woman, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesErin Patterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining Cripps.Stafford says Cripps is “not very clear” on what Patterson said about how much she ate at the lunch in July 2023. Cripps agrees.Is it your recollection that firstly she didn’t eat her entire portion?Yes. She indicated she didn’t eat it all. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson did not answer when asked if she picked mushrooms used in poisonous lunch, court hears

Australian woman, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesErin Patterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining Cripps.Stafford says Cripps is “not very clear” on what Patterson said about how much she ate at the lunch in July 2023. Cripps agrees.Is it your recollection that firstly she didn’t eat her entire portion?Yes. She indicated she didn’t eat it all. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Mushroom trial live: child protection worker tells court Erin Patterson said she felt ‘isolated’ from in

Australian woman, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesPatterson’s defence lawyer, Sophie Stafford, is cross-examining Cripps.Stafford asks Cripps about her conversation with Simon Patterson at Monash medical centre on 1 August 2023. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: witnesses continue to give evidence on day 12 of alleged mushroom murder case

Australian woman, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesThe jurors have not entered the court room yet.While we wait for today’s proceedings to kick off, here’s a report from our justice and courts reporter, Nino Bucci, on what the trial heard yesterday: Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: ‘probably impossible’ for death cap mushrooms to come from supermarket as they cannot be cultivated, expert tells trial

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesKey figures in the mushroom lunch trialLawyer Sophie Stafford asks Dr Thomas May about incidents involving death cap mushroom poisoning.She points to a poisoning that was a subject of a Victorian coroner’s report from May 2024. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: witnesses continue to give evidence on day 11 of the alleged mushroom murder case

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesKey figures in the mushroom lunch trialDr Thomas May began giving his evidence yesterday, telling the court that:death cap mushrooms were most commonly reported in Maythere had been three known sightings of death cap mushrooms in the Gippsland regionthe “citizen science” website iNaturalist is often used to report sightingsa smooth capa white stem which usually has a visible ringwhite gills Continue reading...

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1 week ago Attempted murder Dundee: Suspect charged over 'attempted murder' of man found seriously hurt outside city pub

A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with the attempted murder of a man found seriously injured outside of a Dundee pub.

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