19 h. ago Ballymena schoolgirl 'dragged into garage by thee males and raped', court hears

A schoolgirl was 'dragged into a garage while she was walking down a street in Ballymena by three men and raped', a court heard today as details emerged of the assault which sparked rioting

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20 h. ago 'How can you say that we killed our baby?' Court hears what parents told police after two

Daniel Gunter, 27, and Sophie Staddon, 23, are both accused of murder and causing or allowing their son's passing on March 5 last year.

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21 h. ago Mother of boy, three, mauled to death in dog attack 'found son face down with blood and marks all over his neck', court hears

Daniel Twigg suffered horrific injuries in the 'furious and prolonged' attack at Carr Farm, Rochdale, on May 15, 2022.

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25 h. ago Another Harry Potter star banned from driving after Emma Watson court hearing

Emma Watson and Zoe Wanamaker have both been banned from driving after they were caught speeding in separate incidents on the roads

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26 h. ago Schoolgirl was 'dragged into garage and raped by Romanian teen as two others tried to make her perform sex acts' before Ballymena riots, court hears

Ballymena Youth Court also heard that while two of her alleged assailants were arrested within hours of the incident on June 7, a third suspect has fled back to Romania .

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26 h. ago Millionaire farmer, 75, died a DAY after secretly marrying his carer, 50, and was embalmed with 'undue haste', court hears

Lawyers for Lisa Flaherty, 50, said she had been 'hauled over the coals' during the three-day inquest in Tullamore as the family of Joseph Grogan, vowed to challenge their short-lived marriage.

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27 h. ago Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Zoe Wanamaker handed driving bans together over speeding charges

Harry Potter co-stars did not attend the court hearings where they were given hefty fines

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28 h. ago Actor who starred in The Batman film alongside Robert Pattinson and Colin Farrell hanged himself after financial stress and relationship break

Phil Aizlewood, 37, had been plagued by financial stress and a relationship break-up in the weeks before he took his own life, the inquest at Inner West London Coroner's Court heard.

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28 h. ago Harry Potter icon Emma Watson banned from driving after doing 38mph in 30 zone

Emma Watson was caught speeding in July last year and pleaded guilty, but has opted for a full court hearing after she was charged by post

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40 h. ago Ministers STILL won't come clean on secret airlifts after the Mail revealed 18,500 Afghans were brought to Britain as part of £7BILLION scheme

Defence Secretary John Healey's emergency explanation to Parliament appeared at odds with facts heard at secret High Court hearings over the last two years.

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44 h. ago New York county clerk rejects Texas’s effort to fine doctor in abortion pill case

A New York doctor faced a $113,000 penalty from Texas after being accused of shipping abortion pills across state linesA New York county clerk again rejected an effort by Texas to fine a New York-based doctor accused of shipping abortion pills across state lines, in a case that could tee up a US supreme court showdown between states that protect abortion access and those that ban it.On Monday, acting Ulster county clerk Taylor Bruck rejected a court filing by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, which sought to collect a $113,000 penalty against Dr Margaret Carpenter. Paxton had sued Carpenter in December 2024 over allegations she shipped abortion pills to a Texas woman in defiance of the state’s ban on virtually all abortions. When Carpenter didn’t show up to a court hearing earlier this year, a judge automatically ruled against her and ordered her to pay the fine as well as stop mailing pills to Texas. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Former Great Britain rugby league star 'pinned' a woman down using his 'sheer size and force' and raped her, court hears

Gareth Hock, who made almost 200 appearances for Wigan Warriors, 'ripped' the woman's clothes off and attacked her after he had been drinking, a jury was told.

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45 h. ago Trump administration seeks to end bond hearings for immigrants without legal status

Under new policy, such immigrants would not be able to request bond from immigration judge before deportationThe Trump administration is reportedly seeking to bar millions of immigrants who allegedly arrived in the US without legal status from receiving a bond hearing as they try to fight their deportations in court.The new policy would apply during removal proceedings, which can take years, for millions of immigrants who entered the country from Mexico in recent decades, according to a report from the Washington Post, which reviewed documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Teen 'grinned' before 'stabbing victim, 18, through heart' with Rambo knife

Noah Smedley "did absolutely nothing wrong" and did "nothing to deserve what happened to him" the court heard during a murder trial over the December 28 killing

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47 h. ago Men who felled Sycamore Gap on 'moronic mission' dubbed 'humanity at its worst'

A court heard how Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, went on a 'moronic mission' to cut down the iconic tree at Sycamore Gap before filming its destruction

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50 h. ago Colombian porn actor accused of Clifton suspension bridge murders had intimate videos shared by one of his victims without consent, court hears

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is said to have knifed Albert Alfonso, 62, repeatedly during sex after he had allegedly bludgeoned his partner, Paul Longworth, 71, with a hammer.

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52 h. ago NWSL and US Soccer’s lack of transgender policy targeted by conservative lobby groups

The NWSL’s transgender participation policy, thought to still be in place, was abandoned in 2022, the league confirmedAs the United States supreme court agrees to hear two cases in the fall intended to enforce bans on transgender women from sport, the Guardian can reveal that the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has not renewed its 2021 policy on transgender players and is operating with no policy on the subject.The NWSL established a policy in 2021, stating: “athletes who transition from male to female are eligible to compete” if they declare their gender identity is female – subject to testosterone levels being “within typical limits of women athletes”. The 2021 policy also stated athletes designated female at birth transitioning to male and undergoing testosterone hormone therapy were ineligible to compete in the NWSL. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Top surgeon suing McLaren for £14m over snowmobile crash that left him with brain injury was 'adrenaline junkie' 'eager' to go faster, court hears

High-flying neurosurgeon Andrew Cannestra suffered multiple injuries when the skidoo he was riding careered off a forest track in Lapland during a £23,000 luxury break.

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55 h. ago Schoolgirl, 15, killed by ‘show off’ driver months after life

Sian Morgan told Cardiff Crown Court how her 'heart aches every day for my daughter' as Christopher West, 42, appeared for sentencing after fatally hitting her at a pedestrian crossing

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67 h. ago Killer aristocrat Constance Marten's estranged mum Virginie de Selliers attended every day of her first trial and even passed her a Christmas card in court

In court the 65-year-old Virginie heard details of how her four grandchildren had been taken in to care and a graphic description of how the fifth - baby Victoria - had died in her daughter's arms.

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